Name |
ARAB |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
BRIG |
Date |
1839 |
Description |
Rig: BRIG Details from Shipping Register at Aberdeen City Archives entry 16/1939: 1 deck + poop deck; 2 masts; Brig rig; Standing bowsprit; square stern; carvel built; work galleries; male figurehead. Subscribing owners: Wm. Catto, merchant 8/64 shares George Thomson, merchant 16/64 shares Daniel Mearns, ship master 16/64 shares Other owners: Robert Catto, merchant 4/64 shares Robert Catto Jnr., merchan 4/64 shares Robert Schuster, merchant 4/64 shares John Maitland, merchant 4/64 shares John Duncan, manufacturer 4/64 shares Thomas Grueber Folingsby, general agent of Belfast in Co. Antrim 4/64 shares Ownership changes: July 1850 Thomas Grueber Folingsby of Belfast B/S 4/64 to Joseph Hossack, ship master in Banff. September 1852 Owners of this vessel have transferred B/S 64 shares to Joseph Joplis and Benjamin Dutton of Liverpool, in business as Joseph Joplis. Masters: Daniel Mearns April, 1839 Joseph Hampton August, 1843 Martin S April, 1844 at Liverpool Joseph Hossack November, 1844. Details from Lloyds Register of Shipping : 1839: Master D Mearns; Owner Thompson; Registered at Aberdeen; Destined Voyage Aberdeen - Pernau. 1840/1841/1843: Owner Thompson; Master D. Mearns; Destined Voyage (1840) Aberdeen - Pernau [Russia], (1841/1843) London - Cape of Good Hope. 1845/1848: Owner Thompson; Master Hossack; Destined Voyage (1845) Aberdeen - Mediterranean. 1849/1850/1851: Owner Thompson; Master Hossack; Destined Voyage London - Buenos Ayres. 1852/1853: No entry. 1856/1857/1858: Owner M. Henry; Master P. Draper; Port Belonging to Liverpool; Destined Voyage (1857/58) Cork. From 1859: No entry. Aberdeen Journal, 26/06/1850: Marriage - at Free Trinity Church, Aberdeen, Captaoin Joseph Hossack, brig ARAB of Aberdeen, to Anne Simpson, third daughter of Captain Daniel Mearns, steamer EARL OF ABERDEEN. |
Owner |
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co) |
Shipbuilder |
NICOL REID |
Dimensions |
length 87' x breadth 19 3/6' x depth 14 1/12' tonnage 190 Tons |
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