RAPID

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipownervessel built for William Donald Junior (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Allan Junior

Date1834

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 79'10" x breadth 21'7" x depth 13'
gross tonnage 165 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000453

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: possibly stranded at Bridlington, February 1871

Propulsion: Sail
Description: One deck, three masts, barque rigged, woman bust figurehead, brig rigged, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries.

Owners:
16/10/1834: Builder's certificate issued under the hand of William Duthie shipbuilder.
16/10/1834: Aberdeen registry opened, No. 47 in 1834. Subscribing Owners:
James Allan, Aberdeen, merchant, 16 shares; William Donald Jr., Aberdeen, merchant, 5 shares; Alexander Allan, Jr., Aberdeen, shipmaster, 16 shares;
Other Owners:
Alexander Allan, Aberdeen, shipmaster, 8 shares; Patrick Whyte, Aberdeeen, tobacconist, 5 shares; Thomas Best, Aberdeen, merchant, 4 shares; James Williamson, Aberdeen, flesher, 4 shares; William Esson, Aberdeen, merchant, 4 shares; John Dunn, Aberdeen, shipmaster, 2 shares;
31/03/1836: 64 shares in security for £420 to James McHardy and William Robertson(advocates in Aberdeen)
14/12/1836: Thomas Best sells 4 shares to James Allan.
14/11/1837: James Allan sells 4 shares to William Donald Jr.
11/01/1838: William Donald Jr. sells 5 shares to Thomas Phillips, shipmaster, Aberdeen
11/01/1838: Alex Allan sells 8 shares to Thomas Phillips
12/01/1838: Patrick Whyte sells 3 shares to Thomas Phillips
12/01/1838: Patrick Whyte sells 2 shares to James Allan
12/01/1838: James Allan 18 shares as security for £320 to Patrick Whyte
08/06/1838: William Donald Jr. 6 shares to James Allan.
29/10/1838: James Allan and William Robertson 16 shares to James Allan as security for £420
Patrick Whyte 18 shares to James Allan as security for £320
WiIliam Esson's widow 18 shares to James Allan;
Thomas Phillips 16 shares to James Allan;
JAJ? 16 shares to James Allan
James Allan 58 shares to Harry Forbes Esq, late of Island of Grenada, security for £1000.
22/01/1839: James Allan (wine merchant) 32 shares to Alexander Allan, shipmaster.
18/02/1839: James Allan 16 shares to William Whyte, writer in Forfar.
18/07/1839: John Dunn 2 shares to James Allan
15/08/1839: James Williamson (flesher) 4 shares to James Allan
23/12/1839: William Whyte 16 shares to James Allan
24/12/1839: James Allan 22 shares to William Whyte
01/10/1840: Thomas Best Trustee in sequestered estate of James Allan, wine merchant, Aberdeen, with the consent of Harry Forbes, late of the Island of Grenada sells 10 shares to Alexander Allan;
01/10/1840: Alexander Allan with the consent of Harry Forbes, late of the Island of Grenada and Charles Grainer, Aberdeen (advocate) sells 42 shares to Alexander Mitchell, shipowner, Ythan Lodge, Aberdeenshire.
10/1840: Owners Mitchell & Rae, Newburgh (CS)
1842: Subscribing owners:
Alexander Mitchell, merchant, Newburgh, 24 shares; Andrew Mitchell, farmer, Mundole, Aberdeenshire, 8 shares; William Bruce, farmer, Mains of Slains, Aberdeenshire.
Other shareholders in 1842:
John Rae, merchant, Ellon, 16 shares; Charles Ruxton, farmer, Hill of Fiddes, 4 shares; Alexander Mitchell, farmer at Fiddes, by all county of Aberdeen.
11/01/1843: Owners of the vessel have transferred by bill of sale 10th inst. 64 shares to George Wilken Hall, shipbuilder in Monks Wearmouth in the county of Durham.
02/1843: Owners George W. Hall, Sunderland
07/1843: Owners Isaac Bedlington, Whitby*, ship registered at Whitby
06/07/1843: Registration cancelled in Aberdeen, now registered in Sunderland.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 47 in 1834 (CE87/11/5))
Masters:
1834-36: Master Alex. Allan Jr.
1836-37: Master: Weir
1838-39: Master T. Phillips
1840-41: Master J. Allan
1842: Master Alexander
1842-49: Master Bedlington*

Voyages (from Lloyd's)
1835-36: Aberdeen - Savannah (Georgia)
1836-37: London - Marseilles
1839: Shields - Mediterranean
1840-41: Aberdeen - San Domingo
1842: Liverpool
1844: Sunderland
1847-48: Whitby
No longer in Lloyd's after 1849

Notes:
The Glasgow herald reports a RAPID and another ship stranded, it is not entirely clear that this is the Aberdeen RAPID of 1834:
13/02/1871:
"The SURAMA (of Boston) stranded at Brindlington, and the RAPID (of Whitby) also stranded at the same place"
(Glasgow Herald)

According to Clydeships
10/02/1871: Lost in collision off Holderness, Yorkshire
Clydeships: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=56677&vessel=RAPID