HUNTER
Date1795
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionsgross tonnage 69 tons
draught 8'
draught 8'
Object numberABDSHIP002854
Keywords
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's underwriters 1803 (H765), wrecked on Forvie sands 25 January 1819.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck
Owner:
1799-1803: Hutchison
1802: Registered at Inverness as no. 2.
1811: Re-registered at Aberdeen as no. 30
Master:
1799-1803: Master G. Wood
Voyages:
1799-1803: Leith - Inverness
General History:
30/01/1819:
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS.- The tremendous gale of Sunday last upon the coast, we are grieved to learn, has caused the shipwreck of two vessels belonging to Aberdeen. The ABUNDANCE, Captain Leslie, and the HUNTER, Captain Mortimer, coal loaded, left Sunderland on Saturday last, in company with the JASON, Gavin; and on Monday morning, about one o'clock, were put ashore; the former among the rocks at Collistown, and the latter on the sands of Forvie. The ABUNDANCE is a total wreck, and we are concerned to state that Capt Leslie, with four of his seamen, and a passenger of the name of Birnie, a seafaring man, perished among the breakers. The mate and one seaman were, with difficulty saved. The crew of the HUNTER were happily saved and her materials are got on shore; it but it is doubtful whether her hull will be got off
(Caledonian Mercury)
Notes:
Thanks to Ian Wittaker for details of registration and fate
