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EARL OF CAITHNESS
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EARL OF CAITHNESS

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date21 August 1827
Object NameSCHOONER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensions
length 62' 6" x breadth 19' 5 ½" x depth 10' 8"
gross tonnage 100 64/94 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000435
About MeYard: Willaim Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1838 (E29).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged with single deck, wood with iron bolts. 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, male bust figurehead.

Owner:
1827-33: Phineas Ryrie, Stornoway, registered at Stornoway on 27 October1830

Masters:
1830: Master Edmund W. Robertson
1831-38: Master C. Murray

Voyages:
1830: Hull - the Baltic
1831: Dublin coaster
1832: Greenock - Malta
1833: Dublin coaster

Notes:
She stuck on the slipway as she was launched.