Aberdeen City Council, Archive of ships built in Aberdeen.

[alanbuchan]

Hi,

 

I came across the following link to Aberdeen City Council archive providing information on circa 3000 ships recorded as being built in Aberdeen and the 4 shipyards that built them. It contains technical information, historical facts, taken from press archives, particularly relevant to the many Clippers built here in the city such as Thermopylae.

 

https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/collections/aberdeen-built-ships

 

From here you can browse each of the shipyards or search for a particular ship. Once you find a ship of interest, there is an "About Me" that opens known details and historical facts. In some cases there are images.

 

In my interest - the Thermopylae - there is a nice image of a model showing a model in the "White Star Green" finish, with white masts and copper plate. 

 

https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/groups/all-aberdeen-built-ships/results

 

https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/99403/thermopylae

 

I'm sorry, I'm not sure how to post functional link, so the above can be entered into a search engine that will take you you the sites.

 

I find the site fascinating and like browsing through the histories of the Clippers which were built in Aberdeen and I hope its equally of interest to others.