Yang-tsze

A composite full-rigged ship built in 1863 by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, as Yard No. 235. Dimensions 54,75×9,46×5,58 meters [179'5"×31'0"×18'3"] and tonnage 772 tons BM, 688 GRT, 688 NRT and 636 tons under deck.

1863 October 3: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, for David Duncan Lewin, James Killick and partners, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____.
1864: In command of Captain William Billing.
1864 - 1868: In command of Captain Robert Kemball, late of the Fairlight.
1868 - 1871: In command of Captain William Smith.
1871 October 2: Wrecked on North Shoal, Paracels, on voyage from China to New York with a cargo of tea.

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 1999-10-07 by Lars Bruzelius

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