ROVER

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1859

Object NameBRIG

MediumIRON FRAME

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 104.1' x breadth 23.4' x depth 14.1'
gross tonnage 213 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000528

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & co.
Official Number: 22530

Fate: marked condemned in Lloyd's 1885 (R582).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck and a break, 2 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, shield figurehead.

Owners:
1859: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
Benjamin Moir, Aberdeen, 64 shares
09/01/1871: Benjamin Moir sells 64 shares to Alexander Edwards, shipowner, Aberdeen.
16/01/1871: Alexander Edwards sells 16 shares to Matthew Shiells, shipowner, Dundee and 16 shares to David Anderson, master mariner, Newburgh, Fife.
17/01/1871: Registration cancelled, transferred to Dundee.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1871-80: Edwards, registered at Dundee
1881-85: J. Pawlyn, registered at Fowey

Masters:
1859-69: Master J. Leslie
1870-71: Master W. Mackie
1871-72 : Master H. Nairn
1873-75: Master C. Brown
1875-77: Master D. Anderson.
1880-81: Master Milne
1881-82: Master T. Ball
1882-85: Master T. Symons

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1859: Aberdeen - Baltic
1862-64: Dundee - Baltic
1865-68: Aberdeen - Baltic
1870-71: Leith - Baltic
1871-72: Dundee - West Indies
1873: Dundee - Baltic

General History:
25/05/1859:
Montrose - brig ROVER, Leslie, of Aberdeen arrived here from Riga with flax for Messrs, Richards & Co. - quite a new ship, this being her first voyage and we believe she has accomplished the passage in the remarkably short space of 8 days.
(Aberdeen Journal)

11/01/1860:
The brig ROVER, of Aberdeen, Leslie Master, laden with corn from Riga to London, has been lost in the Baltic. The crew are saved and have been landed at Copenhagen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

01/02/1860:
Elsinore, 27th Jan. - The ROVER, Leslie, from Riga for London which was stranded on Anholt, 19th Dec., and abandoned, drove off a few days ago, and was picked up by some fishermen, and assisted in here by steam tug. A small portion of the cargo was thrown overboard, when she struck a part and was landed at Anholt, and about two-thirds remains in the vessel.
(Aberdeen Journal)

04/04/1860:
Elsinore, March 24 - the ROVER, brig, Leslie from Riga, which was brought here about 25 Jan. last, derelict after being on shore on Anholt, was towed hence from Copenhagen to be put upon the patent slip for repair.
(Aberdeen Journal)

06/10/1864:
Marriages - at Albert Terrace, Aberdeen, James Milne, commission merchant, to Agnes, 5th daughter of Captain John Leslie, brig ROVER of Aberdeen.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh))