GUIDE

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

Date1848

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength 86.4' x breadth 17.3' x depth 11.8'
Gross Tonnage: 153 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001054

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 166

Fate: Wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 28 July 1853.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, wood sheathed with yellow metal.

Owner:
1848-53: C. & E. Hunt and Co., London, ship registered at London.

Master:
1849-53: Master T. Bevan

Voyages:
1849-53: Aberdeen - Labrador

General History:
19/08/1853:
The schooner "GUIDE" from New York for Labrador was wrecked July 28 on Sable Island, Nova Scotia - Captain and crew saved.
(Liverpool Mercury)

Note: Cost at construction, £2,486 (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)