Hello Ian, Borealis appears to have been built in 1864 and owned in London by Thomas Bilbe & Co. of Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe, her Official Number 50063.  Possibly her maiden voyage was recorded in the newspapers as leaving London for Hong Kong on the 11th September 1864.  She was a "ship", a square-rigger with three masts, of composite construction with planked iron frames.  Her first listing in Lloyd's Register only starts in 1874/75, but an early master was mentioned in newspapers, a Captain Henderson (appearing 1865-1869), later followed by Captain R. B. Beard (c.1876-1884).  Borealis had changed hands in about 1875/76, being sold to James Anderson & Co., and it was apparently at this point that Captain Beard first took command.  Her home port continued as London, but by 1880 this was listed as now being Aberdeen.  She appears to have changed hands yet again by early 1885, when her home port was given as "Austria" in Lloyd's Register for 1885/86.  Thereafter she disappears from view, probably having changed her name.  Some surviving documentation can be found on the CLIP website at http://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/vesselsnum.php. Regards, PK ________________________________ From: kik <laamia3@netvigator.com> To: mariners@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:07 Subject: [MAR] 'Borealis' Any information please on the 'Borealis'? Type of ship? 920 tons. Abt. 1860-1880. Out of London. Thanks. Ian in Hong Kong. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message