PHOENIX

DateJune 1824

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 61 1/6' x breadth 19' x depth 10'
Registered Tonnage: 89 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001791

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson

Fate: wrecked at "Leaspeirr" (location unidentified), January 1839.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 flush deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Peter Williamson, druggist, 6 shares; John Johnston, merchant, 4 shares; William Spark, watchmaker, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
Other owners; John Knight, saddler, 8 shares; William Donald Jnr., merchant, 6 shares; John Robertson, Glenburnie, 4 shares; William Caie, slater, 4 shares; Joseph Duncan, Clerk, 4 shares; Alexander Cragie, shipmaster, 4 shares; William Reid, shipmaster, 4 shares; James Fowler, tollkeeper, 4 shares; Charles Brebner, gardener, 2 shares; George Reid, brewer, 2 shares; Alexander Yule, shipmaster, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1828-30: Master G. Walker
1830-33: Master J. Brodie
1834-37: Master T. Brodie

Voyages:
1828-33: Leith coaster

General History:
19/12/1825:
Melancholy accident aboard schooner PHOENIX, Walker master, of Aberdeen, while vessel lay at Sunderland. Some fire having been put on an iron plate to heat forecastle, 3 seamen who slept there, supposing fire was out, went to bed. Deck hatch being closed, sulphurous air from coals killed one and left 2 others in state of insensibility from which they were with difficulty recovered through efforts for several hours of medical gentlemen.
(Caledonian Mercury)

14/01/1839:
The PHOENIX, Brody, of Inverness, is on shore at Leaspeirr with loss of anchors &c.
(Morning Advertiser)
also given as "Lesspurr" (Globe, 12/01/1839)