Clyde Ships - Jessie Osborne
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- ID: S83
- Source Index: 46
Page: Owned by Joseph Hossack
- Carried emigrants to NZ. 15/09/1878 went ashore near San Francisco and abandoned after two days. 18/09/1878 having struck a rock, her keel and side were wrenched out. Subsequently floated off, repaired and re-named MARIPOSA to Goodall, Perkins & Co, for $2450. After one passage to Liverpool from San Francisco, she was bought by the original owners and reverted to JESSIE OSBORNE. 1876 chartered by the NZ Shipping Co and after completing two voyages to New Zealand, was sold to a Norwegian firm, converted into a barque, and re-named OKTA. 1890 J. Hossack Snr. 1907 B. J. Grefstad, PoR Arendal, Norway. 18/09/1913 wrecked while trying to enter Bluff Harbour for shelter en route Port Huon, Tasmania to Falmouth. 1913 loaded with jarrah timber at Tasmania and sailed for Falmouth. She put into the Bluff harbour in distress, struck the Pelham rocks, Sterling Point, and became a total wreck.
Page: Owned by Joseph Hossack 1890 to 1917
- Carried emigrants to NZ. 15/09/1878 went ashore near San Francisco and abandoned after two days. 18/09/1878 having struck a rock, her keel and side were wrenched out. Subsequently floated off, repaired and re-named MARIPOSA to Goodall, Perkins & Co, for $2450. After one passage to Liverpool from San Francisco, she was bought by the original owners and reverted to JESSIE OSBORNE. 1876 chartered by the NZ Shipping Co and after completing two voyages to New Zealand, was sold to a Norwegian firm, converted into a barque, and re-named OKTA. 1890 J. Hossack Snr. 1907 B. J. Grefstad, PoR Arendal, Norway. 18/09/1913 wrecked while trying to enter Bluff Harbour for shelter en route Port Huon, Tasmania to Falmouth. 1913 loaded with jarrah timber at Tasmania and sailed for Falmouth. She put into the Bluff harbour in distress, struck the Pelham rocks, Sterling Point, and became a total wreck.
Personal Names
Events & Attributes
Person | Claim | Date | Detail | Age |
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Joseph Hossack | Property | 1890 | Carried emigrants to NZ. 15/09/1878 went ashore near San Francisco and abandoned after two days. 18/09/1878 having sĺtruck a rock, her keel and side were wrenched out. Subsequently floated off, repaired and re-named MARIPOSA to Goodall, Perkins & Co,, SHIP, Jessie Osborne [46] | |
William Holmes Hossack | Occupation | Dec 30, 1897 | Master Mate certificate. His obituary states that he served his apprenticeship on the barque "Jessie Osborne", owned by his father. One of his fellow apprentices was Edgar T. Britten,who later became Sir Edgar Commander of the Queen Mary., Liverpool, Lancashire, England [46] [47] |