CHARLOTTE

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

Date1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak, Beach, Larch & Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 75 3/6' x breadth 18 5/12' x depth 13 1/6'
Registered Tonnage: 156 82/3500 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001681

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Lost in the North Atlantic, April or May 1854.

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

Owners:
1840-46: Henry Campbell Oswald
1848-51: Reid & Co.
1853-56: Beverley & Co.

Master:
1840-41: Master John Wattie
1843: Master Robert Artis
1844-47: Master John Leslie
1848-49: Master D. Main
1850-51: Master J. Reid
1853-56: Master John Henderson

Voyages:
1840-43: Aberdeen - Lisbon
1844-48: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1849-51: Aberdeen - Quebec
1853-54: Aberdeen - Quebec

General History:
30/3/1853:
(ADVERT) Conveyance for goods and cattle to Quebec. The Aberdeen built brig CHARLOTTE, John Henderson commander, will be laid on berth at Aberdeen from Quebec about 1 April for goods and cattle, and be dispatched about the middle of April. Richard Connon and Co.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Registration cancelled 27th Nov. 1854, the vessel having been lost. She sailed on 23rd April 1854 for Quebec and was never heard of again. Master was Capt. Henderson.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Notes:
15/03/1847 Note by Surveyor that Figurehead had been removed but no further alteration found.
Some Repairs in 1848 and 1853.