GITANA

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

OwnerOwned by Blaikie Brothers (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1846 - 1896)

Date1846

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 83.6' x breadth 17.0' x depth 10.2'
gross tonnage 92 tons (93 tons according to Lloyd's)

Object numberABDSHIP001045

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 157

Fate: possibly wrecked at Cape Town, 7 June 1857.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, fixed bowsprit, square stern, caravel built, no galleries, female figurehead.

Owners:
1846: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; John Blakie, Thomas Blakie, David Blakie, under firm of Blakie Bros, Manufacturers, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
26/02/1853: Bill of sale transferred ownership to Alexander Barron, engineer, Port Louis, Mauritius.
01/02/1854: Registration cancelled in Aberdeen, now registered in Cape of Good Hope.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1847-50: Master J. Lacy
1851-52: Master Paterson
1853-56: Master W. Taylor

Voyages:
1847: Aberdeen coaster
1848-50: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1851-52: Aberdeen - Mauritius

General History:
06/08/1857:
The Zuid Afrikaan, of 11th June, gives the following details of a storm of 7th June [...] Between twelve and one o'clock the schooner ISABELLA [its anchor cable] parted, and was beached at the Imhoff. Shortly afterward's the schooner GITANA also parted, and was put ashore near the ISABELLA. [...] The GITANA and ISABELLA are bilged.
(Morning Chronicle )
The report does not say the GITANA was a total loss as it does some other victims of the storm but with no more Lloyd's references after this date that might be assumed.

Note: Cost at construction, £1,305 (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)