ROSEHILL
Shipbuildervessel built by
Nicol Reid & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, founded c.1790)
Date1829
Object NameBRIGANTINE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 74 1/3' x breadth 22 1/3' x depth 13 5/12'
Registered Tonnage: 154 ton
Registered Tonnage: 154 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001666
Keywords
Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's register in 1869 (R427)
Propulsion: Sail
Descrition: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, male bust figurehead.
Owners:
06/04/1829: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Duthie, 20 shares; John Smith, 6 shares - both merchants; Thomas Ninean, shipmaster, 16 shares [all Aberdeen].
Other owners: Alexander Crombie, advocate, 4 shares; John Philip, bookbinder, 4 shares [both Aberdeen]; Alexander Duthie of Ruthrieston, 6 shares; Alexander Forbes, Robert Duthie, Robert String, Donaldson Rose, David Copland, William Maitland, George McInnes and Peter Nicol, all shipowners and carrying on trade under firm of The Aberdeen Rope & Sail Co. 8 shares.
29/07/1830: Philip 4 shares to James Lumsden, stationer, Glasgow.
27/05/1833: Alexander Duthie 6 shares to Robert Duthie.
26/05/1838: Executors of Robert Duthie 26 shares - Henry Dawson, master mariner, North Blyth, County of Durham; John Smith 6 shares to Henry Dawson; Thomas Ninean 16 shares to George Lawson, master mariner, North Blyth; Aberdeen Rope & Sail Co. 8 shares to John Robinson, master mariner, Blyth; James Lumsden 4 shares to John Robinson.
12/03/1839: Alexander Crombie's Executor 4 shares to John Robinson.
Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)
1838-39: Captain & Co. registered at Blyth from 1839 (Lloyd's)
1840-46: Grey & Co.
1847-57: Captain & Co. (Robinson)
1858-70: Grey & Co.
Masters:
1834-36: Master Thomas Ninian
1836-37: Master R. Watson
1839-50: Master [John] Robinson, .
1856-57: Master J. Winship
1858-69: Master Tweedy
Voyages:
1834-36: London - Cuba
1836-37: Swansea - Cuba
1838-39: London - Danzig
1840-41: London - Fecamp (France)
1842-43: Liverpool - Aberdeen
1844: Blyth - Le Harvre
1845-46: Blyth - London
1847-57: Blyth coaster
1857: Swansea coaster
1858: Blyth - the Baltic
1859-69: Blyth - France
General History:
22/7/1835:
Brig ROSEHILL, of Aberdeen, from St. Jago de Cuba to Swansea, spoken 30 June, lat. 42.53, long. 55.20 (off Nova Scotia).
(Aberdeen Journal)
24/11/1865
Brig ROSEHILL, of Blyth, Capt. Tweedy, arrived Blyth Friday from London. Captain reports that, while off Hartlepool, one of the lads named James Simpson, 16 years of age belonging to Southwold, fell overboard and was drowned.
(Newcastle Courant)
1841
