FALCON

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1836

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD, Cedar

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 70' 0" x breadth 19' 1/10 x depth 12' 6/10
gross tonnage 131 2517/3500 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000456

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: William Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked on Holy Island, Northumberland, 26 September 1851.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, 2 galleries, falcon figurehead

Owners:
04/02/1836: Certificate issued for subscribing owner:
Alexander Milne, shipowner
Other owners: George Thomson Jr, Nathaniel Farquhar, advocate and John Milne, farmer
1846: Subscribing owners; George Spark, merchant, Aberdeen, 48 shares; William Milne, flesher, Aberdeen, 16 shares.
26/09/1851: Vessel totally lost at Holy Island, 26 September 1851. The whole crew perished and the ship's register lost.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1836: Master Falconer
1836-39: Master A. Guthrie
1840-41: Master J. Roberts
1843-45: Master J. Dunlop
1846: Master Cadenhead
1847-51: Master A. Smith

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1836-39: Aberdeen - London
1840-41: London - Aberdeen
1843-46: Aberdeen coaster
1847: Aberdeen - Rotterdam
1849-51: Aberdeen - the Baltic

General History:
01/10/1851:
Brig FALCON, Captain Alex. Smith, of Aberdeen, laden with wheat from Stettin to Grangemouth on Friday last at noon was wrecked on Holy Island during severe gale of wind from N.E. with rain and thick weather, which set in suddenly previous day and brought on a very heavy sea. Sad to tell, every soul on board, in all 8 persons, perished. The body of the master, identified by the initials "A.S." on his hand, washed ashore, had on it £11 in silver and gold, together with a gold watch. 5 of the crew belonged to Aberdeen, namely Capt. Smith, the Mate (Penny), a seaman, brother of Capt. Smith and two lads apprentices.
(Aberdeen Journal)

"The wooden brig FALCON of Aberdeen, owner Spark & Co., foundered and lost in wind conditions NE Force 10, on the 26th September 1851 at Emanuel Head, Bamburgh, Holy Island. Cargo wheat, all 9 crew perished."
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3)