ARDENT

Date1826

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; fir, black birch, and oak.

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 63.3' x breadth 19.3' x depth 10.8'
gross tonnage 99 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002942

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: George Levie

Fate: marked sunk in the 1855 edition of Lloyd's register (A778), location unknown.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead, constructed of fir, black birch, and oak.

Owners:
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Levie, shoemaker, 46 shares; Robert Maitland, candlemaker, 4 shares; Charles Runcy, merchant, 4 shares.
Other Shareholders:
William Maitland, merchant, 8 shares; Alexander Garden, merchant, 4 shares; James Cruickshank, merchant, 4 shares; Robert Mitchell, clerk, 4 shares; Walter Hood, shipbuilder, 4 shares; William Martin, shipbuilder, 4 shares; George Levie, shipbuilder, 4 shares; James Greig, shipbuilder, 4 shares; John Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; John McKenzie, confectioner, 4 shares; George Rennie, shipmaster, 4 shares; Francis Weir, merchant, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1840-55: Owner, G. Readhead, registered at Newcastle (Lloyd's).

Masters:
1826-33: Master Henry Robinson Levay
1834-37: Master G. Levie
1840-43: Master S. Cook
1844-49: Master J. Cook
1850-55: Master R. Newton

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1827-28: London coaster
1830-33: Lynn coaster (King's Lynn)
1840-44: Newcastle coaster
1845-46: Newcastle - France
1847: Newcastle - Yarmouth
1848: Newcastle - Southampton
1849: Newcastle - France
1850: Shields - London
1853-55: Newcastle - London

Note: lengthened and repaired in 1845, raising its tonnage to 116 tons.