NEREID

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

ShipownerAssociated with George Milne & Co (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1860

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 102' x breadth 22' x depth 14'
gross tonnage: 191 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000353

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: vessel listed as missing, 17 January 1890.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, figurehead full length female.

Owners:
28/07/1860: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Leslie, 64 shares
13/01/1862: as a result of the death of George Leslie (12 August 1861) his executors became joint-owners; George Jamison, jeweller; Francis Smith, accountant; James Leslie, shipowner; George HiltonPaterson, shipowner; John Robertson, advocate.
23/12/1864: as result of death of James Leslie (9 August 1864) his share transferred to George Leslie, Aberdeen.
26/07/1867: George Leslie now owns 60 shares, Francis Smith owns 4 shares.
05/04/1889: owner George Milne.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1861-62: Master A. Paterson
1865-69: Master A. Mackie
1876-77: Master J. Watt
1879-83: Master W. Wilson
1886-87: Master Adam
1888-91: Master T. Smith

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1861-62: Aberdeen - Archangel
1865-69: Aberdeen - Baltic

22/05/1861:
Lowestoft, 15 May - NEREID, brig of Aberdeen, in ballast, grounded upon the Holm Sound about 6p.m., got off about 7p.m. without assistance, proceeded.
(Aberdeen Journal)

20/07/1865:
NEREID, brig, of Aberdeen, Mackie, Sunderland for Galataz [R. Danube, Rumania], spoken near Pantallaria [Sicily].
(Dundee Courier)

14/06/1866:
NEREID, brig, of Aberdeen, Mackie, from Porto Rico to Falmouth, 45N, 9W [off Cape Finisterre].
(Dundee Courier)

27/02/1869:
Dover, 25 Feb - arrived TEMPERANCE STAR with damage to bowsprit, bow and spars, having been run into previous night while at anchor at Dungeness by NEREID, brig, of Aberdeen.
(Standard (London))

09/11/1869:
NEREID, brig, from Aberdeen, spoken 9 Oct. 2N, 28W [Mid Atlantic between Brazil and West Africa].
(Daily News)

11/03/1870:
Dungeness, 8 March - NEREID, brig, of Aberdeen, passed.
(Dundee Courier)