DUNNOTTAR CASTLE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipowner George Thomson Junior

Shipownervessel built for George Thomson (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Shipownervessel built for William Donald

Date1833

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Black Birch, Elm & Pine.

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 78' 10" x breadth 22' 2" x depth 14' 8"
gross tonnage 165 17/94 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000449

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1852 (D319).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts,standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built. no Galleries, male bust figurehead.

Owners:
24/05/1833: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thomson, merchant, George Thomson Jr, insurance broker, and William Donald all of Aberdeen
1838: Subscribing owners; Alexander Milne, merchant, 44 shares, Robert Brown, shipmaster, 20 shares.
03/03/1840: ship sold to Hannah Tose, widow, South Shields, Durham.
Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)
1843-48: H. Tose, registered at South Sheilds (Lloyd's)
1849-50: Brook & Co, registered at London

Masters:
1833: Master James Donald
1834-41: Master John Paterson
1843-48: Master W. Tose
1849-50: Master Strong

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1834: London - Trieste
1835-37: London - Otaheite (Tahiti)
1838-41: Aberdeen - Danzig
1843-47: Shields - Mediterranean
1848-50: London

22/05/1833:
Notice to passengers for New York, the fine new and coppered brig DUNOTTAR CASTLE, 300 tons burthen, John Paterson Commander, is now on the berth here taking in goods for the above port and will clear the custom house on 4th and sail on 5th June. She has very superior accommodation for cabin and steerage passengers, who may rely on every attention being paid to their comfort, without any blarney as is usual in advertising just now. William Duthie, Footdee.
(Aberdeen Journal)