EMPEROR

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

Date1849

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 101 3/6' x breadth 21 1/3' x depth 14'
Registered Tonnage: 200 ton (builder's measurement)

Object numberABDSHIP000328

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Sank after striking Sizewell Bank, 12 February 1875, 3 lives lost.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, carvel construction, square sterned, 1 deck, 2 masts, no galleries, male figurehead.

Owners:
31/05/1849: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Dinnson, shipmaster, 48 shares; James Goldie, shipowner, 4 shares; George Jameson, merchant, 4 shares.
Other owners;
James Alexander Steel, doctor of medicine; George Knowles, flesher
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1862: A. Hunter, registered in London
1868-75: F. Lambert

Masters:
1850: Master J. Dinnson.
1858: Master W. Artis.
1859: Master J. Dinnson.
1862: Master A. Pidgeon.
1865: Master S. Bergen.

Voyages:
1850-52: Aberdeen - Baltic
1853-56: Aberdeen - Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth)
1856-57: Aberdeen - Cape of Good Hope
1857-58: Aberdeen - London
1859-61: Aberdeen - Archangel
1862-67: London - Coasting
1867-74: Blyth - Baltic

02/09/1857:
'For sale by public roup in Lemon Tree Tavern, 18 Sept., one sixteenth of brig EMPEROR, of Aberdeen.'
14/10/1857: 'further roup 16th October, upset price reduced to £60.'
(Aberdeen Journal)

21/03/1871:
'Brig EMPEROR of London, with coals bound south, in going out of Corton gateway [Yarmouth] tide being ebb, grounded on the holm. We hear that Garleston & Corton beachmen have laid an anchor and, the weather being fine, it is hoped she will come off at next flood.'
(Ipswich Journal)

21/03/1871:
'Yarmouth, 19 March - EMPEROR, brig, from Shields to Woolwich, has been got off Corton sand by beachmen and has proceeded.'
(The Standard)

09/11/1872:
'Lowestoft, Nov. 8 - EMPEROR, brig, Shields to London, has been assisted off Aldeborough beach, leaky, and into harbour by a tug, having thrown over part of her cargo.'
(The Standard)

27/03/1875:
'EMPEROR, brig, of and from London, for Newcastle, which struck on Sizewell Bank, Feb. 12th, came off on Tuesday and sank. The master and 3 men were saved, 3 others are supposed to have drowned.'
(Manchester Times)