The following vessels were incorrectly attributed by Lloyds Registers to Berwick but other sources confirm that
they were built at North Berwick, East Lothian.
Ships built at Berwick upon Tweed, 1800 - 1815
Source: Northumberland Records Office, Sources for the maritime history of Northumberland. List compiled by the late Denis Nicholson.
Vessel
Year
Type
Tons
Builder
Owner/Trading Route
JAMAICA
1800
Brig
235
TRIAL PACKET
1800
Sloop
61
Hope and Company, - Liverpool
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 AND 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 Company - Leith/Coaster
DIAMOND
1802
Snow
222
Wm. Bruce
Newcastle
ALNWICK PACKET
1802
Sloop
80
Young and Company - Yarmouth/North
KING GEORGE
1802
Smack
137
Gowan
Old Shipping Company, Berwick
QUEEN CHARLOTTE
1802
Smack
137
Gowan
Old Shipping Company, Berwick
AURORA
1803
Brigantine
161
Wm. Bruce
Slack and Company - London/Newfoundland
ECHO
1802
Brig
100
White - London/Norway
FRIEDNSHIP
1802
Sloop
83
Solly - London/Rotterdam
HERO
1802
Schooner
64
Gowan - London/Coaster
HIND
1802
Schooner
138
W. Hind - London/Oporto
LORD NELSON
1802
Ship
304
Todd and Company - 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 Company - London/Hartley
PLOUGHMAN
1803
Brig
106
Sanders - Belfast
VINE
1803
Brig
122
Ogle and Company - London/Derry
CLYDE
1803
Brig
134
Capt. Greig - Cork/London/Antwerp
HEART OF OAK
1803
Schooner
75
Bovill and Company - London/Coaster
ARETHUSA
1803
Brig
185
Craigie and Company - Leith/Quebec
GEORGE AND ANN
1803
Smack
85
Lilburn and Company - Leith/Berwick
JANE
1803
Schooner
67
Straughan and Company - 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
Ships
368
Barclay - Greenock/N. Brunswick
NILE
1805
Brig
181
Haddon - Greenock/France
ANN
1805
Sloop
55
J. Read and Company - Leith
FAME
1805
Sloop
90
A. Clerk and Company - London/Coaster
ACTIVE
1806
Schooner
115
FORWARD
1806
Fun 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
LEITH
1808
Schooner
139
Leith Shipping company - Coaster
ROVER
1808
Gun Brig
382
Joseph Todd
Royal Navy
MARQUIS OF HUNTLY
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 Company - London/Rotterdam
HOPE
1809
Sloop
55
Gowan
Miss R. Potts, Newcastle
LEITH AND BERWICK PACKET
1810
Sloop
37
Pitcairn - Leith/Humber
STAFFORD
1811
Brig
112
Capt. R Kensall
HANNAH
1812
Snow
187
Russell and Company. - London/Humber
JANE
1812
Sloop
70
Ewing and Company, Cork
JUNO
1812
Sloop
70
Ewing and Company, Cork
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK PACKET
1813
Sloop
55
Gowan
Chartres, Berwick
ALERT
1813
Schooner
132
Gowan
Berwick Shipping Company
GUSTAVUS
1813
Brig
191
Gowan
J. Heron, Cork
SPRIGHTLY
1813
Sloop
88
Hugh Dryden, Berwick
LEITH PACKET
1814
Sloop
58
Chartres and Company, Berwick
CERES
1814
Smack
119
Gowan
Commerical Shipping Company, Berwick
HOPE
1814
Schooner
166
Dickson and Company, London/Leghorn
PEACE
1814
Sloop
79
Stock and Company, London/Riga
OLIVE
1814
Schooner
120
Gowan
Old Shipping Company, Berwick
FRIENDS
1815
Schooner
70
Forrest and Company, Coaster
GOWAN
1815
Brig
145
Gowan
Webster and Company, London/Ancona
Vessel
Year
Type
Tons
Correction/Additional Information
ANN DALRYMPLE
1811
Sloop
96
1813/Johnstone, 1818/Hutton, (Built NORTH BERWICK - see
list of ships at Kirkcaldy by 1820 with Master Hutton).
EUPHEMIA
1813
Sloop
60
At Anstruther in 1820, 1818/Duncan (Built NORTH BERWICK,
- see list of ships on the Anstruther register in 1820).
COUNTESS OF HADDINGTON
1814
Sloop
45
At Prestonpans in 1820. 1818/Kelly (Built NORTH BERWICK
- see Prestonpans 1814/15).
NANCY
1814
Sloop
82
1818/Murray (Built NORTH BERWICK - see Dunbar
1814/1815, later Bo’ness 1816/17). Not listed anywhere in
Scotland by 1820.
ALERT
1815
Sloop
65
At Kirkcaldy in 1820. 1818/Clark. (Built NORTH BERWICK -
see Dunbar 1815/17, later Kirkcaldy 1817.
Additional information provided by Ian Whittaker.
www.berwickshipyard.com
