ORIENT

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

Date1848

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 89 3/12' x breadth 18 1/3' x depth 12'
Registered Tonnage: 134 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000326

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Vessel lost, 26 December 1850.

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

Owners:
18/10/1848: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners:
John Smith, shipmaster, 16 shares; Gilbert Walker, merchant, 8 shares; James Inglis, Baker, 8 shares - all Aberdeen.
Other owners:
Robert Mitchell, shipowner, 8 shares; William Emslie, merchant, 8 shares; Donald MacCallan, cabinet maker, 8 shares; James Stewart, flesher, 4 shares; William MacLean, Doctor of Medicine, 4 shares - all of Aberdeen.
09/11/1848: Walker sold 4 shares to William Aristides
15/07/1850: Walker sold 4 shares to James Aiken Jr. (both Aberdeen).
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1848: Master J. Smith

General History:
26/06/1850:
The brig ORIENT, Smith, of this port, arrived here on Wednesday from Reval [Tallinn, Estonia] with a cargo of flax. She had sailed from Reval 1st June, had a favourable passage, wind easterly and light.
(Aberdeen Journal)