EARL OF FIFE

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

DateJanuary 1836

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 56.4' x breadth 17.4'
gross tonnage 82 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000958

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 72

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1856 (E45)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged

Owners:
1836-42: Peterkin, registered at MacDuff.
1842-49: W. Watt
1850-51: Collings, registered at Sunderland
1853-56: Owner not specified, possibly the master, W. Campbell, registered at Stockton

Masters:
1836-42: Master R. Valder
1842-49: Master A. Innes
1850: Master Collings
1853-56: Master W. Campbell

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1836-37: Aberdeen - London
1838-42: Aberdeen - MacDuff
1842-49: Banff coaster
1850: Sunderland coaster
1853-54: Stockton coaster

General History:
02/04/1845:
To be sold by public group in Town Hall, Macduff, shares of ship belonging to executor of deceased William Peterkin, merchant in Banff.
(Aberdeen Journal)

23/10/1846:
North shields, Oct. 20 - The schooner EARL OF FIFE, before mentioned as leaky, was surveyed the previous day. Her cargo was found uninjured, but vessel was found to be leaky in several places: she is being repaired
(Newcastle Courant)

10/06/1858:
Grimsby, June 5 - The EARL OF FIFE (schooner), of Stockton from Dordt to Lossiemouth, has put in here, very leaky, having been on shore on the Hasborough Sands.
(Edinburgh Evening Courant)

Note: Cost at construction £821. (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)