ARETHUSA

Date1820

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 87 7/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 15 11/12'
Registered Tonnage: 236 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001752

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Stephen & Sons

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd’s 1838 (A842).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, Single deck with beams; sheathed with copper.

Owners:
1821-25: Fleming & Co.
1826: Bailey
1826-33: Rutherford
1834-38: Glendenning, registered at London

Masters:
1821-1823: Master J. Norie
1824: Master Hodnett
1826-33: Master Clements (according to Lloyd’s but see newspaper reports of his death in 1826)
1834: Master Glendenning
1835-36: Master W. Jane
1837-38: Master Beard

Voyages (from Lloyd’s):
1820-21: London - Jamaica
1822-23: Plymouth - West Indies
1824: London - Barbados
1826: London - Jamaica
1827-1833: London - Jamaica
1834-36: London - Sydney
1837-38: London - Jamaica

General History:
22/06/1820:
1820, Jun 21, Deal – came down from the River, the ARETHUSA, Norie, for Jamaica
(Statesman (London), issue 4750)

09/03/1821:
1821, Mar 7, Deal – ARETHUSA, Norie [for] Montserrat
(Lloyd's List, issue 5574)

29/03/1821:
1821, Mar 25, Falmouth – arrived from London […] ARETHUSA, Norie, for Montserrat
(Morning Post (London), Issue 15611)

27/05/1823:
1823, May 24, Gravesend – ARETHUSA, Hodnet, for Barbados
(Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser, issue 19347)

23/09/1823:
1823, Sep 22, Margate – ARETHUSA, Hodnett from Grenada
(Lloyd's List, issue 5840)

27/02/1824:
1824, Feb 24, Gravesend – Sailed the ARETHUSA, Hodnott, for Jamaica
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser, issue 19622

22/07/1824:
1824, July 20, Greenock - Arrived here, yesterday, the ship ANN, Alexander, from Falmouth Jamaica; sailed thence 10th June. Left loading for London […] ARETHUSA, Hodnet, 15th
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh), issue 16059)

15/10/1824:
1824, Oct 12, Gravesend – ARETHUSA, Clement sailed for Jamaica
(Lloyd's List, issue 5951)

18/01/1825:
1824, Nov 27, Jamaica – ARETHUSA, Clement from London
(Lloyd's List, issue 5978)

31/05/1825:
1825, May 29, Gravesend – sailed ARETHUSA, Clements, for Quebec
(British Press (London), issue 7018)

02/09/1825:
1825, Jul 19, Quebec – arrived ARETHUSA, Clements, from London
(Lloyd's List, issue 6043)

23/09/1825:
1825, Sep 20, Gravesend – arrived ARETHUSA, Clements, from Quebec
(Lloyd's List, issue 6049)

25/11/1825:
1825, Nov 22, Deal – ARETHUSA, Clements, for Jamaica
(Lloyd's List, issue 6067)

15/04/1826:
DIED - At Morant Bay in St. Thomas in the East, on 7th inst [i.e. April] Capt. Clements of the Brig ARETHUSA of Cork.
(Royal Gazette of Jamaica, vol xlvi, no 15)

11/08/1826:
1826, Jul 8, Gravesend – ARETHUSA, Glendenning, [from] Jamaica
(Lloyd's List, issue 6132)

13/10/1826:
1826, Oct 11, Custom House, cleared outwards – ARETHUSA, Glendenning, for Jamaica
(British Press, issue 7438)

11/12/1834:
1834, Dec 8, Gravesend – sailed the ARETHUSA, Glendenning, [for] Sidney [sic]
(Morning Advertiser, issue 13637)