WESTERN ISLES

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

Date4 September 1840

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; part Fir

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength 60.3' x Breadth 16.4' x Depth 9.9'
Gross Tonnage 83 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001000

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 114

Fate: Wrecked on Maughold Head, Isle of Man, 7 March 1847.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, part constructed of fir

Owners:
1840: Registered at Inverness for shareholders;
Hugh McKaskal, Tallisker, 32 shares; John McDonald, shipmaster & John McKinnon, book-keeper, 16 shares each. All resided at Brachadale, Isle of Skye.

Masters:
1841-45: Master McDonald.
1846: Master McKenzie

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1841-43: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1844-46: Liverpool coaster
1847: Aberdeen coaster

General History:
12/10/1847:
On Thursday morning, the schooner WESTERN ISLES, Duncan Mackenzie Master, of Inverness, from Liverpool with a general cargo, got ashore at Maughold Head, Isle of Man. One of the crew lost.
(Liverpool Mercury)

Note: Cost at construction £728, or £8 per ton (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)