John C. Munro (Clipper)
John C. Munro was an iron full-rigged ship built in 1862 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions: 169"2'×28'2"×18'5" and tonnage: 612 tons.[1][2]
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| Name: | John C. Munro |
| Owner: | George Lawson Munro & Co, London |
| Builder: | James Laing, Sunderland |
| Launched: | 8 November 1862 |
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| Owner: | Killick Martin & Company, London |
| Acquired: | 1873 |
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| Owner: | Thomas Dobson Woodhead & Co, Hull |
| Acquired: | 1885 |
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| Owner: | Cockerline & Co, hull |
| Acquired: | 1892 |
| Sweden | |
| Owner: | Nils C. Corfitzon and partners, Helsingborg |
| Acquired: | 13 June 1893 |
| Renamed: | Norman |
| Status: | Wrecked 1 July 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iron Full-rigged ship |
| Tons burthen: | 612 GRT |
| Length: | 169.2 ft (51.6 m) |
| Beam: | 28.2 ft (8.6 m) |
| Depth: | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
She was launched on 8 November at the shipyard of James Laing in Sunderland, for George Lawson Munro & Company, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 45076 and was deployed in the China trade.[1][2]
Key Events:
1869 Sailed from Amoy (Xiamen) to New York in 99 days.
1872 LR 1872-73: Master: Captain J. Kidder.
1873 Sold to Killick Martin & Company, London. Captain John Smith. (Former Captain of Lahloo) Of the 64 shares issued in the vessel John C. Munro, 32 were owned by the Killick Martin & Company's joint managing owners James Killick, James Henry Martin and David William Richie. The other 32 were owned by Edward Boustead.[3][4]
Sailings recorded for Killick Martin & Company include transits to Hong Kong, Amoy (Xiamen), New York, Bremen, Valparaiso, Liverpool, Queenstown, Bangkok, Chittagong, Cardiff, Pitcairn Island, Melbourne and Victoria.[3]
1885 Sold to Thomas Dobson Woodhead & Company, Hull.[3][5]
1892 Sold to Cockerline & Company, Hull.[5]
1893 June 13 Sold to Nils C. Corfitzon and partners, Helsingborg, for £1450 and was renamed ‘Norman’. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 612 and signal JBRV. The new measurements were 51,80×8,31×5,59 meters and 641 GRT, 618 NRT and 900 DWT. Captain Edward Julius Hellgren, Helsingborg, owner of a 11/30 part was appointed master of the ship.[3]
1896 June 15 Sailed from Sydney with a cargo of guano for Mauritius.[3]
1896 July 1 Wrecked on the east coast of Eastern Fields, British New Guinea, just east of the entrance to Torres Straits. The crew of the captain's boat was picked up by a steamer while the mate's boat managed to reach the coast of New Guinea.[3]
A painting of Norman, formerly John C. Munro by Montague Dawson
References
- "Sir James Laing and Sons - Graces Guide". gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. Cox and Wyman, printers. 1869.
- MacGregor, David Roy (1986). The China bird: the history of Captain Killick, and the firm he founded, Killick Martin & Company (2nd rev. ed.). London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-381-8. OCLC 15024735.
- MacGregor, David Roy (1983). The tea clippers: their history and development, 1833-1875 (2nd ed.). London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-256-0. OCLC 9997008.
- Lubbock, Basil (1984). The China clippers. London: Century. ISBN 0-7126-0341-7. OCLC 60012071.