SISTERS

Date9 August 1865

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength: 91ft x Breadth: 22ft x Depth: 12ft

Object numberABDSHIP003030.115

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Burns.

Fate: Vessel destroyed by fire at anchor and beached at Loch Eil, Corpach, Fort William on 4 January 1867. Cargo linseed.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, elliptic stern, carvel built, no galleries, twin sisters’ figurehead.

Owners:
1865: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
John McLauchlan, shipowner, 64 shares.
29/08/1865: John McLauchlan sold 8 shares to James MacKenzie, baker, Aberdeen.
25/01/1866: John McLauchlan sold 16 shares to Charles Lyon, merchant, Crathie Aberdeenshire.
26/01/1866: John McLauchlan sold 8 shares to Alfred Gilchrist, doctor of Philosophy.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1866: Master McKenzie.

Voyage:
1866: Aberdeen - Baltic.