MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateSeptember 1817

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD; Black Birch and Oak

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 49' 5" x breadth 16' 3" x depth 8' 10"
tonnage 53 tons (builder's list)

Object numberABDSHIP000394

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay, 28 March 1845.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack rigged, single deck

Owners:
1818: Alex. Low, Donaldson Rose, John Matthews (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1819-26: W. Millar (Lloyd's underwriters)
1827-31: Davidson & Co.
1832-33: Duffy
1834-45: T. Russell, registered at Dundalk then from 1838 at Killogh

Masters:
1820-22: Master Morrison
1823-25: Master Henderson
1826-31: Master Manson
1831-34: Master C. Darby
1834-38: Master T. Money
1838-43: Master M'Cherry
1844-45: Master J. Starkey

Voyages:
1820-27: Leith - Wick
1830-32: Leith coaster
1833-38: Liverpool coaster
1838-43: Belfast coaster
1844-45: Dublin coaster

General History:
02/03/1835:
Aberdeen February 28 - [...] During the gale the smack MARQUIS OF HUNTLY, Fletcher, of Aberdeen, bound to Dundee, with a general cargo, split her jib in attempting to take the harbour, and was afterwards driven on the sands about a mile north of the pier. The cargo, which was inconsiderable, has been landed, and it is expected the vessel will not be got off. Crew and passengers saved. This vessel, with a twin smack of the like tonnage, called the MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY, was built here at the same time for the Leith trade, and it is remarkable that both vessels have been lost in the course of this month, the MARCHIONESS having been totally wrecked at the mouth of the river Spey in the violent gale of the 6th inst. and the MARQUIS OF HUNTLY now become a wreck on this beach in the gale of the 22d.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh)) (presumably the MARCHIONESS was recovered; the MARQUIS was not so lucky)

11/04/1845:
Port Ellen, Islay, March 29 smack MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY, Starkey, Kilough, and the sloop GILL, Mills, of Montrose, in ballast, drove high this beach, during a heavy gale at west-north-west, last night.
(Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser)

Note: Sloop rigged in Lloyd's, Smack comes from the builder's list, which itself mostly derives from the Aberdeen register.