ABERDEENSHIRE

DateFebruary 1825

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 89' x breadth 25'2" x depth 17'
Registered Tonnage: 240 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001793

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1844 (A16)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, a woman figurehead.

Owners:
18/02/1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, 12 shares; William Catto, 12 shares, merchants; James Donald, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other owners in 1825; John Catto, 8 shares; George Thomson, 4 shares; William Pirie, 4 shares; William Donald, 4 shares; John Catto Jnr. 4 shares; all merchants. John Ewing, Advocate, 8 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1836-44: J. & T. Wood, registered at Whitby (Lloyd's often contracted to 'Wod')

Masters:
1925: Master James Oswald (Aberdeen Register)
1834-36: Master A. Martin (Lloyd's)
1836-38: Master J. Wood
1838-40: Master T. Verrell
1841: Master Blackburn
1842-44: Master Harrison

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1834-35: Aberdeen - Miramichi (Canada)
1835-36: Liverpool - Naples
1837-38: London coaster
1838-41: Hartlepool - London
1842-44: London - St. Petersburg

General History:
24/07/1838:
At LLOYD’S ROOM, CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, On TUESDAY, July 31, at Half-past Two, (Unless previously disposed of private contract.) THE good Brig ABERDEENSHIRE, of Whitby, 240 tons per register (O.M.); stands in Lloyd Register of Shipping, built Aberdeen, in 1825; is a firm and substantial vessel, carries a large cargo, abundantly found in stores, and is well adapted to the coal and Baltic trades. William Wallace, Commander- Now lying at New Crane, Wapping. For inventories and further particulars, apply to R. and R. Brown, St. Mary-at-hill; or WM. WOOLCOMBE. 1, Preeman’s-court, Cornhill.
(Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser)

27/04/1839:
The ABERDEENSHIRE, of Whitby, proceeding out this afternoon's tide, came In contact with a Scotch sloop and carried away her mainsail
(Newcastle Journal)

Note: ABERDEENSHIRE is a Snow in Aberdeen Register of Shipping but a Brig in Lloyd's.