MEDORA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateSeptember 1827

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 57'4" x breadth 19'6" x depth 10'4"
registered tonnage 89 56/94 tons (yard tonnage); (Lloyd's 1831 - 85 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP000436

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: Unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's 1849 (M699)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: smack rigged, 1 deck, 1 mast, running bowsprit, square stern, no galleries or figurehead.

Owners:
1827: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Walter Ingles, merchant, 16 shares; John Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; David Thomson, shipmaster, 4 shares.
Other shareholders:
Robert Catto, merchant, 4 shares; William Pirie, 4 shares; Andrew Anderson, printer, 4 shares; George Leslie, shipmaster, 4 shares; John Mathew, baker, 4 shares; all Aberdeen. Wiliam Bilset, 8 shares; John McKenzie, 8 shares; both Inverness merchants.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1831-33: Banff Shipping Co, registered in Banff.
1836-43: Banff & LSC
1844-48: McKenzie, registered at Inverness.

Masters:
1827: Master David Thomson
1831-38: Master A. Watson
1838-43: Master Lawson
1844-46: Master Kennedy
1848-49: Master McKenzie

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1831-33: London - Aberdeen
1836-43: Banff - London
1844-45: Liverpool coaster
1848: Aberdeen coaster