OAK

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

Date17 August 1815

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 68'9" x breadth 20' 10" x depth 11'2"
gross tonnage 121 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000898

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 13

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1854 (O1).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brigantine rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowspirit,square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1816-22: Sander & Co. (Lloyd's)
1823: A. Hall
1825: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Wyness, shipmaster; Alex. Hall, shipbuilder; Alex. Mortimer, baker
1836: Subscribing owners;
Neil Smith Jr, 8 shares; Alexander Wilson, shipowner 4 shares; James Clark, shipmaster, 4 shares. Other shareholders: Alexander Hall, shipbuilder, 8 shares; Alexander Cowie, brewer, 8 shares; John Flett, brewer, formerly bookkeeper, 4 shares; Peter Smith, carpenter, 4 shares; William Harrow, flesher, 4 shares; Alexander Adam, shoemaker, 4 shares; John Morgan, shipmaster, 4 shares, William Edwards, grocer, 4 shares, William Maitland, rope & sailmaker, 4 shares, all Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 42, 1825)
1848-53: Owner, Davidson, registered in Inverness (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1816-31: Master William Wyness (Lloyd's has various spellings, this is how the Aberdeen register has it)
1834: Master W. Leach
1834-36: Master G. Mitchell
1836: Master James Clark (Aberdeen Register, not in Lloyd's)
1836-37: Master A. Sim
1838-40: Master G. Wilson
1841-45: Master D. Renzie
1846-54: Master Davidson

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1816: Falmouth - Bilbao
1818: London - St. Petersburg
1819-22: London - Messina
1823: London coaster
1824-31: Dundee
1834-37: Aberdeen coaster
1838-39: Aberdeen - Riga
1840: Aberdeen - London
1841: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1842-54: Aberdeen coaster

General History:
24/08/1845: The Brig OAK at Lybster, Caithness, much damaged, cargo herring.
(Source: Ian G. Whittaker (1998), "Off Scotland: A Comprehensive Record of Maritime and Aviation Losses in Scottish Waters" (C-ANNE publishing, Edinburgh), p. 106)