EAGLE

Date1826

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65'6" x breadth 18'5" x depth 10'4"
gross tonnage 92 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002968

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Robert & Peter Mathieson.

Fate: wrecked near Occumster, Caithness, 21 September 1833.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged (see note), single deck with beams; 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, standing bowsprit, carvel built, no figurehead. Constructed of oak, larch, and fir.

Owners:
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Andrew Phillips, cabinet maker, 4 shares; Nathan Bunting, glasscutter, 4 shares; John King, shipmaster, 4 shares.
Other shareholders:
William Phillips, upholsterer, 4 shares; James Smith, seedsman, 4 shares; Donald Shaw, painter, 4 shares; William Robertson, tailor, 4 shares; Andrew Allan, merchant, 4 shares; William Spark, merchant, 4 shares; Isaac Machray, waiter, 4 shares; Alexander Leslie, waiter, 4 shares; William Knox, agent, 4 shares; Oswald Sutherland, ironmonger, 4 shares; James Williamson, candlemaker, 4 shares; John Gall, builder, 4 shares; John Duncan, shoemaker, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1833: Owner Capt. & Co (John King) (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1826-33: Master John King

Voyages (places surveyed):
1830-32: London
1833: Dublin

General History:
27/09/1833
Aberdeen, 24th Sept. The EAGLE, Horn, of Aberdeen, missed stays 2lst inst. off the Coast of Caithness, and went upon a rock between Occumster and Clyth, she afterwards fell off and went down. Crew saved.”
(Lloyd's List)

EAGLE foundered off Caithness between Occumster and Clyth, Capt. Horne 21/09/1833.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 108)

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