SIR ROBERT PEEL

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

Shipownervessel built for Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1840

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 126' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 21 1/12'
Registered Tonnage: 531 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001687

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: Sunk 150 miles from Ichaboe, Nambia, end December 1844.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged; one deck and beams for a second; 3 masts; male figurehead

Owners:
21/11/1840: Registered at Aberdeen by subscribing owners:
Robert Catto, 24 shares; Robert Catto Jr., 20 shares; William Catto, 4 shares - all merchants, Aberdeen.
Other owners: George Thompson, merchant, 4 shares; William Donald, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Anderson Symmers, shipmaster, 8 shares - all Aberdeen.
10/12/1840: Robert Catto 4 shares - James Catto, merchant, Liverpool and 4 to William Catto Jr., merchant, Aberdeen.
03/03/1845: deleaed from register as vessel abandoned at sea near St. Helena.
Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives):

Masters:
1841-42: Master David Craig.
1842-44: Master Edwards.

Voyages:
1841-42: Aberdeen - South Carolina
1843-44: London - Calcutta.

General History:
03/03/1845:
Ship SIR ROBERT PEEL, of Aberdeen, left, Ichaboe 22 December and about 150 miles from Ichaboe sprung a leak and went down. Crew saved by a vessel from China and arrived St. Helena previous to 4 January.
(Glasgow Herald)