Berwick Built Ships - 1800 - 1840

Vessel Year Type Tons Builder Owner/Trading Route

JAMAICA

1800

BRIG

235

 

 

TRIAL PACKET

1800

Sloop

61

 

Hope & Co. – Liverpool/Sligo

ALBION PACKET

1800

Schooner

126

Gowan

C. Jackson - Newcastle

HAZARD

1800

Sloop

133

 

J. Dryden – Waterford/Bristol

FORTH PACKET

1800

Sloop

59

 

T. Hall – Leith/Coaster

PETERHEAD & BANFF PACKET

1800

Sloop

79

 

M’Kellic’n, Banff - London

HAWK PACKET

1801

Schooner

147

Wm Bruce

Newcastle

DIAMOND PACKET

1801

Sloop

92

 

J. Lavrick – Dublin/Norway

EDINBURGH PACKET

1801

Smack

154

 

Union Shipping Co. – Leith/Coaster

DIAMOND

1802

Snow

222

Wm Bruce

Newcastle

ALNWICK PACKET

1802

Sloop

80

 

Young & Co. – Yarmouth/North

KING GEORGE

1802

Smack

137

Gowan

Old Shipping Co, Berwick

QUEEN CHARLOTTE

1802

Smack

137

Gowan

Old Shipping Co, Berwick

AURORA

1803

Brigantine

161

Wm Bruce

Slack & Co. – London/Newfoundland

ECHO

1802

Brig

100

 

White – London/Noway

FRIENDSHIP

1802

Sloop

83

 

Solly – London/Rotterdam

HERO

1802

Schooner

64

 

Gowan – London/Coaster

HIND

1802

Schooner

138

 

W. Tower – London/Oporto

LORD NELSON

1802

Ship

304

 

Todd & Co. London/Transport

TRAVELLER

1802

Schooner

133

 

J. Watson – Leith/Hull

ARGO

1803

Schooner

77

 

W. Ainslie – London/Coaster

LADY DELAVAL

1803

Schooner

185

Wm Bruce

Carr and Co. – London/Hartley

PLOUGHMAN

1803

Brig

106

 

Sanders – Belfast

VINE

1803

Brig

122

 

Ogle and Co. -London/Derry

CLYDE

1803

Brig

134

 

Capt. Greig _ Cork/London/Antwerp

HEART OF OAK

1803

Schooner

75

 

Bovill and Co. – London/Coaster

ARETHUSA

1803

Brig

185

 

Craigie and Co. – Leith/Quebec

GEORGE & ANN

1803

Smack

85

 

Lilburn and Co. - Leith/Berwick

JANE

1803

Schooner

67

 

Straughan & Co. – London/Coaster

SWALLOW PACKET

1804

Schooner

124

 

Midlemas – Liverpool/Gibraltar

BROTHOCK

1804

Snow

157

 

Edward Heron – Blyth

 FOX

1805

Brig

112

Joseph Todd*

Crown Colonies - - Plymouth/Transport

HAMLET

1805

Ship

368

 

Barclay – Greenock/N.Brunswick

NILE

1805

Brig

181

 

Haddon – Greenock/France

ANN

1805

Sloop

55

 

J. Read & Co. - Leith

FAME

1805

Sloop

90

 

A. Clerk & Co. – London/Coaster

ACTIVE

1806

Schooner

115

 

 

FORWARD

1806

Gun Brig

177

Joseph Todd

Royal Navy

WILLIAM

1807

Schooner

85

 

J.W. Hay – London/Humber

BACHELOR

1807

Schooner

144

 

J. Foster – London/Humber

BROUGHTY CASTLE

1807

Schooner

96

 

Branner – London/London

LEITH

1808

Schooner

139

 

Leith Shipping Co. – Coaster

ROVER

1808

Gun Brig

382

Joseph Todd

Royal Navy

MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY

1809

Schooner

92

 

Maudie – London/Tenerife

UNITY

1809

Schooner

83

 

J. Chapel – Leith/Arbroath

ELIZA BAIRD

1809

Sloop

56

 

Bold – Fayal

NEPTUNE

1809

Brig

113

 

Young and Co. – Lo Rotterdam

HOPE

1809

Sloop

55

Gowan

Miss R. Potts, Newcastle

LEITH & BERWICK PACKET

1810

Sloop

37

 

Pitcairn – Leith/Humber

STAFFORD

1811

Brig

112

 

Capt. R. Kelsall

ANN

1811

Snow

134

 

R.M. Neil – Liverpool/Brazil

DALRYMPLE

1811

 

 

 

 

HANNAH

1812

Snow

187

 

Russel and Co. – London/Humber

JANE

1812

Sloop

70

 

Ewing and Co, Cork

JUNO

1812

Sloop

70

 

Ewing and Co, Cork

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK PACKET

1813

Sloop

55

Gowan

Chartres, Berwick

ALERT

1813

Schooner

132

Gowan

Berwck Shipping Co.

GUSTAVUS

1813

Brig

191

Gowan

J. heron, Cork

SPRIGHTLY

1813

Sloop

88

 

Hugh Dryden, Berwick

EUPHEMIA

1813

Sloop

60

 

Duncan and Co. – Lo Coaster

LEITH PACKET

1814

Sloop

58

 

Chartres & Co. – Berwick

CERES

1814

Smack

119

Gowan

Commercial Shipping Co. – Berwick

HOPE

1814

Schooner

166

 

Dickson & Co. – London/Leghorn

PEACE

1814

Sloop

79

 

Stock and Co. – London/Riga

OLIVE

1814

Schooner

120

Gowan

Old Shipping Co. – Berwick

COUNTESS OF HADDINGTON

1814

Sloop

45

 

Mason – Lo Coaster

NANCY

1814

Sloop

82

 

Murray and Co. – Lo Tonin

ALERT

1815

Sloop

71

 

J. Goodal – London/Rouen

FRIENDS

1815

Schooner

70

 

Forrest & Co. - Coaster

GOWAN

1815

Brig

145

Gowan

Webster & Co. – London/Ancona

INDUSTRY

1816

Schooner

66

Gowan

A & R Hopper - Newcastle

VESTA

1816

Brig

110

 

Garbutt and Co. – London/Calais

BLOSSOM

1816

Brig

160

Gowan

Smith and Burn – Blyth

NEPTUNE

1816

Snow

110

 

Patterson – London/Leghorn

WILLIAM

1817

Sloop

77

Gowan

Capt.W Carter – Lynn/Coaster

LIBERTY

1818

Snow

180

 

Capt. W. Field – Hull/Riga

MESRSEY

1818

Sloop

64

 

Sutherland

ANN

1818

Sloop

68

 

M’Arthur – Br Coaster

TWEED

1819

Brig

163

 

J. Dixon – London/Riga

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE

1819

Smack

156

 

Old Shipping Co. – Lo Coaster

WILLIAM

1820

Brig

203

 

Twizell – Blyth/Berwick

HARMONY

1821

Schooner

81

 

Robertson – Kirkwall

GENOA PACKET

1822

Square Rig

157

 

Peter Popkiss – Blyth

JABEZ

1823

Sloop

38

 

Bewick

HULL PACKET

1823

Sloop

81

 

T Ashley – Dublin/Coaster

MARGARET AND ANN

1824

Brig

136

 

 

JESS

1824

Schooner

77

 

Berwick

JANE

1825

Schooner

141

 

Dickson, Berwick

PRUDENCE

1826

Schooner

171

 

Hutchinson

SISTERS

1826

Sloop

62

 

Johnson, Liverpool

BERWICK PACKET

1826

Smack

52

Gowan

Chisholm, Greenock

ROSE

1826

Sloop

62

 

Dickson, Berwick

TWEED

1827

Smack

139

Gowan

Berwick Shipping Co.

THISTLE

1827

Sloop

63

 

Dickson and Co, Berwick

SHAMROCK

1827

Sloop

64

 

Dickson and Co, Berwick

HANNAHS

1828

Sloop

49

 

Thomas Paxton, Berwick

UNITY

1828

Sloop

65

 

Tweedmouth

BYRAM

1828

Schooner

65

Gowan

Gowan and Co, Berwick

HOPE

1828

Schooner

25

George Lee

John Alexander, Spittal

ISABELLA

1829

Schooner

37

Gowan

Ralph Smith, Berwick

MARY

1829

Schooner

70

 

Berwick

KING WILLIAM

1830

Sloop

129

 

Berwick Shipping Co.

MARY

1830

Schooner

26

George Lee

Alexander, Spittal

ANN

1830

Schooner

27

George Lee

Gilroy, Berwick

NEWCASTLE PACKET

1831

Sloop

65

 

Chartres & Co, Berwick

NEPTUNE

1831

Schooner

163

 

Dickson and Co, Berwick

HELEN 1831 Sloop 28 Gowan Wilson, Berwick

TWEEDSIDE

1832

Sloop

82

Gowan

Gowan, Berwick

WILLIAM

1832

Sloop

41

Gowan

George Bogue, Berwick

PEAR

1832

Sloop

57

Gowan

John Lindsay, Berwick

PACTOLUS

1833

Ship

493

 

Wise & Co, Portsmouth

ADELAIDE

1834

Sloop

67

Gowan

Dickson and Co, Berwick

CHEVIOT

1834

Schooner

83

Gowan

Dickson and Co, Berwick

PRODUCE

1834

Brig

189

Gowan

Thompson, Hull – Berwick

FRIENDSHIP

1835

Schooner

67

Gowan

Atkinson & Co, Berwick

BRITANNIA

1835

Ketch

51

Gowan

Gowan, Berwick

DEFIANCE

1835

Schooner

124

Gowan

Gowan & Co, Berwick

OCEAN

1837

Schooner

186

Gowan

Patterson, Berwick

VICTORIA

1837

Schooner

95

Gowan

Gowan and Co, Berwick

AGNES

1838

Schooner

85

Gowan

Nairn, Waren Mill & Newcastle

MARGARET

1839

Sloop

83

Gowan

Gowan, Berwick

BORDER CHIEFTAIN

1839

Brigantine

123

Gowan

Gowan & Co, Berwick

JOHNS AND MARGARET

1840

Schooner

26

George Lee

Beveridge, Berwick

ISABELLA

1840

Schooner

86

Gowan

Atkinson & Co, Berwick

LINDISFARNE

1840

Brig

294

Gowan

Union Shipping Co, Berwick

BRITISH QUEEN

1840

Schooner

56

Gowan

John Dewar, Berwick

JANE

1840

Schooner

56

Gowan

Ralph Smith & Co, Berwick

Source:  Northumberland Records Office, Sources for the maritime history of Northumberland
              List complied by the late Denis Nicholson

* The Port Registry books list 14 vessels as having been built by the firm of Joseph Todd between 1802 and 1808. Only named vessels by this builder are listed above.

 

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