WILLIAMS

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateJuly 1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD; Oak, Larch, Beech and Elm

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 87'6" x breadth 20'6" x depth 15'2"
gross tonnage 218 tons (207)

Object numberABDSHIP000480

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked on the Cross Sand, Great Yarmouth, 5 June 1880.

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

Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Goldie, shipowner, Aberdeen, 12 shares; William Duthie, shipowner, 8 shares; Robert Johnson, merchant, 8 shares.
Other shareholders: Alexander Bell, agent, 8 shares; Alexander Chivas, advocate, 4 shares; George Brine, merchant, 4 shares; Andrew Thomson, builder, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
03/1851: Registration cancelled; now registered in Faversham, Kent. [but Lloyd's only picks up on the change in 1855 (W355)]
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1856-60: E. Brown, registered at Faversham (Lloyd's)
1862-75: W. Osborne, registered at Shields
1876-80: W. G. Murrell, registered at London

Masters:
1841-43: Master James Chalmers
1844: Master Anderson
1845-55: Master L. Wilson
1856-61: Master R. Hepple
1862: Master M. Dryden
1863-72: Master J. Jackson
1874-80: Master J. E. Cole

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1841-43: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1844: Aberdeen - Archangel
1845-46: Liverpool - Africa
1847-48: London
1849-50: Limerick - West Indies
1851: Liverpool
1856: Sunderland - London
1862: Shields - Spain
1863: Newcastle - the Mediterranean
1865-72: Shields - Spain

General History:
05/07/1880: On a voyage London – Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the brig WILLIAMS, 1840 was stranded at Cross Sand, Great Yarmouth in wind conditions SE force 2. Leaked badly and condemned as a wreck. Owner Murrell Registered London, Captain Simmons. Cargo burnt ore.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3)