Aristides
An iron full-rigged ship built in 1876 by Walter Hood & Co., Aberdeen.
Dimensions 260'0"×39'5"×34'5" and 1721 GRT, 1661 NRT and 1498 tons
under deck.
- 1876 March
- Launched at the shipyard of Walter Hood & Co., Aberdeen, for Aberdeen White Star Line (G. Thompson & Co.), Aberdeen.
Assigned the official British Reg. No. 70454 and signal PVQC.
Captain R. Kemball late of the Thermopylae (1868) was given command of the new ship.
- 1876 July 6 - September 18
- Sailed from London to Port Phillip in 74 days,
- 1876 November 28 - February 17
- Sailed from Melbourne to London in 81 days.
- 1889
- Sailed from London to Sydney in 85 days.
- 1887
- Captain Spalding replaced Capt. Kemball.
- 1903 May 28
- Sailed from Caleta Buena with a cargo of nitrate for San Francisco and disappeared on route.
Updated 1997-04-18 by Lars Bruzelius.
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