ROBERT BURNS

DateAugust 1827

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD - ELM AND LARCH

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65.10' x breadth 19.9' x depth 11.2'
gross tonnage 106 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002983

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Robert and Peter Mathieson

Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's register 1851 (R292).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged (see note), 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, a man bust figurehead

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Peter Mathison, 40 shares; Robert Mathison, 24 shares
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834-51: Owner W. Brown, registered in Stromness.

Masters:
1827-33: Master Peter Mathison
1834: Master: J. Burnton
1836-38: Master J. Brown
1838-39: Master J. Drum
1840: Master J. Brown
1841: Master J. Corrigal
1842-45: Master P. Tares
1847-51: Master A. Rousey

Voyages:
1830: Leith - Sunderland
1831-32: Plymouth - Sunderland
1833: Leith coaster
1834-37: Gloucester - Glasgow
1838-39: Dundee - Wick
1840: Dublin - Sligo
1841: London
1842-45: Leith coaster
1847: Leith - Archangel (Russia)
1848: Leith - Newcastle
1849-50: Liverpool - the Baltic

Note: Schooner rigged in Lloyd's but described as a Hemaphrodite brig in the Aberdeen register. Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.