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LADY ELPHINSTONE
LADY ELPHINSTONE
LADY ELPHINSTONE

LADY ELPHINSTONE

Shipbuilder (Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Date1840
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 72 1/6' x breadth 19 5/12' x depth 13'
Registered Tonnage: 145ton
Object numberABDSHIP000293
About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Unknown after 1841.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
22/04/1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Henry Adamson, shipowner, Aberdeen, 16 shares; Alexander Nicol, shipowner, Aberdeen 16 shares; Alexander Troup, shipowner, Mill of Sclattie 16 shares.
Other owners: Robert Williamson, farmer, Bendauch, County of Aberdeen, 16 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
22/04/1840: Master Robert Webster.
06/03/1841: Master John McKenzie.
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