John C. Munro (clipper)
John C. Munro was an iron full-rigged ship built in 1862 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions: 169"2'×28'2"×18'5" and tonnage: 612 tons. She was launched on 8 November at the shipyard of James Laing in Sunderland, for George Lawson Munro & Company, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 45076 and was deployed in the China trade. Key Events: 1869 Sailed from Amoy (Xiamen) to New York in 99 days. 1872 LR 1872-73: Master: Captain J. Kidder. 1873 Sold to Killick Martin & Company, London. Captain John Smith. (Former Captain of Lahloo) Of the 64 shares issued  in the vessel John C. Munro, 32 were owned by the Killick Martin & Company's joint managing owners James Killick, James Henry Martin and David William Richie. The other 32 were owned by Edward Boustead. Sailings recorded for Killick Martin & Company include transits to Hong Kong, Amoy (Xiamen), New York, Bremen, Valparaiso, Liverpool, Queenstown, Bangkok, Chittagong, Cardiff, Pitcairn Island, Melbourne and Victoria. 1885 Sold to Thomas Dobson Woodhead & Company, Hull. 1892 Sold to Cockerline & Company, Hull. 1893 June 13 Sold to Nils C. Corfitzon and partners, Helsingborg, for £1450 and was renamed ‘Norman’. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No . 612 and signal JBRV. The new measurements were 51,80×8,31×5,59 meters and 641 GRT, 618 NRT and 900 DWT. Captain Edward Julius Hellgren, Helsingborg, owner of a 11/30 part was appointed master of the ship. 1896 June 15 Sailed from Sydney with a cargo of guano for Mauritius. 1896 July 1 Wrecked on the east coast of Eastern Fields, British New Guinea, just east of the entrance to Torres Straits. The crew of the captain's boat was picked up by a steamer while the mate's boat managed to reach the coast of New Guinea. John C. Munro (clipper) John