LIBERTY

Date1827

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD, Copper Sheathed

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 71.10' x breadth 21.3' x depth 12.6'
gross tonnage 135 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002982

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: George Levie

Fate: unknown, last Lloyd's entry 1838 (L224), possibly wrecked near Dunbar, 20 April 1841.

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

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
David Shirrefs, merchant, 32 shares; James Alder, advocate, 4 shares; James Anderson, shipmaster, 4 shares.
Other Shareholders:
George Thomson, merchant, 8 shares; Alexander Thom, writer, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. William Watt, merchant, Fraserburgh, 8 shares; James Shirrefs, Mains of Auchineddie, Aberdeenshire, 4 shares.
1830: Subscribing owners;
George Thomson, Robert Catto, John Catto, William Pirie, William Johnston, all Aberdeen merchants, all partners of, Catto, Thomson & Co. Rope and Sailmakers in Aberdeen, 52 shares.
Other shareholders in 1830:
George Courtnay Stewart, surveyor, Slains, 4 shares; William Bain, saddler, Fraserburgh, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1827-32: Master James Anderson
1833: Master Raeburn;
1834-38: Master W. Moore

Voyages: (operating around)
1830-32: Cowes
1833: Belfast

Note:
20/04/1841: The LIBERTY on a voyage from Eyemouth to Glasgow under Capt Lawson, when onshore last night 2 miles East of Dunbar Harbour and it is feared will not be got off. Cargo discharged.
(Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 231)
[It is doubtful whether this is the same LIBERTY, since it is described as "of Dunbar" in The Scotsman - Wednesday 28 April 1841]