ALBUERA

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

Date17 February 1826

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 71' 5" x breadth 21' x depth 12' 9"
Registered Tonnage: 138 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001660

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Sunk on Haisborough Sand, Norfolk, 24 October 1829

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, two galeries, male bust figurehead.

Owners:
20/02/1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Lumsden, merchant, 4 shares; William Hogarth, merchant, 16 shares; Charles Borthwick*, 16 shares
Plus six other owners (1826):
George Forbes, 12 shares; Alexander Gibbon, 4 shares; James Brebner, 4 shares; Alexander Bell, 4 shares; all merchants. James Blaikie, advocate, 12 shares; Thomas Blaikie, plumber, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1826, No. 17 )

Master:
1826-29: Master Charles Borthwick

Voyages:
1827: London - Naples
1828-29: London - the Straits [of Gibraltar]

General History:
04/11/1829:
"Yarmouth, Oct. 26 - The brig ALBUERA, Borthwick, of Aberdeen, from Newcastle to Gibraltar, struck on some wreck at the mouth of Hasbro' Sand, on 24th ult. and sunk in deep water. Crew Saved."
(Aberdeen Journal)