VICTORIA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1837
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 64 4/10' x breadth 18 3/10' x depth 10 3/10'
gross tonnge 109 758/3500 tons
gross tonnge 109 758/3500 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000969
Keywords
Yard Number: 83
Fate: Stranded at Proudfoot Rocks, Wick, 20 March 1848
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 & a poop deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, female bust head, no galleries, part iron bolts.
Owners:
02/09/1837: Registered for subscribing owners:
Robert Johnston, merchant, 40 shares; Alexander Allan, shipmaster, 4 shares, both of Aberdeen.
Other shareholders in 1837:
John Smith, merchant, 16 shares; William Catto, merchant, 4 shares
07/09/1850: Registration cancelled - vessel lost.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1837: Master Alexander Allan
1839: Master Laurence Peterkin
1840: Master David Brown (Aberdeen Register) L. Pole (Lloyd's)
1841: Master L. Pole
1843-44: Master David Brown
1845: Master Alexander Maurice (Aberdeen Register) D. Brown (Lloyd's)
1846: Master David Brown
1847-49: Master Alexander Maurice
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1838: Aberdeen - Southampton
1838-39: Aberdeen - London
1840-41: Aberdeen - Southampton
1842: Hartlepool - Aberdeen
1843: Aberdeen coaster
1844-46: Aberdeen - Copenhagen
1847-49: Aberdeen
20/03/1848:
Stranded at Proudfoot Rocks, Wick, Captain Maurice.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 102)
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