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 1883 (A36)

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')
1874: George Wascoe, North Shields.
1883: M. H. Wascoe

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
1854-62: Wood
1870: Dodds
1871: Young

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:
31/01/1827:
FOR HALIFAX, PICTOU, AND MIRAMICHI.
The fine coppered brig
ABERDEENSHIRE,
JAMES OSWALD, Commander,
240 Tons,
Is now on the birth [sic] for the above ports, and will be dispatched on 1st March.
For rate of freight or passage fares, apply to John Catto, Son, & Co. or Captain Oswald.
Aberdeen, Jan. 30, 1827.
(Aberdeen Journal)

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)

19/12/1862:
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, at the "Black Horse Inn", Cookson's Quay, South Shields, on Tuesday, Dec., 23rd, 1862, at Seven o'Clock in the Evening (unless disposed of by Private Contract, of which due notice will be given) Mr John Nicholson, Auctioneer, all that useful Brig ABERDEENSHIRE, of Whitby, built at Aberdeen in the Year 1825, has had large and extensive repairs, carries 425 tons of Coals at 15 feet 9 inches Water, shifts without and takes little ballast, and can be sent to sea without expense except provisions. She is now lying in the Tier below the Market Place Ferry, South Shields. For further particulars apply to Captain Wood, on board; Messers Collier and Thompson, brokers, Newcastle; or the Auctioneer, No. 2, Church Row. The Vessel will be laid on shore, the Day previous to the Day of Sale, for Inspection.
(North & South Shields Gazette)

11/11/1867:
The brig Aberdeenshire, of Shields, 259 tons register, was exposed for sale by Messers W. G. Tate & Son, in the Commercial Hotel, Howard Street, No9rth Shields, last night, but a suitable offer not been [sic] made she was bought in by the vendors.
(Shields Daily Gazette)

02/05/1874:
FOR SALE, the handy and well known brig ABERDEENSHIRE, of North Shields, 249 tons register, carries 120 st. hund. deals, and delivers 440 tons of coals, is a most desirable vessel for coal or Baltic Trades, and ready for immediate employment.
For price and further particulars, apply to
GEORGE BELL & CO., ship brokers, North Shields.
(Shields Daily Gazette)
Note: ABERDEENSHIRE is a Snow in Aberdeen Register of Shipping but a Brig in Lloyd's.