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Official Number
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Official Number
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The Jubilee was a full-rigged ship of 765 tons, built by Jonathan
Fell at Workington, launched in September 1857. She was possibly the first
vessel built by Fell after he left Peile, Scott & Co. (another Workington
shipyard) to form the Workington & Harrington Shipbuilding Company
in 1857. Fell was responsible for several other China clippers built at
Workington, such as the Corea and Belted
Will, all built for Bushby & Co., of Liverpool.
The Jubilee was built for the China trade, and in "The Tea Clippers" (see Source 6) David McGregor says "Of 764 tons, her forward mooring post was of solid teak 14 inches square. Every beam was also of teak, and of much the same size. Below, she was strengthened with diagonal iron braces, being oak planked, with decks of 4 inch oak."
From the Times newspaper, Tuesday, 19th April, 1859, page 5 :
" THE STRANDING OF THE SHIP JUBILEE - Yesterday morning Mr.Traill, police magistrate, and Captain Harris, nautical assessor, held an adjourned inquiry at the Greenwich police-court, relative to the stranding of the ship Jubilee, of Workington, Captain Douglas, master, laden with teas and silk, value £250,000, from Shanghai for London, which went ashore on the night of the 3rd February at Beroq, on the French coast, 20 miles south-west of Boulogne. When all the evidence had been given, Mr.Traill, addressing Captain Douglas, said - The inquiry being now closed, I can only say that the case is one of a very difficult nature, and it will be for me and Captain Harris to make our report to the Board of Trade. That report may affect you in a manner which both I and Captain Harris may very much regret, but a sense of justice will compel us to state what our opinion is. There is a considerable deal of blame attachable as to how the vessel could come upon the French coast, which was quite out of her usual course; but the result of our inquiry will be communicated to you through the Board of Trade. Our report, together with your certificate, will be forwarded to that Board, and it will then remain with the Board of Trade to say whether it agrees with the opinion we may arrive at."Source 5 reports that the Jubilee was used for carrying troops during the Crimea War, but this must be incorrect as that war had ended before she was built. The book also says that she was used in nitrate trade from Chile and then was sold at the end of the 19th Century to the Great Meat Co., of Wellington, N.Z and was converted to a refrigerator ship. Later used as a coal hulk in Auckland, the vessel appears to have survived until the 1930's (see Source 5), when she was burned where she lay, or until being broken-up in 1944 (see Source 6).
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