FALCON

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

Date1838

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 59 8/10' x breadth 17 2/10' x depth 10 1/10'
gross tonnage 85 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000977

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 91

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1856 (F46).

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

Owners:
1838-02/1847: Alexander Falconer, Logie Buchan, Aberdeenshire, registered at Newburgh
1847-56: Alexander Falconer & others

Masters:
1839-50: Master Peter Gordon
1851-56: Master Thomson

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1839-41: Aberdeen - London
1842-47: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1848-53: Sunderland - Aberdeen
1854-55: Sunderland coaster

General History:
26/10/1853:
Spoke 20th October off Duncansby Head, schooner FALCON, of Newburgh, Spalding Master, 24 days from Archangel, bound for London, all well.
(Aberdeen Journal)

28/09/1859:
Schooner for Sale. For Sale, Private Bargain, THE Schooner “FALCON,” of Aberdeen, with whole Stores and Appurtenances, she at present lies in the Victoria Dock. This Vessel was built at Aberdeen in 1838 by Messrs Hall & Co., and classed 12 years A 1 at Lloyds’, and was continued A 1 for 4 years in 1850. She Registers 91 Tons N.N.M., is in excellent condition, well found in Stores, sails fast, shifts without ballast, and is in every ay a very handy vessel. For Inventory and further particulars, apply to RICHARD CONNON & CO, Aberdeen, 27th September, 1859.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Cost at construction, £990 (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1846 and 1850: Some repairs
1847: Ship lengthened, now 101 tons
Lloyd's says the port of registry is Aberdeen, but the builder's list says Newburgh