GARLAND

Date1827

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 59.6' x breadth 18.4' x depth 10.9'
gross tonnage 107 tons (88 tons old measurement)

Object numberABDSHIP002909

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Thornton

Fate: unknown, last in Post Office Aberdeen Directory 1883 (p. 89).

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

Owners:
1830-36: R. Spring (Lloyd's)
1836: Subscribing owners; Charles Manwell, stone merchant, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1838-46: C. Manwell (Lloyd's)
1846: Owner or Agent M. Manuelle (Post Office Directory Aberdeen)
1847-51: John B. Bannerman (PO)
1852: Owner: Robert Brown, timber merchant, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
04/10/1852: 8 shares sold to James Longmuir, shipmaster, Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1858-62: C. Wilson (PO) (see note on dating)
1868-69: P. Beveridge (PO)
1870: Hutcheon (The Master) (PO)
1871-72: McBeth (The Master) (PO)
1873-81: George Sinclair (PO)
1882: Adam (The Master) (PO)
1883: G. Tulloch & Co. (PO)

Masters:
1831-32: Master Youngson
1832-33: Master R. Johnson
1834-37: Master Youngson
1838-39: Master D. Bews
1840-41: Master Phillips
1842-43: Master J. Strachan
1844-46: Master A. Strachan
1847-48: Master Donald (PO)
1850: Master Gilbertson (PO)
1851: Master Moffat (PO)
1852-57: Master Longmure (PO)
1858-60: Master Mathison (PO)
1861-62: Master Cruickshank (PO)
1868-69: Master Thom (PO)
1870: Master Hutcheon (PO)
1871-72: Master McBeth (PO)
1873-74: Master Murray (PO)
1875-78: Master McDonald (PO)
1879-82: Master Adam (PO)

Voyages:
1831-32: London - Grand Canaries
1833: London - Newcastle
1834-37: Aberdeen - Iceland
1839: Aberdeen - London
1840-41: Aberdeen - Sunderland
1842-46: Aberdeen - London

General History:
04/08/1827:
Launch of handsome schooner GARLAND from building yard of Mr. Thornton.
(Caledonian Mercury)

12/12/1832:
"To be sold by public roup 4 January in Lemon Tree Tavern 1/16 of schooner GARLAND" (ditto. 30/01/1833, roup, 1 February).
(Aberdeen Journal)

19/11/1851:
"Schooner GARLAND for sale in Lemon Tree Tavern 21 November. The GARLAND is 88 tons register, about 150 tons burthen, thus carrying a large cargo for her tonnage. Is a very handy vessel, shifts without and requires little ballast and is well found. Her sails and rigging are in excellent order. Vessel may be inspected where she now lies at Trinity Quay, Aberdeen."
(Aberdeen Journal)

28/05/1852:
"Captain Taylor, of the LUCK'S ALL of Hull, reports having fallen in with the GARLAND of Aberdeen, dismasted during a gale from the w.s.w., about sixteen miles north of Cromer, at nine a.m. of the 14th instant, but was unable to take her in tow, in consequence of the heavy sea. The master of the GARLAND reported his vessel tight"
(Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin review; and Forfar and Kincardineshire advertiser.)

Note: Aberdeen Register has the GARLAND as Hermaphrodite brig, in this context Hermaphrodite means it has an irregular sail plan between two types. It is usually given as a schooner in Lloyd's.
by 1862 the date built in the Post Office directory has become 1847 instead of 1827 which it was in the 1859 edition, but with the tonnage and the owner the same. This may indicate that it was a new vessel but it seems more likely to be an error that was then perpetuated.