PURSUIT

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateAugust 1825

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 72' 2" x breadth 21' 1" x depth 13' 2"
tonnage 136 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000425

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: Sank off Cromer, 19 November 1852

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck and a poop deck, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, female figurehead. Altered 11 July 1826 to hermaphrodite rig.

Owners:
1825: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thomson, Merchant, 8 shares; Andrew Geddes, Merchant, 8 shares; William Duthie, Shipbuilder, 24 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other Shareholders: William Simpson, Merchant, 8 shares; Robert Ramsay, Advocate, 8 shares; Daniel Anderson, Shipmaster, 8 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) 1825, no. 80)
1833-37: Swainson, now registered in Liverpool
1839-40: Cram & Co.
1841-49: W. Briggs, now registered in Yarmouth
1850: Storey & Co, now registered in Hartlepool
1852: G. Coltman

Masters:
1825-32: Master Alexander Alexander
1833-34: Master Allen
1834-37: Master J. Softley
1838-40: Master J. Stewart
1841-46: Master Rushmer
1847-48: Master Barcham
1850-52: Master Denman

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1826-27: London coaster
1828-29: London - Bahia
1830-32: Falmouth - Bahia
1833-34: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
1834-40: Liverpool coaster
1841: Yarmouth
1842: Liverpool - Stettin
1843: London
1844-45: Yarmouth - Marseilles
1847: Yarmouth - the Baltic
1848-49: Cardiff - the Baltic
1850: Hartlepool - the Baltic
1852: Hartlepool - London

27/11/1852
"Cromer Nov. 19.—The PURSUIT, Denman, of Hartlepool, sprang a leak during a heavy squall at four o'clock p.m., in crossing Boston Deeps, and sank in sixteen fathoms water, off Cromer, at about seven o'clock this morning. The crew took to their boats and were taken in tow by the Lord Somers, of Scarborough and landed here at noon"
(Gateshead Observer)