ARIEL

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1820

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 62'10" x breadth 19'9" x depth 10'10"
gross tonnage 101 91/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000410

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1832 (A1227).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rig, 1 deck, 2 masts, square stern, female bust

Owners:
10/04/1820: Registered at Aberdeen
(before 1824 the Aberdeen register exists only in precis; Lloyds has the owner as Anderson)
23/02/1826: Re-registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thomson, 9 shares; Robert Catto, 9 shares; William Catto, 9 shares; all merchants in Aberdeen.
Other shareholders in 1826;
George Pirie, 9 shares; William Pirie, 9 shares; William Johnston, 9 shares; John Catto, 9 shares; James Thomson, 1 share; all Merchants in Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1820, no. 17; 1826, no. 19)
1831-32: Captain & Co. (i.e., W. Philips & Co.)

Masters:
1820-22: Master J. Brunton
1822-24: Master A. Anderson
1825-30: Master George Raeburn
1831-32: Master W. Phillips

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1820-22: London - Gibraltar
1823-24: Lynn
1825-30: Leith - Alloa
1831: Belfast - London
1832: Greenock - Trieste

General History:
11/12/1829:
To be sold by public auction 14 December (If not previously by private contract) the A1 schooner ARIEL, of Aberdeen, 101 tons register. Vessel is British built and of strongest materials under particular inspection. Carries large cargo on easy draft of water. Is well found and can be sent to sea without any expense. Inventory and particulars from Thomas E. Folingry, Belfast.
(Belfast Newsletter)