SIR CHARLES FORBES
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateJune 1824
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD; part Pine
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 104 x breadth 23.5' x depth 19'
gross tonnage 364 tons
gross tonnage 364 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000928
Keywords
Yard Number: 42
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1861 (S457)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 2 decks, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, 1 gallery, male bust figurehead.
Owners:
1824: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George McInnes, shipowner, Old Aberdeen, 17 shares; George Forbes, springhill, 5 shares; Thomas Fouleston, shipmaster, 6 shares.
Other owners;
Harry Lumsden, Auchindoir, 6 shares; Robert Grant, Drumminor, 4 shares; James Forbes, Echt, 5 shares; James Moir, physician, Aberdeen, 4 shares; James Scott, Brotherton, Kincardine, 11 shares; William Abercrombie, merchant, London, 6 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1833-38: Boothby, registered at Liverpool.
1838-40: Waddell
1840-47: T. Ward, registered at London
1848-60: J. Rodgers
Masters:
1824-27: Master Thomas Fouleston (Aberdeen register; Lloyd's has it as Fullarton)
1827-28: Master Duthie
1828-38: Master Leslie
1838-40: Master C. Laing
1841-45: Master Bacon
1846-47: Master Adams
1848-53: Master W. Prynn
1854-57: Master Simmons
Voyages (from Lloyd's underwriters):
1825-26: London - Calcutta
1826-27: London - New South Wales
1827-28: Cowes
1828-30: London - Jamica
1830-32: London - New South Wales
1833: London - India
1834: Falmouth
1835-38: Liverpool - Bahia
1838-40: Liverpool - South Australia
1840-41: London - New South Wales
1841-43: London - New Zealand
1844-45: London
1846-47: London - New South Wales
1848: London - Valparaiso
1849-50: London - Australia
1851-52: London - Ascension
1854-55: London - Australia
1857: London
General History:
Details of Australian voyages:
1st voyage: carried 130 male convicts to Hobart and had two deaths en-route. Departed Portsmouth on 5 January 1825 and arrived at Hobart on 18 April 1825. Master: Captain Thomas Fullarton. Surgeon: Joseph Cook.
2nd voyage: carried 73 female convicts to Hobart and had four deaths en-route. Departed London on 16 September 1826 and arrived at Hobart on 3 January 1827.Master: Alexander Duthie. Surgeon: J. McTernan.
3rd voyage: carried 160 male convicts to Hobart and had two deaths en-route. Departed Plymouth on 5 April 1830 and arrived at Hobart on 27 July 1830. Master: Captain J. Leslie. Surgeon: William Petrie.
4th voyage: carried 148 female convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed Dublin on 11 August 1837 and arrived in Sydney on 25 December 1837. Master: Captain J. Leslie. Surgeon: William Clifford.
(from The Warren Register of Colonial Tall Ships)
Note: Cost at construction, £4,002
1818
June 1826
