MARGARETS

Date1856

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak, Elm and Larch

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76.2' x breadth 18.9' x depth 11'
gross tonnage 96 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002933

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Scorgie, Inches.

Fate: wrecked at Whitburn, Sunderland, late March 1870.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, carvel built, female figurehead

Owner:
1856: Registered at Aberdeen for owner;
Peter Beveridge, manufacturer, 64 shares
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1856-64: Master P. Ross
1868: Master Devine (Post Office Aberdeen Directory)

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1856-64: Leith - Cadiz

General History:
23/03/1870:
Wreck of an Aberdeen Schooner,— The schooner MARGARET, of and for Aberdeen, coal laden, which sailed from Sunderland on Tuesday, last week, got onshore shortly afterwards on Whitburn Steel, The accident is attributed to the compasses being out of order. The vessel’s bottom was knocked out, and she will become a total wreck, The MARGARET was a vessel of 96 tons, and was built in 1856
(Aberdeen Journal)