HELEN

Date1820

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 120 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001788

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson, Footdee, Aberdeen

Fate: Wrecked off Heligoland in September 1840.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged

Owners:
29/06/1820: A. Livie, Montrose, registered at Montrose.
1934: J. Warden, registered at Leith.

Masters:
1820-23: Master J. Livie
1824-31: Master Milne
1832: Master A. Scott
1839-40: Master Torrance

Voyages:
1820-22: London - Hamburg
1822: Liverpool - Genoa
1823: Liverpool - Leghorn
1824: Dundee - Charleston
1825: London - Naples
1826: London - Leghorn
1827-31: London - Naples
1832: Falmouth
1839: Dublin coaster
1840: Leith - Copenhagen

General History:
24/06/1836: Arrived at Leith after a 5-month passage from Sicily.
16/10/1836: Struck on Killendon Point while on passage from Newcastle for Dublin. Got off after discharging most of its cargo and taken into Tobermory Bay.
12/09/1840: Reported wrecked on the sandbanks at Heligoland while on passage from
Newcastle for Hamburg. Crew saved.
1840: Lloyd's entry overprinted “Lost”.

Notes:
by 1830 Rigged as a barque.
by 1839 Reverted to brig rig.

History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=57863&vessel=HELEN