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Shipownervessel built for Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1810 - 1875)

Date1826

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 64 3/12' x breadth 21' x depth 11 3/12'
Registered Tonnage: 114 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001798

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1866 (F296)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack then schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1826: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, George Thomson, William Pirie, Others, Alexander Brown, George Pirie, William Catto, all Aberdeen merchants, all trustees of Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co. of Aberdeen, 64 shares.
1836: Owned by Robert Catto, Alexander Brown and George Thomson, merchants.
1857: Owners; Luke Bruce, shipmaster, 26 shares; John Bruce, clerk, 12 shares; Joseph Tabor Willet, shipmaster, 26 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1827-38: Master Davidson
1849-50: Master L. Bruce
1850-52: Master H. Frazer
1854-59: Master G. Cook
1860-66: Master G. Mearn

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1827-30: Leith - Aberdeen
1831-33: Leith coaster
1834-41: Aberdeen - Leith
1849-50: Aberdeen - Baltic
1850-52: Aberdeen coaster
1854: Aberdeen - Baltic
1855: Aberdeen
1856-66: Aberdeen coaster

Note: smack rigged in early Lloyd's entries but schooner rigged in Aberdeen register and in Lloyd's from 1849.