GIPSY

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1843

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; Oak, Larch, and Elm

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsGross Tonnage: 106
Length: 74'
Breadth: 15.8'
Depth: 9.8'

Object numberABDSHIP000494

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1863 (G187)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, caravel built, woman’s bust figurehead.

Owners:
1843: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Arthur Cromar Watt, merchant, 16 shares; John Milne, grain merchant, 8 shares; Alexander Grieg Brown, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other shareholders; William Duthie, shipowner, 8 shares; John Duthie, shipbuilder, 8 shares; George Thompson Jnr, merchant, 8 shares; James Sangster, flesher, 8 shares; all Aberdeen.
30/05/1853: Registration cancelled in Aberdeen, now registered in Falmouth.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1846-54: J. Milne (Lloyd's)
1856-63: J. Carre, now registered at Falmouth

Masters:
1843-45: Master Hugh Alexander
1846-54: Master G. Law
1856: Master J. George
1857-62: Master W. Cant

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1844-48: Aberdeen coaster
1850-53: Aberdeen - the Baltic
1854: Aberdeen
1856: Falmouth to Spain

Notes: In Lloyd's as GIPSEY
Damage repairs 1845 and 1849, some repairs 1855