AVIEMORE

BUILT IN 1870 IN ABERDEEN BY W HOOD & CO.SHE WAS THE LAST WOODEN VESSEL BUILT FOR THE ABERDEEN LINE, SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO 'CENTURION' AND 'THERMOPYLAE'. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,091 TONS.

 SHE IS  SEEN HERE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH UNDER THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, FLYING THE NORWEGIAN FLAG, GOING DOWN STREAM THROUGH THE AVON GORGE TO AVONMOUTH, ASSISTED BY A TUG, AND PROBABLY OUT TO SEA.

IN 1889 SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY.SHE CHANGED HANDS IN 1911 TO ANOTHER NORWEGIAN COMPANY.

SHE WENT MISSING AT SEA IN 1916 IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

 TWO OF HER PAST CAPTAINS WERE CAPTAINS BREACH AND AYLING.