ARAB
Shipbuildervessel built by
Nicol Reid & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, founded c.1790)
Date1839
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 87' x breadth 19 3/6' x depth 14 1/12'
tonnage 190 Tons
tonnage 190 Tons
Object numberABDSHIP002923
Keywords
Fate: wrecked, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 20 November 1858.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck and a poop deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, work galleries, male figurehead.
Owners:
1839: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Catto, merchant, 8 shares; George Thomson, merchant, 16 shares; Daniel Mearns, ship master, 16 shares
Other owners:
Robert Catto, merchant, 4 shares; Robert Catto Jnr., merchant, 4 shares; Robert Schuster, merchant, 4 shares; John Maitland, merchant, 4 shares; John Duncan, manufacturer, 4 shares; Thomas Grueber Folingsby, general agent of Belfast in Co. Antrim, 4 shares
07/1850: Thomas Grueber Folingsby of Belfast bill of sale 4 shares to Joseph Hossack, ship master in Banff.
09/1852: Owners of this vessel have transferred bill of sale 64 shares to Joseph Joplis and Benjamin Dutton of Liverpool, in business as Joseph Joplis.
(Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 16, 1839)
1856-58: M. Henry, registered at Liverpool
Masters:
04/1839: Master Daniel Mearns
08/1843: Master Joseph Hampton
04/1844: Master Martin
11/1844-1851: Master Joseph Hossack (all above from Aberdeen Register)
1856-58: Master P. Draper (Lloyd's)
Voyages (from Lloyds Register):
1839-40: Aberdeen - Pernau
1841-43: London - Cape of Good Hope
1844-45: Liverpool - Santo Domingo
1846: Aberdeen - Mediterranean
1847-48: Liverpool
1849-51: London - Buenos Ayres
1857-58: Cork
General History:
26/06/1850:
Marriage - at Free Trinity Church, Aberdeen, Captain Joseph Hossack, brig ARAB of Aberdeen, to Anne Simpson, third daughter of Captain Daniel Mearns, steamer EARL OF ABERDEEN.
(Aberdeen Journal)
18/12/1858:
A Report from Liverpool states that the Brig ARAB, Draper, from Belfast and Liverpool for Wilmington [NC?], had put into St. Thomas, leaky and dismasted, went on shore Nov. 20, near Main Bar, and was abandoned on the 21st
(Belfast News-Letter)
14 July 1819
13 November 1815
August 1824
