AID
Date1798
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsGross Tonnage: 112 ton
Depth: 10'
Depth: 10'
Object numberABDSHIP003096
Keywords
Fate: probably sank in 1801.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck.
Owners:
1800-04: R. Gibbon
Master:
1800-04: A. Gibbon
Voyages:
1800-04: Leith - Emden (Germany).
General History:
28/09/1801:
Harwich, 25 September - Brig AID, of Aberdeen, Aberdeen-Ramcastle with stones for the pier, ran ashore yesterday at Bandsey Sand. A few hours afterwards was got off and immediately sank in deep water. Captain and crew arrived Harwich yesterday with the boat.
(Morning Post)
Note: the Lloyd's underwriters entries after 1800 are likely ghost entries reprinted in the register without Lloyd's being informed of the loss, as is often found in earlier editions of Lloyd's.
1804
1797
1797
1841
