Collingwood

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1872 by W. Hood & Co., Aberdeen. Dimensions: 211'1"×34'8"×21'0" and tonnage: 1064 GRT, 1011 NRT and 945 tons under deck. Equipped with two decks and the forecastle was 37' long and the raised quarter deck 64'. Rigged with double fore and main topgallant sails and royals.

1872 June: Launched at the shipyard of W. Hood & Co., Aberdeen, for Devitt & Moore, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 65731 and signal MSQK. Employed in the Australian trade.
1872-1873: In command of Captain F.H. Calthrop.
1872: Was dismasted off Tristan da Cunha on her maiden voyage. She was re-rigged at sea with a spare spar and what could be saved from the rigging and arrived at Melbourne 109 days out from London.
1873-1874: In command of Captain A.P.C. Ross.
1873 December 24 - March 23: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 89 days with a cargo of wool.
1874-1878: In command of Captain Peter Black late of the same owner's ship Gateside.
1874 November 1 - February 4: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 95 days with a cargo of wool.
1874: Sailed from London to Melbourne where she arrived on August 19, 73 days out.
1876 June 12: Sailed from Liverpool to Melbourne in 88 days.
1876 November 27 - March 6: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 99 days with a cargo of wool.
1878-1890: In command of Captain H.N. Forbes.
1880 December 5 - March 20: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 105 days with a cargo of wool.
1882 November 6 - March 26: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 110 days with a cargo of wool.
1887 December 12 - March 11: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 90 days with a cargo of wool.
1888 December 15 - March 20: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 95 days with a cargo of wool.
1889 December 23 - March 28: Sailed from Melbourne to London in 95 days, docking on the same tide as the Thomas Stephens which had left Melbourne 13 days before the her. The Loch Rannoch, which sailed from Melbourne on the same as the Collingwood, and the Harbinger, which had sailed one day before, both arrived on January 5.
1890-1893: In command of Captain F. Northey late of the same owner's ship John Rennie.
1894: Sold to Zernichow & Co., Kristiania, and was reduced to barque rig. She was kept on the Australian wool trade for another three seasons.
1897: Sailed from Rangoon to Plymouth in 102 days which was the best passage for the season.
1912 January: Received severe storm damage and had to put into Fayal, Azores. She was subsequently sold to Anderson & Co., Fredrikstad, for £ 2000.
1917 March 12: Sunk by a German submarine off the Scilly Islands on voyage from Rosario to Kristiania with a cargo of maize.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt & MooreDevitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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