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Port Jackson - a general history

Official No. 84362: Code Letters QPLM.

Owners: 1882 William Duthie, Aberdeen: 1882 William James & Alexander Duthie, Alexander Davidson, George Washington Wilson, James Elsmie & James Haddow Bower, Aberdeen: 1898 Duthie Bros. & Co, Aberdeen: 1906 Devitt & Moore, London (used as a cadet training ship): 1926 Hessler & Co, West Hartlepool: 1917 Swift SS Co, (Exchange Buildings) West Hartlepool.

Port Jackson was built as a wool clipper for the London to Sydney, NSW run.

Crew December 1883;

Ander, Peter, able seaman, b. 1841, Norway

Anderson, Hans, ordinary seaman, b. 1860, Newburg

Anderson, S, able seaman, b. 1853, Stockholm

Carlison, J, able seaman, b. 1860, Sweden

Cay, Malcolm M, apprentice, b. 1866, London

Clarke, Hy, ordinary seaman, b. 1865, London

Collyer, Andrew, apprentice, b. 1867, London

Cree, John, boy, b. 1863, Boston

Crombie, James, 1st mate, b. 1844, Aberdeen

Crombie, Robert, master, b. 1845, Newburg

Crombie, Thomas, able seaman, b. 1860, Newburg

Davis, G, able seaman, b. 1834

de Bruse, F, able seaman, b. 1850, Sweden

Gasson, H, able seaman, b. 1845, Germany

Grubell, Ludwig, able seaman, b. 1855, Hamburg

Hanson, HW, able seaman, b. 1860, Denmark

Harris, Charles, bosuns mate, b. 1852, London

Jopp, Alf E, apprentice, b. 1865, London

Kidd, Hy, able seaman, b. 1854, London

Krause, F, able seaman, b. 1858, Prussia

Livingston, Forbes, carpenter, b. 1842, Aberdeen

Luca, John S, 3rd mate, b. 1852, Chichester

Merchant, Wilson?, 2nd mate, b. 1849, Aberdeen

Murchison, Cyril, steward, b. 1861, Copenhagen

Nicol, John, sails, b. 1837

Olsen, Johann, able seaman, b. 1850, Sweden

Pahbriam, M, cook, b. 1856, Stettin

Parker, William, able seaman, b. 1842, Liverpool

Phillip, Jno DS, apprentice, b. 1865, London

Schless, H, able seaman, b. 1862, Germany

Simpson, James, able seaman, b. 1837, Arbroath

Smith, John, able seaman, b. 1860, Sweden

Stephen, George, able seaman, b. 1858, Aberdeen

Taplin, Jno, boy, b. 1860, Leamington

Watson, John, able seaman, b. 1850, Boston

Some of her masters were: 1883-85 Robert Crombie (born 1852 Aberdeen): 1889-93 James Hodge (died 1909): 1907-10 Charles Maitland (born 1848 London): 1917 George Rupert Masters.

 

Bound from Buenos Aires for Cork with a cargo of maize Port Jackson was torpedoed by German submarine (U-67 Hans Nieland) & sank off Fastnet in 51.00N/14.02W on 28 April 1917 with the loss of 14 lives including the master.

Lives lost April 1917;

Banche, Theodore, 30, b. Copenhagen

Cronin, Thomas, able seaman, 34, b. Liverpool

Flatten, Herman, seaman, 27, b. Norway

Friburg, Arthur, seaman, 41, b. Sweden

Glennie, Henry, sailmaker, 57, b. Montrose

Jensson, Theodor, seaman, 18, b. Iceland

Leonard, John Francis, mess steward

Lorentzen, Hans Theodor, seaman, 21, b. Denmark

Masters, George Rupert, master, 46, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Mattson, Werner, 26, b. Finland

McGregor, William, boatswain, 70, b. Aberdeen

Snellman, John, able seaman, 55, b. Finland

Stark, Nicholas, able seaman, 60, b. Finland

Windey, John, ship’s cook, b. Brussels

 

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