CHAMPION

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateAugust 1818

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 69'7" x breadth 23' x depth 11'18"
gross tonnage 155 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000398

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked on the Gunfleet, Essex, 28 November 1834.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: smack rigged, 1 deck, 1 mast, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
01/12/1825: Re-registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Aberdeen and London Shipping Company, 64 shares. Robert Catto, Robert Duthie, Alex Duthie jnr, Alec Brown, James Brebner, and George Elsmie trustees.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1823: Master R. Gilbert
1823-24: Master Leslie
1824-31: Master R. Gilbert

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1823-31: London coaster

General History:
03/10/1834:
Millers Wharf, Sept. 30 Arrived - also the Aberdeen and London Shipping Company’s smack, CHAMPION, Captain Leslie Lawson, from Aberdeen, with passengers and general cargo.
(Morning Advertiser)

01/11/1834:
Loss or the Smack CHAMPION, of Aberdeen.— To the catalogue of loss of property at sea, occasioned by the late disastrous weather, we have to give the Aberdeen and London Shipping Company’s smack, CHAMPION, Alexander Barnett, master for this voyage, from Aberdeen to London, with general cargo, principally provisions. On Tuesday morning, during the prevalence of a heavy surf, the concomitant of a severe gale, she went on the Gun-fleet, and has not been got off. The cargo has been saved, though damaged; but it is feared that the vessel will become a total wreck.
(Morning Advertiser)