FALCON

Date18 September 1829

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 77' 8" x breadth 20' 10 ½" x depth 13' 2 ½"
Gross Tonnage 149 5/94

Object numberABDSHIP001763

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duffus & Co.

Fate: Wrecked Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 1 March 1840.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, figurehead & no galleries. Constructed of fir and sheathed with copper.

Owners:
1829: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Allan, City of London, 32 shares; William Allan, merchant, Aberdeen, 16 shares; William Falconer, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 16 shares (Builder's List, in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1833: Bleaksley (Lloyd's)
1934-40: Captain (i.e. A. Burnall), registered at London, then Mauritius, finally in Sydney, Australia 1839.

Master:
1831-33: Master William Falconer
1834-41: Master A. Burnall

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1830-31: London - Demerara
1832: London - Trieste
1833: Dublin
1834-39: London - Cape of Good Hope

General History:
28/04/1840:
Captain Lesslie confirms the report of the loss of the schooner FALCON, which was wrecked on the morning of the 1st March, having drifted from both anchors, the wind at N. N. E , and went to pieces in half an hour afterwards - crew saved; the cargo, consisting of sperm oil, flax, and pork, was totally lost.
(The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser)