FRIENDSHIP

Date1 April 1825

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 68' x breadth 20' 9 1/4" x depth 11'10"
gross tonnage 125 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002860

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Rob & Peter Matheson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's underwriters 1833 (F829)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged (see note) 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Andrew Phillips, 8 shares; Neil Smith Snr, 4 shares; both merchants. William Beedie, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other owners: James Mork, shipmaster, 8 shares; James Morrice, shipmaster, 8 shares; Neil Smith Jnr, 4 shares; Thomas Bow, 4 shares; John McDonald, 4 shares; all merchants. John Gall, wood merchant, 8 shares; James Smith, seedsman, 4 shares; Alexander Walker, ironmonger, 4 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 47)
1827: Owner Bedwell (Lloyd's)

Master:
1827-33: Master William Beedie

Voyages:
1827: London - Tonning (Schleswig)
1828-33: Dublin - Riga

Note: Schooner rigged in Lloyd's but in the Aberdeen Register as hermaphrodite rigged. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.