AGNES

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateFebruary 1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 76.4' x breadth 19.3' x depth 13.3'
gross tonnage 161 1/3 tons (Lloyd's 157 tons)

Object numberABDSHIP000469

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1850 (A175), last in Post Office Aberdeen Directory 1852-53 p. 54.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, a female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1839: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Alexander Nicol, and George Munro, trading under the firm of Nicol & Munro, merchants in Aberdeen, 36 shares. Other shareholders: Alexander Troup, 4 shares, Charles Brown, 4 shares, George Rennie, shipmaster, 4 shares, All Aberdeen. Robert Williamson, farmer, Kinellar, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1850: Owner Scott & Co

Masters:
1840-41: Master G. Rennie
1842-48: Master Alexander
1850: Master Sangster
1852: Master Lindsay (Post Office Aberdeen Directory)

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1840: Aberdeen - London
1842-43: Aberdeen - Valparaiso
1844: Aberdeen - London
1846: Aberdeen - New Orleans
1847: Aberdeen coaster
1850: Aberdeen - Archangel

General History:
23/05/1839:
Sorry to learn that Capt. George Rennie of brig AGNES, of Aberdeen, fell into the tide at Rotterdam 7 May and was drowned.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

09/09/1840:
Falmouth, 26 August - arrived for orders brig AGNES, Alexander master, of Aberdeen, from Montevideo [Uruguay], sailed 8 June.
(Aberdeen Journal)

25/04/1849:
To be sold by private bargain on or before 1 May, all and whole brig AGNES, of Aberdeen, 161 tons registered, as she presently lies in harbour of Aberdeen. Carries largely for her tonnage, sails well and shifts without ballast. Particulars from John McLaughlan, 57 Quay, or Alex Scott, 46 Queen St.
(Aberdeen Journal)