CATHERINE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1837

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 80 3/10' x breadth 21 7/10' x depth 15 8/10'
gross tonnage 246 981/1500 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000968

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 82

Fate: last in Lloyd's 1847 (C192), wrecked Waterloo Bay, South Australia, October 1846.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 3 masts, 1 & a poop deck, standing bowsprit,square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, female bust head

Owners:
21/07/1837: Registered at Peterhead for subscribing owners;
Alexander Brown, shipmaster (and Master of Vessel), Peterhead 38 shares and Hamilton Ross, merchant, Cape Town, South Africa 26 shares.

Master: Alexander Brown

Voyages:
1838-40: Aberdeen - London
1841: London - Cape of Good Hope
1843-45: London - Madras
1846-47: London - Cape of Good Hope

CATHERINE wrecked in October 1846 east of the landing place at Waterloo Bay when her cables parted in a south-west gale.
(Source: F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)

Note: Cost of construction £2475 (Builder's List in aberdeen Maritime Museum)