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

DateSeptember 1841

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 66'4" x breadth 17'8" x depth 9'7"
gross tonnage 120 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001012

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 124

Fate: Lost 1858, circumstances unknown.

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

Owners:
1841: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Adam Robert Gray, merchant, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, 8 shares; John Blackhall, shipmaster, Newburgh, 4 shares; William Fiddes, farmer, Darnhill, 4 shares
Other shareholders;
Wiliam Gray, merchant, Newburgh, 20 shares; James Annand, surveyor, Newburgh, 4 shares; William Gray Jnr, farmer, Mill of Fiddes, 4 shares; George Moir, farmer, Mains of Kirkhill, 4 shares; John Thomson, merchant, Leyton, 4 shares; Robert Mair, farmer, Tarty, 4 shares; James Middler, farmer, Windyhills, 4 shares; George Gray, farmer, Mill of Kinmuck, 4 shares; all County of Aberdeenshire.
21/08/1856: Vessel re-measured and alterations noted on certificate at Banff on 19th inst. Tonnage ascertained at 82.96 tons.
05/10/1858: registration cancelled the vessel having been lost.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1843-48: Master John Blackhall
1851-56: Master G. Crombie

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1843-48: Aberdeen - Stettin
1851-56: Sunderland - Aberdeen