JANE

Shipownervessel built for William Donald Junior (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1828

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 62 5/12' x breadth 19 5/12' x depth 11'
registered tonnage: 98 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001801

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Adamson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1843 (J124).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite-schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, standing bowsprit, carvel built, no galleries, a woman's bust figurehead. Constructed of oak and fir.

Owners:
1828: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Allan, Merchant, 16 shares; William Donald Jnr, Merchant, 4 shares.
Other shareholders;
William Chalmers, 4 shares; Leslie Cruickshank, 4 shares; Robert Mitchell, 4 shares, all Merchants. John Angus, advocate, 4 shares; Nevel Burnett, advocate, 2 shares; Alexander W. Chalmers, governor of Bridewell Prison, Aberdeen, 2 shares; Andrew Crane, pilot master, 4 shares; James Adamson, shipbuilder, 4 shares; James Goldie, shipmaster, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Thomas Adamson, shipbuilder, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, 4 shares.
1836: Owned by James Allan, merchant, and Andrew Crane, shipmaster and John Duncan, shipmaster and master of vessel
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1841: Owner, J. Hay, registered at Sunderland (Lloyd's)

MastersL
1828-31: Master Alexander Young
1834-37: Master Dunn
1838-40: Master J. Donald
1841-43: Master Kinnaird

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1830-31: Waterford - Riga
1834-35: Aberdeen - London
1836-40: Aberdeen coaster
1841: Sunderland - Inverness
1842-43: London - Inverness

Note: In the Aberdeen Register JANE is described as a hemaphrodite rigged but in Lloyd's she is a schooner. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.