SIR R. BARCLAY

DateSeptember 1824

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 66' x breadth 20' x depth 11 1/12'
Registered Tonnage: 111 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001734

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Stephen & Sons

Fate: Stranded on Margate Sands 8 June 1850.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermophrodite brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, male bust figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Mortimer, baker, 16 shares; John Reid, merchant, 8 shares; John Nicol, shipmaster, 8 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other owners; Robert Spring, baker, 8 shares; William Simpson, merchant, 8 shares; James Barclay, 8 shares; all Aberdeen; George Crawford, Montrose, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1835-41: Owner. Readhead, registered at London (Lloyd's)
1845: Owner, Stockdale, registered at King's Lynn

1824-27: Master John Nicol
1827: Master J. Smith
1828-30: Master J. Park
1830-32: Master Robertson
1832-33: Master D. Cobb
1834-35: Master D. Beattie
1835-41: Master J. Aiken
1845-46: Master W. Davy

Voyages (from Lloyd's)
1825: London
1826-27: London - Tenerife
1828-30: Liverpool - Gibraltar
1831-32: Dublin coaster
1832-33: Leith - Baltic
1835: London - Havre
1836-41: London
1845-46: Lynn coaster

General History:
08/06/1850: Stranded on Margate Sands while sailing from Shields to Gibralter. Owner William C. Jarvis, Cargo coal and unspecified, Crew - 6, Captain W. Jarvis.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 2, section 4)

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