Morning Star

A wooden full-rigged clipper ship built in 1853 by J.T. Foster, Medford, MA. Dimensions: 187'0"×36'2"×23'8" and tonnage: 1066 GRT, 1066 NRT and 1002 tons under deck.

1853 October 4: Launched at the shipyard of J.T. Foster, Medford, MA, for T.B. Waters & Co., Boston, MA.
1856: A mutiny broke out while loading nitrate at Callao for Le Havre. An armed party from HMS Monarch quelled the mutiny.
1863: Sold to T.W. Mackay & Co., London, for £ 6500, and was renamed Landsborough. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 47500 and signal VNTM. The British measurements were 185'×37'×23'8" and 1066 RT. Employed by the Black Ball Lines.
1863-1864: Captain Charles Jones.
1864-68: Captain William Maxwell.
18__: Owned by Captain T. Williams.
1868-73: Captain John Thomas.
c1872: Sold to Smith, Bilbrough & Co., London. Employed in the Australian and West Indies trades.
1873-80: Captain E. Williams.
1881: Abandoned at sea on voyage from Samarang to Falmouth.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Daniel, H.: Ship Morning Star.
Sea Breezes Vol. 22 (1956), p 146.

Updated 1997-05-01 by Lars Bruzelius

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