Vimeira

A wooden full-rigged ship built of teak and oak in 1851 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions 165'7"×33'0"×22'9" and 967 GRT, 925 NRT and 843 tons under deck. The forecastle was 29' long and the poop 57'. The figurehead was Fame blowing a trumpet.

1851 June 16: Launched at the shipyard of James Laing, Sunderland, for Duncan Dunbar. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 806 and signal HFKR.
1862 September 5: Joseph Moore bought 4 shares of Captain Henry Neathby.
1863: Sails for Devitt & Moore, London. Employed in the Australian passenger and cargo trade.
1863-1872: In command of Captain J. Green.
1865 September 30: Sailed from Portand to Fremantle with 280 convicts. The passage lasted 83 days.
1872 May: Sold to Thos. Goldfinch, Whitestable, Kent.
1872: Reduced to barque rig.
1875: Sold to J. & R. Grant, London.
1887: Sold to N. Olsen, Arendal, Norway.
1903 December: Broken up.

References:

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