Mabel Young was an iron barque built in 1877 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, as Yard No. 215. Dimensions: 211'0"×33'6"×20'45 and tonnage: 1046 GRT, 1015 NRT. Rigged with royals, over single topgallant and double topsails.[1][2]
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mabel Young |
| Owner | Killick Martin & Company, London |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Launched | 21 November 1877 |
| Fate | foundered 31 July 1879 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Iron barque |
| Tonnage | 1,046 GRT |
| Length | 211 ft (64.3 m) |
| Beam | 33.6 ft (10.2 m) |
| Depth | 20.45 ft (6.2 m) |
1877 November 21
Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Killick Martin & Company, London. Captain Joseph Smith Crane late of the same owner's ship John C. Munro.[3][2]
Killick Martin & Company owned eight shares in the vessel, Edward Boustead eight shares, and his partners William Wardrop Shaw eight shares and Jasper Young 40 shares. It is surmised that the vessel was named after Jasper Young's wife or daughter.[2]
1878 January 17 - June 2
Sailed from Glasgow to San Francisco in 136 days.
1878 July 30 - November 25
Sailed from San Francisco to Liverpool in 118 days with a cargo of wheat. The Dallam Tower which sailed on the same day as the Mabel Young arrived to Liverpool 122 days out.[2]
1878 December 23 - April 15
Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 113 days
1879 June 10
Sailed from Calcutta for Dundee with a cargo of 1220 tons of jute, 150 tons of bone dust and 50 tons of old iron.
1879 July 31
Foundered some 30 miles SE of Algoa Bay on voyage from Calcutta to Dundee with a cargo of jute.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Sailing Vessel MABEL YOUNG built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. in 1877 for James Killick, James Martin & David Ritchie (Killick Martin & Co), London, Cargo". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d MacGregor, David Roy (1986). The China bird: the history of Captain Killick, and the firm he founded, Killick Martin & Company (2nd rev. ed.). London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-381-8. OCLC 15024735.
- ^ "Sailing Vessel MABEL YOUNG built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. in 1877 for James Killick, James Martin & David Ritchie (Killick Martin & Co), London, Cargo". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "wrecksite".