CURLEW

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

Date1847

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 91.6' x breadth 17.7' x depth 11.5'
gross tonnage 116 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001050

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 162

Fate: last in Lloyd's 1852 (C1829), possibly wrecked at Portsoy, 18 February 1853.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, clipper bow, female figurehead.

Owners:
1847: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
James Clarke, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1848-52: Clark & Co, registered at London (Lloyd's)

Master:
1848-52: Master J. Clark

Voyages:
1848-52: Aberdeen - Cape of Good Hope

General History:
18/02/1853: Wreckage of a vessel named CURLEW, approx 150 tons, at Portsoy.
(Source: Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 123.)

Note: Cost at construction £1803. (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)