JANES

Date1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; oak, beech, larch, elm, part fir planking

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionstonnage 187 tons
Length 81'4" x Breadth 20' 4" x Depth 14'

Object numberABDSHIP002809

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1854 (J214)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, female bust figurehead. Constructed of oak, beech, larch, elm, part fir planking, part iron bolts, sheathed with yellow metal.

Owners:
1840: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Pearson, shipmaster, Aberdeen 48 shares.
Other shareholders; John Reid, nurseryman, Leith, Edinburgh, 16 shares.
02/07/1840: shares transferred by bill of sales to Francis Hay Nicol, merchant, Aberdeen.
11/08/1849: vessel now registered at Belfast.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1841-49: Thompson, registered at Aberdeen. (Lloyd's register)
1850-54: Sullivan, registered at Belfast.

Masters:
1840: Master Gillespie
1841-46: Master Stewart
1848-49: Master J. Smith
1850: Master J. Torney
1851: Master H. Moore
1852-54: Master J. Greeves

Voyages:
1840: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1841-42: Aberdeen - Montevideo
1843-45: Aberdeen
1846: Aberdeen - London
1848-49: Aberdeen
1850-51: Whiteford - St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
1852: Liverpool - West Indies