STAR

Shipbuildervessel built by Walter Hood & Co. (Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)

Date1840

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 75 5/6' x breadth 19 3/6' x depth 13 1/6'
Registered Tonnage: 156ton

Object numberABDSHIP000297

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Sank off Carr Rock, Fife Ness, in 1847.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: hermaphrodite rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, caravel built, female figurehead.

Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners:
Nathanuel Farquhar, advocate, Aberdeen; George Thompson Jnr, shipowner, Aberdeen; John Milne, farmer, Fornet Skene.
Other Shareholders:
John Innes, land surveyor, William Donald Jnr, all Aberdeen, trustees of the property in the vessels owned by the Aberdeen Commercial Co. (64 shares)
12/02/1847: Registration cancelled.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1840: Master Robert Duncan

12/01/1847:
STAR, 1840 sank off Carr Rock, Fife Ness, Captain Duncan, cargo stones.
(Source: Ian Whittaker (1998) 'Off Scotland' (C-ANNE Publishing, Edinburgh), p. 200).