WILLIAM EDWARD

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

Date1847

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 97 11/12' x breadth 21' x depth 13 3/6'
gross tonnage 241 tons (later 268 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP000320

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.
Yard Number: 196

Fate: Unknown, last entry in Lloyd's 1869.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 and-a-half poop decks, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no figurehead, sheathed with yellow metal.

Owners:
Registered in Aberdeen for owners;
James Munro, 21 shares; William Edward, shipmaster 21 shares; Peter Edward, 21 shares.
1852: Aberdeen Shipping Register entry was closed as Ship transferred to Liverpool.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1853: J. Clegg., Liverpool.
1862: Greenup & Co., Liverpool.

Masters:
1848-51: Master J. Munro
1851-53: Master James Law
1856-59: Master W. A. Smith
1861: Master J. Aitken
1862: Master Wm Purchase

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1848-51: Liverpool - Bahia, Brazil
1852: Aberdeen - Rio de Janeiro
1853: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
1856-62: Liverpool - South America

General History:
25/05/1848:
Plymouth, 19 May - arrived for orders brig WILLIAM EDWARD, Monro, from Malaga. Left back of Rock of Gibralter 29 April. Had the winds for 16 days from NNE to ENE (Lloyd's Register 1848 shows this vessel as Destined Voyage Liverpool - Bahia, but clearly at this stage she was not restricted to one route).
(Caledonian Mercury)

09/10/1851:
WILLIAM EDWARD, brig, for Rio Janeiro, 2 Sept. 44.12N, 26.25W (Mid Atlantic off Bay of Biscay).
(Daily News).

23/08/1856:
Line of packets for Bahia [Brazil] from Liverpool. Shippers may rely on this vessel being despatched immediately, the owers having half her cargo ready for shipment. In Princes Dock, the well known regular trading brig WILLIAM EDWARD, Captain M.A. Smith, A1 at Lloyd's, built at Aberdeen and a favourite vessel with shippers. Apply Joseph Toplis & Co. or Vining, Killey & Co., Liverpool.
(Manchester Times)

02/06/1857:
The Brazils - brig WILLIAM EDWARD arrived Bahia 24 April.
(Daily News).

Information from Aberdeen Shipping Records and Lloyd's Register of Shipping.