EARL GREY

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

Date1831

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 162 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001667

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Wrecked, Sandy Bay, Gibraltar, January 1847

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged

Owners:
1834-36: Fairweather, registered at Dundee.
1836-39: Captain & Co.
1840-47: Lockhart, registered at Kirkcaldy.

Masters:
1834-39: Master J. Webster
1840-45: Master Douglas
1845-47: Master J. Laughton

Voyage:
1834: Dundee
1836-39: Dundee - the Baltic
1840: Leith
1841-42: Leith - Montreal
1842-45: Leith - Malta
1845-47: Leith - the Mediterrenean

General History:
15/02/1847:
"The EARL GREY, Laughton, from Patras for Liverpool, was wrecked, Jan .. [meaning day unknown] at Sandy Bay near Gibraltar"
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)