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Date1817

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionsgross tonnage 111 tons
depth 10'

Object numberABDSHIP002934

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1857 (S321).

Propulsion: sail
Description: Smack rigged, 1 deck

Owners:
1822-26: Aberdeen Shipping Co.
1827-33: Samuels
1835-41: Churchwood, registered at London, then at Brixham (1842)
1848: Hitchings; registered at Plymouth

Masters:
1822-25: Master Gilbert
1826-32: Master Penlerick
1832-34: Master J. Wilson
1835-42: Master N. Smith
1842-44: Master J. Bools
1845-46: Master C. Hamlyn
1849-53: Master J. Philp
1854-57: Master J. Richards

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwiters):
1822-27: London coaster
1828-33: London - Rotterdam
1835-42: Dartmouth - Newport
1843-46: Dartmouth coaster
1848-53: Plymouth coaster
1854-55: Falmouth coaster

General History:
21/07/1817:
At Leith for Aberdeen, fine new smack SEARCH, Alexander Sim master, 111 tons per register, now on berth for goods and passengers, will sail in a few days. Is fitted with a fore and aft cabin and every other convenience for accommodation of passangers that is in the 'London Trader'. Mr Sim is a diligent and careful master and public may rely that utmost attention will be paid to their ease and convenience.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

31/08/1821:
Sheerness, 28 August - smack SEARCH, London - Aberdeen, put in with the loss of an anchor.
(Morning Post)

Note: schooner rigged from 1834