THISTLE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1818

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 67'8" x breadth 21'10" x depth 11'7"
gross tonnage 133 46/94 tons (later 175 tons)*

Object numberABDSHIP000400

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: lost near Norderney, East Frisia, Germany, 7 December 1843.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck with beams, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1818-21: William Allen, Arthur Thomson, James Riddell and eight others (builder's list).
1822-24: A. Mackie
1825-26: Captain & Co.
1824: Registered at Aberdeen, no. 66, 1824.
1827-31: A. Mackie
1831: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Duthie, shipbuilder, 32 shares; Andrew Geddes, merchant, 16 shares; Aberdeen.
Other owners in 1831;
Alexander Duthie, shipmaster, 16 shares; Aberdeen.
24/04/1833: Donaldson Rose, merchant, Aberdeen, and Robert Brown, merchant, Aberdeen, trustees for the creditors of Andrew Geddes.
27/05/1833: Trustees sell 16 shares to William Duthie.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives), no. 47, 1831, CE87/11/4)
21/04/1837: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
William Duthie.
07/12/1843: Registration cancelled - vessel lost
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping, no. 35, 1837)

Masters:
1818-22: Master Robert Alexander
1822-26: Master R. Allan
1826-33: Master A. Bruce
1834-43: Master Alexander

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1818-23: London - Sutherland
1823: London coaster
1824-25: Plymouth coaster
1826-27: Belfast
1828: Plymouth - Newport
1829: Dublin
1830-33: Liverpool coaster
1837-42: Aberdeen - London
1843-44: Aberdeen - Riga

General History:
15/03/1820:
For sale by public roup at Lemon Tree tavern 17 March 1/8 of brig THISTLE, belonging to this port, upset price £270
(Aberdeen Journal)

07/06/1820:
For sale from sequestered estate of Charles Fyfe, Merchant still 1/8 for sale, now also 1/16.
(Aberdeen Journal)

22/10/1828:
4/64 shares of brig THISTLE for sale by public roup, Lemon Tree Tavern 27 Oct.
(Aberdeen Journal)

29/04/1829:
For sale by public roup at Lemon Tree Tavern 14 May, 4/64 of brig THISTLE.
(Aberdeen Journal)

18/12/1843:
Norden, 11th Dec.
A Balk of Baltic Timber, 31 feet long by 13 inches square, and marked 30 fN; also 9 poles, 12 to 13 feet long marked on one end, in red paint, N. & B. 'THISTLE, Aberdeen,' have been washed ashore on Norderney.
(Lloyd's List)

Note: In 1837 THISTLE was restored when the tonnage raised to 175 tons.
(Lloyd's 1838 T124)