JAMES HORN
Date1865
Object NameBRIGANTINE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 95.4' x breadth 22.275' x depth 12.45'
gross tonnage 160 ton
gross tonnage 160 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002803
Keywords
Official Number: 53243
Fate: wrecked at the entrance of the river Weir, Sunderland, 25 October 1877.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, elliptical stern, carvel built, male figurehead.
Owners:
1865: Registered in Aberdeen for owners;
Alex Davidson, James Chalmers, advocates, Aberdeen; James Horn, Pitmedden, Oyne, merchant, 64 shares joint.
24/04/1867: James Chalmers dies. Ownership to remaining joint owners.
16/09/1868: Certificate cancelled. Registered de novo, #53.
24/02/1869: Joint owners transfer 64 shares to the Aberdeen Commercial Co., Aberdeen.
05/11/1877: Certificate cancelled, vessel wrecked at Sunderland, 25 October 1877.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Note Lloyd's has the owner as Commercial Lime Co.
Masters:
1866-71: Master A. Scott
1872-77: Master Duncan
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1866-71: Aberdeen - Baltic
1872-73: Aberdeen coaster
General History:
25/10/1877: JAMES HORN
North of the entrance of the River Weir
Voyage: Sunderland - Aberdeen
Vessell stranded and lost in wind conditions ENE force 6.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997) SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES (Lloyd's Register, London) vol. 3 section 6)
26/10/1877:
WRECK OF BRIG AT SUNDERLAND. The brig JAMES HORN, Falconer, of Aberdeen, laden with lime from Sanderland to Aberdeen, and which sailed from Sunderland, yesterday afternoon, drove ashore, behind the roudhead, South Oatlet, about 8 o'clock, last night. The crew were taken off by the rocket apparatus, and lodged at the Low Street Police Station for the night, there not being accommodation in the Sailors' Home for them. During the night, her cargo of lime had swollen to such an extent that the vessel burst, and is now a total wreck. The wind was from the eastward the time of the vessel coming ashore, but not very strong. The JAMES HORN is a brig of 150 tons register, and is the property of the Aberdeen Commercial Company, Aberdeen.
(Shields Daily Gazette)
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