«Ulcoats»-the little clipper 1863

The full index of our ship stamp archive
Post Reply
Anatol
Posts: 1033
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:13 pm

«Ulcoats»-the little clipper 1863

Post by Anatol » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:26 pm

The «Ulcoats», one of the White Star ships, was an iron barque of 671 tons, built at Liverpool in 1863. She was iron and her registered tonnage was 671. She was a small ship but a little clipper belonging to the same line which owned the Thermopylae. She made her maiden trip to Auckland, leaving London on September 29, 1863, with 137 passengers, and arriving at Auckland on January 22, 1864, making the passage in 115 days, a very good run for a vessel of her size. Captain Chambers, who was in command, reported that owing to very adverse weather in the Channel, where she was detained eight days, and subsequent light winds, the vessel was thirty days fetching Madeira. She experienced good north-east and south-east trade winds, and on December 10 passed the meridian of the Cape, running down her longitude in the parallel of 46deg south, with strong winds and fine weather with the exception that on December22 she encountered a cyclone, in which fore and main topsails and lifeboat were lost. Cape Maria Van Dieman was sighted on january 10; thence the barque was baffled on the coast with light airs and calms, the vessel taking another 12 days to reach Auckland. Among the passengers by the Ulcoats on this voyage were Mr Wesley Spragg and others who have made good citizens. The Ulcoats, after discharging, sailed for Port Chalmers, arriving there on march 13, 1864. She landed 54 passengers for Dunedin, and then loaded at that port for London. According to the book «White Wings» - Sir Henry Brett. The design stamp is made after painting of Roger Morris: «The Aberdeen White Star ship Ulcoats bringing immigrants to Auckland on June 16th. 1865.»
Malawi 2011;k350;SG?
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... lcoats.htm. http://www.seapainter.com/Ulcoats-Auckland.html
Attachments
img03623.jpg
Ulcoat900.jpg

aukepalmhof
Posts: 7762
Joined: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:28 am

Re: «Ulcoats»-the little clipper 1863

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:21 pm

Built at Liverpool by Jones for Wilson & Co, Liverpool, who was till 1872 the owner. Most probably the White Star was the manager.
Lloyds Register 1872/73 gives that she was sold to Cairns & at Liverpool and underway from London to Valparaiso. She was not renamed.
LR 1873/74 gives same name and owner and underway from Shields, U.K to South America.
LR 1874/75 does not mention her more under that name, fate unknown.

Post Reply