WILLIAM

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

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Adam

Shipownervessel built for John Leslie

DateApril 1831

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 60 4/12' x breadth 18 21/24' x depth 10 6/12'
registered tonnage: 92 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001727

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: possibly stranded on Whitby rocks 13 September 1851 (see note).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1836: Registered in Aberdeen for owners; Alexander Adam, shoemaker, James Reid, gardener and John Leslie, shipmaster and master of vessel.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1845-51: Owner, Archer & Co., registered at Scarborough

Masters:
1831-37: Master John Leslie
1838-39: Master J. Anderson
1845-46: Master D. Archer
1847-51: Master Smithson

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1833: Waterford coaster
1834-36: Aberdeen - London
1837-39: Aberdeen coaster
1845-49: Scarborough coaster
1850-51: Scarborough collier

General History:
13/09/1851: WILLIAM, snow rig, stranded Whitby Rocks,
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3, section 5)

Notes: WILLIAM is in Lloyd's as a schooner, in the Aberdeen Register as a Hermaphrodite. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.
The location and date of the wreck fit with the last entry for WILLIAM in Lloyd's (1851 W194), but the snow rig rather than schooner rig casts some doubt as to whether this was the same vessel.