Duncan

Official Number
3815 ?

The Duncan was a full-rigged ship built by Aitken & Co. at Douglas, Isle of Man, and launched on Wednesday, 8th June 1836.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Duncan
1836
650
 
 
  
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 14th June 1836, page 3 - states she was "built for Liverpool Merchants."
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1855-6: ship, yellow-metalled in 1853, 533 tons old measurement, 644 tons new measurement, built Isle of Man in 1836, owned by Aiken & Co., registered at Liverpool, no voyage given.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1859-60: ship, yellow-metalled in 1853, 533 tons old measurement, 644 tons new measurement, built Isle of Man in 1836, no owner or port of registry given.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1861-2 - same details as 1859. The vessel had disappeared from Lloyd's Register by 1865.
  5. Possibly the vessel was registered at Singapore in 1860 - there is an entry for Duncan, 597 tons, Official Number 3815, signal letters HVTG in the Mercantile Navy List 1860.