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BuilderBuilt by Alexander Duthie and Company

Owner Catto & Co. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DateSeptember 1839

Object NameHERMAPHRODITE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 77.3' x breadth 19.6' x depth 13.9'
tonnage 175 tons NM

Object numberABDSHIP000474

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: broken up November 1892 (Lloyd's 1893)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Hermaphrodite rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, a male bust figurehead.

1839: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; William Catto, 36 shares; Robert Catto Jnr., 4 shares; George Thomson, 12 shares, all merchants.
Other shareholders; Robert Catto, 4 shares, James Catto, 4 shares; William Donald, 4 shares, all merchants, Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1839-65: Catto & Co.
1867-77: J. Wood, now registered at Poole. (Lloyd's)
1878-82: Mrs A. Ballard
1882-83: A. Sherer
1889-92: A. Cockburn.

Masters:
1839-48: Master William Cargill
1848-51: Master S. Munro
1852-53: Master J. B. Greig
1854-58: Master McLean
1859-65: Master J. Heriot
1862: Master listed as Ritchie.
1871-92: Master J. Eyres

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1839-40: Aberdeen - Danzig
1843-44: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1845: Aberdeen - Danzig
1846: Aberdeen
1847-48: Aberdeen - the Mediterranean
1849-51: Aberdeen
1852-53: Aberdeen - Archangel
1854-58: Aberdeen - the Mediterranean
1859-65: Whitby - the Mediterranean

Note: Hermaphrodite denotes an irregular rig part way between two recognised types.
lengthened and some repairs 1867, now length 102.6' x breadth 21.9' x depth 13.0' and a gross tonnage of 211 tons, it also now had 3 masts (Lloyd's 1882)
1846, some repairs; 1849, some repairs with felt & yellow metal; 1854, restored; 1858, some repairs with yellow metal