HOPE

Date1815

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 72'2" x breadth 21'9" x depth 12'3"
gross tonnage 139 49/94 tons (Lloyd's 140 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP002885

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1839 (H495).

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

Owners:
18/08/1815: Registered at Aberdeen.
1816-19: Bryben & Co. (it is likely that a scribe or typesetter at Lloyd's was struggling with Brebner)
1820-23: Brebner & Co.
24/06/1826: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Robertson of Glenburnie, merchant, 24 shares; John Knight, saddler, 12 shares; John Reid, cabinetmaker, 4 shares
Other shareholders in 1826;
William Mackie, merchant, 8 shares; James Wood, shipmaster, 4 shares; Representative of the late Peter Richie, merchant in Aberdeen, 12 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 40, 1815; no. 6 1826)
1830-33: Captain & Co. (i.e., J. Wood & Co., obviously James Wood already owned shares in 1826, so whether this change in Lloyd's represents him buying more or simply being the shareholder dealing with Lloyd's is unknown.)
1834-39: Perchard, registered in Jersey

Masters:
1816-21: Master J. Bodie
1822-26: Master J. Wood
1826: Master Herman Ganson (Aberdeen Register)
1827: Master J. Wood
1829: Master R. Gilbert
1830-33: Master J. Wood
1834-39: Master J. Vautier

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters)
1816-19: Hull - Gibraltar
1820: Cork - Trinidad
1821-22: London - Palermo
1823: London - Hamburg
1824: London - Bremen
1825-27: London - Hamburg
1829: Dublin - Memel
1830-32: London - Hamburg
1833: London - Petersburg
1834-39: Jersey - Brazil

General History:
28/10/1837:
Jersey Oct., 22 - the HOPE, Vautier, on her passage from Gaspe—sprung a leak, and was obliged throw some of the cargo overboard.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))