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Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date19 May 1826
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 62' 6" x breadth 19' 4" x depth 10' 5"
gross tonnage 99 4/94
Object numberABDSHIP000428
About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1839 (J200).

Propulsion: sail
Description: schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no gallery or figure head, iron cables.

Owners:
1826: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Forbes, merchant, 32 shares; James Nicol, advocate, 8 shares; James Robertson, shipmaster, 16 shares.
Other shareholders in 1826:
William Fraser, merchant, 8 shares; all Aberdeen.
1836: Owners, George Cruickshank, merchant and Peter Abel, coal broker
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1838-39: Runcie, now registered in Cullen.

Masters:
1826-33: Master James Robertson
1834: Master George Reid
1835-38: Master J. Leask
1838-39: Master A. Donald
1834: Master George Leslie (Aberdeen Register)
1835: Master W. Cruden (Aberdeen Register)

Voyages:
1828: London
1829: London - Hamburg
1831: Dublin - Newcastle
1832-33: Dublin Coaster
1839: Banff - London
NORVAL
DUTHIE
1818
SHAKESPEARE
Nicol Reid & Co.
May 1825
SIR R. BARCLAY
September 1824
LAVINIA
Nicol Reid & Co.
July 1818
MOUNTAINEER
Alexander HALL & Co.
1821
EUPHEMIA
13 November 1815
BARBARA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1817
WEMYSS
William Donald
May 1828
RED ROVER
Alexander Bannerman
1828
THAINSTON
October 1827
MANLY
June 1826
RAPID
DUTHIE
1834
HIGHLANDER
DUTHIE
1817
CYRUS
1819
ELRICK
1818
SCOTSMAN
Alexander Farquharson
25 October 1825
ASIA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1818
RIVAL
1826
SYLVANUS
DUTHIE
1 April 1830
AURORA
Catto & Co.
April 1816