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

Object numberABDSHIP000498

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

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)