SHAKESPEARE

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

DateMay 1825

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 78'9" x breadth 22'11" x depth 15'
Registered Tonnage: 179 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001658

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Wrecked at North Shields, 31 January 1849

Propulsion: Sail
Description: 1 deck, 2 masts, snow rigged, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, male bust and "Mock Gallery".

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Jamieson, jeweller, 8 shares; Simpson Ogilvie, advocate, 4 shares; John Goldie, shipmaster, 6 shares.
Other owners: James Forbes, Echt, 8 shares; John Lumsden, 4 shares; John Kelly, 4 shares; Alexander Smith, 4 shares; George Allan, 4 shares; all merchants. James Goldie, shipmaster, 4 shares; George Clerihew, builder, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Robert Ross, brewer, Old Aberdeen, Andrew Black, farmer of Forresterhill, Oldmachar, 4 shares; Alexander Lumsden, farmer Pitbee, Chapel of Garioch, 4 shares; James Alexander, blacksmith resivett, Chapel of Garioch.
( Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1828-33: Jameson & Co.
1834-35: Lumsden
1836-42: George Thompson Junior.
1843-49: Cummings, first registered in South Shields then Newcastle.

Masters:
1825-33: Master J. Goldie
1834-36: Master A. Stephen
1836-41: Master W. Rosie
1843-46: Master G. Gray
1847-49: Master Weatherhead

Voyages:
1826: London - Sicily Isles
1828: Liverpool - Antwerp
1830: Greenock - Newfoundland
1831: London - Pernambuco (Brazil)
1832-33: London
1834: Aberdeen - Archangel
1835: Aberdeen - Bristol
1836-37: Aberdeen - Malta
1839-41: Aberdeen - London
1843: South Shields - London
1844-46: South Shields - the Mediterranean
1847-48: Newcastle - the Mediterranean
1849: Plymouth - the Mediterranean

General History:
03/02/1849:
"Shields - Jan 31. The SHAKESPEARE, Weatherhead, from Girgenti for Newcastle, with brimstone, is on shore a mile south of this place; she is reported to have previously struck Hendon Rocks"
(Newcastle Journal)

09/02/1849:
North Shields - Brig SHAKESPEARE, from Gergenti, on the sand near Souter, still remains and is likely to become a wreck.
(Newcastle Courant)

23/02/1849:
North Shields - Lower masts and stores of brig SHAKESPEARE, stranded on the sand, are to be sold today.
(Newcastle Courant)