TOM CRINGLE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1841
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD; Fir, Oak, and Elm
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 70.4' x breadth 17.8' x depth 10.1'
gross tonnage 103 tons
gross tonnage 103 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001008
Keywords
Fate: Wrecked at Bondicar (north of Blyth), December 1865
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, constructed of fir, oak, and elm
Owners:
1842-57: Joseph Bremner, registered at Wick
1858-64: Coltman & Co., registered at Newcastle
1865-66: J. Brims, registered at Thurso
Masters:
1842-45: Master Robertson
1846: Master F. Leith
1848-49: Master McMeekin
1850-52: Master A. Groat
1853-55: Master Cruikshanks
1856-57: Master J. Martin
1858-61: Master G. Coupar
1862-66: Master J. Kinnear
Voyages (from Lloyd's register):
1842-43: Aberdeen - Wick
1844-45: London - Archangel
1846: Liverpool coaster
1848: Belfast.
1850: Leith
1851-55: Leith coaster
1856-57: Sunderland coaster
1858-61: Newcastle - Gothenburg
1862-66: Newcastle coaster
General History:
01/04/1844:
Schooner TOM CRINGLE spoken - from Patras to London, out 32 days.
(Glasgow Herald)
05/01/1866:
To be sold by auction at Hauxley and Bondicar Sands 9th January the wreck from the hull of the late schooner TOM CRINGLE of Thurso, 150 tons burthen lately stranded at Bondicar. Also all the materials belonging to the said vessel.
(Newcastle Courant)
07/01/1866:
Royal National Lifeboat Institution - the Hauxley lifeboat saved four men from the schooner TOM CRINGLE of Thurso.
(The Era)
Note: Cost at construction, £1158 (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
