HERALD

Date23 February 1826

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 93 9/12' x breadth 27 9/12' x depth 6 5/6'
Registered Tonnage: 306 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001796

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson, Footdee, Aberdeen.

Fate: Wrecked off Oland, Sweden, 23 October 1838.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, two decks, three masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, male figurehead.

Owners:
03/1826: Aberdeen registry opened;
James Forbes, merchant, Aberdeen, 16 shares; Alex. Chivas, advocate, Aberdeen, 4 shares; James Goldie, shipmaster, Aberdeen 16 shares
1836: Alexander Bannerman, merchant, Aberdeen, Alex. Chivas, Aberdeen (advocate) James Goldie, shipmaster, Aberdeen
12/03/1839: Registration cancelled, “Vessel totally lost”.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 26, 1826.)

Master:
1827-33: Master J. Gouldie

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters)
1827-33: Dundee - Charleston, South Carolina.

General History:
01/03/1826:
On Wednesday a fine coppered barque, the HERALD, of 307 tons per register, built by Mr Adamson; and next day the brig, CITY OF ABERDEEN, of 260 tons register, built by Mr Duthie, were launched here, and made excellent launches. They are both considered superior and complete vessels, and their symetry improved by ornament, attracted particular attention as they glided majestically into the water - the band of Militia on
(Aberdeen Journal)

17/07/1826: Sailed from Aberdeen for Savannah.

06/07/1827:
Fraud in cotton - Captain Goldie of barque HERALD, arrived at Savanna [Georgia] from Aberdeen, has in charge several bales cotton fradulantly packed, which were shipped at Savannah. Two of the bags had about 30 pounds of seed each in the centre which, with the cotton round it, was well saturated with water. A quantity of small stones were also found in other bags.
(Liverpool Mercury)

19/11/1838:
Dundee, Nov 13 - Accounts reached Dundee yesterday of the loss of the barque HERALD, of Aberdeen, Capt Clarke, bound to this port from St. Petersburgh, with a valuable cargo of flax, tallow & c. She was driven on the rocks at Oland on the 23rd Oct and is water-logged. The crew and part of the cargo saved. - Dundee Courier.
(Belfast Commercial Chronicle)

Notes: 1836: Lengthened and repaired. Admeasured at 366 tons.