GAZELLE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
OwnerOwned by
Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1821 - 1962)
Date1840
Object NameSTEAM SCHOONER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 103' x breadth 14' x depth 8'
tonnage 73 342/1000 tons (later adjusted to 83 89/94 tons)
tonnage 73 342/1000 tons (later adjusted to 83 89/94 tons)
Object numberABDSHIP000988
Keywords
Yard Number: 102
Fate: unknown, not in Lloyd's
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck & poop deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, female figure head, single screw
Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thompson, Robert Catto and Robert Johnson, merchants, Aberdeen and William Catto and Robert Catto Jnr. also merchants in Aberdeen
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Master:
1840: Master David Craig
General History:
13/05/1840: Trials complete. Sold to Prussian owners.
13/05/1840:
The "GAZELLE." - One of the prettiest little steamers afloat now lies at the lower basin. She was built by Messrs Alex. Hall & Sons, for Messrs William Simpson & Co. and named the "GAZELLE." We have seldom seen a smaller steamer so neatly fitted up, and so complete in every part; and, from the satisfaction she gave on a trial trip to and from Peterhead, there is every reason to ex-pect that she will prove an excellent sea-boat. The "GAZELLE," we learn, is sold to a Company in Prussia.
(Aberdeen Journal)
Notes:
Steam engine by William Simpson & Co.
William Simpson & Co, Engineers are noted as being original owners in the Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum, but the Aberdeen Register does not mention them
Cost at construction, £1,000 for the hull [i.e. exclusive of the engine]
It is possible that Messrs Catto traded as the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.
See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.phpofficial_number=&imo=&builder=&builder_eng=&year_built=&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&type_ref1=&propulsion=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&ref=52343&vessel=GAZELLE
1819
November 1824
