GOLDEN SHEAF

Date1866

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 113.1' x breadth 24.3' x depth 14'
gross tonnage 225 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002922

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: David Burns & Co
Official Number: 53259

Fate: Lost at Dunkirk, November 1885.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, fiddle figurehead.

Owners:
19/11/1866: Registered at Aberdeen for owner;
Herman Ganson, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
[nd] Bill of Sale: [Ganson to] George Symmers Anderson Symmers, Aberdeen, landed proprietor, 4 shares; Alexander Anderson Symmers, Aberdeen, landed proprietor, 4 shares; Robert Cruickshank, Aberdeen, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Cruickshank, Aberdeen, merchant, 4 shares; George Henry Paine, London, ship broker, 2 shares.
09/05/1867: Mortgage against the 32 shares of Herman Ganson for £1,100 and
Interest at 5% per annum to George Thompson junior Esquire,
Pitmedden.
21/12/1868: 8 shares, Herman Ganson to William Leslie, Aberdeen (shipowner).
11/01/1873: Aberdeen registry closed. Transferred to Whitby.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1873: J. Mills
1875-81: T. Goldfinch & Co., registered at Whitby, then Whitstable
1882-85: C. & A. Hoult., registered at Faversham

Masters:
1867-75: Master J. Ganson
1876-85: Master W. Hancock

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1867-70: Aberdeen - Mediterranean
1971-74: London - South America

General History:
14/11/1866:
Launch - There was launched from the building yard of Messrs David Burns & Co., on Thursday, a fine clipper brig of the following dimensions - 104 feet keel; beam 24 feet 3 inches; depth of hold, 14 feet; 225 tons register; 305 tons B.M.; coppered and copper fastened, built under special survey, and classed 7 years A1. at Lloyds'. She is the property of Mr Herman Ganson of this town, and is intended for the Baltic and Mediterranean trade, and is to be commanded by Captain Ganson, late of the "Good Hope". In taking the water she was gracefully christened the "GOLDEN SHEAF", by Mrs Ganson, a friend of the owner.
(Aberdeen Journal)

12/12/1872:
At HULL. THE handsome Clipper Brig GOLDEN SHEAF; length. 113 X 24 feet 3 inches X 14; 225 tons register; built Aberdeen, November 1866, of carefully selected materials, under Lloyd's special survey, and classed seven years A 1; was opened end 1870. and found tine condition; passed half-time survey, and resheathed with yellow metal; sails very fast, carries largo cargo on light draught water, is favourably known for her sound delivery of cargoes, shifts without ballast, has double topsailyards, screw-steering apparatus, will be found on Inspection to be a very strong and most desirable vessel. For particulars apply to S. H. LENNARD and Co., Brokers, Hull; or to the Owners, GANSON and LESLIE, Aberdeen.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)

30/11/1885:
The GOLDEN SHEAF, brig, from London, totally lost at Dunkirk; crew saved
(Aberdeen Evening Express)