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JAMES LUMSDEN

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date17 October 1828

Object NameHERMAPHRODITE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensions
length 65' 4" x breadth 20' 7 ½" x depth 11' 11"
gross tonnage 115 81/94

Object numberABDSHIP000440

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: Lost in the North Sea late October 1836.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite rigged, single deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, sheathed with copper, 2 chains, no galleries, male bust figure head

Owners:
1828: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;:
James Mackie, merchant 8 shares; William Duthie, shipbuilder, 8 shares; James Petrie, shipmaster 8 shares
Other shareholders in 1828;
William Reid, flesher, 8 shares; Alexander Mackie Jnr, merchant, 4 shares; John Philip, Bookbinder, 4 shares; Joseph Philip, Stationer, 4 shares; Alexander Hendry, Advocate, 4 shares; John Reid, 4 shares; George Thomson, Robert Catto, William Catto, William Johnston, George Pirie, William Pirie, John Catto, all Merchants trading as Catto Thomson & Co., ropemakers in Aberdeen. James Lumsden, Glasgow, 4 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834-35: Owners Thompson

Masters:
1829-33: Master James Petrie
1834-35: Master P. Keir

Voyages:
1829-31: Liverpool - St Thomas
1832: London - Vera Cruz
1833: London - Barbados
1834: Aberdeen
1835: Aberdeen - Lisbon

25/10/1836:
Left Sunderland for Aberdeen. Not heard of since.
(Source: Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 407)

Note: Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.