Name |
ABBOTSFORD |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
BRIG |
Date |
1829 |
Description |
Date of Build/Launch: August 1829 1 deck, 2 masts, hermaphrodite rigged, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no galleries, man bust figurehead Subscribing Owners in 1829: Robert Spring, Baker/Shipowner, 44 shares; William Spark, Watchmaker, 8 shares; Thomas Nicolson, Shipmaster, 4 shares. Other Shareholders: John Paul, Grocer, 4 shares; John Williamson, Flesher, 4 shares. (Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) 1830/31: Master Nicholson; Owner R. Spring. 1832/33: Voyage Liverpool - Aberdeen. 1836: Owned by Robert Spring, baker, and John Paul, grocer. 1839/40/41: Master A. Baxter; Voyage Aberdeen - St. Petersburg. No further mention of vessel after this date. Aberdeen Journal, 12/12/1832: Shipping for sale: to be sold by public roup 4 January within Lemon Tree Tavern, one sixteenth of brig ABBOTSFORD. [Repeated 30/01/1833, to be sold by public roup 1 February]. Newcastle Courant, 13/09/1844: Ramsgate, 9 September. Last night was a most awful one with rain, thunder and lightning. The HENRIETTA GLOVER, from Newcastle for Exeter, came into collision with the brig ABBOTSFORD at nine o'clock last night [details given only of damage to HENRIETTA GLOVER]. |
Shipbuilder |
STEPHEN |
Dimensions |
length 65 3/6' x breadth 20 5/6' x depth 12 5/12' Registered Tonnage: 121 ton |
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