COLUMBIA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipownervessel built for Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DateApril 1825

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD, COPPER SHEATHED

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 88.5' x breadth 25.25' x depth 16.3'
gross tonnage 243 74/94 (Lloyd's 243 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP000422

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1846 (C582).

Propulsion: sail
Description: snow rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, a woman figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen with subscribing owners;
Robert Catto, 16 shares; William Catto, 4 shares; Orlando Hart Wilson*, Lieutenant Royal Navy, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
Other owners in 1825: John Catto 4 shares; George Thomson, 4 shares; George Pirie, 4 shares; WIlliam Pirie, 4 shares; WiIliam Donald Jnr, 4 shares; all merchants. John Ewing, advocate, 4 shares; Robert Dyce, advocate, 4 shares; James Aiken, shipmaster, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Alexander Harvey, farmer, Drums, Foveran, 8 shares.
*Orlando Wilson was the tide surveyor for Aberdeen port.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1836-46: Davison & Co, now registered in London

Masters:
1826-33: Master O. H. Wilson
1833-35: Master J. Booth
1836-38: Master Elliott
1838-46: Master Fleming

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1826: London - New South Wales
1827-28: London - Malta
1829-30: Greenock - New South Wales
1831-32: Greenock - Bombay
1832-33: Greenock - Manila
1833-34: London - Batavia
1835: London
1836-38: London - Sunderland
1839: London
1841-45: London - West Indies

Note: in some Lloyd's registers as "Colombia"