ALEXANDER

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateJune 1818

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD; part Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 74' x breadth 21'4" x depth 12'10"
gross tonnage 142 9/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000397

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1833 (A426).

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

Owners:
1824: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing Owners: William Gray, chase hirer, Aberdeen, 30 shares; John Daniel, manufacturer, Aberdeen, 4 shares; Alexander Harvey, farmer, Drums, Foveran, 22 shares
Other owners; John Hogg, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 27, 1818; no. 40, 1824)

Masters:
1823-26: Master John Hogg
1826-33: Master Carnegy

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1823-24: Leith - Bay of Chaleur, New Brunswick
1825: Dundee - America.
1826: Leith
1827-33: Dundee - Nova Scotia.

General History:
27/01/1819:
For Halifax, Pictou and Miramichi, that fine new brig ALEXANDER, John Hogg master, will be ready to receive goods on board by 1 Feb. and will positively sail by 1 March. For freight or passage apply WM. Gray, Frederick St. The ALEXANDER has excellent accommodation for passengers. Those who intended to go passages to any of above places will please to apply early. [Advertisement repeated 10th March.]
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Snow rigged in Lloyd's underwriters until 1826, brig in Aberdeen register.