CYRUS

Date1819

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 72.5' x breadth 20.6' x depth12.3'
gross tonnage 128 tons (Lloyd's 144 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP002974

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Thornton

Fate: sank off Guernsey, 13 September 1833.

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

Owners:
1819-22: Spring & Co (from 1823-27 Lloyd's has 'Capt. & Co.' as owner yet the below list shows that the master, Lamb, only held 4 out of 64 shares)
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Spring, baker, 8 shares; William Spark, watchmaker, 8 shares; Robert Lamb, shipmaster, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other shareholders in 1826;
Alexander Low, merchant, 8 shares; William Maitland, rope & sailmaker, 8 shares; William Crabb, baker, 4 shares; George Leslie, shipmaster, 4 shares; John Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. James Barclay, farmer, Templand, 8 shares; John Brand, Stonehaven, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1828-33: J. Dawson (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1819-20: Master Robarts
1825-26: Master Robert Lamb
1827: Master J. Dawson
1828-30: Master J. Dysart (possably a Lloyd's error)
1831-33: Master J. Dawson

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1821-22: London - Cape of Good Hope
1823: Hull - Hamburg
1824: Hull - London
1825-26: London - Smyrna
1827: Bristol - Marseille
1828: Lancaster - Leghorn (Livorno, Italy)
1830: London - Straits of Gibraltar
1831: London - Jamaica
1832: London - Gibraltar
1833: London - Straits of Gibraltar

General History:
16/09/1833:
The CYRUS, Dawson, from Leghorn to London, foundered of Guernsey, on Monday; crew saved.
(North Devon Journal)

Note: Brigantine rigged in Aberdeen Register, Snow rigged in Lloyd's underwriters.