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MAJESTIC

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

Date1829

Object NameSHIP

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 100 7/12' x breadth 28 1/3' x depth 19 3/6'
Registered Tonnage: 344 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001665

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyds register 1843 (M77) with the note "wants repair"

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 1 deck, 3 masts, woman figurehead

Owners:
09/04/1829: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, merchant, 30 shares; William Catto, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Lawson, master mariner, 4 shares - all Aberdeen.
Other owners: Robert Catto Jr, merchant, 4 shares; John Catto, merchant, 4 shares; William Pirie, merchant, 4 shares; George Thomson, merchant, 4 shares; William Donald Sr, merchant, 2 shares; William Donald Jr, merchant, 4 shares; Peter Mortimer, merchant, 2 shares; Alexander Anderson, master mariner, 2 shares - all Aberdeen.
27/09/1832: On death of Peter Mortimer his 2 shares to Robert Catto, Jr.
16/02/1833: On death of ...... his 4 shares to William Catto.
27/01/1836: On death of William Pirie his 4 shares to Robert Catto Jr.
05/03/1836: Robert Catto 8 shares to Robert Catto, Jr.
18/04/1836: On death of Alexander Anderson his 2 shares to his widow.
04/04/1840: 48 shares to Edward Ritton and 16 shares to Robert Robinson - both merchants in Newcastle upon Tyne.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1832-39: Master A. Lawson
1840-43: Master Williamson

Voyages:
1832-33: Liverpool.
1835-39: Aberdeen - Bombay
1840-43: Liverpool - Aberdeen

General History:
29/04/1829:
The fine new coppered ship MAJESTIC, Captain Lawson (late of the ATLANTIC), 344 tons per register, will sail from Dundee by 10 May for New York, having elegant cabin and half-deck accommodation. Freight rates or passage fares from Robert Catto, Aberdeen, or Kinmond & Hill, Dundee.
(Aberdeen Journal)

23/09/1835:
For sale by public roup in Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, 30 October, four 64ths of ship MAJESTIC [notice repeated 2 December, non upset price £175].
(Aberdeen Journal)

Master, G.Williamson & the Surgeon, Peter Fisher, she sailed from London 3rd. August 1838, arriving N.S.W. 22nd January 1839 (A voyage of 111days) (Charles Bateson (1983), "The Convict Ships 1787-1868" (Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow))