DUKE OF GORDON

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

Owner Aberdeen & London Shipping Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DateJanuary 1827

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 78 1/6' x breadth 24 1/6' x depth 13 1/6'
registered tonnage 191 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001662

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Broken up at Elsinore, Denmark in November 1852

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack rigged, later brig rigged, 1 deck, 1 mast, smack rigged, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries or figurehead. Seathed with copper 1841.

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, James Brebner and George Elslie.
Other owners in 1827:
Alexander Brown, Alexander Duthie Jnr, and Roert Duthie, all Aberdeen and all Trustees of Aberdeen & London Shipping Co.
1836: George Elsmie Junior and William Reid and George Thompson Junior.
11/1836: Transferred to Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.
03/1837: Sold to George Leslie, Aberdeen in and re-rigged as a brigantine by Alex Hall & Co.
09/1839: Sold to Walter Gray & Co. Glasgow. Now registered in Glasgow.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
05/1842: Sold to William Waddell, Glasgow.
1847: Wilson & Co.

Masters:
1827-35: Master Alexander Morrison
1836: Master J. Horton
1837: Master Longmuir
1838-39: Master Humphery
1840: Master J. Hill
1842-45: Master D. Smith
1847-48: Master Stephenson

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1827-35: Aberdeen - London
1836: Aberdeen coaster
1837: Aberdeen - London
1838-39: Aberdeen- Leith
1840-41: Clyde - St. Kitts
1842-45: Clyde - Demerara
1847-48: Cardiff coaster

General History:
04/01/1837:
To be sold by public roup within Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, 1 February, the smack DUKE OF GORDON, 149 tons register (new measurement) as she presently lies in this harbour, with all her stores, which are abundant and of the best quality. Her speed in sailing is well known on the east coast. Her interior fittings are of the most elegant and commodious description. Particulars from James Jenkins, Manager, Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.
(Aberdeen Journal)

13/01/1845
Brig DUKE OF GORDON, of Glasgow, Bisset master, at St. Helena 13 November and sailed 21st.
(Glasgow Herald)

20/01/1845:
DUKE OF GORDON at St. Helena from Port Philip.
(Glasgow Herald)

02/05/1845:
For sale, about 130 tons African guano of very prime and pure quality, lately imported directly from Ichaboe (Namibia) per brig DUKE OF GORDON, Donegal Quay, Belfast.
(Belfast Newsletter)

01/12/1845:
Spoken 24 October, Brig DUKE OF GORDON, from Africa for Cork, 21 days out, Lat. 6.31 N, Long 24 W [off west Africa].
(Glasgow Herald)