LONDON

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

OwnerOwned by Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1821 - 1962)

Date1840

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 96 3/12' x breadth 20 1/12' x depth 12'
Gross Tonnage 142 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000997

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 111

Fate: Lost February 1850 (cause and location unknown).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, female figurehead.

Owners:
1840: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Nicol and George Munro, merchants, carrying on business under the firm of Nicol & Munro, 12 shares; Benjamin Moir, merchant, 12 shares.
Other shareholders: Donald Gordon Stewart, merchant, 12 shares; William Hogarth, merchant, 12 shares; James Clark Crispen, merchant, 12 shares; William Robinson, merchant, London, 4 shares.
1844: Subscribing owners; Robert Catto, Alexander Brown, William Duthie, all merchants. Other shareholders: George Thompson, William Reid, Thomas Blaikie, all merchants, and all trustees of the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co., Aberdeen, 64 shares.
Lost in February 1850
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping, (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1841-48: Master Joseph Willet.

General History:
29/11/1848:
For sale within office of Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. 27 December, fast sailing clipper schooner LONDON, of Aberdeen, 142 tons register, built Aberdeen 1840 by Alex Hall & Son. Is now in good condition and well found in stores.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Cost at construction, £1734 (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)