CYNTHIA

Shipbuildervessel built by Brands & Scorgie (Inches, Aberdeen)

Date10 September 1854

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak and Larch

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 104.4' x breadth 22.8' x depth 13.1'
gross tonnage 181 tons (old measurement) 235 tons (new measurement)

Object numberABDSHIP002926

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Brands and Scorgie, the Inches, Aberdeen
Official Number: 14333

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1877

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, carvel built, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, no galleries, female figurehead, wood framework.

Owners:
1855-58: Muir & Co. Aberdeen (Lloyd's)
1859-60: C. Wilson
1861: Andrew Reid, merchant, 64 shares.
30/10/1865: Andrew Reid sold 32 shares to John Forbes White, grain merchant, Aberdeen keeping 32 to himself.
20/11/1866: Andrew Reid sold 16 shares each to Anne Elsmie, widow of Edinburgh and Mary Mathew. John White sold 16 shares each to James Elsmie, Aberdeen, William Harty, Merchant, Sunderland.
11/09/1876: sold to a foreigner (Norwegian).
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1856-58: Master A. Walker
1859-76: Master W. Burgess

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1855-58: Aberdeen - London
1859-60: Aberdeen - Riga
1861-62: Aberdeen - Baltic
1863-64: Aberdeen - Mediterranean
1865-66: Sunderland coaster
1867-76: Aberdeen - Baltic

General History:
13/09/1854:
LAUNCH. - On Saturday last, there was launched from the building-yard of Messrs Brands and Scorgie, the Inches, a brig named the "CYNTHIA", of 186 tons N.M. The "CYNTHIA" belongs to local owners, and is designed for general trade, coasting or foreign. She is a very handsome vessel. The launch was highly successful, and was witnessed by many spectators.
(Aberdeen Journal)

04/06/1856:
For sale by private bargain 4 x 64th shares of brig CYNTHIA, of Aberdeen, 186 tons register, A1 seven years, built Aberdeen 1854, at present lying at London and bound on voyage to Rio Janeiro. Apply William P. Booth, 56 Marischal Street.
(Aberdeen Journal)

30/06/1857:
Liverpool, 29 June - CYNTHIA, brig, from Monte Video, off port
(Morning Chronicle)