MERCURY

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1819

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 65.10' x breadth 20.4' x depth 11.8'
gross tonnage 113 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000404

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: Capsized in the Kattegat (between Denmark and Sweden), 5 November 1837.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, 8 shares; William Catto, 16 shares; both merchants. John Morrison, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other owners in 1825: John Catto, 16 shares; George Thomson, 8 shares; George Pirie, 4 shares; William Pirie, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
05/06/1838: Registry closed, vessel totally lost
(Source Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1821-35: Master George Walker
1835-36: Master Davison
1836-37: Master A. Faulkner

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1821-27: London - Aberdeen
1828-33: London
1834-35: Aberdeen - London
1835-36: London coaster
1836-37: Aberdeen coaster

General History:
27/11/1837:
Hamburgh, November 20.-The MERCURY, of Aberdeen, was passed in the Cattegat, 5th instant, capsized.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))