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VESTA
VESTA
VESTA

VESTA

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date26 April 1825
Object NameSNOW
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 70'9" x breadth 20'6.5" x depth 12'1"
gross tonnage 125 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000423
About MeYard: Duthie

Fate: Lost 30 November 1843.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow rigged, standing bowsprit, square sterned, british built, no galleries, 1 deck, 2 masts, female bust.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Hay, insurance broker 16 shares; William Crabb, baker 4 shares; James Greig, shipmaster, 4 shares; and other sundry owners.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 41)
1833: Ramsay & Co
1835-42: C. Runcy

Masters:
1825-32: Master James Greig
1833: Master George Levie
1835-36: Master D. Levay
1836-42: Master W. Summer

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1825-28: London coaster
1830-32: Dublin coaster
1835-36: London - Riga
1836: Aberdeen - Hartlepool
1837: Aberdeen
1838-42: Aberdeen - London

SCOTTISH MAID
Alexander HALL & Co.
1839
FAVOURITE
William Rennie
13 August 1825
WATERLOO
28 July 1815
EUPHEMIA
13 November 1815
DEVERON
DUTHIE
1820
VIOLET
Alexander HALL & Co.
1836
ULYSSES
4 May 1824
THISTLE
DUTHIE
1818
FLAMINGO
DUTHIE
23 March 1837
AURORA
Catto & Co.
April 1816
VISITOR
Alexander HALL & Co.
13 February 1829
CATHERINE
DUTHIE
1839
WANDERER
DUTHIE
5 February 1824
FAIRFIELD
Nicol Reid & Co.
19 March 1825
WALTER HAMILTON
Alexander HALL & Co.
28 March 1831
REWARD
DUTHIE
March 1820
CRAIGIEVAR
Alexander HALL & Co.
22 August 1825
WANDERER
Alexander HALL & Co.
6 November 1839
HIGHLANDER
DUTHIE
1817
CONCORD
11 May 1815