ORIENT

DateNovember 1824

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD (OAK AND FIR)

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65.9' x breadth 19.6' x depth 11.2'
gross tonnage 106 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002818

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Robert & Peter Mathieson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1846 (O114)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Andrew Phillips, upholsterer, 4 shares; Neil Smith Jnr, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Morrison, shipmaster, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other owners: Wiliam Catto, 8 shares; James Smith, 4 shares; Alexander Farquharson, 4 shares; all merchants. Peter Mathison, timber merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Cattanach, shipbuilder, 4 shares; John Meston, dyer, 4 shares; John Simpson Jnr, builder, 4 shares; John Smith, glazier, 4 shares; Robert Mitchell, ship agent, 4 shares; Alexander Wilson, ship agent, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Doctor John Smith, Royal Navy, Forres, 4 shares.
Subscribing owners in 1842: Nicol Smith Jnr, merchant, 48 shares; William Catto, merchant, 8 shares; Robert Mitchell, shipowner, 4 shares. All Aberdeen. Other shareholders in 1842, James Bacon, farmer, Kent, 4 shares.
08/04/1844: Registration cancelled Aberdeen, now registered in Glasgow.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 115)
1844-46: Owner Caldwell (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1824-33: Master Alexander Morrison
1839-41: Master J. Smith
1843-44: Master W. Mitchell
1844-46: Master W. Allan

Voyages:
1826-33: London coaster
1839-41: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1843-44: North Shields coaster
1844-46: Aberdeen coaster