BEN LOMOND

BEN LOMOND WAS A VESSEL  OF 986 TONS REGISTERED IN ABERDEEN SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY ARCHIBALD McMILLAN & SON OF DUMBARTON IN 1862

SOMETIME IN THE MID 80'S SHE WAS RE RIGGED AS A BARQUE

HER FIRST OWNERS WERE DONALDSON & ROSE OF ABERDEEN ( REPORTS SAY IT WAS D ROSE THAT OWNED HER )

IN 1881 SHE WAS OWNED BY A GIBSON OF LIVERPOOL

IN 1882 SHE WAS OWNED BY G WINDRAM OF  ABERDEEN

IN 1883 SHE WAS OWNED BY D SUTHERLAND OF LIVERPOOL

IN 1884 SHE WAS SOLD TO P B ENGELSCHION OF CHRISTIANIA

SHE MADE A VOYAGE IN 1863 FROM THE SHE LEFT TYHE  CLYDE ON 25TH OCTOBER 1862 AND ARRIVED IN DUNEDIN OTAGO ON 19TH JAUNAUARY 1863.

CAPTAIN SMART WAS THE MASTER OF THE VESSEL FOR THIS TRIP SHE WAS STILL OWNED BY D ROSE & CO AT THE TIME OF THIS VOYAGE

SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO SYDNEY 2ND FEBRUARY 1871 WITH CAPTAIN D MOIR IN COMMAND

A VESSEL CALLED BENLOMOND SAILED FROM THE TYNE ON 18TH SEPTEMBER 1872 DESTINATION WAS CALLAO.SHE WAS  LAST SEEN IN POSITION 8 DEGREES NORTH 35 DEGREES WEST ON 11TH OCTOBER 1873. SHE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. SHE WAS CARRYING A CARGO OF COAL - I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS THE SAME VESSEL - I PUT THIS HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AT THE MOMENT NEEDS MORE RESEARCH

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY VESSELS WHICH HAVE BORE THE NAME 'BEN LOMOND' OVER THE YEARS - SOME OF THESE VESSELS NAMES ARE SPELT BEN LOMOND OTHERS AS BENLOMOND

THERE WAS A BENLOMOND TOREDOED BY THE U-42 IN THE S.ATLANTIC IN 1942 HAVING I THINK SAILED FROM CAPE TOWN

BEN LINE HAD A VESSEL CALLED BENLOMOND BUILT IN 1911 AND SCRAPPED IN CHINA IN 1932

THEY HAD ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED BENLOMOND BUILT IN 1942

ANOTHER BENLOMOND WAS BUILT FOR THEM IN 1957

BEN LOMOND WAS LAUNCHED ON 10TH FEBRUARY 1872. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 46 TONS BUILT BY SPARROW & THOMAS OFF QUEENS TOWN AND REGISTERED IN DUNDEE.SHE HAD A TWO SCREW STEAM ENGINE OF 30HP.SHE COULD CARRY 130 PASSENGERS.SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS THE JANE WILLIAMS SHE WAS SCUTTLED ON 28TH OCTOBER 1952

BEN LOMOND

NOT SURE WHICH BEN LOMND THIS IS - ITS CERTAINLY NOT THE 1862 VESSEL - FOR REFERENCE ONLY