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ANEMONE
ANEMONE
ANEMONE

ANEMONE

Shipbuilder (Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Shipowner
Date1840
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD; Oak, larch, elm
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 85' 7" x breadth 20' 5" x depth 14' 5"
Registered Tonnage: 199ton
Object numberABDSHIP000294
About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: vessel condemned and sold at Callao, Peru, by public auction, 3 September 1851.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, imitation galleries, a female bust figurehead.

Owners:
07/05/1840: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
George Thompson Jr., shipowner, Aberdeen, 40 shares; John Walker, shipmaster, 16 shares; Alexander Wales, sail maker, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
06/10/1849: George Thompson sold 24 shares to John Walker, ship master and 16 shares to Alexander Hales Walker, 4 St. Clements Street, Aberdeen.
28/11/1851: register cancelled, the vessel being condemned and sold at Callao, Peru, by public auction per letter of 3rd September 1851.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1840-50: John Walker

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1840-41: Aberdeen - Valpariso
1843-44: Aberdeen - Port Phillip Heads (Victoria, Australia)
1845-46: Liverpool
1847-48: Aberdeen
1849: Aberdeen - Demerara (Guyana)

31/07/1849:
June 26. Brig ANEMONE, from Buenos Ayres to the channel for orders, put into Pernambuco [Recife, Brazil], with the loss of foretopmast.
(Standard)

Notes:
1842: Felt and copper and iron bolts added.
1845: Felt and yellow metal and iron bolts over part.
1848: Some repairs.

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