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JAMES
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JAMES

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1826 - 1839)
DateMay 1825
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD; Oak and Fir
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength: 67'3" x breadth 26'6" x depth 11'7"
gross tonnage: 119 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001712
About MeYard: William Rennie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1844 (J24) with the note "wants repair".

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, male bust figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Adam, shoemaker, 12 shares; James Hector, salmon boiler, 12 shares; Robert Gilbert, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other Owners: William Rennie, shipbuilder, 2 shares; John Stott, tailor, 2 shares; George Skues, Lieutenant Royal Marines, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. William Fettes, salmon fisher, 8 shares; John Nesbitt, salmon fisher, 4 shares; Torry. John Hector, salmon fisher tugg net, Banffshire, 12 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 51, 1825)
1828-33: Adams & Co. (Lloyd's; Although Lloyd's had Hector as owner in 1826 it is likely that the change to Adams & Co does not represent a shift in ownership, simply this is Alexander Adam with an added s.)
1837-44: Jones, registered at Dublin (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1826-32: Master Robert Gilbert
1833: Master J. Smith
1837-44: Master J. Craig

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1826-32: London coaster
1833: Bristol to Hamburg
1837-38: Newcastle
1839-44: Dublin to Newcastle

General History:
07/07/1836:
ROTTERDAM
Now loading at the above port, for DUBLIN, and will bring goods for LIVERPOOL, at the usual rates of freight to Dublin, to be transhipped at the ship's expense but the shipper's risk,
The Schooner JAMES, 119 tons register, Captain Craig.
As this vessel will have quick dispatch, the trade are requested to send their orders without delay.
(Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser)
ANN
William Rennie
April 1827
sepia toned photograph of clipper 'rifleman'
DUTHIE
February 1860
ABERDEEN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
March 1871
JOHN HECTOR
DUTHIE
April 1840
SWEET HOME
DUTHIE
August 1839
MOUNTAINEER
Alexander HALL & Co.
1821
HIGHLANDER
DUTHIE
1817
MEDORA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1839
ZEALOUS
June 1825
LIVELY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1817
OSSIAN
DUTHIE
February 1820
OAK
Alexander HALL & Co.
17 August 1815
MERCURY
DUTHIE
1819
GEORGINA
DUTHIE
6 June 1838
MARY ANN
18 October 1825
SIR R. BARCLAY
September 1824
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880