CONFIDENCE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date20 July 1825

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 70'4" x breadth 21' 1/2" x depth 12'7"
gross tonnage 129 21/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000424

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's 1834 (C681)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, carvel built, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Robert Alexander, manfacturer 8 shares; Robert Ramsay, advocate 8 shares; William Allen, merchant 4 shares.
plus 7 other shareholders:
George Thomson, 8 shares; William Duncan, 8 shares; merchants. Alexander Mathewson,nurseryman, 8 shares; James Hector, fish curer, 8 shares; George Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; Andrew Anderson, painter, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Reverend George Cruden, Minister of Logie, Aberdeenshire, 4 shares.
(Source: 1825 Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1825-29: Master Alexander Duthie.
1829-33: Master R. Craigie

Voyages:
1827-29: London - Hamburg
1830: London - Havre.
1831-33: London - the Straits
1834: Aberdeen - London