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Skiddaw | Official Number
27165
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The Skiddaw was built at Workington in 1852, and was a full-rigged
ship. She was registered at Liverpool and was owned, like the later tea
clipper Scawfell, by Rathbone Brothers.
The Skiddaw made
her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro under the command of
Capt.Charles Turner Sloman. He died of yellow fever at Bahia in March
1853, probably on the return journey.
In Lloyd's Register masters of the Skiddaw are named as Capt.J.Williams (1863), Capt.Hopson (1864-65) and Capt.Marshall (1866-68).
The Skiddaw was owned by Mr.J.Storm, of Whitby, at the end of
her career. In September 1879 she was reported to be at Hayti, with
only the boatswain and one seaman aboard, five of the crew, including
the master, dead from yellow fever, and three others in the hospital.
She was probably sold at Hayti. Renamed Amazone, she was owned by Capt.J.C.Rohde, of Stralsund, Germany.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Skiddaw
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1852
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443 om, 357 nm
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134.0
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26.6
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16.0
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3
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9 years A1
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Sources :
- Death of Capt.Sloman in the Liverpool Mercury, 22nd April 1853 - gives age as 37, and lived at Kirkdale.
- Lloyd's
Register of Shipping (1853-4) : Skiddaw, ship, 443 tons om, 376 nm, built 1852 at Workington, owned by Rathbone,
registered at Liverpool, master Capt.C.Slowman, voyage Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro.
- Mercantile Navy List
1857 : Skiddaw, 376 tons, official
number 27165, signal letters PQDW, port of registry Liverpool.
- Lloyd's
Register of Shipping (1868-9) : Skiddaw, ship, 443 tons, owned by Rathbone,
registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Marshall, voyage Cardiff - Mauritius.
- Outbreak of yellow fever reported in the Daily Gazette(Middlesbrough newspaper), Saturday, 22nd November 1879, page 4.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1: Skiddaw, barque, 366
tons, built Workington in 1852, FYM in 1878, official no.27165, signal
letters PQDW, owned by J.H.Storm, registered at Whitby, master
J.Collier - annotated "Name now Amazone".
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1 (Supplement): Amazone, (late Skiddaw), barque, 366 tons, built Workington in 1852, owned by R.C.Rohde, belonging to port of Stralsund (Germany).