R. Pattman

A British sea Captain. Well-known for his experiments with perforated top and topgallant sails.

1864: Served as boy on the schooner Woodland Lass
1864: Served as boy on the billy boy Hearts of Oak
1864: Served as apprentice on the barque Advice
1866: Served as boy on the billy boy Hearts of Oak
1866: Served as OS seaman on the brig Hubertus.
1867: Served as OS seaman on the barque Kingdom of Italy
1868: Served as OS seaman on the barque Callisto.
1868: Served as AB seaman on the brigantine Maggie
1869: Served as AB seaman on the ship Lauderdale.
1870: Served as AB seaman on the ship Christiana Thompson (1866).
1870: Second mate of the barque Kingdom of Belgium.
1870: Second mate of the barque Kingdom of Fife.
1871: Second mate of the barque Ocean Beauty.
1872-1876: First mate ship County of Forfar.
1878: First mate of the four-masted ship County of Cromarty.
1879: First mate of the four-masted ship County of Selkirk.
1879: Master of the ship County of Bute.
1880-1882: Master of the four-masted ship County of Selkirk.
1882-1908: Master of the four-masted barque Loch Torridon.
1908: Went into steam.
c1912: Broke a leg on the bridge and was landed at Falmouth where he later died.

References:

Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-01 by Lars Bruzelius