ROB ROY

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

Date1841

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; birch, larch, oak, and fir,

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 177 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001690

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Nicol Reid & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1850 (R281).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rig, constructed of birch, larch, oak, and fir, iron bolts, sheathed with yellow metal

Owners:
1842: C. Kidd, registered at Arbroath
1842: A. Allan
1845: Drybrough & Co, registered at Leith (sometimes spelled Dryburgh)

Master:
1842-44: Master W. Allan
1845-50: Master Drybrough

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1842: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1842-44: London - Rio de Janeiro.
1845-46: Dundee
1846-47: London
1848: Leith - Baltic.
1849: Liverpool - Baltic

General History:
20/06/1841:
The brig ROB ROY, from Aberdeen, arrived Kingston [Jamaica] and safely landed 92 emigrants.
(The Era)

17/07/1845:
ROB ROY, brig, from Leith, on 27 June Lat 36N, Long. 6W [Straits of Gibralter].
(Morning Chronicle)

25/06/1849:
ROB ROY, Dryburgh, at Riga from Liverpool
(Caledonian Mercury)

28/06/1849:
ROB ROY, Dryburgh, loading at London for Rio de Janeiro
(Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser)