ADMIRAL

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

Date1846

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 99' 3" x breadth 20' 9" x 13' 7"
Registered Tonnage: 243 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000317

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: driven ashore at Marsden rocks, Sunderland, 6 December 1853.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged brig, 1 deck, 2 masts, clipper hull, and male figurehead.

Owners:
31/03/1846: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Murray, advocate, Aberdeen, 12 shares; William Young, shipmaster, 12 shares; George Davidson, merchant, 8 shares; with nine other owners of 4 or 2 shares totalling 32 shares.
06/04/1847: Arthur Faquharson, Commander RN, 4 shares to James Murray.
21/11/1848: James Garden, advocate, Aberdeen 4 shares to James Murray and James Garden, carrying on business as Murray & Garden, advocates.
27/08/1848: Deceased William Booth 4 shares, 2 to Patrick Booth, minister of Innerleithan and 2 to Alexander Booth, sometime sharebroker, Aberdeen, non-resident of London.
27/05/1853: Patrick Pirie, manufacturer, Aberdeen, 2 shares to William Emslie, merchant, Aberdeen.
02/01/1854: Registry cancelled.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
15/08/1853: Master James Cuming.

General History:
06/12/1853: on voyage Aberdeen to Sunderland with pit props, master listed as W. Young, driven ashore at Marsden rocks, Sunderland in fog and wind conditions NW3. Her hull broke up and her cargo, which was uninsured, was strewn along the coast. Estimated loss of the vessel £2000, which was also uninsured.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3, section 6)