SCOTSMAN

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Farquharson (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date25 October 1825

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD; Oak and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 66'7" x breadth 20' 1 3/4" x depth 11'3"
gross tonnage 114 88/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002862

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: George Levie & Company

Fate: wrecked off Buchanness, 11 January 1849

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, a man bust figurehead, constructed of oak and fir.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alex Farquharson, merchant, 12 shares; William Cooper, merchant, 4 shares; George Mitchell, shipmaster, 4 shares
plus 8 other owners:
William Simpson, merchant, 8 shares; William Leith, merchant, 4 shares; William Catto, tailor, 12 shares; John Steven, farmer, 4 shares; Patrick Bannerman, coal broker, 4 shares; John Robertson, shoemaker, 4 shares; George Watt, carpenter, 4 shares; Alexander Marr, labourer, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 101)
1828-31: Owner J. Mackie
1832-43: Leslie & Co
1844-48: Catto & Co

Masters:
1828-31: Master Mitchell
1832-34: Master W. Jaffrey
1834-37: Master G. Morrison
1838-43: Master W. Skeene
1844-47: Master J. Chesse
1848: Master S. Munro

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1828-31: London - Ballina (County Mayo)
1832: Leith coaster
1833: London
1834-38: Aberdeen - London
1838-41: Aberdeen - Sunderland
1842-43: Aberdeen coaster
1844/45: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1846: Aberdeen - Sunderland
1848: Aberdeen coaster

General History:
05/12/1825:
New brig SCOTSMAN passed Yarmouth Roads for London loaded with stone from Peterhead.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

03/08/1827
At Riga 10 July - SCOTSMAN, Mitchell, from Aberdeen
(Lloyd's List)

11/06/1828:
[arriving at London] SCOTSMAN, Mitchell, from Ballina
(Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser)

10/10/1840:
Brig SCOTSMAN, Skeene, of Aberdeen, which sailed from Sunderland 2 October, coal laden, returned from sea on 4th in consequence of contrary winds. In attempting to enter the harbour too soon on the tide she struck the ground and sank. The materials are landed and cargo discharged.
(Northern Liberator (Newcastle-on-Tyne))

17/01/1849:
The late disasterous storm - A brig was seen by the Boddam fishermen north of Buchan Ness to close to the shore to hope that she would clear that head. She foundered quite close to the land and from portions of wreck driven on shore we conclude it is the brig SCOTSMAN, James Horn master, of Aberdeen. All the crew perished - no human aid could reach them. Captain Horn had a son aboard and beside them 5 other men have lost their lives.
(Aberdeen Journal)

11/01/1849 - SCOTSMAN - brigantine - built 1825. Foundered off Buchan Ness, came ashore at the Ropeworks, Peterhead.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 149)