IMOGEN

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1854

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 113.5' x breadth 24' x depth 13.7'
gross tonnage 302 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000520

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: wrecked at East London, Eastern Cape, November 1867

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged

Owner:
1855-67: Falconer & Co., London

Masters:
1855-57: Master J. Guy
1858-59: Master B. Vingo
1861-66: Master Ferguson
1867: Master J. "G'dridge"

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1855-57: Aberdeen - London
1858-66: London
1867: London - Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth).

General History:
23/04/1856:
IMOGEN, brig, from Algoa Bay for London, April 6, 52 days out, 36.15N, 29.45W [Mid Altantic, South of Azores].
(Daily News)

16/06/1856:
For sale by public roup within offices of Yeats & Whyte, Advocates, Aberdeen (49 King St.), on 20 June, 2 x 64ths of brig IMOGEN, of London, built Aberdeen 1854, 9 years A1 on Lloyd's List, presently on voyage between London and Cape of Good Hope. Upset price £120.
(Aberdeen Journal)

IMOGEN was wrecked in East London in November 1867 during a south east gale.
(Source: F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)