FAVOURITE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1844

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 160' x breadth 21.5' x depth 14.4'
gross tonnage 206 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000496

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: Stranded at Duncansby Head, Caithness, 20 May 1857, sold and broken up in ballast.

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

Owners:
1844: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Robert Alexander, shipmaster, 16 shares; Alexander Duthie, shipbuilder, 16 shares; Andrew Anderson, painter, 8 shares - all Aberdeen. Other shareholders; William Duthie, shipowner, 8 shares; John Duthie, shipbuilder, 8 shares; Thomas Ritchie, 8 shares - all Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1844-52: Master Robert Alexander.
1853: Master Alexander Duthie.
1854: Master John McHardy.

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1850: Aberdeen - Baltic.
1851-52: London - West Indies.
1853-55: London - Algoa Bay (South Africa)

General History:
04/10/1848:
Brig FAVOURITE, Alexander, at Archangel 4th September after quick passage of 17 days from Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

22/08/1849:
Brig FAVOURITE, Alexander Master, passed through Aberdeen Bay yesterday, 15 days from Archangel, bound for Montrose.
(Aberdeen Journal)

15/02/1854:
Launch from Duthie's yard of clipper RAPHAEL, to be commanded by Captain Alexander Duthie, formerly of brig FAVOURITE of Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

04/04/1855:
Lad of name Gordon fell into hold of brig FAVOURITE and was a good deal hurt.
(Aberdeen Journal)

27/05/1857:
Brig FAVOURITE, of Aberdeen, Captain McHardy, in ballast from Aberdeen to Kooria Mooria Islands, got ashore on Duncansby Head yesterday, wehre she now lies full of water and will probably be a total wreck. Sails, rigging and other stores landed.
(Aberdeen Journal)

30/05/1857:
Brig FAVOURITE on way to Kooria Mooria for Guano went ashore at Duncansby and has become wreck. She had 2 years provisions aboard and we regret to say that considerable peculation of the stores has taken place, a circumstance by no means creditable to the district. Wine, beef, tobacco and even a living pig have disappeared. [This report says Master was Captain Duthie].
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

18/06/1857:
From Northern Ensign - information having been communicated to the Inland Revenue and Customs House officials that quantities of tea and tobacco, part of stores of brig FAVOURITE, wrecked at Duncansby Head, had been "run" into the Island of Stroma. Customs officials made search there, one examined the caves on the sea shore, aided by a candle, and discovered a copper still head and shoulders and sack of ground malt [evidence of illegal distilling?] The other officers discovered in the houses a large portion of the wrecked property belonging to the FAVOURITE. Expect verdict against one or more of the leading offenders.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))

Notes: Sheathed with Yellow metal, 1845 and 1856.
Some repairs, 1851 and 1855