Cairngorm

An extreme wooden clipper built in 1853 by Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, at a total cost of £15.434 10s 1d. Built of larch and pine with some iron deck hold beams. Her dimensions were 193'2"×33'6"×20'2" and tonnage 1246 tons [OM] and 939 tons [NM].

The builder's halfmodel is preserved in the Glasgow Museum.

1853 January: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, for Jardine, Matheson & Co., London. Assigned class 7A1 by Lloyd's on account of the softwood timbers.
1853-1854: Captain J. Robertson.
1853 March 24 — March 29: Sailed from London for Hong Kong but was partially dismasted and had to put into Lisbon for repairs.
1853 May 1 — July 12: Sailed from Lisbon to Hong Kong in 72 days. The time from London was 77 days at sea.
1853 August 2 - November 19: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 109 days.
1854 June 24: Sailed from London for Bombay.
1854 October 6 — January 26: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 112 days with a cargo of tea.
1855-1856: Captain Irvine.
1855 March 29 — June 30: Sailed from London to Hong Kong in 93 days.
1855 July 24 — November 19: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 118 days with a cargo of tea at £ 7 per ton.
1856 April 21: Arrived at Bombay from London.
1856 July 19 - November 22: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 126 days.
1857-1859: Captain John Ryrie.
1857 January 29 - May 26: Sailed from London to Hong Kong in 117 days.
1857 July 10 — October 31: Sailed from Hong Kong to London in 113 days with a cargo of tea.
1857 December 3: Sailed from London to Bombay.
1858 November 6 — February 5: Sailed from Macao to Deal in 91 days with a cargo of tea.
1859 March 17 - July 19: Sailed from London to Hong Kong in 124 days.
1859 August 18 - December 7: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 111 days.
1860 April: Sailed from London for Sydney on charter to the Black Ball Line.
1861: Sold to Baines & Co., London, who put her in the Australia trade. Captain Cairncross was given command of the ship.
1863 January: Sailed from London for Sydney on a charter to the Black Ball Line.
1863 September 29: Wrecked at the entrance to the Min river.

Updated 1997-03-20 by Lars Bruzelius

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