WILLIAM HOGARTH

Date26 April 1841

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Iron frame

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 92 3/12' x breadth 19 1/12' x depth 13'
Registered Tonnage: 140 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002799

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Bowman, Vernon & Co.

Fate: missing in a gale while sailing from Aberdeen for Lerwick on 9 January 1852 and not heard of again.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged clipper, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, iron, clench built, no galleries, male figurehead.

Owners:
1841: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Nicol and George Munro carrying on buisness under the firm of Nicol & Munro, merchants, Aberdeen, 12 shares; William Hogarth, Aberdeen, 12 shares.
Other shareholders:
Benjamin Moir, merchant, 12 shares; Donald Gordon Stewart, fish courier, Aberdeen (12 shares); James Clark Crispin, ship agent, London, 12 shares; William Robinson, corn factor, London, 4 shares.
07/02/1844: The owners of this vessel have transferred by bill of sale 10th Nov, 24th Nov and 21st Dec 1843, 60 shares from 64 shares to Robert Catto, William Duthie, George Thompson in Aberdeen, as trustees of the property in the vessels owned by Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. of Aberdeen.
10/1846: Sold to the Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Co.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
28/04/1841:
LAUNCH - There was launched, on Monday last, from the building-yard of Bowman, Vernon, & Co., an Iron Clipper Schooner, "The WILLIAM HOGARTH," of about 170 tons register, designed for the London trade. By the best of judges her model has been very much admired, and it is expected she will sail very fast. She is divided into three water tight compartments, which add much to the strength and safety of the vessel. A part of the middle compartment is so arranged as to form a ballast water tank, which can, at any time, be filled with goods when ballast is not required. We trust she will fully realize the anticipations of her spirited owners.
(Aberdeen Press and Journal)

21/07/1847:
2 large blocks granite (7 tons) for Sir Walter Scott's tombstone were landed at Leith by WILLIAM HOGARTH, schooner, from Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

19/11/1851:
Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co. - Well known and remarkably fast sailing clipper schooner WILLIAM HOGARTH sails regularly between Aberdeen and Lerwick, carrying Her Majesty's Shetland mails and remaining 36 hours at each end. Has excellent accommodation for passengers and large storage for goods and livestock.
(Aberdeen Journal)

25/02/1852:
We learn that the brig "MARGARET RITCHIE” Capt. Main, of this port, sailed from London, in ballast, for Shields, so long ago as the 7th January, and has not since been heard of. It will be remembered that the last violent storm occurred on the 9th of the same month [...] The mail schooner "WILLIAM HOGARTH" likewise of this port, sailed also the same date, from Aberdeen, for Shetland, and no accounts of her have yet been received.
(Aberdeen Journal)