St Vincent (clipper ship)


St. Vincent was a clipper ship that traded between London and Adelaide.

History

St. Vincent was built and launched in 1865 at Sunderland by William Pile for Devitt & Moore's "Adelaide Line". She was assigned British Reg. No. 52770 and signal HDRK.
She was of composite construction ; 892 tons, length, breadth and depth.
Her maiden voyage departed Plymouth 14 September 1865, Captain Alexander Louttit in command 1865–1873, formerly of the Sea Star, later of the Rodney; Walter H. Bisset 1873–1875; John Howard Barrett 1875–1881, formerly of Outalpa and subsequently of South Australian, Hesperus and Illawarra; Albert John Ismay 1881–1884, previously of Gateside and Castle Dunbar and later of Barossa; and Malcolm Nicholson 1884–1887, previously of John Rennie, later of Simla.
In 1884 her sail scheme was reduced to barque rig, presumably to enable operation with a smaller crew. Around 1888 she was purchased by a Norwegian firm and renamed Axel. She was broken up in Dunkerque in 1907.

Some other clippers on the England to Adelaide run