Sobraon

A composite full-rigged ship built of teak and iron in 1866 by A. Hall, Aberdeen. Dimensions: 212'0"×40'0"×27'0" and tonnage: 2131 GRT, 2131 NRT and 2089 tons under deck. She was the largest composite sailing ship ever built. Originally rigged with skysails.

1866 November: Launched at the shipyard of A. Hall, Aberdeen, for Lowther, Maxton & Co., London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 54680 and signal JFSV. Chartered to Devitt & Moore, London, and employed in the Australian passenger & cargo trade. Captain Kyle was her first commander.
1867-89: In command of Captain J.A. Elmslie late of the Cospatrick.
1870 December 28: Arrived to Sydney from Plymouth.
1872: Sold to Devitt & Moore, London.
1879 October 3 - December 16: Sailed from Plymouth to Melbourne in 74 days.
1881 September 27 - December 6: Sailed from Plymouth to Melbourne in 70 days.
1881 September 29 - December 13: Sailed from Plymouth to Melbourne in 75 days.
1892: Sold to the New South Wales Government for £ 15.000 and turned into a reformatory ship moored off Cockatoo Island in Sydney harbour.
1911: Sold to the Commonwealth Government for £ 15.000 and was renamed HMAS Tingara. Converted into a training ship for boys entering the Australian Navy at a cost of £ 7000.
1927: Sold and moored in Berry's Bay, Sydney.
1941: Broken up at Sydney.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt 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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