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EUPHEMIA
EUPHEMIA
EUPHEMIA

EUPHEMIA

Date13 November 1815
Object NameBRIGANTINE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 85'8" x breadth 24'10" x depth 15'1"
gross tonnage 222 53/94 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002866
About MeYard: unknown

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's underwriters 1833 (E1001)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Re-registerered at Aberdeen 21 October by subscribing owners;
John Lumsden, merchant, 22 shares; Alex Dalgarno, merchant, 8 shares; Henry Ogg, brewer. 4 shares.
Other shareholders in 1825:
James Forbes, merchant, 8 shares; James Duguid, merchant, 4 shares; James Grant, advocate, 4 shares; William Runcy, shipmaster, 8 shares; Janet Bothwell, widow, 2 shares; George Allan, merchant, Old Aberdeen, 4 shares.
10/05/1830: Sold to George Joseph Kain of Leytonstone, Essex, merchant
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 95)

Masters:
1816-21: Master W. Runcy
1821-22: Master L. Johnson
1823-31: Master James Norrie
1831-33: Master Cole

Voyages (from Lloyd's)
1818-20: London - the Straits [of Gibraltar]
1821: London - Bermuda
1822: London - the Cape of Good Hope
1822-23: London - Buenos Aires
1824-25: London - Montserrat
1826: Leith - Danzig
1827-28: London - Montserrat
1830-31: London - Montrose
1832-33: London - Shields

General History:
31/03/1823:
DEAL, March 28.—Came down from the River [...] EUPHEMIA, Norie, for Montserrat
(Morning Advertiser)

13/11/1824:
EUPHEMIA, brig, of Aberdeen, Norrie master, Pernambuco [Recife, Brazil] for Hamburg, very leaky, was spoken 15 Oct. Lat. 21, Long 31. [Mid Atlantic] by PRINCE REGENT, packet from the Brazils, and supplied by her with pump gear.
(Royal Cornwall Gazette)

06/10/1826:
Portsmouth 4 Oct - EUPHEMIA, Norrie, sailed for Montserrat
(Lloyd's List)
LION
Nicol Reid & Co.
1826
CONCORD
11 May 1815
Alexander HALL & Co.
20 July 1814
SHAKESPEARE
Nicol Reid & Co.
May 1825
EVANDER
Nicol Reid & Co.
April 1819
sepia toned photograph of clipper 'rifleman'
DUTHIE
February 1860
BETSY
William Rennie
1826
ALFRED
1804
STRUGGLER
DUTHIE
February 1827
TAURUS
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
NORVAL
DUTHIE
1818
MARQUIS OF HUNTLY
DUTHIE
September 1817
Alexander HALL & Co.
27 April 1850
ACASTA
Alexander HALL & Co.
October 1845
ARDENT
1826
ADELAIDE
August 1830
FANCY
1808
ASIA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1818