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Shipownervessel built for William Donald

DateMay 1828

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak, Elm and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 68 1/6' x breadth 19 7/12' x depth 12'
Registered Tonnage: 111 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001760

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duffus & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1842 (W141).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, fiddle head figurehead. Constructed of oak, elm and fir, iron bolts.

Owners:
1828: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners:
William Donald Jnr, merchant, 10 shares; James Allan, merchant, 8 shares; James Newton, shipmaster, 8 shares; all of Aberdeen.
Other shareholders:
James Forbes, Echt, merchant, 8 shares; William Hogarth, merchant, 8 shares; William Esson, merchant, 4 shares; William Newton, shipmaster, 8 shares; William Reed, shipmaster, 4 shares; James Thain, boat builder, 4 shares; Robert Donald, druggist, 2 shares. All Aberdeen.
1836: Owned by William Donald, Merchant and William Hogarth, merchant, and James Allan, merchant.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1828: Master James Newton
1829-31: Master Robinson
1831-32: Master W. Fowler
1833-37: Master W. Weir
1838-42: Master J. Donald

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1828-31: London
1832: Hull - Riga
1833: Falmouth - the Straits of Gibraltar
1835-36: London - Bilbao
1836-38: Aberdeen - Stettin
1838-42: Aberdeen - Sunderland

Notes: 1836; Some repairs using old larch, fir and elm
Iron hanging knees
2 chain and 1 hemp rope anchor cable