MARGARET

Shipbuildervessel built by Nicol Reid & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, founded c.1790)

Date1818

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 87 1/3' x breadth 24 5/6' x depth 15 3/12'
Registered Tonnage: 226 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001649

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nichol Reid & Co.

Fate: unknown, last Lloyd's underwriters entry 1833 (M143)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine snow rigged, 1 flush deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, 26 shares; John Catto, 4 shares; William Catto, 4 shares (all merchants, Aberdeen).
Other owners in 1824: George Pirie, 2 shares; William Pirie, 2 shares; George Thomson 4 shares; Peter Mortimer, 4 shares; Alexander Cheyne, 4 shares; William Donald Jnr, 4 shares; James Aiken, 4 shares (all merchants, Aberdeen); John Ewing, advocate, 4 shares; William Milne, glazier, 4 shares; James Aiken Jnr, shipmaster, 4 shares (all Aberdeen).
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1820-23: Master Aiken
1823-30: Master James Troup
1830-33: Master Anderson

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1820: London - Halifax
1821-22: Dublin - Miramichi
1823: Belfast - St. Johns
1824-28: Leith - Quebec
1830: Dublin - Quebec
1831-33: Liverpool coaster