FISHER
Date1799
Object NameSLOOP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsGross tonnage: 66 tons.
Object numberABDSHIP003030.61
Keywords
Fate: wrecked at Thurso, Caithness, 26 December 1806.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Sloop rigged, 1 deck
Owner:
1799-1806: W. Forbes
Master:
1799-1806: Master D. Manson (Lloyd’s underwriters 1799 has it as Manson, but later volumes have Munson)
Voyages:
1799-1806: Leith - Thurso.
General History:
16/01/1807:
Thurso Dec. 26
During the night, and early this morning, it blew very hard, and the sea rose to an uncommon height. Of 17 vessels lay in the roads, seven drifted to the east side of the bay, and being forced on shore, were completely wrecked. One of them the sloop FISHER, of Aberdeen, Manson, master, having on board a valuable cargo of groceries and other goods Leith--the crew saved, but the ship and cargo totally lost.
(Limerick Gazette)
