BETSY

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

Owner Aberdeen & London Shipping Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1826

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 70 1/3' x breadth 20 9/12' x depth 11 9/12'
Registered Tonnage: 128 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001715

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: Last in Lloyd's 1843 (B187), possibly wrecked February 1842 circumstances unknown.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Leslie Clark, merchant, 24 shares; George Pirie, merchant, 4 shares; John Angus, Advocate, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other shareholders;
David Milne, merchant, 8 shares; John Gall, Builder, 8 shares; James Copland, clerk, 8 shares; Arthur Farquhar, shoemaker, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. James Jenkins, manager for the Aberdeen & London Shipping Co. in the city of London, 4 shares.
05/1833: Sold to Swainston & Cram, Liverpool.
11/1836: Sold to P. M. Lamb and S. Green of Youghal.
08/1839: Sold to T. Williams, King's Lynn.
01/1840: Sold to William Shipp, King's Lynn.
02/1842: Wrecked.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1827-30: Master John Lumsden
1831-33: Master J. Brunton
1834-37: Master R. Bence
1838-42: Master J. Jenkins

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1827-29: London coaster
1830: London - Riga
1831-32: Dublin
1833: Dublin - Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey)
1834-37: Liverpool - London
1838: Swansea - Youghal
1839-42: London - Sligo

Note: In the Aberdeen register as a hemaphrodite but in Lloyd's as a schooner. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.