BRAEMAR

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

Date1829

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65 11/12' x breadth 21' x depth 12 1/12'
Registered Tonnage: 120 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001724

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie
Yard Number: 120

Fate: Totally lost 13 September 1835, circumstances unknown.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, fiddle figurehead. Constructed of oak and fir.

Owners:
04/08/1829: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Allan, merchant, 12 shares; William Donald Jr, 16 shares; Cuthbert Jamson, master 4 shares.
Other owners: Several including Alexander Wallace Chalmers, Governor of the Bridewell (see note) 4 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1832-34: Owner, Wm Donald (Lloyd's)
1835: Thompson (Lloyd's)

Masters (Aberdeen Register):
1829: Master Cuthbert Jamson
13/10/1830: Master James Horn?
06/01/1831 to 1833: Master Cuthbert Jamson

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1832: London coaster
1833: London - Rotterdam
1834-35: Aberdeen - London

General History:
11/01/1832:
Sale To-morrow; Shipping for sale
[...] Four 64ths of Schooner BRAEMAR, about 120 tons, built in 1829, at £40
(Aberdeen Journal)

Notes:
In 1833 Lloyd's lists BRAEMAR as a Schooner, Hermaphrodite rig comes from the Aberdeen Register. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.
The Bridewell was the Prison located in the region of the present Rose Street.