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Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1829

Object NameHERMAPHRODITE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 63'6 x breadth 19'81/2 x depth 10'1
gross tonnage 103 13/94

Object numberABDSHIP000441

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in in Lloyd's 1838 (U108).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite rig, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries or figurehead.

Owners:
1829: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Hay, merchant, Aberdeen 24 shares; John Reid, merchant, Aberdeen, 4 shares; William Cargill, shipmaster, 4 shares plus other sundry owners including Donaldson Rose and another, acting on behalf of the creditors of one of the other owners. Included in the other owners at one time were Wm Duthie and John Duthie, shipbuilders. 27/01/1834: All 64 shares were transferred to Alexander Milne.
Owned in 1836 by Alexander Milne, corn merchant.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1829: Master William Cargill
1833-38: Master Robert Brown
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))

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