WATER WITCH

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

Date1843

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 83.6' x breadth 17.6' x depth 10.1'
gross tonnage 92 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001024

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 136

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1852 (W77)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged

Owners:
1843: David McBeath, Berwick, registered at Berwick (Builder's List in AMM)
1843-45: London & Berwick Co. (Manager David McBeath) (Lloyd's)
1846-47: Clipper Ship Co.
1848: J. Brown, registered at Peterhead

Masters:
1843-46: Master A. Farmer
1847-48: Master Thompson

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1843-46: Aberdeen coaster
1847: Berwick coaster
1848-52: Berwick - the Cape of Good Hope

General History:
14/01/1848:
For Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, the first class, fast sailing coppered schooner WATER WITCH, Capt. J. Thompson. This vessel is now loading at Berwick and will positively sail on 1 February. Has room for about 40 tons of measurement goods and excellent accommodation for a limited number of cabin and steerage passengers. For freight or passage apply to Mr. John Main, Quay, Berwick or to the owner on board, Mr. John Brown.
(Newcastle Courant)

13/09/1850:
The schooner WATER WITCH, Mauritius to Table Bay, put into Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth] 20 June with damage, having been struck by a heavy sea on 15 June.
(Morning Chronicle)

Note: Cost at construction, £1600. (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)