ANN MITCHELL

Shipbuildervessel built by John Smith & Co. (Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)

Date19 May 1862

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD (sheathed with YELLOW METAL)

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 100'3" x breadth 23'6" x depth 13'4"
gross tonnage 189 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002911

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Smith & Co.
Official Number: 44436

Fate: marked missing in Lloyd's 1875 (A781).

Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, round stern, carvel built, figurehead demi female. Sheathed with yellow metal.

Owners:
05/1862: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
David Mitchell, blacksmith, Aberdeen, 32 shares; John Smith, shipbuilder Aberdeen, 32 shares.
16/07/1864: All 64 shares sold to Patrick Cables, shipowner, Arbroath. Registration transferred to Arbroath.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)).
1865-66: P. Cables, registered at Arbroath.
1867-73: J. Johnston, registered at Dundee.
1874-75: C. Hoult, registered at Whitstable.

Masters:
1863-64: Master W. Robinson
1866: Master J. McNab
1867-68: Master W. Ramsey
1869: Master J. Fairweather
1870-73: Master P. Duncan
1874: Master W. Wicks
1875: Master G. Real

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1863-65: Hull
1866-67: Alloa - West Indies
1867-68: Ramsgate - Mediterranean
1869-70: Dundee - Baltic
1870-73: Harwich - Mediterranean
1874-75: Cardiff

General History:
03/02/1870:
Yesterday afternoon brig ANN MITCHELL, of Dundee, put back to the Tyne with dead body of Capt. Anderson, who died suddenly on board vessel, 1 Feb.
(Northern Echo)

15/02/1870:
Harwich, 14 Feb - ANN MITCHELL, brig of Dundee, for Mediterranean with coals, has been assisted off Cliff Fort Lights and laid on the mud at Shotley.
(Glasgow Herald)

24/03/1870:
Harwich, 22 March - brig ANN MITCHELL, of Dundee, sailed for Palermo today after repairing.
(Glasgow Herald)

20/03/1875:
GERRANS. [near Truro] Maritime. — This place has had a grievious share of the calamities which have characterised the past winter. Five persons from this village have been lost, and we very much fear we shall have to add the loss of the brig, "ANN MITCHELL," Capt. George Rail master, which left Cardiff with a cargo of iron and coals on the 15th of December last, bound for Barry [sic], near Trieste, and has not since been heard of. The captain and four hands from here were part of her crew.
(Royal Cornwall Gazette)