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BARBARA
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BARBARA

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1826 - 1839)
Shipowner
DateMarch 1829
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD; Black Birch and Oak
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 59 10/12' x breadth 18 5/6' x depth 10'
registered tonnage 90 25/94 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001720
About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: Wrecked east of Dunbar, East Lothian, 6 November 1835.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel british built, no galleries or figurehead, constructed of black birch and oak.

Owners:
12/04/1830: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Alexander Adam, shoemaker, 10 shares; William Rennie, shipbuilder, 10 shares; and James Tulloch, shipmaster, 4 shares.
Other shareholders in 1830;
James Hector, salmon dealer, 10 shares; William Mathews, leather merchant, 4 shares; Charles Robertson, blacksmith, 4 shares; William Harrow, flesher, 4 shares; William Bisset, merchant, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. James Hector Jnr., Hilltown, Raffan, Banffshire, 10 shares; John Hector, salmon dealer in Torry, 4 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834: Owner Riddock, registered at Alloa (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1830: Master James Tulloch (Aberdeen Register)
1834: Master Charles Robertson (Lloyd's)

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1834-35: Aberdeen - Alloa

General History:
06/11/1835:
The BARBARA, registered in Alloa, was wrecked 3 miles East of Dunbar - cargo iron, Capt. Robertson.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 234)

Note: Hermaphrodite rigged in Aberdeen Register, Schooner in Lloyd's. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.
BARBARA remains in Lloyd's register until 1841 (B29) with the same details as before the wreck, this is presumably a ghost entry.