ALFRED

DateJune 1827

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76.5' x breadth 22.4' x depth 13.7'
gross tonnage 165 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002979

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: James Thornton

Fate: lost some time before 5 July 1837, circumstances unknown.

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

Owners:
02/07/1827: Aberdeen Registry opened, No. 36 in 1827, subscribing owners:
Robert Spring, Aberdeen, baker, 16 shares; George Rennie, Aberdeen, shipmaster, 16 shares; William Spark, Aberdeen, watchmaker, 4 shares.
Other shareholders:
George Cruickshank, Aberdeen, clerk, 4 shares; Alexander Fletcher, Mill Place, Hampshire, merchant 8 shares; John Young, Mill Place, Hampshire, merchant, 8 shares; Rodger Watson, Sunderland, merchant, 8 shares.

03/08/1830: George Rennie mortgages 20 shares in security for £600 to George Yates, Aberdeen, advocate.
04/09/1830: Robert Spring sells 4 shares to John Williamson, Aberdeen, flesher.
22/10/1832: This registry opened,
William Spark, Aberdeen, watchmaker, 4 shares; Robert Spring, Aberdeen, merchant, 28 shares; George Rennie, Aberdeen, shipmaster, mortgaged as above, 20 shares;
Watson Harvey, Edinburgh (one of the managers of the British Linen Banking Company of Edinburgh), 4 shares; Roger Watson, Sunderland, merchant, 8 shares.
26/09/1833: John Williamson, deceased. Executors sell 4 shares to William Spark.
18/11/1834: Roger Watson sells 8 shares to Joseph Shevill, agent of Edward Richardson, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, ship and insurance broker.
02/03/1835: George Rennie discharges mortgage.
21/04/1935: John Beecroft of Holm Lands & Joseph Shevill, agents of Edward Richardson sell 8 shares to Robert Kay, Ormsby, York.
05/07/1837: Registry closed, vessel totally lost. (faded entry in Register, date tentative).
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) No. 36 in 1827, No. 41 in 1832.)

Master:
1827-36: Master George Rennie

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1830-33: Leith - St Davids
1834-36: Aberdeen - St. Petersburg
1836: Aberdeen - Southampton

General History:
28/11/1832:
"Cargo of Peareth's Wallsend Coals has just arrived per brig ALFRED, Capt. Rennie. Apply to Capt. Rennie aboard vessel at upper quay opposite Sugar House."
(Aberdeen Journal)

15/08/1836:
"ALFRED, Rennie master. Sailed from St Petersburg for Aberdeen."
(Aberdeen Journal)

12/09/1836:
"ALFRED, Rennie, arrived at Aberdeen on Thursday morning, from St Petersburgh- five weeks' passage. Captain Rennie never experienced such wather - tremendous gales the whole time; in consequence of which, he was obliged to put twice into Norway"
(Caledonian Mercury)