VENILIA

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

Date1838

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81 6/10' x breadth 21 7/10' x depth 13 4/10'
gross tonnage: 207 tons but classed as 211 tons in Lloyd's after new survey in 1840

Object numberABDSHIP000975

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 89

Fate: wrecked near Grand Gosier, Haiti, 20 December 1843.

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

Owners:
09/06/1838: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Spring, Aberdeen, 32 shares, George Murray, builder, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
Other owners: Charles Murray, shipmaster, Aberdeen 8 shares; James Sutherland, shipmaster, Aberdeen 8 shares plus other sundry owners. Later on shares were acquired by the Rev George Gordon, Dufftown
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1838-39: Master William Weir
1839: Masters J Smith & W Mitchell (Aberdeen Register)
1840: Master Wlliam Weir (Lloyd's)
1841-43: Master James Sutherland

Voyages:
1838-40: Aberdeen - Archangel (Russia)
1841: London - W. Indies
1843: London - Trinidad

General History:
21/02/1844:
Aux Cayes 4 Jan - The VENILIA, Sutherland, from St. Thomas to St. Domingo, was wrecked on the 20th ult. [December 1843] near Grand Gosier;— crew and materials saved.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Cost at construction, £1981 (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
May also be spelt VINILIA