Name |
STRANGER |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
BRIGANTINE |
Date |
1816 |
Description |
Date of Build/Launch: December 1816 Rig: BRIGANTINE Owner: John Brodie, George Black and 10 others 1816: Master J. Brodie; Voyage London - Aberdeen, London - Tenerife 1818: Owner Clark & Co.; Voyage London - Aberdeen, London - Tenerife 1819: Tonnage given as 92; Described as snow 1820: Voyage London - Aberdeen, London - Tenerife 1821: Voyage London Hamburg, London - Lisbon 1822: J. Brodie replaced by A. Brodie; Voyage London - Naples 1823: A. Brodie replaced by Wood; Voyage Greenock - Naples 1824/25: Master Wood; London Coaster 1826: Voyage London - Norway 1827/28/30: London Coaster Aberdeen Journal, 28/04/1824: Brig Stranger, Soller master, of Aberdeen, went ashore at Garron Point about one mile north of Stonehaven. She had missed stays in tacking about and, drifting upon the rocks, received such an injury as to fill immediately + in now sunk by the rock in such a depth of water that mainmast is scarcely visible at high tide. Topmast + some of the sails, yards and rigging have been saved. [Suggests LLoyd's register incorrect in showing her extant until 1830?] |
Shipbuilder |
DUTHIE |
Dimensions |
length 61 9/12' x breadth 18 11/12' x depth 9 3/6' registered tonnage 89 ton |
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