ROVER

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

Date1840

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak, Elm, Fir, Pine and Larch

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 74'3" x breadth 19'7" x depth 12'0"
gross tonnage 139 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000994

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 108

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1852 (R397)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, caravel built, no galleries, male bust figurehead; constructed of oak, elm, fir, pine and larch.

Owner:
1840: registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
Benjamin Moir, merchant, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Registrar of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1848-50:Talbot & Co. (Lloyd's)
1851-52: E. Clark, now registered at Whitby

Masters:
1841: Master Martin
1842-44: Master Webster (Post Office Aberdeen Directory)
1845-47: Master Taylor (PO)
1848: Master S. Linklater (Lloyd's, and hereafter)
1849-50: Master D. Talbot
1851-52: Master S. Bolton

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1848: Aberdeen coaster
1849: Aberdeen - Galatz (Galati - on River Danube, Rumania)
1851: Whitby coaster

Note: Cost at construction, £1524 (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)