MEDORA

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

Date1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Fir, Elm and Oak

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76'6" x breadth 18'8" x depth 13'2"
gross tonnage 152 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000981

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 95

Fate: unknown, last in Aberdeen Post Office Directory 1849, p. 43.

Propulsion: sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts and a topsail, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, a female bust figurehead. Constructed of fir, elm and oak.

Owners:
1839: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Cruickshank, shipowner, 20 shares; John Morrison, shipmaster, 8 shares; James McKenzie, baker, 4 shares.
Other shareholders: James Sangster, flesher, 8 shares; Alexander Hector, salmon curer, 8 shares; John Mathew, shipowner, 4 shares; Hugh Fraser, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Taylor, merchant, 4 shares; Robert Watson, builder, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1839-41: Master Morrison
1842-45: Master J. Flann
1848-49: Master Henderson (Post Office Aberdeen Directory)

Voyages:
1839-40: Aberdeen - Sunderland
1841: Aberdeen - Danzig
1842-45: Aberdeen - Newcastle

Note: Cost at construction, £1023, or £6 15s. per ton (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)