Shipbuilding on the Wear, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1874.
The following return from the ‘Sunderland Times’ includes all the vessels built at Sunderland and places in the immediate vicinity on the River Wear for the above year.
IRON SHIPS.
| Builders’ Names. | Ships’ Names. | Tons. | Class A 1. | Port of Register. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin and Hunter | Barambio | 754 | 90 | Bilboa. |
| ” | Knight Templar | 1546 | 90 | North Shields. |
| Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Cumbria | 675 | 100 | Scarbro’. |
| ” | Clan MacLeod | 671 | 100 | Glasgow. |
| ” | Stag | 1558 | 90 | North Shields. |
| Blumer, J., and Co. | St. Peter | 753 | 90 | Sunderland. |
| ” | Waikato | 1053 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Dacca | 1153 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Waitangi | 1161 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Blyth | 751 | 90 | North Shields. |
| ” | Waimate | 1157 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Fernglen | 850 | 100 | Sunderland. |
| Doxford, W., and Sons | Yen-tai | 947 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Broomhall | 1430 | 100 | Dundee. |
| Laing, James | Kashgar | 2621 | 100 | London. |
| ” | St. Lawrence | 2220 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Formosa | 1024 | 100 | ” |
| Mounsey and Foster | Roderick Dhu | 1723 | 100 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Santander | 709 | 90 | Newcastle. |
| ” | Imbro | 1222 | 90 | Sunderland. |
| ” | Eastern Monarch | 1769 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Senator | 1768 | 100 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Duchess of Edinburgh | 1766 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Dunalistair | 1756 | 100 | Dundee. |
| ” | Linguist | 1601 | 100 | Liverpool. |
| Osborne, Graham & Co. | Lolland | 557 | 90 | Nakskov, Denmark. |
| ” | Andes | 866 | 100 | Hull. |
| ” | Alexandra | 797 | 90 | Newcastle. |
| Oswald and Co. | Idomene | 1424 | 100 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Respigadera | 1629 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Foyle | 1662 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Fitzclarence | 917 | 90 | Glasgow. |
| Pile, W., and Co. | Barossa | 1019 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Rodney | 1519 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Olive | 885 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Plassey | 1764 | 100 | ” |
| Short Brothers | Arizona | 1288 | 100 | North Shields. |
| Simey, A., & Co. | Stag | 1048 | 90 | W. Hartlepool. |
| Thompson, J. L. | Florence Richards | 1051 | 90 | Maryport. |
| ” | S. W. Kelly | 1064 | 100 | Cardiff. |
| ” | Romulus | 1442 | 90 | Sunderland. |
| ” | Remus | 1447 | 90 | Sunderland. |
| ” | John Howard | 1237 | 100 | Cardiff. |
| Thompson, R., jun. | Lochnagar | 1597 | 90 | Aberdeen. |
| ” | Theseus | 1041 | 100 | London. |
| ” | Min | 1411 | 100 | ” |
| ” | Rayner | 1155 | 90 | Newcastle. |
| Watson (creditors) | Ballochmyle | 1511 | 100 | Greenock. |
| ” | Baron Aberdare | 1708 | 100 | ” |
There are several large vessels at present fitting out, but as they have not yet been classed, they are not included in Lloyd’s List for this year.
Classed at Lloyd’s only.
WOODEN SHIPS.
| Builders’ Names. | Ships’ Names. | Tons. | Class A 1. | Where sold to. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown, John | Unkomanzi | 333 | 11 | Aberdeen. |
| ” | Robina Dunlop | 512 | 12 | Glasgow. |
| ” | Transvaal | 384 | 12 | Aberdeen. |
| Gardner, James | Truth | 527 | 13 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Campsie Glen | 510 | 12 | North Shields. |
| ” | Aydon Forest | 522 | 12 | ” |
| Gibbon, N. | Nancy Holt | 328 | 12 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Lanercost | 562 | 12 | Sunderland. |
| ” | Tonga | 314 | 12 | London. |
| ” | Mary Frost | 325 | 12 | Liverpool. |
| ” | Coomassie | 428 | 12 | South Shields. |
| ” | Glen Ville | 325 | 12 | London. |
| Gibbon and Sons | Violet | 170 | 11 | Sunderland. |
| ” | Emily McLaren | 445 | 12 | Greenock. |
| Gill, John | Zeeburg | 533 | 12 | ” |
| Pickersgill, Wm. | Thomas C. Seed | 296 | 12 | Fleetwood. |
| ” | Florence and Margaret | 302 | 12 | ” |
| ” | William D. Seed | 757 | 12 | ” |
| ” | Emma Crook | 305 | 12 | ” |
| Richardson, W. | Pauline | 472 | 11 | Newcastle. |
| ” | Swallow | 309 | 11 | Dartmouth. |
| ” | Chittagong | 335 | 11 | London. |
| Thompson, Rich. | Adeliza | 297 | 11 | Fleetwood. |
| ” | Silver Cloud | 304 | 12 | London. |
| ” | Our Annie | 377 | 12 | Fleetwood. |