La Hogue

A wooden full-rigged ship built in 1855 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions: 226'0"×35'0"×22'9" and tonnage: 1331 GRT, 1331 NRT and 1152 tons under deck. The forecastle was 42' long and the poop 96'. The figurehead was a lion rampant supporting a shield with the St Andrew's Cross. Rigged with double fore and main top-sails, single topgallant sails and royals.

1855 July 16: Launched at the shipyard of James Laing, Sunderland, for Duncan Dunbar. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 26531 and signal PLMR. Employed in the Australian trade. Her first master was Captain Neatby.
1858-1865: In command of Captain John Williams who continued as master of the ship for the new owners until he left her for the same owner's ship Parramatta.
1863: Sold to Devitt & Moore, London, who kept her on the Sydney trade.
1865-1874: In command of Captain William Goddard who in 1874 left her for the same owner's ship Parramatta.
1874-1876: In command of Captain D.B. Carvosso late of the same owner's ship Dunbar Castle. After two years Capt. Carvosso left her for the same owner's ship Hawkesbury.
1874: Sailed from London to Wellington with 443 emmigrants.
1875 November 11 - February 17: Sailed from Sydney to London in 98 days with a cargo of wool.
1876-1886: In command of Captain F. Wagstaff.
1878 January 16 - April 16: Sailed from Sydney to London in 90 days with a cargo of wool.
1879 January 18 - April 18: Sailed from Sydney to London in 90 days with a cargo of wool.
1883 January 25 - April 30: Sailed from Sydney to London in 95 days with a cargo of wool.
1886: In command of Captain Nicholson.
1886: Sold to Thomas Hick, London. Employed in the timber trade from the Baltic to London.
18__: Sold to a coaling firm in Madeira and used as a coal hulk at Funchal.
19__: Run down and sunk by a steam ship during the First World War. [Broken up in 1898 according to Lubbock in The Blackwall Frigates.]

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 1997-05-07 by Lars Bruzelius

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