THE QUEEN

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

Shipownervessel built for Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1810 - 1875)

Date1844

Object NamePADDLE STEAMER

MediumWOOD, PADDLE STEAMER, IRON CLENCH, SHOONER

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 186' x breadth 47' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 614

Object numberABDSHIP001033

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 145

Fate: Struck Carr Rock and beached at Crail 19 April 1857

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Iron Steamer, 1 deck and a half poop deck, 3 masts, schooner rigged, propelled by steam with an engine room 66ft long, standing bowsprit, square stern, iron clench built, imitation galleries, female figurehead.

Owners:
1844: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, Alexander Brown, George Thomson, all merchants in Aberdeen.
Other shareholders: William Catto, merchant, Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Co. 64 shares, jointly.
Vessel measured at Leith to ascertain weight, April 1856. Net tonnage 327.91 tons.
Certificate cancelled, vessel lost May 1857.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1844: Master William Campbell.

General History:
Launched by Mrs George Thomson for the Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Co.
Referred to as an iron steamer.

27/08/1845:
EDINBURGH, ABERDEEN, INVERNESS CAITHNESS,
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND STEAMERS.
The Queen,
260 Horse power, Wm. Campbell, Commander;
Duke of Richmond,
220 Horse power, Wm. Campbell, Jun., Commander;
Sovereign,
200 Horse power, Alexander Smith, Commander;
Bonnie Dundee,
130 Horse power, Andrew Crane, Commander;
ARE appointed to Sail as under, (weather permitting):-
Aberdeen and Edinburgh passage FROM ABERDEEN, Every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at Six o’clock in the Morning and
FROM GRANTON PIER,
Every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, and DAY, at the same Hour.
(Aberdeen Journal)

19/04/1857: ‘THE QUEEN’ 1844, struck Carr Rock, beached at Crail and broke up 25 April. Captain Murray. Described as a steam ship, paddle, wooden.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland" (C-ANNE Publishing, Edinburgh), p. 201)
Notes: Construction cost £2,652 (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Engine by William Simpson