CHANCE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Nicol Reid & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, founded c.1790)
Date1840
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD, COPPER & IRON BOLTS
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 168ton (159 tons according to Lloyd's)
Object numberABDSHIP001685
Keywords
Fate: sank in the mid-Atlantic, 24 May 1844.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, sheathed with copper.
Owners:
1840-44: Erskine & Co., registered at Dundee
Masters:
1840-41: Master Lumsden
1842-44: Master Harris
Voyages:
1840-42: Aberdeen - St. Domingo
1842-44: London - Trinidad
General History:
22/09/1842:
Brig, CHANCE, Harris master, reported loading at Trinidad for London.
(Caledonian Mercury)
18/06/1844:
Intelligence of loss of fine brig CHANCE, Harris master, of this port, on voyage Havana-Swansea with cargo of copper ore. She sailed from Havana 21 April, and master & crew were forced to abandon vessel in a sinking state on 24 May. Fortunately they were soon picked up by Russian brig ILEA, St. Domingo-Hamburg, and subsequently taken on board H. M. steamer LUCIFER & landed safely at Cove of Cork 5 June.
(Dundee Courier)
1825
1804
