THAINSTON

DateOctober 1827

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65.3' x breadth 16.4' x depth 8'
gross tonnage 112 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002976

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: George Levie

Fate: unknown, tast mentioned in Lloyd's 1846 (T80)

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

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Levie, shoemaker, 4 shares; George Levie, shipbuilder, 4 shares; Alexander McDonald, shipmaster, 8 shares
Other shareholders:
George Watson, shoemaker, 4 shares; William Maitland, merchant, 8 shares; Alexander Forbes, merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Mathew, 4 shares; Alexander Garden, 4 shares; William Spark, watchmaker, 4 shares; John McKenzie, confectioner, 4 shares; James Keith, flesher, 4 shares; William Crabb, baker, 2 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1840-46: Owner Allan & Co.

Masters:
1828-33: Master McDonald
1834: Master McDowell
1835-39: McDonald
1840-41: Master T. Postgate
1843-46: Master M. Lamley

Voyages
1830: London - Dunkirk
1831: Leith - Gibralter
1832-33: London - Riga
1835-37: Belfast
1838-39: London - Newcastle
1840-41: Shields coaster
1843-45: South Shields - Hamburg

General History:
29/11/1848:
"Importation of Brandy - The vessel THAINSTON, from Charente, has brought 27 pipes, 291 hogsheads, 203 smaller casks, and 206 cases, the produce of France"
(Sun (London))