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ZEALOUS
ZEALOUS
ZEALOUS

ZEALOUS

DateJune 1825
Object NameSNOW
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 63' x breadth 19'7 1/2" x depth 11' 2"
gross tonnage 100 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002861
About MeYard: George Levie

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's underwriters 1830 (Z68).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, British carvel construction, no figurehead, constructed of Fir.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Matheson, shipmaster, 16 shares*; Alex. Mortimer, baker, 12 shares; William Levie, shoemaker, 2 shares.
Plus 9 other shareholders: William Duncan, 8 shares; James Temple, 8 shares; William Maitland, 4 shares; Robert Maitland, 4 shares; Robert Rigg, 2 shares; Patrick White, 2 shares; Robert Levie, shoemaker, 2 shares; all Aberdeen; John Lindsay, millar, Buxburn Mills.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 59)
1827-30: Owner Mortimer (source Lloyd's, presumably the Alex Mortimer above)

Masters:
1825-27: Master: Robert Matheson*
1828-30: Master R. Ellison
1830: Master J. McLean

Voyages:
1826-27: London coaster
1828-30: Dublin coaster

ADELAIDE
August 1830
AURORA
Catto & Co.
April 1816
SIR R. BARCLAY
September 1824
LIVELY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1817
ARDENT
1826
MARY
January 1828
THAINSTON
October 1827
OAK
Alexander HALL & Co.
17 August 1815
MAGNET
Walter Hood & Co.
1845
ROBERT GARDEN
August 1826
ORIENT
November 1824
HIGHLANDER
DUTHIE
1817
ANN LAW
15 February 1858
JAMES
William Rennie
May 1825
EFFORT
1 March 1826
CLIO
1839
MARINER
24 June 1835