Chrysolite

Extreme clipper ship built in 1851 by Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, as hull number 177, at a price of £9179 17s 9d. Her dimensions were: 149'3"×26'1"×17'0" and tonnage: 570 tons [OM] and 440 tons [NM].

1851 March: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Hall & Sons, Aberdeen, for Taylor, Potter & Co., Liverpool. Forty shares were held by Jervis B. Wardley. Classed at 14A1 by Lloyds Register. The first master was Captain A. Enright.
1851 August 19 — December 1: Sailed from Whampoa to Liverpool in 104 days with a cargo of tea.
1852 July 9 — October 22: Sailed from Whampoa to Liverpool in 105 days with a cargo of tea.
1853 April 16 — July 12: Sailed from Liverpool to Hong Kong in 87 days.
1853 July 30 — November 15: Sailed from Whampoa to Liverpool in 108 days with a cargo of tea.
1854 July 18 — October 30: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 104 days with a cargo of tea.
1855 June 13 — November 1: Sailed from Foochow to London in 104 days with a cargo of tea. The master this season was Captain A. McLelland.
1860: The remaining shares in the ship were bought by Jervis R. Wardley, Liverpool.
1866: Sold to McPherson, Liverpool.
1870: Sold to J. Brodie, London, and was reduced to a barque.
1873 March 28: Wrecked in a hurricane off Mauritius on voyage from Madagascar with a cargo of bullocks. Eleven of the crew were drowned.

Updated 1996-08-24 by Lars Bruzelius

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