COMMERCE

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

Date1838

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76' 0" x breadth 18' 2" x depth 12' 1"
gross tonnage 140 132/3500 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000974

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 88

Fate: unknown, not in Lloyd's.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged*, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, female bust head

Owners:
22/03/1838: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Nathaniel Farquhar, advocate, George Thomson Jr and William Donald, merchant, all of Aberdeen plus 2 other owners
(Aberdeen Shipping Registers (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1838: Master Mark Christopher
1840: Master Mitchell
18/03/1841: Master David Petty
(Aberdeen Shipping Registers (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
30/03/1849:
Inquest at Sunderland on body of Thomas Garry, aged 25, mariner. Body was found wearing one of the groins of Sunderland dock and was subsequently identified as mate of Schooner COMMERCE, of Aberdeen
(Newcastle Courant)

Notes: Cost at construction, £994 (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
* Schooner rig according to the builder's list but described as a Hermaphrodite in the Aberdeen Shipping Registers. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.