SUPPLY

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

Shipownervessel built for Neil Smith Junior

Date1836

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 70' x breadth 19 3/6' x depth 13 9/12'
Registered Tonnage: 150 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001671

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Wrecked 15 miles off Dunkirk, early May 1862

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, standing bowsprit, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
09/04/1836: Registered 9 April as owned by Neil Smith Junior, merchant, Alexander Nicol, merchant and William Leask, shipmaster and master of vessel.
Other Shareholders in 1836:
Henry Adamson, 32 shares, James Smith, merchants, 8 shares; both Aberdeen
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1847-62: Arnison, registered at Sunderland

Masters:
1836-39: Master W. Leaske
1841-42: Master Leslie
1842-43: Master R. Nicholas
1844-46: Master A. Mackie
1847-48: Master Greenfield
1849-62: Master Arnison (in Lloyd's, but repeatedly given as Mott in newspapers)

Voyages:
1836-38: Aberdeen - Riga
1839-40: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1841-42: London - Rio de Janeiro
1842-43: Aberdeen - Cuba
1844-46: No voyage given
1847: Sunderland coaster
1848: No voyage given
1849-53: Sunderland coaster
1856-62: Sunderland collier

General History:
25/06/1836:
SUPPLY, master Leask, at Poole 18th June from Riga.
Caledonian Mercury

10/02/1858:
Lowestoft, 3 December. Brig SUPPLY, of and from Sunderland for London with coals, got upon the newcome about high water, but was assisted off by the beachmen and brought up in the roads.
(Newcastle Courant)

05/03/1860:
Yarmouth, March 2 - The PLENTY, brig, of and from South Shields for London, towed in Feb 28, with both masts cut away, took the ground in the river and remained fast; the next morning the SUPPLY, brig, of Sunderland, Hartlepool to Loudon, being towed up the river very leaky, and with loss of both masts, ran into her causing considerable damage to both vessels.
(London Evening Standard)

24/11/1860:
Brig SUPPLY, Thomas Mott master, of and for Sunderland, was driven foul of in Yarmouth Roads by the brig WENS and lost foreyard, cathead and bulwarks and made water. Came to anchor off Lowestoft pier to repair damage.
(Ipswich Journal)

05/04/1862:
Brig SUPPLY of Sunderland ran into LITTLE DORRIT of this port, which had extensive damage and was towed into Lowestoft.
(Ipswich Journal)

09/05/1862:
Dunkirk, 4 May - brig SUPPLY, Mott master, Sunderland, Sunderland - Dunkirk, struck on the banks 15 miles off the harbour, after which she went down. The crew took the boat and were picked up 16 hours later by the English brig GIPSY, which enetered port today.
(Newcastle Courant)