Name |
ADVENTURE |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
SLOOP |
Date |
1772 |
Description |
Owner Leys & Co. Captain J. Aitken, route London to Aberdeen 1772-1783: Voyages from Aberdeen to Campvere, Netherlands; Master - John Aiken. (Sources: St. James' Chronicle 3/12/1772; General Evening Post 1/4/1773; London Evening Post 26/8/1773; Public Advertiser 26/3/177, 28/1/1786 & 16/11/1783) 1775-1777: Voyages from Aberdeen to London, Master - John Aiken. (Sources: Public Advertiser 10/5/1775, 26/9/1775 & 13/6/1777) 1782: Voyage from Aberdeen to London; Master - John Thompson. (Sources: London Packet 13/2/1782; Public Advertiser 26/3/1782) 1787: Voyage from Limerick to Hull; Master - John Thompson. (Source: Public Advertiser 21/6/1787) Public Advertiser, 26/3/1777: "Extract of a latter from Aberdeen March 17th - The cargo of the ADVENTURE, Aitken, which sailed for Campvere last week, is one of the most valuable that has been sent out of this place: it consists of stockings to the amount of about £24,000." |
Dimensions |
tonnage 90 tons |
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