Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NE0191 - JAMES HALL, ABERDEEN, NORTH SEA

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Maritime Archaeology

NationalityBRITAIN
Craft Type Steamship
Departure Place 
Destination 
Manner of Loss Collision
Registration PlaceABERDEEN
Associated GoodsGENERAL CARGO
Place of Construction 
Construction Material Iron
Tonnage366
Tonnage Unit Gross
Depth1m
Additional InfoLength: 55m. Beam: 8m. Captain McDonald. BUILT IN 1870 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ABERDEEN, LEITH & MORAY SS CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 65HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE INVERGORDON FOR ABERDEEN. STRUCK ON THE PORT QUARTER AFTER CROSSING THE BOWS OF SS LUDDICK IN SSW FORCE 4. COMMENCED TO FLOOD RAPIDLY AND SETTLE. VESSEL ABANDONED WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND DROVE ASHORE ON THE BEACH. CREW RECOVERED BY SS LUDDICK. VESSEL WENT TO PIECES WHERE SHE LAY AND BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.