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Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date20 July 1838

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 71.6' x breadth 19.2' x depth 12.9'
gross tonnage 140 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000466

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.
Official number: 6860

Fate: Sank in the English Channel on the 25 June 1880.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: brig rigged, one deck, two masts, square stern, carvel built, no gallery, woman bust, wood framework.

Owners:
1838: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Henry Ogg Brown, Aberdeen, 16 shares; James Fowler, Aberdeen, merchant, 16 shares; Alexander Nicol, Aberdeen, merchant, 16 shares; Alexander Troup, Mill of Sclattie, Newhills, grain merchant, 16 shares.
06/1842: Owners, trustees of the property in the vessels owned by the Aberdeen Lime Company, 64 shares; Henry Adamson, Aberdeen, merchant; Alexander Nicol, Aberdeen, merchant; James Shanks, Aberdeen, slater, Robert Williamson, Aberdeenshire, farmer.
1845: George Milne, Aberdeen, timber merchant; James Milne, Aberdeen, timber merchant, William Stewart, Aberdeen,timber merchant, Joint owners of 64 shares.
03/03/1855: Aberdeen registration cancelled.
24/04/1857: Re-registered, transferred from No. 11 in 1855 to No. 22 in 1857. George Milne, Kinaldie, timber merchant & shipowner, James Milne, Aberdeen, timber merchant William Stewart, Aberdeen, timber merchant, joint owners of 64 shares.
08/02/1870: 21 shares to Margaret Fraser Smith, Stonehaven, spinster, 21 shares to Andrew Davidson, Stonehaven, seaman, 22 shares to Edward Smith, Aberdeen, master mariner.
09/02/1870: Andrew Davidson, 21 shares, Mortgage A to former joint owners to secure £50, interest at 5% per annum. Edward Smith, 22 shares, Mortgage 73 to former joint owners to secure £50, interest at 5% per annum. Former joint owners transfer mortgage (73) on 22 shares to Andrew Davidson, Stonehaven, seaman.
16/02/1871: Andrew Davidson discharges mortgage A.
29/05/1873: Andrew Davidson, Stonehaven (shipmaster) acquires 22 shares from
Andrew Davidson, Stonehaven (seaman).
27/08/1875: Margaret Fraser Smith sells 21 shares to Clementina Smith, Stonehaven, widow.
27/08/1875: Andrew Davidson sells 43 shares to Clementina Smith, Stonehaven, widow.
01/09/1875: Clementina Smith mortgages (C) 64 shares for £300 and interest at 5% per annum to Daniel Mearns, Aberdeen (shipowner)
(Aberdeen Register of Ships, (Aberdeen City Archives) Register 1 (CE87/11/10) folio 72, continued in Register 5, folio 37.)
1877-79: Owners J. McLauchlan, Aberdeen (Lloyd's)
1880: Owners W. Milburn, Aberdeen

General History:
06/12/1848: Collided with EARL OF ERROL of Sunderland in the Cockle, Gt. Yarmouth (Aberdeen Register).

1855: Re-rigged as a brig.

25/06/1880: Sprung a leak off Shoreham; crew could not lower level below 8ft in the hold. Found impossible to take her ashore, she was abandoned, the crew taking to their own boats. Vessel seen to founder, overhauled and re-caulked before shipping her last cargo, and the cause of the leak was unknown. Wind conditions were W to WNW force 6. Four crew lost.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 2, section 3)

Notes: First listed in Lloyd's 1874, but with no master noted.

See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=56688&vessel=HARVEST+HOME
Wrecksite: - http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?238940