| | | | | | and London. | | 1878 |_County of_ |4-mast ship|1673| „ |Glasgow to Rio | | | _Cromarty_| | | | Janeiro, wrecked | | | | | | | in ballast S. Rio | | | | | | | Grande del Sul. | | | | | | | Captain and second| | | | | | | mate died of | | | | | | | smallpox. | | 1879 |_County of_ |4-mast ship|1865| „ |Glasgow to Calcutta | | | _Selkirk_ | | | | and London. | | „ |_County of_ |Ship | 789|Master |Cardiff to Batavia, | | | _Bute_ | | | | 80 days Akyab to | | | | | | | Antwerp. | | 1880 |_County of_ |4-mast ship|1865| „ |Cardiff, Bombay, | | | _Selkirk_ | | | | Rangoon and | | | | | | | Liverpool. | | 1881 | „ | „ | „ | „ |Liverpool to | | | | | | | Colombo, Bombay | | | | | | | to London. | +------+------------+-----------+----+----------+--------------------+ Captain Pattman took charge of _Loch Torridon_ in December, 1882, giving up the command of the four-mast ship _County of Selkirk_ in order to take the Loch liner. As a sailing ship commander of the first rank, it may perhaps be of interest to give a short outline of Captain Pattman’s previous career. From this record it will be seen that Captain Pattman had won his way to command by the time-honoured means of the hawse-hole. In the barque _Advice_ he had an experience which would have sickened most boys of the sea, and he bore the scars to his dying day. The officers of the ship were actually prosecuted by his father for their brutality, the result being that Pattman’s indentures were cancelled, the captain had his certificate cancelled and was sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour, whilst the mate was given three years’ hard labour. Both were hard drinkers and uneducated men.