SOPHIA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Date1850
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 113ton newmeasure (157 old)
Object numberABDSHIP000331
Keywords
Fate: Unknown
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged with clipper hull.
Owner:
1851: Aberdeen Arctic Company
Master:
1862: Master Fraser
General History:
Vessel appears on Hood's builders list as above, but Dundee Courier 27/03/1850 reported launch from Adamson's yard, Dundee, of brig SOPHIA, 113 tons, to be commanded by Capt. A .Stewart to act with the "LADY FRANKLIN" in the Arctic expedition. Possibly hull was built in Aberdeen and completed in Dundee, being the centre of the Arctic whaling trade. After the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, she entered the whaling/sealing trade for the Aberdeen Arctic Company.
Aberdeen Journal 23/05/1855 reported her returning to Aberdeen from Greenland, Capt. Loggie, with 50 seals [regarded as a poor catch] and on 19/11/1856 having sailed from Cumberland Bay 20th October, Capt. Martin, "with a clean ship", although having engaged with "three fish" [meaning whales].
31/12/1862:
Public auction of whaling and seal vessels for sale, Lemon Tree tavern, 13th January [...] clipper brig Sophie, 113 tons, with her bents, lines and fishing gear as per inventory. Upset price £1000. Has been employed for several years in the whale and seal fishing and was originally built by the government in 1950 for the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. Joseph Wood, manager, Aberdeen Arctic Co.
(Aberdeen Journal).
February 1868
September 1826
28 July 1815
