DOUGLAS

Date1816

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 69'10" x breadth 21'9" x depth 12'8"
gross tonnage 135 57/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002883

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: unknown, presumed lost before 18 December 1829.

Propulsion:
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, standing bowsprit, carvel built, male bust figurehead

Owners:
1818-25: Dickie & Co. (oddly Lloyd's underwriters changes to Robertson & Co. in 1826 then reverts to Dickie & Co. in 1827, this is likely a mistake)
03/04/1817: Registered at Aberdeen
12/1825: Re-registered at Aberdeen for owners;
George Thompson, agent, 2 shares; John Johnston junior, merchant, 4 shares; Jo. Moir, shipmaster, 8 shares
Other shareholders in 1825;
John Robertson, shipowner, 12 shares; William Donald jnr, shipowner, 2 shares; Peter McCombie, merchant, 4 shares; Robert Garden, merchant, 4 shares; Archibald Donald, shipowner, 2 shares; John Mathew, baker, 8 shares; Charles Birss, wright, 4 shares; John Davidson, mason, 4 shares; Alexander Tough, turner, 4 shares. The representatives of the late Lewis Roy, wright, 2 shares. The representatives of the late Alexander McKenzie, lieutenant Fourth Regiment of Foot, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 12, 1817; no. 147, 1825)

Masters:
1818-25: Master J. Moir
1825-29: Master William Kidd

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1818: London
1819-25: London - Quebec
1826: Leith - St. Davids
1827-29: Dundee

General History:
In April 1817 the DOUGLAS under Capt. John Morrison took seven passengers to Halifax, Canada in a journey of 63 days.
(Source: 'Fast Sailing and Copper-bottomed' by Lucille H. Campey)

06/10/1817:
Brig DOUGLAS reported 16 August loading at St. John's, New Brunswick, for Cork. Master Moir.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

30/12/1829:
Brig DOUGLAS - all who may have any claim on the late brig DOUGLAS not yet rendered will please do so within on month from this date. Otherwise they cannot be paid. Geo Thompson, 13 Quay, Aberdeen, 18 Dec. 1829.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)