MOUNTAIN MAID

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

Date1842

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak, Fir, Elm, and Larch.

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 99.5' x breadth 19.9' x depth 13.1'
gross tonnage 192 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001020

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 132

Fate: unknown, last mention 1866.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged; one and a half poop deck; 2 masts; female figurehead; constructed of oak, fir, elm, and larch.

Owners:
05/08/1842: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners,
John Nicol, merchant, 48 shares; Alexander Allan, shipmaster, 16 shares - both Aberdeen.
Other owners;
20/02/1848: John Nicol 48 shares to John Jeary, shipbroker, Capetown, Cape of Good Hope.
04/03/1846: Letter, John Nicol, managing owner to the collector and comptroller of customs - "Notice hereby give that the brig 'Mountain Maid', registered at this port, has been 3 years absent from her port of registry. She has been engaged in the merchant service between England and the Coast of Africa - and that said vessel has not forfeited her privileges as a British Ship".
14/09/1848: Registry cancelled, Vessel being registered de novo at Cape of Good Hope
Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives):

Masters:
1842-48: Master Alexander Allan
1845: Master Macgregor

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1843: London - Gibraltar.
1844: London - the Cape of Good Hope
1845: Clyde - St. Petersburg
1846: Newcastle - the Cape of Good Hope
1847-48: London - the Cape of Good Hope

General History:
25/04/1845:
At Glasgow for Rio de Janeiro direct. The very fine clipper built fast-sailing A1 coppered and copper fastened brig MOUNTAIN MAID, 226 register, Alexander Allen, commander [...] with considerable part of her cargo engaged, will meet with immediate dispatch - freight or passage, having half a poop and very superior accommodation.
(Glasgow Herald)

30/05/1857:
MOUNTAIN MAID, 192 tons, captain Wood, brig, cleared Sydney 29th May for Nelson (NZ).
(Sydney Empire)

24/11/1864:
MOUNTAIN MAID (brig, British, 192 tons) James John Williamson, master, in Adelaide Harbour, from Sydney 10th Nov.
(South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide))

24/12/1864:
MOUNTAIN MAID, brigantine, 192 tons, Williamson master, cleared Adelaide, 21st Dec. for Sydney.
(South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide))

21/03/1865:
MOUNTAIN MAID, Brig, Williamson master, entered outwards from Adelaide for Sydney.
(South Australian Advertiser)

13/01/1866:
MOUNTAIN MAID, brig, 193 tons, W. Peverly master, entered outwards from Adelaide for Sydney.
(South Australian Register)

Note: Cost at construction, £1,794. (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)