Cospatrick

A wooden full-rigged ship built in 1856 by Duncan Dunbar, Moulmein. Dimensions 190'0"×34'0"×23'5" and tonnage 1200 tons.

1856: Launched at the shipyard of Duncan Dunbar, Moulmein, for ... Assigned the official British Reg. No. 20400 and signal ____.
1863: Laid the Persian Gulf cable together with the Assaye and The Tweed.
1872: Owner J. Fleming, London; Captain A. Elmslie [LR 1872-1873].
1873: Sold to Shaw, Savill & Co., London, by Fleming, London, for £ 10.000.
1874 September 11: Sailed from London [?] with a crew of 44 men and 429 emmigrants for Auckland.
1874 November 17: Fire broke out and the ship had to be abandoned. Only two boats with 42 and 39 onboard managed to get clear of the burning ship.
1874 November 21: The two boats were separated and one was never seen again.
1874 November 27: The five remaining in the second mate Henry MacDonald's boat were saved by the British Sceptre. Of the five a passenger and an Ordinary Seaman died onboard the British Sceptre.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lubbock, Basil: The Romance of the Clipper Ships.
Hennel Locke Ltd, London, 1948.

Updated 1998-06-22 by Lars Bruzelius