HANNAH MORE

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

Date1819

Object NameSNOW

MediumWOOD; Fir and Oak

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 82' 6" x breadth 24' 1" x depth 14' 9"
gross tonnage 202 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000913

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 28

Fate: wrecked at Riga, 21 August 1853.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: 2 decks, 2 masts, square rig (1824), standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, woman's bust figurehead.

Owners:
Built for Earl of Aboyne (builder's list in Lloyd's Library, Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1824: registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners; David Milne, merchant, 52 shares; James Philip, merchant, 4 shares; James Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; all Aberdeen.
Other owners in 1824: William Reid, flesher, 4 shares.
[Lloyd's underwriters has Milne and Co. as owners from 1819]
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives) no. 117, 1824)
1827-33: Captain & Co. (i.e. R. Clark & Co.) (Lloyd's)
1838-41: Summerson, now registered at Newcastle
1842-43: Hood & Co.
1847-50: Gibson & Co, registered at North Shields

Master:
1819-21: Master A. Black
1821-26: Master Findlayson Kenn (as Aberdeen Register spells it; Lloyd's has F. Kewn or F. Kem)
1827-33: Master R. Clark
1834-38: Master Morrison
1838-41: Master J. Dixon
1842-43: Master Blackburn
1847-48: Master J. Dunkin (Duncan in 1848)
1849-50: Master J. Bell

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1819-21: Leith - Aberdeen
1821-22: Liverpool - Quebec
1823: Liverpool - "G. Bretn" (location unknown, misspint for Cape Breton?)
1824: Leith - Halifax
1825-26: Dartmouth - Halifax
1827-33: Hull - Memel (modern Klaipeda in Lithuania)
1838-41: Shields coaster
1842-43: Newcastle - the Baltic
1847: Shields - the Baltic
1848: Hull - "Fdnsham"
1849: Shields - London

General History:
15/03/1820:
First ship for Quebec and Montreal - the fine brig HANNAH MORE, 202 tons register, Alexander Black master, is under contract to sail for above ports 25 March. Elegant accommodation for passengers. Apply to Milne, Philip & Co., Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

02/09/1853:
Riga, Aug. 22.—The HANNAH MORE was driven from her anchor during a storm at N.W. yesterday morning, went on shore, filled, and it is feared will become a total wreck; crew saved.
(Scottish Guardian (Glasgow) )

28/10/1853:
The remains of the hull and stores of the HANNAH MORE, of Newcastle, were recently sold by auction, in Riga Bay; the stores sold tolerably well, but the hull brought only a trifling amount
(Newcastle Courant )

Notes: Square rig comes from the Aberdeen register she is described as a snow in Lloyd's.
Name varies between HANNAH MORE and HANNA MOORE
Lengthened 1840, new tonnage 256 tons