ARISTIDES

 ARISTIDES WAS BUILT IN 1876 BY W HOOD & CO IN ABERDEEN. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,721 TONS.

HER MASTER FOR HER FIRST TEN VOYAGES WAS CAPTAIN KEMBALL, WHEN CAPTAIN KEMBALL RETIRED HE WAS SUPERSEDED BY CAPTAIN SPALDING.

 CAPTAIN ALLAN TOOK OVER IN THE 1880'S, AND  THE FINAL CAPTAIN  OF THE VESSEL WAS CAPTAIN POPPY WHO COMMANDED HER WHEN SHE WENT MISSING AT SEA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN 1903, WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM CALETA BUENA TO SAN FRANCISCO, CARRYING A CARGO OF NITRATES. ALL OF THE CREW OF 27 PERISHED.