ACORN

Date7 June 1819

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 69.2' x breadth 21.2' x depth 12.4'
gross tonnage 129 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002943

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: sank off Great Yarmouth, 22 October 1835.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged, 1 flush deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; David Copland, merchant, 32 shares; George Rennie*, shipmaster, 16 shares.
Other owners; William Barfoot jnr, shipowner in Wimborne, Dorset 16 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
(In Lloyd’s underwriters ACORN switches back and forth between Rennie and Copland as owners, it is likely that the share ownership of 1824 is similar in the whole period 1821-33, Lloyd's shows no owner 1834-35)

Masters:
1821-30: Master George Rennie*
1831-33: Master C. Essen
1834-35: Master A. Smith

Voyages (Lloyd’s underwriters):
1821-30: Leith coaster
1831-33: Leith - Newcastle

General History:
31/10/1835:
The brig ACORN of Aberdeen, Captain Smith, from Sunderland, bound to Portsmouth with coals, sunk off Yarmouth on Thursday the 22nd instant; crew and Materials saved
(The Scotsman (Edinburgh))