VENUS

OwnerOwned by Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1816

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 82' x breadth 24.5'
Gross Tonnage: 206 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002808

Keywords

About MeYard: unknown

Fate, unknown, last in Lloyd's 1844 (V50).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged, one and a half decks, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Robert Catto, merchant, 5 shares; George Pirie, merchant, 2 shares; Alexander Anderson, shipmaster, 3 shares; all Aberdeen.
17 Other Owners in 1824: John Catto, 3 shares; George Thomson, 6 shares; Robert Abercrombie, 3 shares; Alexander Duncan jnr, 3 shares; Alexander Cleye, 3 shares; William Pirie, 2 shares; William Simpson, 2 shares; William Johnston, 2 shares; William Leslie, 2 shares; all merchants. James Grant, advocate, 3 shares; Simpson Ogilvie, advocate, 3 shares; James Blaikie, advocate, 3 shares; Alexander Nicol, shipmaster, 3 shares; William Leask, shipmaster, 3 shares; John Paul, farmer, Dyce, 3 shares; Mrs Ann Davidson, George Thomson, William Simpson, 2 shares each. Alexander Bannerman, William Mackie, David Milne, Leslie Clark, all merchants, 1 share each.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834-44: P. Cormick, registered at North Shields (Lloyd's)

Master
1818-21: Master J. Lawson
1821-23: Master Anderson
1823-31: Master Alexander Nicol
1831-33: Master R. Lawson
1834-44: Master A. Brodie

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1818-19: London - Pernambuco
1820-21: London - Bahia
1822-23: Leith - Aberdeen
1824-25: London - Dominica
1826: Cork
1827: Liverpool - Messina
1829: London - Bermuda
1831: Leith - Alloa
1832: Dublin - Quebec
1833: Cork - London
1834-44: Newcastle - London