MINERVA

Date1773

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsGross tonnage: 180 tons.

Object numberABDSHIP003030.86

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: unknown
Subsequent Names: BETSY (1776); POST OF RUSSIA (1782)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1783 (P227).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck with beams.

Owners:
1776-78: Gibbon & Co.
1778-82: H. Stranach.
1783: F. Bowen

Masters:
1776: Master P. Smith
1776-78: Master Charles Gibbon
1778-79: Master J. Corbett
1779-83: Master H. Stranach.

Voyage:
1776: London - Tobago (London Transport added in, meaning hired by the transport board to move troops for the American Revolutionary War)
1778-82: London - Petersburg.

Notes: re-rigged as a ship 1781 (B146)