Aldebaran

Official Number
none

The Cumberland Pacquet, Thursday, 13th September 1888, page 5;

" SHIP LAUNCH - On Saturday, the new vessel Aldebaran was successfully launched from the yard of Messrs.Williamson and Sons, Workington. The christening ceremony was performed by Miss Williamson. The launch was an easy and graceful one, and the vessel was afterwards securely berthed in the harbour, where her rigging will be completed."

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Aldebaran
1888
1943
 264.00
 39.0
23.6  
3 
 
 
100 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985)
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90: Aldebaran, steel ship, 1943 grt, 1897 nrt, built by R.Williamson at Workington in 1888, registered at Bremen, owned by Boyes & Ruyter.