MOUNTAINEER

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

Date1821

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 61' 3" x breadth 20' depth 11' 1"
gross tonnage 106 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000920

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co
Yard Number: 34

Fate: wrecked at Blyth, Northumberland, 2 February 1833.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Snow (or brig) rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, round stern, no figurehead.

Owners:
1824: Registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners; Alexander Mackie Jnr, blockmaker, 8 shares; Alexander Snell, merchant, 8 shares; Neil Smith, merchant, 4 shares.
Other owners in 1824, George Forbes, 8 shares; Neil Smith Jnr, 4 shares; Robert Mitchell, 4 shares; John Kelly, 4 shares; all merchants. Charles Philips, shipmaster, 4 shares; James Williamson, flesher, 4 shares; Alexander Mathison, nurseryman, 4 shares; John Duncan, waiter, 4 shares; John Morgan, shipmaster, 4 shares; James Watt, schoolmaster, 2 shares; James Hector, salmon boiler, 2 shares; all Aberdeen.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1823: Master C. Phillips
1824-32: Master James Clark
1833: Master Valentine

Voyages (Lloyd's underwriters):
1823: London coaster
1824-27: London - Barcelona
1828: Plymouth
1829: London
1830-32: London - the Canaries
1833: Leith - the Canaries

General History:
18/01/1822: for Genoa and Naples, the new British brig MOUNTAINEER, Capt. Phillips, having her heavy freight engaged will meet immediate dispatch for freight or passage, having excellent accommodation (25/01/1822 - will positively clear out 8 February, described as "fast sailing, copper-fastened brig").
(Glasgow Herald)

16/12/1826:
North Shields, Dec. 7.—The MOUNTAINEER, from Aberdeen, has got off the Herd Sand, after discharging part of her cargo, brought into Shields.
(The Scotsman)

02/02/1833: MOUNTAINEER - Blyth, Seaton Sluce 'on a rock'; Voyage Warkworth (near Blyth) - Aberdeen. Stranded.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3, section 7)

Note: Described in the Aberdeen register as a snow, but in Lloyd's as a brig.
Cost at construction, £950, or £8, 15s. per ton