BRITANNIA

DateSeptember 1824

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Larch and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 62.5' x breadth 18.6' x depth 10.3'
gross tonnage 90 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002953

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Anderson

Fate: wrecked south of North Sunderland, Northumbria, 7 January 1840.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, female bust figurehead, constructed of larch and fir

Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Robison, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
10/04/1831: Robison sold all 64 shares to Robert Anderson, merchant, Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1836: Owner, G. Baxter, registered at Newcastle (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1824-30: Master William Robison (Robertson in Lloyd's)
1825: Master John Thompson (only appears in the Aberdeen Register of Shipping)
1830-33: Master Marshall
1835-36: Master W. Patullo
1836-39: Master T. Spence

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1828-29: London
1831-33: Aberdeen - Liverpool
1836-39: Dundee - Newcastle

General History:
07/01/1840:
BERWICK, Jan.3.—The BRITANNIA, Spence, from Rotterdam to Dundee, is on the rocks south of North Sunderland, with rudder unshipped, keel damaged, and very leaky; cargo expected to be saved without much damage.
(Saint James's Chronicle)

Note: Schooner rigged in Lloyd's but Hermaphrodite brig rigged in the Aberdeen register. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.