RESOLUTE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateFebruary 1869

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 116.6' x breadth 24.6' x depth 13.2'
gross tonnage 229 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000561

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie, Sons & Co.
Official Number: 58881
Subsequent Names: MARY D. SOPPIT (1922)

Fate: marked as broken up in Lloyd's 1828 (28770)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 3 masts, 1 deck

Owners:
1869-75: MacBeath, registered at Fraserburgh
1879-82: A. Bruce & Co., registered at Fraserburgh
1883-84: A. Stephen, registered at Fraserburgh
1885-1915: Whitstable Shipping Co. Ltd, registered at Faversham
1916-18: W. S. Pearce, registered at Faversham
1919-28: Theodor Shipping Co., registered at Blyth (A. Tate & Co. managers)

Masters:
1870-75: Master Stephens
1879-85: Master G. Cummine
1886-1914: Master H. J. Whitnall
1914-16: Master W. H. Wilson
1916-18: Master G. M. Beer
1919-22: Master J. A. Adams

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1870-72: Aberdeen - Galatz, River Danube, Roumania.
1873: Belfast - Mediterranean

General History:
28/03/1882:
RESOLUTE, Schooner, from Lisbon for Aberdeen, is at Dover, she lost some sails.
(Glasgow Herald)

16/11/1920:
The schooner RESOLUTE, of Blyth, with coal, has sustained damage to sails and hull, and was towed into Dover.
(Shields Daily News)

Note: fitted with auxiliary engine c.1922. Paraffin motor, 2 cylinder 12" diameter, 12" stroke, 20 NHP, made by Kromhout, Perman & Co., London.