PALESTINE

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

OwnerOwned by Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DateJanuary 1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 87 7/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 14'
Registered Tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001684

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Wrecked off the coast of Cape Colony, 16 December 1846

Propulsion: sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, man figurehead.

Owners:
29/01/1840: Registered at Aberdeen with subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, 16 shares; Robert Catto Jr., 20 shares; William Catto, 8 shares - all merchants, Aberdeen.
Other owners: George Thompson, 12 shares; James Catto, 4 shares; William Catto, Jr., 4 shares - all Merchants, Aberdeen.
19/09/1846: James Catto 4 shares - Robert Catto.
16/12/1846: deleted from register as vessel totally lost between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1840: Robert Nairn.

Voyages:
1840-41: Aberdeen - Newcastle.
1842: Liverpool - Vera Cruz
1842-43: Liverpool - Jamaica.
1844-47: Liverpool - Cape of Good Hope.

General History:
02/06/1845:
Buenos Ayres Government had issued orders that no person or cargo should be landed or admitted to entry which had touched at Montevideo [Uruguay]. These instructions were carried out in relation [among others] to British brig PALESTINE from the coast of Africa.
(Morning Chronicle)

11/01/1847:
Capetown Nov. 5... [other vessels] and brig PALESTINE parted their anchors in Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth] on 28 and 29 ult. and are total wrecks; crews saved.
(Morning Chronicle)