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

Object numberABDSHIP001040

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 152

Fate: wrecked at Batanga, Cameroon, late December 1862.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged with clipper bow, constructed of wood, sheathed with yellow metal.

Owners:
1845-52: Morice or Morris & Co., registered at Dartmouth.
1853-57: Ditchen & Co.
1858-62: Reverts to Morrice & Co., registered at Bristol.
1862: F. Burford

Masters:
1846-57: Master W. Ditchen
1858: Master Gotteral
1859-61: Master Hitchin
1862: Master J. Thomas

Voyages:
1846-52: Aberdeen - Seville
1853-57: Dartmouth - Labrador
1858: Bristol - Mediterranean
1859-61: London - Lisbon
1862: Bristol - Africa

General History:
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)