Omega

Official Number
63881

The Omega was a barque of 480 tons, built at Workington by Jonathon Fell in September 1869. She was owned first in London, then at Shanghai from the 1880's. She went missing on a voyage to Shanghai from Saigon in 1905.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Omega
1869
 480
149.8
27.9
17.5 
 3
 
 
14 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1869-70 (supplement): Omega (protem), wooden barque, 483 gross tons, owned by Harrington & Workington Shipbuilding Company, registered at Workington.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1873-4: Omega, official number 63881, 483 gross tons, owned by Nixon, Howard & Co., registered at London, master Capt.C.Bruce, voyage London - Kurrache.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1883-4: Omega, owned by China Shipowners' Association, registered at Shanghai.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1898-9: Omega, official number 63881, signal letters JKPT, wooden barque, 492 gross tons, owned by Morris & Co., registered at Shanghai, master Capt.A.G.Stevenson.