The Dundee Shipping Lists
1845 Dundee Shipping Companies - Information from the Dundee Directories
(SOURCE : Dundee directory – 1845)
Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company
Office, Mid Shore
Robert Marshall, Manager
Dundee and London Trade
| Steam Ships - | ||
| London, | 405 tons and 360 horse-power, | Thomas Ewing, Commander |
| Dundee, | 399 tons and 300 horse-power, | James Kidd, Commander |
| Perth, | 399 tons and 300 horse-power, | John Spink, Commander |
| Schooners | London, Sovereign, Courier and Elbe. | |
| Agent | Mrs Elisabeth Hore, Wapping, London |
Dundee and Glasgow Trade
Smacks - Swift, Mary, Clyde, Mersey, Forth, Rose and Jane.
Agents - Alexander Laird & Sons, 101 Union Street, Glasgow
Dundee and Leith Trade
Smacks - Dart, Star, Gipsy and Roe.
Agent - David Smith, Dock-gates. Leith.
Dundee and Perth Trade
Lighters - Lark, Swan and Tay.
Steam Tug - Sir William Wallace
Agents - Matthew and Garie, Canal Street, Perth
Dundee Hull Shipping Company
Office – Mid Shore
Thomas Coupar, Manager
Schooners - Queen, Albert, Tay and Shelah.
Smacks - Humber and Fame.
Agents - Thomson, McKay, and Company, Hull. Alexander Matthew, Perth.
Tay and Tyne Shipping Company
Office – west side of Green Market
James Kennedy, Manager
Schooners - Joanna, Triumph, Briton, Archer and Herald.
Agents - Charles Mathew, 32 Broad Chare, Newcastle
Dundee and Leith Steam Packet Company
Office – Steam Slip, Ferry Harbour
James Kennedy, Manager
Steamer - Modern Athens, 225 tons, and 120 horse-power.
Agents - Messrs. Croal, 10 Prince’s Street, Edinburgh; Coulson, Bernard Street, Leith; and George J. Lawrence, Granton.
Tay Steam Packet Company
James Chalmers, Treasurer
Steamer - Tay, David Tosh, Commander
Dundee and Perth Steam Packet Company
James Catanoch, Manager
Steamer - Lass o’ Gowrie
TRADERS
Dundee and Liverpool
Robert Tosh, Manager
Schooners - Robert, Dundee and Mary
Agent - Hugh Craig, King Street, Liverpool
P.D. Ritchie, Agent
Schooners - Pilot, Barbara, Aid, and Liverpool
Agents - William Jackson, John Connan, and Ronald, Liverpool
Dundee and Newcastle Steam Packet Company
Steamer - Loch Ryan, John Nicholson, Commander
Agents - George Sandeman, Exchange Street, Dundee.
Edward Reid, Dundee Wharf, Newcastle.
Dundee and Aberdeen
John Kennedy, junior Manager
Smacks - Guthries, Juno and Origen.
Agent - George Cruickshanks, Marischal Street Aberdeen.
Dundee and Kirkcaldy
William Smytton, Manager
Smack - Laverock Scott
Dundee and Leven
David Peter and Company, Agents
Smacks - Helen and Jean, and Margaret and Elisabeth.
Dundee and Dunkirk
Baxter Brothers and Company, Agents
Schooners - William, and Hawk
A. and D. Edwards, Agents
Schooner - May
Dundee and Rotterdam
G. N. Baxter, Agent
Schooners - Town of Dundee, and City of Rotterdam
Blinshall Small, Agent
Schooners - Mary, and Lord Douglas
Dundee and Newburgh
Smack - Jessie, Anderson Laing, Master and Agent
WHALE-FISHING COMPANIES
Tay Whale-Fishing Company
Yard and Office – east end of Seagate.
John Hume, Manager
Ships - Princess Charlotte, 360 tons; and Advice, 324 tons
Dundee and Union Whale-Fishing Company
Yard and Office – east end of Seagate
Patrick Smith, Manager
Ships - Alexander, 324 tons; and Horn, 370 tons.
Fairy Whale-Fishing Company
Yard and Office – east end of Seagate
George Fyffe, Manager
Barque - Fairy, 247 tons.
With thanks to Linda Nicoll for compiling this list
Iain D. McIntosh, 2022