DROVER
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Owner
Aberdeen Lime Company
DateOctober 1845
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 103 8/10' x breadth 20 8/10' x depth 13'
gross tonnage 173 tons
gross tonnage 173 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000498
Keywords
Fate: unknown, not in Lloyd's
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, no galleries, male figurehead
Owners:
1845: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Henry Adamson, merchant; Alexander Nicol, merchant; James Shanks, slater.
Other shareholders; Robert Williamson, farmer, Bendauch, Dyce. All trustees of Aberdeen Lime Co. - 64 shares.
9/03/1853: Registration at Aberdeen cancelled, transferred to London.
(Aberdeen register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Owners: Aberdeen Lime Company were part owners originally and ship sold to Benjamin Jenkins, Sydney in 1882
Masters (from Aberdeen Register):
1845: Master James Allan
09/06/1848: Master Magnus Mowat
04/09/1848: Master James Allan
General History:
24/10/1853:
At anchor off the wharves [...] DROVER, brig, 173 tons, Darly Master, From Hobart Town.
(Geelong Adversiter (Victoria))
14/08/1854:
Cleared out, DROVER, brig, 174; Morrison; for Melbourne.
(Hobart Courier (Tasmania))
15/05/1855:
New Zealand - several arrivals at Auckland in past week [including brig DROVER]. All from Melbourne in quest of freight, with little cargo, but with considerable number of passengers.
(Geelong Adversiter)
13/09/1859:
Brig DROVER, 174, B. A. Gunn Master, arrived 11 Sept. from Melbourne 8 Sept.
(South Australian Register (Adelaide))
20/03/1866:
Victor Harbour Shipping - arrived DROVER, brig, Garth Master, from Melbourne.
(South Australian Register)
21/06/1876:
DROVER, brig, 173, Capt. Stephen, in harbour from Newcastle.
(Brisbane Courier)
13/07/1881:
DROVER, brig, from Maryborough, bound to Rockhampton [both Queensland], passed Woody Island yesterday.
(Rockhampton Morning Bulletin)
21/11/1887:
Brig DROVER, Francis Master, reported to have proceeded from Melbourne to New Zealand.
(South Australian Register)
1863
