RAVENSWOOD

Shipownervessel built for John Lumsden & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Shipownervessel built for William Reid (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1833

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76 11/12' x breadth 21 1/6' x depth 13'
Registered Tonnage: 150 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001769

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duffus & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1853 (R76).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, carvel built, square stern, mock galleries, billet figurehead.

Owners:
19/07/1833: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Lumsden, William Reid, George Elsmie, merchants in Aberdeen.
Other shareholders:
Alexander Bannerman, James Forbes, George Forbes, Alexander Gibbon, merchants. John Duffus, engineer carrying on business in Aberdeen under the firm of John Duffus & Co. Shipbuilders. 64 Shares.
1837: Sold to Montrose.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1838: Owner, McCaul, registered at Glasgow (Lloyd's)
1846-50: Owner, Dickson & Co.
1850-53: Owner, J. Meikle

Masters:
1834-37: Master Robertson
1838-41: Master A. Fraser
1844-47: Master McKellar
1848-50: Master Manson
1850-53: Master J. Meikle

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1835-36: Aberdeen - Cardiff
1836-37: Aberdeen - Sunderland
1838-42: Clyde - St. Vincent
1844-45: Clyde - the West Indies
1848-50: Liverpool - Jamaica
1851: Clyde - Buenos Aires
1852: Clyde - the West Indies

Note: in Lloyd's as brigantine rigged.