ALTNASKIACK

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander Hall and Company (Ship builders; 1811 - 1958)

Date1826

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 53.2' x breadth 17' x depth 9'
gross tonnage 63 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002980

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: A. Hall & Co.

Fate: Wrecked on Abertay sands 14 May 1847

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack rigged, 1 deck, 1 mast, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, no figurehead.

Owners:
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Fraser, merchant, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
09/07/1828: Alex Fraser sold all shares to John Mathison Fraser, merchant in Aberdeen.
11/07/1828: J. M. Fraser has mortgaged 64 shares for £600 to John Erving, Sir John Rae and George Reid, all of London, Merchants, these under the firm of Reid, Erving & Co. London. Completed 14 August 1828.

Master:
1826-36: Master Peter Paterson
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
14/05/1847: The ALTNASKIACK, 1826, sloop, lost on Abertay Sands at Elbow End. Registered at Anstruther, Capt. Jack.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 191)

Notes: Cost £522
In Lloyd's 1836 (A507) as as "Altnuskiuch"