SHEPHERDESS

Date1863

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 110'4" x breadth 24'5" x depth 13'2"
gross tonnage 213 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002914

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: David Burns & Co
Official Number: 45220

Fate: wrecked Laguna, Brazil, 13 April 1877

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, round stern, carvel built, female figurehead.

Owners:
1863: Registered at Aberdeen for initial owner;
John Smith, Aberdeen
11/02/1864: Sold to Benjamin Lumsden Thomson, of no. 115 Leadenhall St., London. Port of registry now London
Certificate of sale dated 7th Sept. 1865 empowering Alexander Stephen to sell the ship for a sum not less than £2,800 at Natal, South Africa, or any other port outside the United Kingdom within 12 months from date of certificate.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1868-77: J. & A. Ferguson, registered at Arbroath

Masters:
1864-66: Master Alexander Stephen
1867-70: Master P. Brown
1871-76: Master W. Buick
1877: Master W. Johnston.

Voyages (from Lloyd's)
1864-66: Aberdeen - Australia
1867: London - S. America
1868-70: Bristol - S. America
1871: Alloa - France
1872-73: Alloa - Cadiz

General History:
03/02/1864:
SHEPHERDESS off Aldborough 28 Jan., Aberdeen for London
(Aberdeen Journal)
[delivery voyage to new London owners?]

07/10/1864:
SHEPHERDESS, brig, 212 tons, A. Stephen Master, arrived Adelaide from Port Augusta [S. Australia].
(South Australian Advertiser)

02/11/1864:
Entered outwards brig SHEPHERDESS, 212 tons, A. Stephen, for London via Streaky Bay.
(South Australian Register)

25/03/1865:
SHEPHERDESS, brig, from Adelaide, spoken 9 March, 95 days out, Lat 43 54N, Long. 22 40W [off Cape Finisterre].
(Glasgow Herald)

02/06/1869:
Exposed for sale within Shipping Club Room, 16/64ths of brig SHEPHERDESS, of Arbroath, 213 tons register, property of heirs of late Captain Peter Brown. Shares were put up in one lot and were knocked down to Mr. Ferguson, Shipowner, for £385.
(Dundee Courier)

15/10/1875:
Terrible storm from the east - great loss of life - Arbroath: brig SHEPHERDESS, which has been repaired on the slip, was to have sailed that morning for Cardiff, but owing to some of the crew not turning up, she had to remain, much to the annoyance of the Master, though fortunately for all concerned.
(Dundee Courier) (26/10/1875: brig SHEPHERDESS stormbound since 13 Oct. left yesterday).

18/05/1877:
Laguna [Brazil]. 15 April - SHEPHERDESS, brig, sailed hence 13 April for Falmouth with logwood and was lost on the bar of this port, becoming a total wreck. All hands were saved, but vessel lies in deep water, with no possibility of recovering anything.
(Dundee Courier)