WATER WITCH

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

Date1834

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD: Fir, Oak and Elm

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 69 1/3' x breadth 17 1/4' x depth 10 1/12'
gross tonnage 92 53/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001731

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Rennie

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1840 (W66).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hemaphrodite schooner rigged; 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built.

Owners:
13/01/1834: Registered at Aberdeen.
30/01/1834: Wm Kynoch transferred ship to John Caithness, shipmaster, Aberdeen and he was the first master.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1836-38: Owner Adamson (Lloyd's)
1838-40: Watson Br [Brothers?]. now registered at Liverpool

Masters:
1836-38: Master Adamson
1838-40: Master J. Laing

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1836-38: Leith - Gibraltar
1838-40: Liverpool - Tampico, Mexico

28/02/1840:
WATER WITCH, Laing, sailed from Havanah for this port [Liverpool], 19th December [1839]
(Liverpool Mercury)

Note: Hemaphrodite rigged in Aberdeen Register, Schooner rigged in Lloyds. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.