PORT FLEETWOOD

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

DateSeptember 1840

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 88.2' x breadth 18.7' x depth 13.6'
gross tonnage 162 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000998

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 112

Fate: Wrecked at Struisbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, September 1846.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged

Owners:
1841-45: John Knowles, Lancaster, registered at Fleetwood
1846: Thompson, registered at London

Master:
1841-46: Master R. Vidler

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1841: Aberdeen - Newcastle.
1842-43: London.
1844-46: London - Cape of Good Hope.

General History:
PORT FLEETWOOD was wrecked at Struisbay when her anchor cables parted, September 1846.
(information from F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)

Note: Cost at construction, £2,821, or £16 10s. per ton (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)