OSPREY

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

Date1835

Object NameSMACK

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 45.4' x breadth 14.8' x depth 7.3'
gross tonnage 40 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000953

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co
Yard Number: 67

Fate: Wrecked in Scrabster Bay, Caithness, 16 March 1836

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Smack rigged, 1 deck, 1 mast, running bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no figurehead

Owners:
1835: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George & William Hogarth, merchants, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1835: Master Edward Howling

General History:
29/04/1835:
21 April 1835 arrived at Aberdeen from London, Captain Howling.
(Aberdeen Journal)

09/09/1835:
3 September 1835 arrived at Aberdeen from the Spey, Captain Howling.
(Aberdeen Journal)

10/02/1836:
6 February 1836 sailed from Aberdeen for Thurso, Captain Howling.
(Aberdeen Journal)

09/03/1836:
"On 17th ult. [i.e. February] the OSPREY, Howling, of Aberdeen, broke her anchor in Scrabster Roads, drove ashore on the sands and has since become a complete wreck: crew saved"
(Inverness Courier)

'OSPREY' under Captain Howling on a voyage from Aberdeen to Thurso at anchor in Scrabster Roads on 16 February 1836 broke her chain in a gale and was driven ashore and totally wrecked. All the crew were saved.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 4, section 3)

Note: Built at a cost of £335 or £8 8/- per ton. (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)