JOHN LEES

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateJuly 1831

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; oak and elm with fir planks.

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 72.2' x breadth 20.7' x depth 12.9'
gross tonnage 134 tons (130 tons Lloyd's 1840/41/43)

Object numberABDSHIP000448

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked on Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, 6 May 1853.

Propulsion: sail
Description: brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, manbust figurehead.

Owners:
1831: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Donald Lees, shipowner, Stornoway, 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834: registered at Stornoway.
1840-50: Sanderson, registered at Newcastle (Lloyd's).

Masters:
1831-38: Master Donald Lees
1840-41: Master J. Bell
1842-50: Master Robertson

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1832: London
1833: Liverpool - Hamburg
1840-41: Newcastle - France
1842-49: Newcastle - London

General History:
11/11/1842:
Gorleston Nov. 10: Arrived in the roads this morning The brig JOHN LEES, Robertson, with loss of bowsprit, head carried away, and bows stove in.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)

14/05/1853:
The brig, JOHN LEES of and from Newcastle, to London, on the 6th May struck upon Hasbro' Sand, during thick weather, and afterwards sunk. The crew saved themselves in their own boat, and were picked by the "RILEY." of Shields, Capt. Saville. bound Alexandria, who put them on board the fishing lugger, "REINDEER" and they were landed on May 7th.
(Norwich Mercury)