MAID OF ALNE

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

Date1841

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 74.6' x breadth 18' x depth 10'
gross tonnage 108 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001005

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 119

Fate: Wrecked in the Farne Islands, 20 December 1863.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged

Owners:
1841: Henry Gibb, Alnmouth, registered at Almouth (Builder's List)
1842-58: Simpson
1861: T. Sweet
1862-67: A. Roy, registered at Arbroath (The MAID OF ALN remains in Lloyd's for several years after its apparent sinking in December 1863)

Masters:
1841-50: Master Henry Gibb
1851-61: Master G. Stanton
1862-67: Master A. Anderson

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1842-45: Aberdeen - London
1847-49: London
1850: Blythe coaster
1851-59: London coaster
1861: London
1862-67: Arbroath collier

General History:
26/12/1863:
North Sunderland —On Sunday morning the schooner MAID OF ALN, John Spalding, of Arbroath, for Sunderland, light, struck the North Goldstone about a.m. The weather being hazy, the captain seems to have mistaken his distance from land. The vessel was sailing at nine knots an hour, and went down about five minutes after she struck. After cutting the lashings of the boat, four of the men managed to get into her. Another went down with the vessel, but on its rising to the surface again, before finally sinking, he got hold of the boat's stern, and was drawn aboard. Having no oars the boat was driven by the flood tide to the Brown Man, one of the Farnes [islands]. Here they were observed by Mr. Darling, of the Longstone Light, who took them off in a boat. He then, made a signal for a boat from the shore, by which they were landed here at three p.m., and proceeded on to Berwick rail in the evening.
(Morpeth Herald)

Note: Cost at construction, Contract £1400 (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)