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JANE PIRIE
JANE PIRIE
JANE PIRIE

JANE PIRIE

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipowner (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1847
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 124' x breadth 24' x depth 17'3"
tonnage: 398 ton (old measurement); 427 tons (new measurement)
Object numberABDSHIP000503
About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: Rammed and sunk off Gibraltar, 28 March 1865.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, one and a half poop decks, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, woman's figurehead.

Owners:
1847: Registered Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Andrew Anderson, painter, 12 shares; James Booth, shipmaster, 8 shares; James Williamson, merchant, 4 shares.
Other shareholders; James Shanks, contractor, 8 shares; James Booth, surgeon, 8 shares; David Munro, shoemaker, 8 shares; James Munro, shoemaker, 8 shares; William Walker, shipowner, 4 shares; William Spark, shipowner, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1849: W. Booth (Lloyd's)
1858: Williamson
1861-65: Paul & Co, now registered at Shields.

Masters:
1848-51: Master J. Booth
1852-53: Master W. Adam
1854-58: Master G. Troupe
1859: Master A. Donald
1861-62: Master J. Knox
1863-65: Master J. Hall

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1848: Aberdeen - Calcutta
1851-53: London - Calcutta
1854: London - Valparaiso
1855-58: London
1859: Swansea - South America
1861: Shields - the Mediterranean
1862: Shields - Cadiz
1863: Shields - the Mediterranean
1864-65: Shields - the Black Sea

General History:
31/03/1865:
Gibraltar, 28 March - barque JANE PIRIE, Hall, of and from North Shields for Batoum with coals, has been run into and sunk by Swedish barque, BALDER, crew saved.
(Newcastle Courant)

Note: Despite its apparently fatal collision JANE PIRIE remains in Lloyds until 1870.
PATRIOT
DUTHIE
June 1827
ALFRED
1804
CITY OF ABERDEEN
DUTHIE
16 March 1826
RUBY
March 1805
INVERURIE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1889
HANNAH MORE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1819
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1875
RAPID
DUTHIE
1834
SHAKESPEARE
Nicol Reid & Co.
May 1825
SIR R. BARCLAY
September 1824
AURORA
Catto & Co.
April 1816
RAMBLER
John Reid
January 1826
WILLIAMS
DUTHIE
July 1840
MANSFIELD
August 1824
BYRON
1825
UNIVERSE
DUTHIE
3 April 1826
EUROPA
Alexander HALL & Co.
August 1834
Alexander HALL & Co.
20 July 1814
EUPHEMIA
13 November 1815
ARTISAN
Alexander HALL & Co.
1857
ADVENTURE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1833