Name |
ADELAIDE |
Type |
SCHOONER (LATER HERMAPHRODITE) |
Date |
1830 |
Description |
Date of Build/Launch: August 1830 Registered Aberdeen 1 deck, 2 masts, hermaphrodite rigged, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, no gallery, woman's bust figurehead. Subscribing Owners in 1830: Charles Runcy, Merchant, 8 shares; Robert Levie, Shoemaker, 2 shares; Henry Robinson Levay, Shipmaster, 16 shares; all Aberdeen. Other Shareholders: William Crabb, Baker, 4 shares; William Spark, Flesher, 4 shares; Andrew Levie, Clerk, 4 shares; William Maitland, Merchant, 4 shares; Alexander Mortimer, Baker, 4 shares; William Martin, Shipbuilder, 2 shares; James Greig, Shipbuilder, 2 shares; William Levie, Shoemaker, 2 shares; all Aberdeen. James Levie, Merchant, 2 shares; Alexander Farquhar, Merchant, 2 shares; both Peterhead. William Fraser, Banker, Fraserburgh, 4 shares; Jacob Huxdale, Coal Fitter, Sunderland, 4 shares. Master in 1830 Henry Robinson Levay (Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) 1831: Master H. Levoy (Levay)?; Owner Runsey (Runcy)? 1832: Owned by H. Levoy; Voyage London-Riga 1834: Owned by George Cruickshank, Merchant. 1835: Sold to Banff 1839: Master J. Begg; Owner M. Gafney; Registered Port M'Lerhd?; Voyage - Whn. Coast (Whitehaven)? 1840: As 1839 1841: As 1839 1843: As 1839 No mention in Lloyd's Register after 1844. |
Shipbuilder |
GEORGE LEVIE |
Shipowner |
Charles Runcy, merchant Robert Levie, shoemaker and Henry R Levay (?) shipmaster |
Dimensions |
length 64.6' x breadth 19.6' x depth 11.2' gross tonnage 103 tons |
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