Omba

A composite full-rigged ship built in 1868 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, as Yard No. 106. Dimensions: 186'6"×31'8"×19'5" and tonnage: 861 GRT, 836 NRT and ____ tons under deck. Equipped with Emerson and Walker's patent windlass.

1868 February 25: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Killick, Martin, Ritchie and partners, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the China tea trade. Captain George Frederick Thomson late of the same owner's ship Fusi Yama.
1868 April 10 - July 17: Sailed from the Clyde to Singapore in 98 days.
1877: Captain John Hall late of the clipper ship Eliza Shaw.
1879: Captain William Hollamby Robinson late of the same owner's ship Wylo.
1881: Missing after having passed Anjer on September 14 on voyage from Samarang to Melbourne with a cargo of 1200 tons of sugar.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
MacGregor, David R.: The China Bird. The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 (2nd rev.). 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-18 by Lars Bruzelius

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