FAVOURITE

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

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Wilson (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date6 September 1838

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 77 1/6' x breadth 19 1/6' x depth 13 1/6'
Gross Tonnage 160 2674/3500

Object numberABDSHIP001679

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Burnt, near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, 19 January 1839.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, female figurehead

Owners:
1838: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Wilson, shipmaster, Aberdeen 8 shares; James Daniel, Customs House agent, Aberdeen, 4 shares; Robert Sangster, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
Other owners: George Spark, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Adam, cartwright, 4 shares; Neil Smith, Jnr., merchant, 8 shares; George Milne, road contractor, 8 shares; Robert Alexander, dyer, 4 shares. All Aberdeen. Alexander Collie, 4 shares; David Ewen, manufacturer, Peterhead, 4 shares; George Thomson, Robert Catto, Robert Catto Jnr., carrying on business under the firm of Catto, Thomson & Co. Rope and Sail Manufacturers, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1838: Master Robert Sangster

General History:
26/01/1839:
"Yarmouth, Jan. 19. The brig FAVOURITE, Sangster, of Aberdeen, in ballast, took fire at about half past four pm this day when off Palling; the master and all hands were upon deck, and reefing the trysail, when they observed the fire, and every exertion was immediately used to extinguish it; notwithstanding which the flames gained upon her so fast, that in about half an hour the whole of the quarterdeck having fallen in, and it being therefore impossible to stear her, she was abandoned, and almost immediately after the main-mastwent over the side, and the vessel drifted towards Haisbro' sands. The crew were brought ashore by a beach boat which launched from Winterton to their assistance."
(The Scotsman)