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
Registered Tonnage: 203 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001684
Keywords
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)
August 1824
