TARTAR

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

DateJune 1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Fir, Elm and Oak

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 87.8' x breadth 20.6' x depth 14.2'
gross tonnage 203 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000993

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 107

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1851 (T34).
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged; 1 deck, 2 and a trysail masts; male bust figurehead; constructed of fir, elm and oak.

Owners:
10/06/1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Thomas Phillips, shipowner, Aberdeen, 12 shares; Alexander Mitchell, farmer, Ythan Lodge, 12 shares; Thomas Fiddes, farmer, Pitmillan, 4 shares.
Other owners; Patrick Robertson, shipowner, Aberdeen, 4 shares; Charles Ruxton, Farmer, Hill of Fiddes, 4 shares; George Fiddes, farmer, Kingston, 4 shares; George Allan, farmer, Knockhill, 4 shares [last 2 Parish of Foveran]; William Carnegie, farmer, Newtown, Skene, 4 shares; Andrew Mitchell, farmer, Sandhole, 4 shares; William Bruce, farmer, Mains of Slains, 4/ shares; Andrew Mitchell, farmer, Cairnhill, 4 shares; John Rae, Merchant, Ellon, 4 shares.
06/01/1842: Thomas Phillips 4 shares to Alexander Mitchell.
16/12/1843: John Rae 2 shares to John Rae, Jr., Ellon.
28/03/1844: On death of Patrick Robertson, his 4 shares to David Crichton, Ardo et al, his Trustees and Executors.
15/01/1847: TARTAR sold to Sunderland, registered de Novo there.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1847: Hutchinson, now registered at Sunderland (Lloyd's)
1848: Wardell & Co.

Masters:
1841-46: Master James Gordon
1847: Master J. Hill
1848-49: Master Creete
1850-51: Master Ratcliffe

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1841-42: Aberdeen - Valparaiso
1842-43: Clyde - Valparaiso
1844-46: Liverpool - Bahia (Brazil)
1847: Newcastle - the Mediterranean
1848-49: Sunderland - London
1850: Shields - the Mediterranean

General History:
23/11/1860:
Brig TARTAR, of and for Sunderland, Master Jacques, from London, was in collision during the night of 15 Nov. off Flamborough Head (Courant says with schooner BILLYBOY, which had both her masts carried away, Journal says with schooner MARY & SARAH, which almost immediately sank, crew picked up by another vessel).
(Newcastle Courant; and also Ipswich Journal, 26/11/1860)

27/01/1866:
On 18 Jan. brig TARTAR, Johnson, of and from Sunderland, for London with coals, missed stays and took the ground on the Barber Sand about 7p.m. and commenced making water. At 2a.m. next day a signal was made for assistance by burning a tar barrel and about half an hour after a boat's crew went off, but owing to the state of the sea they could not board until 6a.m. when £350 was asked to get the vessel off and into safety. As no agreement could be made the salvors went to work and succeeded in floating her. On following morning she was taken in tow by Yarmouth tugs PILOT and SAILOR and brought into harbour, making a good deal of water.
(Ipswich Journal)

Note: Cost at construction, £2,178 (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)