Mabel Young

An iron barque built in 1877 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, as Yard No. 215. Dimensions: 211'0"×33'6"×20'45 and tonnage: 1046 GRT, 1015 NRT and ____ tons under deck. Rigged with royals, over single topgallant and double topsails.

1877 November 21: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Killick, Martin, Ritchie and others, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the ... trade. Captain Joseph Smith Crane late of the same owner's ship John C. Munro.
1878 January 17 - June 2: Sailed from Glasgow to San Francisco in 136 days.
1878 July 30 - November 25: Sailed from San Francisco to Liverpool in 118 days with a cargo of wheat. The Dallam Tower which sailed on the same day as the Mabel Young arrived to Liverpool 122 days out.
1878 December 23 - April 15: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 113 days.
1879 June 10: Sailed from Calcutta for Dundee with a cargo of 1220 tons of jute, 150 tons of bone dust and 50 tons of old iron.
1879 July 31: Foundered some 30 miles SE of Algoa Bay on voyage from Calcutta to Dundee with a cargo of jute.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
MacGregor, David R.: The China Bird. The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 (2nd rev.). 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-15 by Lars Bruzelius

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