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

DateAugust 1834

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 89.9' x breadth 23.9' x depth 15.8'
gross tonnage 224 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000952

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 66

Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's register 1864 (E845)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 deck with a break, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, a woman's bust figurehead, part fir plank

Owners:
02/10/1834: Certificate Issued for subscribing owner:
James Bruce, merchant, Peterhead, 41 shares (given as John Bruce, Mintlaw, in the Builder's List)
Other shareholders:
John Souter, 5 shares; John Gilchrist, 5 shares; James Anderson, 5 shares; all merchants. Alexander Brown, shipmaster, 8 shares; all Peterhead.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) (in Lloyd's as registered at Peterhead)
1848: Owner G. Morrison, registered at London (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1834-41: Master John Brown
1842-43: Master Volum
1844-45: Master Ligertwood
1845-46: Master P. Burnett
1848-50: Master Mitchell
1850-52: Master D. Allowall
1853-55: Master T. Bennett
1856: Master W. Langdon
1857: Master A. Sibbald
1858-64: Master J. Anderson

Voyages (from Lloyd's register)
1835-41: London - Lima.
1842-43: Liverpool - Vaparaiso.
1844-45: Shields - Madeira
1846: Peterhead
1848-49: Newcastle - Odessa
1850: Newcastle - the Mediterrenean
1851-52: Clyde - the Mediterrenean
1853-57: Shields - the Mediterrenean
1858: Shields - the Baltic

Note: Contract price £1992, £8.15.0 per ton.
(Source: Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)