NICHOLAS

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipownervessel built for John Forbes (Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, active 1756 - 1763)

Date1815

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 82' x breadth 25' x depth 15'
gross tonnage: 212 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000896

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 11

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1840 (N204)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rig, single deck with beams, sheathed with copper, iron bolts added in 1839.

Owners:
Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner:
John Forbes, merchant, Aberdeen
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1834-40: Owner Huchenson, registered at Newcastle (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1816: Master C. Gibbon
1818-22: Master W. Kirkus
1822-23: Master Pelley
1824-32: Master P. Carlile
1834-36: Master J. Helsey
1836-40: Master J. Kelso

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1816: London - Leghorn
1818: Plymouth - Havana
1819-22: London - Riga
1822-23: Liverpool - New Orleans
1823: London - Riga
1824-32: London - Cuba
1836-40: Sheilds - London

Notes: original cost £3756 (Builder's list, Aberdeen Maritime Museum)