PURSUIT
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Owner
Alexander Alexander
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1833
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 77' 1" x breadth 22' 3 1/2" x depth 14' 10"
gross tonnage 164 tons
gross tonnage 164 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000451
Keywords
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1854 (P538)
Propulsion:
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, female bust figure head, part iron bolts, sheathed with yellow metal 1836.
Owners:
09/01/1833: Registered at Aberdeen by subscribing owners:
William Duthie 24 shares; Alexander Alexander 8 shares; Andrew Geddes 8 shares plus four others
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1834-40: Master Alexander Alexander
1839-40: Master Robert Stephens (Aberdeen Register)
1841: Master William Weir
1842-43: Master Gordon Davidson
1844: Master John Wood
1845: Master John Young
1846: Master Alexander Walker
1847: Master John Young
1848-54: Master R. Johnston
1852-53: Master Thomas Scott
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1834-35: Aberdeen
1835-36: Aberdeen - Savannah
1837-40: Aberdeen - London
1841: London
1842-43: Aberdeen - Valparaiso
1844: Aberdeen - Africa
1845-49: Aberdeen
1850-52: Aberdeen - Valparaiso
1852: Aberdeen - Archangel (Russia)
Notes: 1840, Some repairs; 1845, further repairs and more yellow metal added; 1850, New keel along with other repairs; 1851, deck repaired
1839
1839
