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Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1845

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 116' x breadth 24.5' x depth 6'
gross tonnage: 288 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000497

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1869 (H340)

Propulsion: sail
Description: Barque rigged, 3 masts, 1 deck and a poop deck, man figurehead.

Owners:
12/03/1845: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Duthie, shipowner, 40 shares; Alexander Duthie, shipbuilder, 8 shares; James Donald, shipmaster, 8 shares.
Other owners; John Duthie, shipbuilder, 8 shares.
13/10/1852: James Donald 8 shares to William Duthie.
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters (from Aberdeen Regiser):
12/03/1845: Master James Donald Master
17/05/1852: Master Lewis Walsh
16/06/1853: Master Robert Alexander
14/05/1855: Master James Bowman 'endrosed Master at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.'

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1845: Aberdeen
1850-54: London - Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
1855-57: London - Launceston, Tasmania
1858-69: Aberdeen - Archangel (Russia)