ALICE BROWN

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipownervessel built for Alexander Milne (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DateOctober 1839

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 75'1" x breadth 19'8" x depth 13'8"
gross tonnage 173 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000475

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last known reference 1859.

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

Owners:
1839: Registered at Aberdeen for owner; Alex Milne, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
1842: Subscribing owners; Lewis Crombie, merchant, Aberdeen, 60 shares; James Palmer, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 4 shares.
16/10/1845: Registration cancelled in Aberdeen and then registered in London.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1846: Owner Ford & Co. (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1841-45: Master J. Donald
1846-49: Master G. Isbester
1850: Master Thorn

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1841: Aberdeen - Archangel
1843: Aberdeen - the West Indies
1844-45: London
1849: Liverpool - St. Vincent (W. Indies)
1850: London - Mediterranean.

General History:
14/09/1843:
Dominica, 1 Aug. - Brig ALICE BROWN, of Aberdeen, to sail 20 Aug. for London.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

Ceases to be in Lloyd's after 1850 having been sold to Australian owners and worked out of Sydney NSW, Master Hay, from the port of Taranaka to Sydney
Crew list for 22 February 1855:
Surname and Position
HAY, CAPTAIN
PORTMAN, MATE
HAY, 2nd MATE
WAN, COOK
SMITH, SEAMAN
JOHNSTON, SEAMAN
JONES, SEAMAN
McDOWEL, SEAMAN
WITT, SEAMAN
(Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855-1922; NRS13278, [X92] reel 401)

14/11/1853:
Penzance, 10 Nov. ALICE BROWN, brig, London - Melbourne, put in with cargo shifted and other damage. A portion of the cargo (vitriol) thrown overboard. Will have to discharge to restow.
(Morning Chronicle)

06/11/1854:
Arrived Twofold Bay [South Coast, N.S.W.], from Melbourne fro Sydney.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

23/01/1855:
Twofold Bay - ALICE BROWN, brig, sailed 20 Jan., to New Zealand with heifers.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

21/02/1855:
ALICE BROWN, Capt. Hay, arrived Sydney 20 Feb. in ballast from Taranako 7 Feb.
(Sydney Empire)

24/03/1855:
Twofold Bay - ALICE BROWN in port with stock for New Zealand.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

08/05/1855:
Arrived Sydney 7 may in ballast from Tarawaki, Capt. Hay.
(Sydney Empire)

24/05/1855:
ALICE BROWN, brig, Capt. Hay, cleared Sydney 23 May for Hobart Town, Tasmania, passenger - Capt. Archer.
(Sydney Empire)

02/06/1855:
Arrived Hobart Town, 1 June, Capt. Hay, from Sydney 25 May with sundries. Passengers - Mr Archer and one in steerage.
(Colonist Times (Hobart))

07/07/1855:
ALICE BROWN, Capt. Hay, arrived 6 July from Hobart Town 28 June.
(Sydney Empire)

16/08/1855:
ALICE BROWN, brig, 170 tons, Capt. Scapelhorn, cleared for Adelaide.
(Sydney Empire)

10/04/1856:
Arrived 8 April, Capt. Cole, from Bluffhead, New Zealand [near Invercargill, South Island]. Passengers - Messrs. Dyer and Griffiths.
(Sydney Empire)

26/07/1856:
Arrived Nelson [N.Z.] 23 June from Sydney with only 7 horses on board of 40 shipped, 33 having perished through bad weather.
(Launceston [Tasmania] Examiner)

22/12/1856:
ALICE BROWN, brig, Cole, 170 tons, in Darling Harbour. Captain Agent.
(Shipping Gazette (Sydney))

21/04/1858:
Sailed 20 April for Newcastle [N.S.W.], Capt. McDonald. [Arrived 21 April].
(Sydney Empire)

31/05/1858:
ALICE BROWN, brig, Brown master, for Launceston.
(Sydney Empire)

09/06/1858:
Brig ALICE BROWN, Capt. Brown, sailed 30 May for Launceston.
(Moreton Bay [Brisbane] Courier)

17/07/1858:
ALICE BROWN, Capt. Brown, arrived Sydney from Launceston 4 July.
(Bell's Life in Sydney)

09/08/1858:
Brig ALICE BROWN, Capt. Brown, sailed from Sydney 8 Aug. for New Caledonia [French Pacific Island].
(Sydney Empire)

11/03/1859:
ALICE BROWN, 173 tons, brig, Capt. Fletcher, cleared Sydney for South Sea Islands in ballast. Passengers - Mrs Fletcher and 21 natives of South Sea Islands.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

11/07/1859:
ALICE BROWN, Capt. Fletcher, cleared Sydney 9 July for South Sea Islands in ballast, passengers - Mrs. Fletcher, Mr Oxford and 8 natives of South Sea Islands.
(Sydney Empire)