SIR WILLIAM WALLACE

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

Date1835

Object NameBRIGANTINE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 79.9' x breadth 22.9' x depth 14.5'
gross tonnage 185 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000956

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co
Yard Number: 70

Fate: unclear, possibly wrecked in the Humber, 12 November 1656

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, man bust figurehead.

Owners:
13/07/1835: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Donaldson Rose, 20 shares; James Horn, 4 shares [merchants]; Daniel Anderson, shipmaster, 20 shares - All Aberdeen.
Other owners: James Tulloch, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 4 shares; Andrew Edward, farmer, 8 shares and Christine Edward, spinster, 4 shares - both South Kirkhill; John Hector, salmon fisher, Balnagask, 4 shares.
25/07/1840: Christine Edward 2 shares to Daniel Anderson, shipmaster, Aberdeen and 2/64 to William Anderson, seaman, Aberdeen (both sons of late Daniel Anderson).
26/03/1853: William Anderson, mariner, Aberdeen 2 shares to Anne Anderson, St. Clements St., Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
13/07/1835: Master Daniel Anderson
01/04/1839: Master James Tulloch
04/04/1842: Master James Milne
03/05/1843: Master David Husband
30/10/1846: Master Jonathan Campbell Sutherland
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
12/10/1835:
Aberdeen, October 10 - the new brigantine SIR WILLIAM WALLACE of this port, Captain Daniel Anderson, passed through the bay last night bound for Montrose. Had a passage of 30 days from Quebec, the latter part of it very boisterous with contrary winds.
(Caledonian Mercury)

14/11/1856:
"Grimsby, Nov. 12. The brig SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, Guild, of Aberdeen, from Quebec for Hull, is on shore near Tetny Lock, [Humber] with loss of anchors, rudder unshipped, and nearly full of water: crew saved"
(North British Daily Mail)
Note: There was more than one Aberdeen SIR WILLIAM WALLACE and it is unclear to which this refers

Note: Contract £1,500. (Builder's List)