China Trade Painting of the Scottish Schooner, The Lochbulig, Circa 1875

China Trade

China Trade Painting of the Scottish Clipper Ship The Lochbulig

Circa 1875

Picture

The Chinese painting depicts a starboard view of the Lochbulig at sea having just sailed past a large Chinese junk and about to pass a red anchored lightship.

The Lochbulig was built in Aberdeen in 1871 by John Humphrey & Co.

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LOCHBULIG
Construction: WOOD
Type: SCHOONER
Date 1871
Official Number: 65077

1 deck, 3 masts, schooner-rigged, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, three-quarters male-figurehead, wood frame.

Subscribing Owners: Richard Connon, Alexander Dyer, merchants and shipowners, joint owners (52 Shares), Susan Flockhart or Hughes, wife of James Hughes of Montrose, shipmaster (12 Shares)

Notes: Vessel stranded and lost 16th Oct. 1875 on Lambay Island, Southern Formosa, certificate cancelled.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))

Shipbuilder: HUMPHREY
Dimensions: length 136 1/6' x breadth 25 1/6' x depth 14 1/3'
Gross Tonnage: 333 ton
Registered Tonnage: 400 ton

Loch Builg

Loch Builg is a high tarn in Banffshire, lying on the saddle between Ben Avon to the west and Brown Cow Hill to the east. The Builg Burn issues from the loch, and soon falls into the River Avon.

The loch is beside a watershed; its own waters drain north to the Moray Firth by way of the River Avon, whilst the burns running off the same saddle at the same height but yards to the south drain to the River Gairn and thence to the North Sea by way of the River Dee.

The watershed marks the boundary of Banffshire with Aberdeenshire, which is therefore drawn along the south shore of the loch.

Dimensions

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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