ARETHUSA

Date1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak, Larch and Elm

ClassificationsShip

Dimensions162 Tons
Length 76' 2" x breadth 20' x depth 13' 3"

Object numberABDSHIP003021

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Ronald & Co.

Fate: wrecked on Tynemouth rocks, 4 January 1854.

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

Owners:
1839: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Ogilvy, baker, 48 shares; John Begg, merchant, 16 shares, both Aberdeen.
16/02/1850: Registration cancelled in Aberdeen and transferred to Shields.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1850-53: Newman & Co., registered at Blyth (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1839-49: Master Andrew Baxter
1850-53: Master J. Wood

Voyages (Lloyds Register):
1840: Aberdeen - Lisbon
1841-42: Aberdeen - Goole
1845-48: Aberdeen - Riga
1850: Blyth coaster
1851-52: Blyth - Rotterdam
1853: Blyth - Honfleur

General History:
26/12/1839:
Leith 25 December, arrived brig ARETHUSA, of Aberdeen, Baxter master, from Faro with cargo of wine, cork, salt and fruit. Vessel was driven down Firth of Forth by violence of a gale, but weather having become a little more moderate during morning's flood, she wrought up and now lies in Leith Roads.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

02/09/1841:
Brig ARETHUSA, Grangemouth to Quebec, spoken 17 August, 19 days out. Latitude 50.47N Longitude 30. [Mid North Atlantic]
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

04/01/1854: Voyage Whitstable-Shields, registered Blyth, cargo ballast, Capt. Wood, crew of 8.
Wrecked on Tynemouth rocks in wind conditions S.E. force 6, due to not keeping enough to the southward and for want of sail. The coastguard return of the incident states that ‘She was damaged following collision with the MARY, when running over the bar, causing her to become unmanageable'.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), 'Shipwreck Index of the British Isles' (Lloyd's Register, London) vol. 3 section 6)

Notes:
Some repairs 1843, 1847 and 1849. Damage repairs 1853.