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Shipownervessel built for Alexander Gibbon (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1819

Object NameWHALER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 84 9/12' x breadth 24 11/12' x depth 15 9/12'
Registered Tonnage: 220 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001751

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Stephen & Sons

Fate: marked LOST in Lloyd’s 1835 (L143).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, woman's bust figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Gibbon, 12 shares; James Gibbon, 8 shares; William Pirie, 4 shares; all merchants, Aberdeen.
Other owners in 1824; Alexander Pirie, 4 shares; Patrick Pirie, 4 shares; John Smith, 8 shares; George Storey, 4 shares; all merchants. James Grant, advocate, 4 shares; William Stephen, shipbuilder, 4 shares; William Lawrie, clerk, 4 shares; William Forsyth, druggist, 4 shares; David Scott, Capt Royal Navy 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1832-35: Smith & Co., registered at Newcastle, the Blyth (1835) (Lloyd’s).

Masters:
1819-20: Master G. Phelps
1820-23: Master W. Cormick
1822-24: Master A. Morrison (simultaneous with Cormick)
1824-31: Master John Thompson (first name supplied by Aberdeen Register)
1832-33: Master J. Smith
1834-35: Master T. Smith

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1819-20: Belfast
1820-23: Plymouth - Aberdeen
1823-24: Liverpool - Riga
1824-25: Liverpool - Quebec
1825-26: Hull - Falmouth
1827-31: Leith - South Shields
1832-33: Leith - Arkangel
1834-35: Blyth

Note: Snow rigged 1834.