DELIGHT

Date1768

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionstonnage 150 tons
draught 10'

Object numberABDSHIP002751

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: Wrecked on Rattray Head, 19 November 1790

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck with beams

Owners:
1776-82: Captain & Co. (R. Hutchinson & Co)

Master:
1776-82: Master R. Hutchinson

Voyages:
1776-82: Memel - London

General History:
03/01/1782:
DELIGHT, brig, bound from Baltic to Aberdeen.
(Public Advertiser (London))

03/12/1790:
DELIGHT, brig, is totally lost on the rocks of Rattray, off the coast of Scotland.
(Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser (London))

19/11/1790:
Lost on north side of Rattray Head, brig DELIGHT, Capt. Ward, route St. Petersburg to Liverpool with cargo of iron, hemp and tallow.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 141)