TELESCOPE

DateDecember 1826

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 58.9' x breadth 18.1' x depth 10.9'
gross tonnage 82 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002977

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Thornton

Fate: Wrecked on Heisker, near North Uist, 26/11/1830

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

Owners:
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
David Allan, ironmonger, 20 shares; Alexander Farquharson, merchant, 8 shares; Francis Ormond, shipmaster, 16 shares.
Other shareholders:
William Simpson, merchant, 8 shares; James Thornton, shipbuilder, 8 shares; John Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1828: Owner, Simpson

Masters:
1826-28: Master Francis Ormond
1828-30: Master W. Cordiner

Voyages:
1828: Yarmouth/North Sea
1829-30: Topsham coaster

General History:
26/11/1830: TELESCOPE 58.40N, 07.03W
Outer Hebrides & North Uist
Voyage - The Clyde - Sligo, Capain Codner. Wrecked on Heisker, near North Uist, feared the crew were drowned.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 4, section 7)