AVEN
DateMay 1867
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 102 3/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 15 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 241 tons
Gross Tonnage: 241 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001693
Keywords
Official Number: 56606
Fate: Sank in the 27 February 1883
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 2 masts, round stern, carvel built, figurehead billet, wood construction, raised quarterdeck 20 ft.
Owner:
1867: Registered at Aberdeen for owner;
William Knox, 64 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1878-83: P. McRobbie, registered at Aberdeen (Lloyd's)
Masters:
1868-72: Master McKenzie
1873-77: Master F. Chalmers
1878-83: Master J. Gunn
Voyages (Lloyd's):
1872: Aberdeen - Baltic
1873: London - Boston
General History:
09/04/1874:
For sale - Handsome brig AVEN of Aberdeen, 241 tons register. Built Aberdeen 1867 & then classed 8 years A1. Lately passed half time survey, when she was thoroughly overhauled. Has double topsail yards, house forward for crew, half poop for cabin, store rooms, etc. Is essentially copper fastened & very strongly put together. Well adapted for iron, copper, ore or other heavy cargoes. Can be seen in Clarendon dock, Belfast, where she is now discharging cargo of linseed from Riga in splendid order. Particulars from Capt. Brown on board.
(Belfast Newsletter)
29/03/1876:
For sale by public roup, Aberdeen 30 March, Aberdeen clipper brig AVEN. Carries about 400 tons dead weight. Got a thorough overhaul last spring. Is well found in stores & only requires provisions to be ready for sea. Upset price, to ensure competition, £1000. Particulars from Capt. Osborne on board at Provost Blakies Quay.
(Aberdeen Journal)
24/05/1876:
James Clark, shipowner, Peterhead, sued William Knox, Aberdeen, one of principal owners of brig AVEN for damages & expenses (including £1.15 to carpenter for examining vessel) in failed attempt to buy vessel on 30 March. He claimed £9.11s.6d on grounds it had not been a bona fide sale, but intended to establish the vessel's value. Upset price of £1000 was advertised, at roup Clark made highest bid of £1015, but vessel was withdrawn from sale on grounds a reserve bode of £1400 was in place. Sheriff rejected Clark's claim on grounds that detailed particulars stated the reserve bode & Clark had not consulted these particulars.
(Aberdeen Journal)
23/01/1882:
AVEN (brig) of Aberdeen, from Greenock for Rio Janeiro, 78 days out, Dec. 25, in lat. 24 S. long. 44 W.
(Glasgow Herald)
19/05/1882:
A BRIG DAMAGED BY FIRE. (LLOYD'S TELEGRAM.) The AVEN brig, Aberdeen, for Liverpool, caught fire at Galveston. The vessel was filled with water and the fire extinguished. Extent of the injury unknown.
(Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette)
03/02/1883:
Foundering of an Aberdeen Vessel - Information has been received in Aberdeen from Lloyd’s to the effect that the brig AVEN of this port, belonging to Mr Alex. M’Robbie, has foundered in the North Sea. while on a voyage from Shields to London. It will be remembered that a severe gale was encountered on the east coast on Friday last. The storm continued until Saturday, and the AVEN, after encountering the severity of the gale, foundered on Saturday morning. Full particulars have not yet reached us, but it is gratifying to learn that the crew were saved, and were landed at Ramsgate on Wednesday, having been picked up by the fishing smack Brigantine. The vessel was laden with coal. She was built in 1867, and her register was 241 tons. Captain Gunn was in command.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
Note: Lloyd's says AVEN was built by Burns not Humphrey, that information coming from the Builder's list in Aberdeen Maritime Museum.
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