WHITE MOUSE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1845
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 79'8" x breadth 16'6" x depth 9'8"
gross tonnage 72 tons
gross tonnage 72 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001040
Keywords
Yard Number: 152
Fate: wrecked at Batanga, Cameroon, late December 1862.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged with clipper bow, one deck, two masts, rigged with a standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries and a woman's figurehead, constructed of wood, sheathed with yellow metal. (Devon Archives)
Owners:
17 September 1845: Registered at Dartmouth. Owners William Ditcham, Master Mariner; Richard Fox, Rope Maker, and James Farquhar Morrice, shipowner. (DSR/DAR/1/7 at Devon Archives.)
25 April 1855: Registered at Glasgow.
1858-62: Morrice & Co., registered at Bristol.
1862: F. Burford
Masters (from Lloyd's):
1846-57: Master W. Ditcham
1858: Master Gotteral
1859-61: Master Hitchin
1862: Master J. Thomas
Voyages (Lloyd's):
1846-52: Aberdeen - Seville
1853-57: Dartmouth - Labrador
1858: Bristol - Mediterranean
1859-61: London - Lisbon
1862: Bristol - Africa
General History:
WHITE MOUSE was built by Hall's for its Dartmouth owners, intended for the fruit trade. (David R. MacGregor, Fast sailing ships, 1775-1875 (Lymington, 1973), p. 127)
12/02/1863:
West Coast of Africa, Fernando Po of Spanish Guinea - schooner WHITE MOUSE has been condemned, having been ashore near Batanga. [no date given but other items from the same region relate to late December 1862]
(Liverpool Mercury)
Note: Cost at construction, £1,450 (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Thanks to Sally Bailey for information from Devon archives.
