LIVELY

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

Date1817

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD (FIR)

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 58.8' x breadth 19' x depth 10'
gross tonnage 87 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000907

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: A. Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 22

Fate: struck a rock at Kyleakin, Skye, 30 November 1825, saved but probably subsequently broken up.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 1 flush deck, 2 masts, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead.

Owners:
1818-24: Anderson (Lloyd's underwriters)
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Mortimer, baker, 18 shares; William Simpson, merchant, 9 shares; Robert Ragg, merchant, 5 shares.
Other Owners: David Irvine, shipmaster, 8 shares; William Webster, white fisher, Torry, 8 shares; George Crawford, Montrose, 16 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1818-23: Master Corey
1823-26: Master Andrew Forbes

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters)
1818-24: London - Ireland
1824-26: London coaster

General History:
16/12/1825:
The schooner LIVELY of Aberdeen, Forbes, from Caithness, bound for Belfast, was struck by a heavy sea, 28th ult. (November) which carried away her bulwarks; and on the 30th in working into Kyleakin, (Isle of Skye) she struck upon a rock. A boat, with men from the shore, got the vessel off, but before they could make the harbour, they were obliged to run her ashore on the beach, to prevent her from sinking in deep water, where she lay till 5th inst., when they got her off, and carried her into the harbour in a damaged state.
(Inverness Journal and Northern Advertiser)