ISABELLA & ANN

Date1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensions212 tons Old Measurement
228 tons New Measurement
Length: 88.3 ft. x Breadth: 20.4 ft.x Depth: 14.6 ft.

Object numberABDSHIP003018

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown

Fate: Sank off Start Point, Devon, 16 November 1864.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck and a poop deck, 2 masts and a trysail, standing bowsprit, square, carvel built, mock galleries, a female figurehead.

Owners:
1839: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Morrice, merchant, 24 shares; John Lumsden, merchant, 16 shares; James Hutchison, shipmaster, 8 shares, all Aberdeen.
Other shareholders: James Lumsden, merchant, 8 shares; Helen Lumsden, daughter of James, 8 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1850-62: Swan, registered at Kirkcaldy (then Swan Bros., from 1853).
1863-64: H. Cross, registered at Sunderland

Masters:
1840-45: Master Hutchison
1846-48: Master Lumsden
1850-52: Master J. Greig
1853-56: Master T. Hutton
1857-59: Master A. Baxter
1861-62: Master J. Neilson
1863-64: Master J. Patterson
1864: Master Noble

Voyages:
1840-45: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1846-47: London
1848: London - Cape of Good Hope
1849: London - Algoa Bay (Durban)
1850-52: London - Baltic
1853-56: Leith - Mediterranean
1857-59: Leith - White Sea
1861-62: Grangemouth - South America
1863-64: Sunderland - Spain

General History:
04/02/1850:
Without reserve. At LLOYD’S CAPTAINS’ ROOM, ROYAL EXCHANGE, On THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1850, at Half-past Two o’clock, THE Brig ISABELLA AND ANN, 229 1286-10000 tons; built at Aberdeen, In 1839, and originally classed A1 for nine years. Length, about 83 3-10 feet; breadth, 20 4-10 feet; depth, 14 6-10 feet; had new metal and some repairs in 1848, and is well found in stores. Lying in the Eastern London Docks. For inventories and further particulars apply to JOHN HUTCHISON and Co., 1, New City Chambers; or to S. RITHERDON, Sworn Broker, 16, Billiter-street, London.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)

21/11/1864:
The ISABELLA AND ANN, Noble, from hence for Alexandria, sunk off the Start on the 16th; captain and crew were taken from their boats and landed Brixham, by a Finland barque.
(Newcastle Journal)

Notes:
1848: Some repairs.
1845 and 1850: Yellow Metal redone (part)
1853: Damage repaired.
1857 and 1860: Some repairs.
1860: New keelson.