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Shipbuildervessel built by William Rennie (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1826 - 1839)

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Adam

Date13 August 1825

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 61' x breadth 18 5/12' x depth 10 1/12'
Registered Tonnage: 86 47/94 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001713

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1837 (F133).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, one deck, two masts, schooner rigged, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries or figurehead; Constructed with "Scotch Fir", iron bolts and cables.

Owners:
20/09/1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Adam, shoemaker, Aberdeen, 20 shares; James Hector, salmon boiler, Aberdeen, 16 shares; George Skues, Lieutenant Royal Marines, Aberdeen, 4 shares
Other owners 1825; William Fettes, salmon fisher, Nigg, Aberdeen, 8 shares; John Hector Junior, salmon fisher, Nigg, Aberdeen, 8/64; John Hector, salmon fisher, Bellie, Banffshire, 8 shares
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives) (CE87/11/5) no. 86, 1825)
03/12/1834: Re-registered de novo; Robert Sangster, mariner, Aberdeen, 64 shares
05/12/1834: Robert Sangster sells 34 shares to Alexander Adam, shoemaker, Aberdeen
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 51, 1834)
03/06/1836: Re-registered de novo.
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 6, 1836)

Masters (from Aberdeen Register):
1826-27: Master Alexander Watson
1827-28: Master John Leslie
1828-30: Master Samuel Tulloch
1830: Master Alexander White
1831-32: Masters James Ross / Richard Beaton
1833: Master Robert Granger
1834: Master Robert Sangster
1834-37: Master Granger (Lloyd's)

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1826-33: London coaster