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ARIEL
ARIEL
ARIEL

ARIEL

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipowner (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1848
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 122.7' x breadth 23.1' x depth 16.7'
gross tonnage 315 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000507
About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1873 (A785)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, one and a half decks, poop, three masts, carvel built, no gallery, male figurehead, wood framework.

Owners:
04/11/1848: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Andrew Anderson, shipowner, 22 shares; John Duthie Jr., shipbuilder, 10 shares; George Collie, shipmaster, 4 shares.
Other owners: Robert Mitchell, shipowner 4 shares; John Cargill, shipmaster, 4; John Walker, builder, 4 shares; Alexander Pirie, merchant, 4 shares; James Stewart, flesher, 4 shares [all Aberdeen]; James Reid, doctor of medicine, Ellon, 4 shares; Alexander Shivas, farmer, Mains of Arnage, 4 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives))
1861-66: Catto & Co. (Lloyd's)
1867-73: Wright & Langridge, registered at London

Masters:
1849-56: Master George Collie
1858-62: Master D. Sim
1863-64: Master Roberts
1865-66: Master J. Sangster
1867-68: Master J. Winter
1868-69: Master J. Douglas
1870-73: Master W. Eynon

Voyages (from Lloyd's)
1849: Aberdeen
1850-51: London
1852-55: London - Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth)
1856-59: London
1861-62: London - Cape of Good Hope
1863-64: London - Algoa Bay
1865-66: London - Cape of Good Hope
1867-68:Liverpool - Bermuda
1868-69: Clyde - West Indies
1869-70: London - West Indies
1870-73: London

General History:
18/10/1848:
Launches - On Thursday, a magnificent clipper barque, named the ARIEL, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Duthie. She is acknowledged to be one of the finest clippers ever built at this port. Her wells and top sides are planked with mahogany, and her symmetry and fitting out are unexceptionable. She is built to class 9A1 at Lloyd's, and measures 314 tons new measurement, or 373 old. Length aloft, 122 feet and 7-10ths; breadth, 23 feet 1-10th; depth, 16 feet 7-10ths.
(Aberdeen Journal)

05/05/1858:
For sale, four sixty fourths of the barque ARIEL of Aberdeen, presently lying at London.
(Aberdeen Journal)

17/08/1859:
Shares of ships for sale by public roup in offices of James & George Collie, Advocates, Aberdeen, 19 August. The shares of following vessels belonging to Trustee on the sequestered estate of deceased Alexander Pirie, Aberdeen, viz.
8/64ths of barque MARTIN LUTHER of Aberdeen - upset price £50;
4/64ths of clipper ARIEL of Aberdeen - upset price £80;
4/64ths of clipper RUBENS of Aberdeen - upset price £100.
[shares in MARTIN LUTHER and ARIEL advertised again subsequently to be rouped on 30 September].
(Aberdeen Journal)