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SOPHIA

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

Date1819

Object NameSLOOP

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 45'9" x breadth 15'3" x depth 7'6"
gross tonnage 43 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000917

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 31

Fate: Wrecked near Montrose, 7 March 1832.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack rigged, 1 deck, 1 masts, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead or galleries.

Owners:
1819: Owner, Joseph Mackie?, registered at Thurso (name unclear in Builder's list)
1829: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
Williamn Jaffrey, shipmaster, Peterhead, 32 shares.
Other shareholder;
George Skelton, merchant, Peterhead, 32 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
[Lloyd's underwriters gives the owner as Jollice & Co 1823-28, then Captain & Co. ie. J. McKenzie from then until 1833. It is difficult to see how either of them can be reconciled with the Aberdeen Register]

Masters:
1823-28: Master Williamson
1829-33: Master J. McKenzie

Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters)
1823-28: Leith coaster
1829-33: Greenock coaster

General History:
07/03/1832: SOPHIA, built 1819 on a voyage Aberdeen - Arbroath
"The Ann of Arbroath, from the Clyde; The Annie of Arbroath, from Aberdeen, both bound to Arbroath and the SOPHIA of Peterhead, were driven ashore yesterday morning near Montrose and are totally wrecked. Crews saved by the lifeboat".
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 4, section 1)

Note: Cost at construction, £302