LONDON

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

Date1833

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65' x breadth 18 1/6' x depth 10 1/12'
registered tonnage 92 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001730

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: stranded on Horseback Rock. Peterhead, 10 January 1849.

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

Owners:
16/10/1833: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Charles Laurence, merchant, 19 shares; Robert Martin, shipmaster, 2 shares; both Peterhead.
Other shareholders;
Thomas Alexander, 3 shares; Thomas Laurence, 4 shares; Alexander Shivas, 3 shares; William Sellar, 4 shares; John Young, 2 shares; Cosmo Smith, 2 shares; George Yule, 1 share; James Annand, 3 shares; William Laurence, 1 share; John MacIntosh, 2 shares; Thomas Laurence Jnr, 1 share - all merchants. James Keith, Royal Navy, 4 shares; Rodrick Gray, writer, 5 shares; George Anderson, shipmaster, 1 share; Alexander Aiken, confectioner, 1 share - all Peterhead. William Willox, merchant, Park, 1 share; Robert Chivas, merchant, Longside, 2 shares; Alexander Logan, merchant, Cruden, 1 share; Charles Robert Colman and George Ben Tolland, carpenters carrying on business as wharfingers at Dounies Wharf, London under the firm of Colman & Tolland, 2 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1834-37: Master Robert Martin (Lloyd's, no subsequent entries)

General History:
On 10 January 1849 the schooner LONDON was stranded on Horseback Rock, Peterhead under Capt. Hay
((Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 149)

Note: Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.