TRITON

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

OwnerOwned by Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1837

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 77' x breadth 19 1/3' x depth 13 3/6'
Registered Tonnage: 171 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001677

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Wrecked on the Kentish Knock, Thames estuary, 30 October 1842

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts.

Owners:
25/10/1837: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, merchant, 14 shares; Robert Catto Jr., 14 shares; William Catto, 8 shares - all merchants, Aberdeen.
Other owners: George Thomson, William Catto, Robert Johnston, Robert Catto, Robert Catto Jr, Co-Partners under firm of Catto, Thomson & Co., Rope & Sail Manufacturers, Aberdeen, 16 shares; George Thomson, merchant 4 shares; Robert Johnston, merchant 4 shares; James Aiken, shipowner, 4 shares [all Aberdeen].
02/11/1837: Aiken 2 shares to William Donald, merchant, Aberdeen.
01/12/1842: Register delivered up - vessel totally lost.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1837: Master George Scorgie

Voyages:
1838-39: Aberdeen - the Mediterrenean
1840-41: Aberdeen - Malta.
1842: Aberdeen - the Mediterrenean

General History:
04/11/1842:
Margate, 31/10/1842 - 14 sails, ship's bell, wheel, sundry ropes etc. were brought in here from brig TRITON, Scorgie, Shields to Marseilles, lost on the Kentish Knock yesterday.
(Newcastle Courant)