OSBORN

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

Date1822

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD, OAK AND FIR

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 60' x breadth 18.7' x depth 10.3'
gross tonnage 86 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000922

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 36

Fate: missing in the Baltic, November 1824.

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

Owners:
1823: Smith & Co. (Lloyd's); 'James Smith, etc.' in Builder's list at Aberdeen Maritime Museum.
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners, Robert Catto, 46 shares; George Thomson, 8 shares; William Donald, 6 shares; all Aberdeen merchants.
Other owners in 1824, John Catto, merchant, 4 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1823-24: Master W. Mess
1825: Master John Smith

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1823-24: London coaster
1824-25: Leith coaster
1825: London coaster

General History:
25/02/1825:
Aberdeen, 19th Feb. The OSBORN, Smith, sailed from Dantzig in November, for this Port, and has not since been heard of.
(Lloyd's List)

Note: Lloyd's has owner as Mess & Co for the same period as the Aberdeen shipping register gives Robert Catto as majority shareholder. The Aberdeen register is likely correct.