This covers sailing vessels built in Morecambe Bay: at Fleetwood, Glasson, Skerton, Lancaster, Morecambe,
Arnside, Ulverston, Greenodd,
Barrow. Also the adjacent Duddon estuary: Millom, Borwick Rails, ... Detail for
dates mainly to 1860, though wooden sailing vessels built later are
listed. [note newspaper reports keep the original spelling]
See also:
Fleetwood built:
Registered and owned Fleetwood - build unknown:
Sailing vessel built at Skippool, on river Wyre:
Vessels built by/for Lewtas at Wardleys on river Wyre:
Schooners built Hugh Singleton, at Denhams Bank, Fleetwood, for
Samuel Hope & Co., who was a Fleetwood coal merchant
Built by Gibson
and Butcher, Fleetwood, from 1857-1861, mainly wooden fishing vessels,
reported as launched at midnight, since railway line was crossed from yard to river.
Lancaster - three areas had shipbuilding: Lancaster itself, Skerton on the
opposite bank of the Lune, and Glasson Dock, several miles nearer to the sea.
Note that LR has built "Lncstr" which sometimes stands for Lancashire - and
includes some vessels built at Ulverston, or Sankey Bridges, for example.
Built Lancaster:
Built Skerton (which was opposite St George's Quay):
Built Glasson Dock, Lancaster:
Vessels reported as built "Lancaster" - with no more detail of location:
Built on River Kent - Arnside and Milnthorpe. Crossfields of
Arnside built yachts and Morecambe Bay Nobbies (shallow draft
gaff-rigged fishing boats). I have not found any evidence of trading vessels
built after 1800.
Built Lake Windermere, and other lakes.
As well as steam boats, passenger sailing boats were
launched:
Greenodd built: [MNL gives location of build from 1872 -
variously as Greenodd, Greenodel, Ulverstone, in the cases below];
some vessels are also reported as built at Penny Bridge - higher up
the river Crake than Greenodd [George Bg 23t 1779; Michael Sl 61t
1780]. There is also evidence
for ship building at Cark [on the river Eea, on the Cartmel shore of the Leven estuary]
in the 1760s.
Ulverston built (sources include articles in Barrow
News 1925 by William White; Book, Ulverston Canal, by Jennifer
Snell, 2020; Port
of Ulverston in LNRS - with a map):
Ships built at Salt Coats/Cotes:
Ships built in Ulverston Canal, finished by 1795, however some large vessels
were still built in the creek called Saltcoats.
Built Schollick, Canal Foot, later Wilson:
Built Wilson, Canal foot:
Built John and William White.
Barrow built:
Built by William
and Richard Ashburner, Hindpool, Barrow, 1852-84.
Built by Reay,
Barrow; and Rawlinson
and Reay, Hindpool, Barrow. Rawlinson was a shipowner, Reay was a
shipwright.
Duddon estuary built (Millom, Borwick Rails, ...)
From 1890 the Duddon
Shipbuilding Company took over building at Duddon - Borwick Rails. Here are some
vesels they built:
The river Wyre was a port from ancient times, and there was also
shipbuilding on the banks; at Skippool and Wardleys. The area west of
the Wyre was called Poulton [le Fylde], before Fleetwood was
established.
Wooden schooner Tom's Whim, built Fleetwood/Lancaster?,
1844/8?. Registered Preston 17/1848, 62 tons. In MNL ON18210.
Registered Fleetwood by 1857. Owned Parkinson, Fleetwood. In MNL to
1864. First mention of Tom's Whim, Parkinson, was when when a 4-oared
boat of that name took part in a regatta at Fleetwood in 1844. Cargo
voyages only start in 1848 - when arrived Barrow 17 October from
Ellesmere.
Voyage Barrow to Glasgow, with pig iron, driven on rocks
in Belfast Lough, 9 February 1861.
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 11 February 1861]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 14 February 1861]: Wooden cutter Lancaster Rose, built Skippool, river Wyre, 1827.
Registered Preston 12/1844, 23 tons.
Described as 27 tons, burthen, owned by P. Hesketh of Rossall Hall.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 July 1827]: [from
Morning Post - Thursday 18 June 1829]: [from Morning Advertiser - Saturday 17 June 1848]: Wooden schooner Lewtas, built by Lewtas at
Wardleys in 1823, of 85 tons, for use by Lewtas. Described below as a Ribble trader. Registered Droghheda
2/1839, 67 tons. In MNL, ON1460. For sale 1870 at Drogheda, described
as a brigantine. In MNL to 1879, owned James McKeating, Strangford,
57 tons, built 1823, "Port Rawcliffe", Lancs. [Rawcliffe is a village
east of Wardleys]
[from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 18 March 1848]: [from Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal - Saturday 05 February 1870]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 29 November 1875]: Wooden barque Hope, built Wardleys, river Wyre,
1836. In LR as 330 tons. Registered Lancaster 82/1836, 331 tons.
Owned Lewtas, traded to India and America. For sale 1847, and seems to
have been based at Fleetwood, trading to America. Registered Preston
2/1848. In 1853, lengthened - to 438 tons. Registered Liverpool
420/1853 452 tons. ON 1239. In RCUS. Voyage New York to Fleetwood,
with corn and flour, abandoned, 27
February 1862, crew saved.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 12 November 1836]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 20 March 1843]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 09 December 1847]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 30 March 1848]: [from Sun (London) - Saturday 10 November 1849]: [from
Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 14 March 1862]: Fleetwood built:
Wooden schooner Wyre, built Hugh Singleton for
Hope & Co, Fleetwood, 1855, 65 tons, ON17204.
Registered Fleetwood 1855, 80 tons. In MNL to 1918. Owned Annagassan to 1917, then
at Liverpool.
More history.
Voyage Whitehaven to Annagassan, with coal, departing 4 September 1918, posted
missing.
[from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 29 February 1868]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 22 November 1918]: Another report: Wooden schooner Fleetwood, built Hugh Singleton for Hope & Co, Fleetwood, 1856.
ON22659. Registered Fleetwood, 1856, 68 tons.
Voyage Fleetwood to Ardrossan, in ballast, aground on Killard Rocks,
near Strangford Lough, and wrecked, 21
February 1858. Crew of 4 saved.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 15 March 1856]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser
- Thursday 25 February 1858]: Wooden schooner Fylde, built Hugh Singleton for
Hope & Co, Fleetwood, 1857. ON19292. Registered Fleetwood 1857, 51
tons, by 1864 registered Lancaster. In MNL to 1870, owned James
Allport, for Midland Railway, 52 tons. From 1863, used as Morecambe
lightship [owned Midland Railway, to mark channel into Morecambe],
driven ashore 1894. More details.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 27 June 1857]: [from Preston Chronicle - Wednesday 21 May 1862]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 27 June 1862]: [from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 21 February 1863]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 10 December 1863]: [from Blackpool Gazette & Herald - Friday 16 February 1894]: Wooden smack Surprise, built Gibson & Butcher,
Fleetwood, 1857. Registered Fleetwood 1857, 30 tons. ON22663. For
fishing. In 1865 owned Richard Leadbetter, Fleetwood. Same owner
1894, now yawl of 25 tons.
21-22 December 1894 foundered with
all 4 crew lost, in a storm in Morecambe Bay. Wreckage found at Norbreck (north of Bispham).
[from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 26 June 1857]: [from Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 30 December 1894]: [from Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 26 December 1894]: Wooden smack Ellen & Ann, built Gibson &
Butcher, Fleetwood, 1858, 34 tons, ON20853, registered Fleetwood 1858,
34 tons, for fishing. Then registered Liverpool, and registered Douglas 2/1891,
owned Thomas Evans, New Brighton, then owned by her master, John
Eccles, Hoylake, 24 tons. Douglas
register. Lost off
Southport with all 5 crew, 22 December 1894 [same storm as sank Surprise, above].
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 05 June 1858]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Thursday 27 December 1894]: Wooden smack Cygnet, built Gibson & Butcher,
Fleetwood, 1858, ON27312, registered Fleetwood 7/1859, 35 tons, for
fishing, in MNL to 1904, owned William Moss, Fleetwood, 23 tons. Last
report is lying at Ramsey Harbour 1904.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 01 October 1859]: [from Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 21 August 1900]: [from Preston Herald - Wednesday 18 May 1904]: Wooden schooner Richard Warbrick, built Gibson, Fleetwood, 1862.
Registered Fleetwood 1862, 20 tons, ON45342. In MNL to 1882, when owned John Bradshaw, Liverpool,
107 tons.
Voyage Runcorn to Plymouth, with coal, struck Sevenstones, 30 January
1882, abandoned, sank. Crew of 5
took to boat - 4 survived after several days in an open boat..
More history.
[from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 31 October 1862]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 April 1882]: Wooden schooner Sarah Ann Dickinson, built Gibson, Fleetwood, 1863.
ON45344. Registered Fleetwood 1863, 118 tons. In MNL to 1879, owned Richard Swarbrick,
Fleetwood, 103 tons.
Voyage Belfast to Ardrossan, in ballast, aground on Eagle Craig,
entering Ardrossan, and wrecked, 4
February 1879, crew saved.
[from
Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 16 October 1863]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 11 February 1879]: Wooden schooner Useful, built Gibson, Fleetwood, 1864.
ON45345. Registered Fleetwood, 1864, 58 tons. In MNL to 1910, when owned A Hamilton, Annalong,
48 tons.
Voyage Annalong to Belfast, with stones, driven ashore at
Ballyquintin Point, 27 December, 1909, crew saved.
[from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 19 August 1864]: [from Newry Telegraph - Saturday 29 January 1910]: Wooden schooner Elizabeth & Ann, built John
Gibson, Fleetwood, 1865. ON45348. Registered Fleetwood 1865, 140tons.
By 1890 registered Ardrossan. In MNL to 1903, owned John Nicol,
Ardrossan, 99 tons. Voyage Kenmare to Clyde, in ballast, 26 February
1903, driven ashore near
Kenmare, crew saved. Reported in Irish sources as wrecked near
Parknasilla Hotel, about 11 miles from Kenmare.
[from The Scotsman - Saturday 07 March 1903]: [from
Kerry Evening Post - Wednesday 04 March 1903]: Built Lancaster - location and builder, unknown.
Built Lancaster - builder unknown.
Wooden ship Thomas, built Lancaster 1787, 204
tons - from LR. Voyage Lancaster to St Kitts, wrecked Rathlin,
10 February 1794, crew saved.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 13 August 1793]: [from Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 22 April 1794]: Wooden ship Thomas, built Lancaster 1795. In LR
as 222 tons. Triangular slave voyage 83783.
Captured by slaves, but eventually recaptured, 1796. Out of 49 crew,
only 9 survivd. More
detail. A second slave voyage 83784, by a
ship Thomas, built in Lancaster, is reported in 1801-3. Details of ship are
slightly different, but it seems plausible that this was the same
vessel, put back in service after the mutiny.
The negligence of the armourer of the Liverpool ship Thomas cost the
lives of her captain, Peter M'Quie, and most of her crew. It was the
women slaves who, going unchained about the decks discovered the open
arms chest. The crew were below eating their breakfast. Stealthily
two slim girls slipped into the open hatchway and passed cutlasses,
muskets and pistols through the bulkheads to their men folk.
Wooden ship Benson, built Lancaster 1798 [from LR].
In LR as 257 tons, armed (16 guns) trading Greenock to Trinidad, later
London to Tobago. In LR (uw) to 1827.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 15 September 1824]: [from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Monday 08 August 1825]: Wooden ship Johns, built Lancaster 1800. In LR as 264 tons.
Triangular slave voyages 82072-6.
Voyage Liverpool to Maranham and Para, lost near Para, reported 5 March 1810.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 February 1810]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 05 March 1810]: Wooden ship Clio, built Lancaster 1800 [from LR],
336 tons. Trading London to Martinique, owned Salisbury. Later trading to Tobago
and marked "lost" in LR1809.
Voyage London to Tobago, ashore on French coast, late 1807, and captured.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 03 January 1808]: Newspaper reports of launches by John Brockbank, pre 1800.
Wooden ship Cavendish, built Brockbank, Lancaster, 1782.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 02 July 1782]: Wooden ship Three Sisters, built Brockbank, Lancaster.
Reported for sale 1802. In LR1796 171 tons, built Lancaster 1785.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 20 March 1802]: Wooden ship William Beckman, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1786.
Slave voyages 804062-3
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 25 October 1786]: Wooden ship Rawlinson, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1786.
In LR as 159 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 15 November 1786]: Wooden brig Venus, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1788.
In LR as 179 tons
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 19 March 1788]: Wooden brig Myrtle, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1788.
In LR as 135 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 13 August 1788]: Wooden ship Wildman, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1789. In LR as 468 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 30 September 1789]: Wooden brig Laurel, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1790. In LR as 142 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 02 December 1789]: Wooden ship Clarendon, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1792. In LR as 393 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 17 July 1792]: Wooden brig Flora, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1792. In LR as
173 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 30 October 1792]: [Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 09 March 1813]: Wooden ship Unknown, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1793. Burthen 210 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 01 January 1793]: Wooden ship Aurora, built Lancaster 1793 [from
LR]. In LR1794, Aurora is described as built Lancaster 1793, 217
tons, for trade Lancaster to St Kitts. Armed: 16 6-pounders. Master
is given as Greenwood and owner Burrows. Probably the vessel launched by Brockbank in January 1793
Early steam vessels in NW England;
Steam vessels built at Preston;
Sailing vessels built in the Ribble;
Steam Vessels built Liverpool and the Mersey;
Sailing Vessels built Liverpool and the Mersey;
Steam Vessels built in the Dee Estuary;
Sailing Vessels built in the Dee Estuary and N Wales.
MDHB wreck listings
Tom's Whim Sr 1848?;
Lancaster Rose SV 1827;
Lewtas Sr 1823;
Hope Bk 1836;
Wyre Sr 1855;
Fleetwood Sr 1856;
Fylde Sr/LV1857;
Surprise Sm 1857;
Ellen & Ann Sm 1858;
Cygnet Sm 1859;
...
Then sailing vessels (schooners) built by John
Gibson, Fleetwood, from 1862-1876. Yard reported as near where
RNLI is today. (also FV's built - not listed below)
Richard Warbrick Sr 1862;
Sarah Ann Dickinson Sr 1863;
Useful Sr 1864;
Elizabeth & Ann Sr 1865;
Esther
Sr 163t 1865; wrecked Gunfleet 1918;
Agnes
Sr 149t 1866; wrecked Minquiers
1880;
Ellen
Widdup Sr 158t 1868; missing Hamburg to
Ayr 1883;
Sarah
Ann Widdup Sr 120t 1869; register closed 1919;
Manchester
Sr 139t 1870; missing
Stockholm to Barrow 1871;
Emily
Warbrick Sr 167t 1872; converted to luxury
yacht, burnt in Bay of Biscay, 1838;
John
Gibson Sr 106t 1878; sunk by collision
off Dover 1926;
Unknown builder, Lancaster (both James Smith and family, and John Brockbank were active at these
dates):
Thomas S 1787;
Thomas S 222t 1795/6; (Slave voyages 83783, 83784).
Harmony S 368t 1798,
lost 1821.
Benson S 1798;
Johns S 1800;
Clio S 1800;
Built George, then John
Brockbank, mid 1700s-1817 [134 vessels recorded, including ship's
boats, canal boats,..]. His shipyard was upriver from St George's Quay
- at a site now Sainsbury's carpark. Also described as John Brockbank
and Nephew.
Some pre 1800 vessels, listed
as built Brockbank: Thetis 1752; Concorde 1764;
Two Brothers 1779;
From Newspapers:
Cavendish 1782;
Three Sisters 1785;
William Beckford 1786
(Slave voyages 804062-3);
Rawlinson 1786 ;
Venus 1788;
Myrtle 1788;
Wildman 1789;
Laurel 1790;
Clarendon 1792;
Flora 1792;
Unknown 1793;
Aurora? 1793;
Betsey 1793;
Alexandria 1794;
Lark 1794; Fox 1792; Dove 1797;
Clio 1797;
Tyson 1798;
Bellona 1799;
Angola 1799(5 slave voyages);
1800 on:
Europa S 1800;
Thomas S 1800;
Lune Sr 1801;
Thetis S 1801;
Paragon S 1801;
John Bg 1802;
Demerara S 1802;
Otter FV 1803;
Barbadoes Packet Bg 1803;
Eliza S 1803;
Holland S 1803;
Aurora S 1804;
Harriet S 1804;
Minerva S 1805;
Abraham S 1806;
Trafalgar S 1806;
William S 1806;
Neptune S 1806;
Lord Cranstown S 1807;
Lancashire Witch Sr 1807;
Pusey Hall S 1808;
Creole S 1808;
John O'Gaunt S 1809;
Christopher S 1809;
William Ashton S 1810;
Essex S 1810;
William Dawson S 1812;
Lancaster S 1813;
Shannon Br 1813;
Richard Bg 1814;
Layton S 1814;
Alexander Bg 1815;
Thomas & Nancy Sr 1817;
Built James Smith (from 1785 to 1802, when he died, aged 65), then Mrs Smith. His stepson,
Thomas Worthington, was also an adviser.
Smith
family history.
A list of pre-1800 built vessels, from that source:
1791 William & Nancy Sl;
1792 Nancy S 228;
1793 Harrys Bg 110;
1794 Friendship Sr 100;
1795 John S 271;
1795 James S 373;
1797 Juno S 259;
1798 Britannia S 244 (Slave voyage 80651);
1799 Ceres S 341,
(slave voyages 80776-8);
1799 Lune S 345;
1800 on:
Industry Ga 1800;
Alliance S 1800;
Jane S 1801;
Elizabeth Bg 1802;
Beaver FV 1803;
Three Brothers Sk 1803;
Macclesfield S 1803;
Harmony Bn 1803;
Built Caleb Smith & Co, 1808-1817 (attained majority in 1806,
since born 1785). In 1817 he, and his brother James, moved to Liverpool. See also
list here.
Braganza S 1808;
Venus S 1809;
Lune S 1810;
John S 1810;
Thomas S 1810;
Port Royal S 1811
James Bg 1811;
Brothers Bg 1812;
Mary S 1813;
Mary Ellen Bg 1813;
James Sw 1814;
Albion Bg 1815;
Albion Sr 1815;
Eliza Ga 1816;
Active Bg 1816;
Built Thomas Worthington & Co; later Thomas Worthington and Christopher Ashburner, 1817-26.
Hawk Bg 1817;
Mary Bg 1818;
Wooden SV 1819;
George & Agnes Sl 1820;
Thomas Borrow Sn 1822;
Paragon Bg 1824;
Betty & Jane Sl 1824,
Meredith S 1825;
Lord Oriel Bg 1825;
Stair Stewart Bg 1826;
Dawson Bg 1826;
William Wise Bg 1826;
Lune Sp 1826;
Built Nicholson:
Pilgrim Sr 1838;
Lune Pilot V 1838;
Anna Sr 1839;
John Horrocks Bk 1840;
Elizabeth Bg 1840;
Belle Sr 1840;
Lancaster Bg 1840 (launched as Princess Royal);
Sarah Sr 1842;
Arrow Sr 1843;
Christina Sr 1843;
Built Nicholson & Simpson [partnership dissolved early 1852]:
Town of Preston Sr 1846;
Lancashire Lass Sr 1847;
Valentine Sr 1849;
Lune Pilot V 1852;
Built Matthew Simpson:
Thomas Whitworth 1854;
Coupland Pilot V 1855;
Margaret Porter Sr 1856;
Gauntlet Sr 1857;
Express Sr 1860;
Kate
Sr 109t 1861; sunk by collision off
S Stack 1879;
Carrie
Bell Sr 136t 1862; collision SE of
Holyhead breakwater 1917;
J
H Barrow Sr 140t 1863; stranded in Severn
1930;
Englishman
Sr 144t 1864; sunk St Brides Bay, 1933;
Julia
Sr 165t 1865; sunk by collision
near Runnelstone 1911;
Dairymaid Sr 167t 1867;
missing, Teignmouth to Runcorn, 1915;
James
& Mary Sr 132t 1867; ashore at Southport,
1894;
Result
Sr 139t 1868; wrecked Cap Griz Nez, 1877;
Lancashire
Lad Sr 129t 1870; wrecked Thurso Bay 1903;
William Shepherd Sr 143t 1870;
sunk by U-boat 1917;
Saxon
Maid Sr 148t 1871; sunk by collision in
Thames estuary 1901;
Lune
Bk 509t 1874; owned Sweden,
wrecked Australia 1885;
Constance
Mary Sr 176t 1875; sunk by U-boat
1916;
Livingstone
Sr 181t 1877; wrecked near
Carentan 1907;
Ernest Sr 183t 1878;
collision off Whitby 1890;
Red
Rose Sr 164t 1879; collision off Elbe 1914;
Built Nicholson
& Marsh 1882-92. (excluding FVs)
James
Williamson Sr 128t 1882; sunk by collision,
Carrick Roads, 1914;
Lunesdale
Sr 153t 1884; stranded Start Bay 1891;
Mostyn
Sr 150t 1884; sunk by collision off
Holyhead 1906;
Ryelands
Sr 149t 1887; used in films
Treasure Island, Moby Dick, burnt Morecambe 1970;
Rambler
83t 1889; driven ashore Luce Bay 1930;
James
Bibby 130t 1892; Portmadoc to
Copenhagen, wrecked Norway, 1910;
As well as Glasson, at one time, vessels were built at Sunderland Point, on the Lune
even nearer to the sea. I am not aware of any merchant vessels built there after 1800.
Eclipse Sl 1845;
Victoria, Prince of Wales,
built William Watson, Ambleside, 1844.
Mary Bg 1815;
Victoria Sr 1838;
Elizabeth Sr 1839;
New Thomas Sr 1840;
Greenport Sm 1845;
William Sr 1847;
Margaret Sr 1848;
Providence FV 1848;
Ann Rennison Sr 1849;
Ant Sr 1849?;
Edward & Margaret Sr 1851;
Ephraim Swainson list,
here some extra information:
Newland Sl 1798;
Bardsea Sl 1798;
Mary G 1799;
James Sl 1803;
Glory Do 1804;
Backbarrow Sl 1805
James Sl 1806;
George Sl 1806;
Later built Salt Coats:
Bradyll Sr 1826;
Some large pre-1800 vessels built by Hart & Ashburner.
James Bg 1796;
Belfast S 1797;
Albion Bg 1797;
Hope S 1798;
Argo S 1799;
Pitt S 1799;
Hart &
Ashburner list; here some extra information (builders Joseph Hart, Christopher Ashburner,
and foreman John Wilson; yards at Saltcoats and in mid-canal):
Kitty S 1800;
Friendship F 1800;
Thetis Bg 1801;
Ann Sr 1805;
Tyson Bg 1805;
Alice Sl 1806;
Betsey Sl 1807;
Henry Bg 1809:
New Liberty Sr 1810;
Walney Star Sr 1811;
Ulverstone S 1811;
Lund Bg 1811;
Berlin S 1811;
Betsy Bg 1812;
Agnes Sw 1812;
Martha Bg 1812;
Peggy Sl 1812;
Barrow Sr 1813;
Trader Bn 1813
Isabella Sr 1813;
James Higgin.
Mercury Sr 1807;
Petty & Co. [also Postlethwaite, Winram, MacKay] - shipyard at town end of canal - cut off
for masted vessels by railway bridge in 1856.
Diana Bg 1813;
Runcorn Sr 1813;
Commerce Sl 1815;
Henry Sl 1815;
Lorn Sl 1815;
Jane Sr 1815;
Thomas Sr 1815;
Thomas Sr 1816;
Westmorland Bg 1816;
Otter Sl 1817;
Beaver Sl 1818;
Hope Bg 1819;
Esther Bg 1819;
Importer Sr 1819;
Buenos Ayres Packet Bg 1820;
Chili Bg 1820;
Royal Oak Sl 1821;
Thomas SV 1821;
Peruvian Bg 1822;
Utility Bg 1822;
Dispatch SV 1823;
Thomas Bk 1824;
Mary Sl 1824;
Hutchinson Bk 1825.
Fame Sl 1825;
Industry Sl 1825;
Ant Sl 1825;
Eclipse? SV 1825;
Thomas Sr 1826;
Town of Ulverston Sr 1826;
Star Bk 1826;
Hope Sr 1826;
Lark Bk 1827;
Mary Sr 1827;
Arrow Sr 1828;
William Bg 1828;
Enterprise G 1829;
Eleanor Bg 1830;
Nymph Sm/Sr 1831;
Adelaide Sr 1831;
New Fame Sl 1832;
Richard Sr 1832;
Delight Sl 1833;
Dora Sr 1834;
Hannah Sr 1834;
Dalton Sl 1835;
Ellen & Sarah Sr 1837;
Hope Sr 1837;
Raker Sr 1838;
Tom Sl 1839;
George Bg 1840;
Red Diamond Sl 1840;
Kirkby Sr 1840;
Bee Sr 1841;
Mary Kelly Sr 1841;
Ellen Sl 1842;
Esther Sl 1842;
Agnes Sr 1844;
Delight Sl 1844;
Augusta Sr 1846;
Eskham Sl 1847;
William? Sr 1847;
Ant Sr 1849;
Brothers Sr 1849;
Richard Roper Sr 1851;
Ann Sr 1854;
Esther Ann Sr 1856;
Hope Sr 1858;
Agnes Sr 1859;
Thrifty Sr 1854;
John Stonard Sr 1856;
Edward Stonard Sr 1857;
William Stonard Sr 1858;
James Stonard Sr 1859;
Alfred Stonard Sr 1860;
Frederick Stonard Sr 1861;
Ulverston Sr 1862;
Margaret Dy 1862,
Annie
Ripley Bg 218t 1864,
wrecked 1881.
Bessie
Whineray Bg 168t 1865,
foundered 1900.
Hannah
Croasdell Sr 151t 1866,
sank by mine 1917,
more detail.
William
Rawclife Sr 64t 1867,
sunk by collision 1877.
Mary
Ann Mandall Sr 112t 1868, fought off a U-boat
1918, broken up 1930.
Annie Brocklebank Bg 119t 1870,
wrecked 1914.
Gaerwen
Bqn 281t 1877, from 1894-1918 owned
Scandinavia.
Mary
Goldsworthy Wy 48t 1865; (reported sold By MHDB 26 November 1934);
Elizabeth
Worthington Sr 83t 1866; wrecked 1929;
Mary Atkinson
Sr 46t 1868; missing 1880;
Warsash
Sr 75t 1869; burnt
1914 and dumped at Newshot;
Millom
Castle Sr 83t 1870; 40hp motor
added 1920, abandoned up river Lynher;
T.&
E. F. Sr 63t 1871; lost off
Kirkcudbright 1914;
George
4th Sr 125t 1873;
wrecked Bann entrance 1901;
Coniston
Sr 98t 1874; wrecked Duddon
1917;
Kate Sr 103t 1875;
(broken up 1936);
Edith
Sr 97t 1876; sunk by gunfire from U24 1915;
Mabel Sr 85t 1876; stranded Annalong 1924;
Ellen
Harrison Sr 103t 1878; sunk by U boat
1917;
Built William & Richard Charnley.
Robert
& Elizabeth Sr 83t 1868; wrecked Formby 1898;
Maggie
Brocklebank Sr 100t 1869; missing from Swansea
1909;
Burns
& Bessie Sr 96t 1870; wrecked Point of
Ayre 1888;
Hodbarrow
Miner Sr 123t 1871; wrecked Mawgan Porth
1908;
S.
& E. A. Charnley Sr 101t 1872; wrecked South Stack
1881;
Ann
Crewdson Sr 152t 1873; wrecked Great
Yarmouth 1893;
Built John Peet - at Charnley's Yard.
Ada
Sr 133t 1876; abandoned 1953 at
Penpol creek, Newquay;
Built John & William Brocklebank.
Ella
Mary Sr 87t 1871; collision with SS
Electric in Liverpool approaches 1879;
William
Brocklebank Sr 131t 1872;
missing Irish Sea 1881;
Builder John Rhodes.
Annie
McLester Sr 90t 1866; wrecked in Luce Bay
1891;
Hearts of
Oak , wooden Morecambe Bay Prawner, built McLester,
Ulverston, 1912, still afloat.
Jane Roper Sr 1852;
Tom Roper Sr 1857;
Champion Sm 1858;
Gratitude F 1858;
Ebenezer Sm 1859;
Lord Muncaster Sr 1859;
Mary Jane Sr 1860;
Elizabeth
Barrow Sr 96t 1863; wrecked Dee 1884;
Furness
Maid Sr 49t 1863; collision off Arran
1891;
Janes
& Agnes Sr 95t 1864; missing, off Lundy,
1909;
Alice
Latham Sr 66t 1865 ; driven ashore
Kilmore Quay 1911;
Catherine
Latham Sr 63r 1867; wrecked in Douglas
harbour, 1915;
R
& M J Charnley Sr 145t 1868; collision off
Flamboro' Head 1887;
Margaret
Ann Sr 67t 1868; MV, abandoned off
Crow Rock, 1918, wrecked;
Henry
& Mary Sr 69t 1869; missing
Liverpool to Douglas 1879;
Elizabeth
Latham Sr 68t 1870; collision Mersey
1898;
Margaret
Banister Sr 73t 1871; wrecked Easky Bay
1894;
Mary
Bell Sr 165t 1873; missing Portugal to
Gloucester, 1874;
William
Ashburner Sr 173t 1876; wrecked Severn 1950,
as a MV;
Mary
Ashburner Sr 79t 1877; collision near Lundy
1913;
Isabella
Sr 75t 1878; In MNL to 1947, owned from 1936 by Fl. Lt. T H Carr, Woodbridge, as a yacht;
M
E Johnson Sr 100t 1879; wrecked Greenore
Point 1938;
Useful
Sr 77t 1879; wrecked Stanton Head
1947;
James
Postlethwaite Sr 98t 1881; later MV, derelict Youghal 1957;
J
& M Garratt Sr 80t 1884; later MV, owned Connah's Quay to 1940;
Gummershow Sr 1857;
Elizabeth Ann Sr 1858;
Joseph Sr 1859;
Francis
Sr 128t 1861; register closed 1948.
Seven
Sisters Sr 146t 1862; sank off Flamborough
1881;
Harry
Russell Sr 140t 1863; wrecked Skokholm
1881;
Betty
Russell Sr 164t 1864; from 1918 named Moorside,
motor; wrecked near Caister 1919;
R
F Bell Sr 175t 1865; sunk by collision
1896 off Rattray Head;
Built Fisher, Barrow:
Beatrice
Sr 79t 1869; wrecked off St Abbs 1902;
Built Furness Ship-building Co., Barrow:
Lily
Baynes Sr 91t 1872; abandoned west of
Lundy, 1909;
Ellie
Park Sr 68t 1879; later MV, foundered, Douglas to
Dee, 1947;
From 1873 Barrow
Ship Building Company built iron vessels - mainly steamers.
From 1877-78 D
Noble & Co, Barrow, built iron schooners.
From 1881-4 Caird
& Purdle built iron screw steamers at Barrow.
From 1888-1901, Naval
Construction & Armaent Co, Barrow
Built William Thomas, of Amlwch, who managed
a shipyard at Borwick Rails, Millom. More
history
Nellie Bywater Sr 1873:
Countess of Lonsdale Sr 1878,
Greyhound
Sr 167t 1886; wrecked Albatross
Island 1913;
Florence
Petherick Sr 94t 1890; collision off
Copeland LH 1904;
Happy
Harry Sr 143t 1894; beached at Southport
1905;
Becca
& Mary Bkn 162t 1904;
Registered Beaumaris 1904, barkentine, owned Hugh Jones, Millom, 130 tons. crew
list to 1913. Sold to Portuguese owners, named Figueira, then Alcion, reported still
trading 1952 as Alcion
Emily Barratt Sr 59t 1913;
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Belfast 9 Feb. The Tom's Whim, supposed to be a schooner, is a total wreck
on Brigg's Rocks - all hands lost
LOSS OF A FLEETWOOD VESSEL AND ALL HANDS. The schooner Tom's Whim, of
Fleetwood, went ashore on a reef of rocks that run out from the shore
near Donaghadee to the south of Belfast Bay, during the gale of Friday
night last, and from the place where the casualty occurred the vessel
must have been instantaneously dashed to pieces, and all hands
drowned. Broken bowsprit, masts, and other fragments of the wreck have
been washed up, and been taken charge of by the men connected with the
Orlock Hill Coastguard Station, near Donaghadee. The captain, Reuben
Parkinson, wrote to his father, the owner of the vessel, from Glenluce
Bay, on the 8th inst., intimating that they had put into that harbour
for shelter, and that he expected to proceed on the voyage the next
tide. At that the wind was blowing strongly from the north-east. It
may, therefore, be safely presumed that in endeavouring to proceed
during the night of the 5th, the gale headed them so furiously as to
induce them to run across the channel in hope of gaining safe
anchorage in Belfast Bay, but that being unable to "fetch" so far to
the northward, she was driven ashore during the darkness of the night,
at the place already named. In the communication of the captain it is
also stated that the vessel, after having been driven by stress of
weather into Ramsey (Isle of Man), left that harbour on the 5th,
reached near the Mull of Galloway, and was compelled to put into
Ramsey with all her sails split, and her foresail blown to tatters.
She again put to sea on the 7th, and reached Glenluce Bay,
Wigtonshire, on the 8th, whence she proceeded the following tide, as
already stated. The Tom's Whim left Piel (Morecambe Bay) on the 31st
ult., with a cargo of pig iron, from Barrow to Glasgow. She was the
property of Captain Thomas Parkinson, of Sea Dyke, Preesal, near
Fleetwood, and was not insured. The crew of the vessel would consist
of two or three persons besides the captain. The value of the vessel
is stated to be about £800.
The Lancaster Rose. On Tuesday week, a beautiful vessel, burthen 27 tons,
was launched from the ship yard at Skippool, near Poulton, built for
P. Hesketh, Esq. of Rossall Hall. She went off in grand style, amidst
a concourse of spectators, computed at 1,000, comprising the beauty
and fashion of the Fylde. On the name of the vessel being announced
by the steward, "the Lancaster Rose," the air rung with reiterated
cheers.
Cowes. Royal yacht club. .... admitted as members:
Peter Hesketh, Esq., Lancaster Rose, cutter, 33 tons.
[also listed 1831]
FLEETWOOD, June 14. The Lancaster Rose, Roskill, of this port, went on
shore at Rossall Landmark, yesterday, and is very much damaged; crew
saved. [later got off]
Drogheda March 16. ... [Letter correcting report of Drogheda March 7]
It states that the Brien Boru got
in collision with the schooner Lewtas, Gillet, from Preston, and
carried away her bowsprit and jibboom and foretopmast stay - that is all
correct; but it is not true that she started her stern, and is making
water, nor have the pumps been tried since she came to Drogheda, nor
does she require it, for the vessel is perfectly tight. I am, your obedient
servant, Richard Gillet, Master of the schooner Lewtas, of Drogheda.
Sale... THE BRIGANTINE LEWTAS OF DROGHEDA, As she now lies at the
Ballast Quay, 57 tons register, carries 90 tons, well found and in
good order,...
Strangford. Arrived [27th] Lewtas, Ball, from Fleetwood. [last voyage report found]
Barque Hope of Wyre. On Wednesday last, the fine new Barque the "Hope
of Wyre" built by Messrs. Lewtas and Co. left her native place (Wardless)
[sic, now Wardleys] on her way to Liverpool to take in a cargo previous to her
sailing for Calcutta - she is a most elegant vessel, her cabin fitted up in a
superior style for the accommodation of passengers, her burden per
register 330 tons and commanded by Captain Cockbain, an able and
experienced seamen. A great concourse of people were collected on the
beach to witness her departure. As soon as her anchor was weighed she
began to move majestically down the River Wyre, amidst the cheers and
well wishes of all present. [described as built by Joseph Jenkinson;
launched 26 September 1836 ]
Also stated that previously: "Great part of a century ago, some West Indiamen
were built here, but of late years nothing larger than the schooner Lewtas,
one of the Ribble traders, has been attempted".
Hope, Cockbain, from China, at Liverpool, left St Helena 18th January.
Sale: The Barque HOPE; Coppered last year, burthen per register
330 tons, A 1 at Lloyd's, built at Lancaster, is in every respect in
excellent order, just off a West Indian voyage, for which trade she is well adapted.
Length 94 feet 2 inches; breadth 24 feet 3 inches, depth 17 feet 5 inches;
lying in George's Dock.
For QUEBEC, The superior British-built Barque HOPE, Edward Lamb,
Master, (Who is well acquainted with the navigation of the St
Lawrence); A 1 at Lloyd's, burthen per register 330 tons, coppered and
copper fastened, and an excellent conveyance for goods.
FLEETWOOD, Nov. 9. the Barque Hope, from America, in coming up the
river last evening, got aground on the Knott, but is expected off tonight
without damage.
ABANDONMENT OF THE BARQUE HOPE, OF FLEETWOOD. The Shipping Gazette, of
Tuesday last, contained the following: "Kinsale, March 8. The Hope, of
Fleetwood, was spoken Feb. 21, lat. 42, long. 29, in a sinking state,
by the Mary Ellen, from Jamaica for Liverpool, put in here. The master
of the Hope wished to be taken off, and the Mary Ellen lay by her for
two days waiting for a favourable change in the weather, and, it
becoming thick, lost sight of them". Note: "Hope, Irwin, sailed from
New York for Fleetwood, Jan. 22". It is almost needless to say that
the effect of the above extract was at once to create a widespread and
most painful feeling of apprehension, the master and five others of
the crew belonging to this port, and their wives and relatives being
thus left to the cruel uncertainty whether they had found a watery
grave. On Wednesday, a brief notice was posted in the Underwriter's
Rooms at Lloyd's, stating that the Hope had been abandoned, but the
crew saved, a telegram to the purport was forwarded to Mrs. Irwin the same
afternoon. This welcome news was followed by the equally grateful
intelligence that the crew of the Hope had been safely landed at St.
Michael's. The Gazette, of Wednesday, says: "St. Michael's, March. 3.
The Hope, barque, Irwin, of and for Fleetwood, from New York (corn and
flour) was abandoned in a sinking state on the 27th Feb., in lat. 46
N., lon. 21 W., crew taken off by the Commodore, from the Clyde for
Trinidad, which transferred them this morning in the offing to the
Escort schooner, of London, that has landed them here".
The Hope sailed from Glasson Dock, for New York, on
the 1st of October last. On the return voyage, laden with Indian corn
and several hundred barrels of flour, she appears to have met with
continuous easterly winds. The Hope was one of the oldest vessels
belonging to this port; she was built more than a quarter of a century ago,
at Wardleys; and in her younger days, she made several good voyages to
Australia and other distant parts. She was 415 tons register, and
owned by Messrs. Whitworth Brothers. The cargo was insured to the full
amount, but the owners will suffer a loss upon the vessel.
The following
letter from the Master of the Hope, which was only delivered at
Fleetwood yesterday, has been kindly lent us for publication: St.
Michael's, Western Islands, Mar. 4, '62. B. Whitworth, Esq. Sir,
I am
sorry I have to inform you of the loss of the "Hope" which we had to
abandon on the 27th of February. We were taken off the ship by the
"Commodore" of Aberdeen, as we had lost our boats, bulwarks,
stanchions, &c., and the ship a complete wreck. I will leave for
Fleetwood as soon as possible, and give you full particulars. I have
not time to say more as I send this by a schooner about to leave.
William Irwin.
Sail.... THE Schooner "WYRE", of Fleetwood, 71 tons register. She is
well-formed, and in very good condition. For particulars apply to
Samuel Hope, Coal Agent, Fleetwood.
Posted missing: Schooner Wyre of Fleetwood (Jones, master), which left Whitehaven with
coal for Annagassan, Dundalk Bay, Sept. 4, and has not been heard of
since.
Having traded for 60 years, she was laid up
during World War One by her owner John Hoey of Annagassan, Co.Louth.
He sold her in 1918 to John T. Miller of Liverpool and in the winter
of that year she left Whitehaven for Annagassan with coal just after
the schooner Lucie also bound for Annagassan. A storm arose and during
the night, when the Lucie was off Carlingford Lough, her crew saw the
lights of the Wyre some miles to seaward. It was the last seen of her.
The wind was easterly and it was thought she foundered off the South
Down coast.
FLEETWOOD. LAUNCH. On Friday, the 7th inst., a new Schooner was
launched from the building yard of Messrs. S. Hope and Co., near
Denham's Bank. She was built under the superintendence of Mr. Hugh
Singleton, to whom praise is given for the efficient and workman-like
viabilites displayed by him. The vessel is substantially put together,
and is built principally of larch, and bound with iron knees. She is
intended for the pig iron trade between this Port and Ardrossan. Her
dimensions are as follow: Length of keel, 67 feet; length of beam, 18
feet; depth of hold, 8.5 feet; and she will register 68 tons new
measurement. She is round sterned, and has a female bust figure-bead.
This is the second vessel that has been built at this yard for the
same proprietory during the last two years.
.... Named "The Fleetwood" ...
STRANGFORD. Feb. 21. At about 5 o'clock this morning, during a heavy gale at
SE, the schooner Fleetwood, Parkinson, of and from Fleetwood for
Ardrossan (ballast), struck on Killard Rocks, a short distance to the
westward of the south-west entrance to this lough; she get broadside
on, and the crew, four in number, providentially saved themselves by
dropping from the masts on the rocks, when the vessel canted inshore,
and in a short time she broke up. Had the tide not been high, at the
time, the crew must have perished, as the rocks are almost
perpendicular where the vessel was wrecked. The Coast-guard
belonging to Killard station are in attendance.
SHIP LAUNCH. - On Tuesday last, a schooner was launched from the
building yard near Denham's Bank. Her descent into the water was most
satisfactory, and was lustily hailed by the plaudits of the numerous
spectators. The vessel had all her masts, yards, and rigging
previously fitted, and at the time of the launch was gaily decorated
with flags. The graceful task of christening her was assigned to Miss.
Lancaster, of Fleetwood, one of the owners, who, whilst the schooner
was gilding smoothly down the declivity into her native element,
dashed a bottle of champagne against her prow, and wished success to
the "Fylde", of Fleetwood. The Fylde is fifty one tons register, and
is round sterned; she is the third vessel launched from the above
yard, for the same proprietors. The first was named the Wyre,
seventy one tons register, launched in Januanry, 1855; the second,
Fleetwood, sixty-eight tons register. launched In March, 1856; and
the third, the Fylde, whose completion we have just noticed. They were
all built under the superintendence of Mr. Hugh Singleton.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ...
Fleetwood, on Monday, the 26th of May, 2, at three o'clock
in the afternoon, in lots: SHARES in the following VESSELS,
namely:-
One-sixteenth share in the schooner "Wyre," of Fleetwood,
John Myerscough, master. Registered to carry 71 tons.
One-sixteenth share in the schooner "Fylde," of Fleetwood,
William Winder, master. Registered to carry 51 tons.
One-eighth share in the schooner
"Nanny and Betty," of Fleetwood; W. A. Waites, master. Registered
to carry 47 tons. [Info]
Brunswick Dock. Fylde 51 Winder, Barnes, Ellesmere.
[Fylde, Winder, to Dec 1862]
LANCASTER. New Lightship. - The Screw Pile Lighthouse on Clark's Wharf,
in Morecambe Bay, having been destroyed in the gale on the 20th ult.,
a lightship has been substituted, and is now moored in mid channel
leading up to Morecambe Harbour, in four fathoms low water of ordinary
spring tides, the compass bearings of which lightship are,- Walney
Light, N.W. 3/4 W., distance, 6.5 miles; Wyre Light, S.W. by S., 4.5 miles;
Morecambe Harbour Pier Head Light, E. 3/4 N., 5.5 miles. This lightship
is painted red, with "Morecambe" in large white letters on her side,
has one mast, with circular beacon, and exhibits a red light between
sunset and sunrise. During foggy weather or snow, a bell will be
struck three times every minute.
Storm.... The loss of life and the damage done to shipping is immense, and as
an indication of the former we are sorry to learn that five bodies
were washed up on the beach, on Friday last, on the Morecambe side of
Morecambe Bay, and that two men were washed off the light-ship moored
in the bay, and were drowned.
The driving ashore of a lightship is one of the most impressive indications,
that we have yet had, of the violence of the storm that has just swept
over us. This, however, has been the case this week, when the
Morecambe lightship broke from her moorings. This lightship is what
was once known as the old "Fylde" - which was one of the first ships built
at Fleetwood, the builder being Mr. Hugh Singleton, senr. During her
four hours' buffeting in the darkness of the night, the vessel's bottom
was seriously damaged. She was driven broadside on to the beach, close
to the Battery Inn, Morecambe.
On the same evening at midnight might be seen busy preparations for
the launch of a new fishing smack, of 50 tuns burden, built by Messrs.
Gibson and Butcher, and her debut upon the briny deep was made by
star-light, because she had to be launched across the pier, and the
railway traffic could not be intercepted in the day time. The novelty
of the hour, the distance of the slide, and at the end of it, a fall of
several feet into the water, kept a large concourse of persons out of
their beds to witness it. A little after the hour named, the word was
given, and the well modelled craft moved gently down the greasy slide
and fell off into the water in safety, Mr. James Noblett having
meantime performed the operation of christening her "the Surprise,"
with all due honours. The owner of the new smack is a Mr. Wilson,
North Meols, and she will make the 22nd deep sea fishing boat
belonging to the station. [The Preston Chronicle names her, Secret,
owned Leadbetter]
FISHING BOATS FOUNDERED. Two Fleetwood fishing boats, the Mayflower
and the Surprise, have been lost with all hands. The former has been
washed up near Bispham. The mast of the latter has been found in Morecambe Bay.
The captain of the Petrel was washed overboard and drowned. The
lightship was brought into port, being unable to stand the strain.
[4 lost on Mayflower and 4 on Surprise, 1 on Petrel]
NINE MEN DROWNED. On Monday evening, distinct evidence of the loss of the
Fleetwood fishing smack Surprise were picked up on the shore at Norbreck,
near Blackpool. These were part of the stern boards bearing the top part
of the word, Surprise, also a
portion ot the punt, the binnacle, part of a sail, an oar, &c.
The crew are now given up as lost. There names are as follows:
Wm. Baxter, skipper, married.
Wm. Lynch. John Enright. Sam. Nicholls.
The last three are all young men. A search party went to Blackpool on
Tuesday afternoon, and walked home along the shore with the hope of
finding traces either of the men or boats. ...
FLEETWOOD LAUNCH. - A fishing smack was launched from the
building yard of Messrs. Gibson and Butcher, shipwrights, Fleetwood,
near midnight on Thursday the 27th ult. The chief peculiarity of
this launch was that the operation had to be effected across the
railway, a distance of about 120 feet, .... named Ellen and Ann, upwards
of 58 tons o.m., owned Mrs Blundell of Southport and Mr Thomas Wright,
fisherman, of Fleetwood. ....
THE LOSS OF HOYLAKE FISHING BOATS. INQUEST AT SOUTHPORT. Mr. S.
Brighouse opened yesterday, at the George Hotel, Southport, an
inquest on the bodies of three of the crew of the Ellen and Ann
fishing trawl, of Hoylake, which foundered of Southport on Saturday.
The crew consisted of John Eccles (master), Joseph Sherlock (mate),
Edwin Eccles, Joseph Rainford, and John Eccles, jun. The bodies of
Sherlock, who was 50 years of age, Rainford about 17, and John Eccles,
jun about 15 had been recovered, while the body of Edwin Eccles was
left on the Horse Bank, as the advancing tide left the search party no
option if they were to save themselves. John Rainford, fisherman, 20,
Dawson-street, Hoylake, identified the body of Joseph Sherlock as that of
his stepfather. He last saw deceased alive nearly a month ago when
witness went out in another boat fishing on the Christmas trip.
Deceased had not been back to Hoylake since, the custom being to land
the fish at the nearest port for transit to Liverpool, and return to
the fishing ground. Witness had heard that the Ellen and Ann was
off the Great Ormeshead last Thursday, but it might be difficult to
find on shore the crew who last saw the Ellen and Ann. The last
tidings witness had of the Ellen and Ann was that a tugboat saw the
trawl on Saturday morning, with her canvas gone and trying to anchor
in the Lytham Channel He believed the Ellen and Ann would be found on
one of the Southport banks. None of the search party had yet seen the
body of John Eccles, sen.
FLEETWOOD. LAUNCH. - On Tuesday last about mid-day a fine fishing Smack of
about 50 tons register, was launched from the building yard of
Messrs. Gibson and Butcher. The launch had to be effected across the
railway and over the pierhead, and was very skilfully and
satisfactorily accomplished. The new craft is the called Cygnet, she is a fine model,
and is likely to be a fast sailer.
SALE BY TENDER. IN BANKRUPTCY. Re B. Thomas. TENDERS are invited
for the purchase of the Fishing Smack Cygnet, now lying near the
Jubilee Pier, Fleetwood; registered tonnage 35; 51ft. keel; 16ft.beam;
with all stores, list which will be forwarded upon application: the
highest of any tender not necessarily accepted; ...
Fleetwood Fishermen Steal an Anchor. At Ramsey, on Monday, Robert
Cowell Sumner and James Ager, two fishermen from Fleetwood, went to
gaol for seven days for stealing an anchor belonging to the trawler
Cygnet, lying in Ramsey Harbour.
LAUNCH OF THE SCHOONER, RICHD. WARBRICK, OF FLEETWOOD. We are glad to
be able to record that another and very handsome addition has been
made to the fleet of coasting vessels attached to this port, by the
launching of as substantial and pretty a schooner as ever left the
ways. The Richard Warbrick, the name of the vessel alluded to, has
been built by Mr. John Gibson, of this town, for a party of gentlemen,
chiefly we believe residents of Fleetwood. She was commenced about
April last, and before the expiration of October she is in sea-going
trim, with the exception of her rigging, which is now being rapidly
supplied. Her registered tonnage is 175 tons old, and 120 tons new
builders' measurement. Her length of keel is 85 feet; her breadth,
21ft. 4in.; depth of hold, 12ft. She is classed A 1 at Lloyd's for
nine years. Her figurehead is a bust of Master Richard Warbrick, only
son of Mr. R. Warbrick, of Dock-street, one of the owners whose name
she bears. It was carved at the establishment of Mr. Carmichael, of
Workington, and is esteemed as an excellent likeness. The builder, Mr.
Gibson, has been exceedingly careful in the selection of the timber
(principally English oak) of which the vessel is composed, and a
frequent inspection of her during the last few months has convinced us
that a schooner stronger built or better calculated for the trade in
which she will be engaged, was never placed upon the stocks. Her
interior fittings are plain, but as substantial as her outward build.
Her lamps, which are exceedingly strong and of elegant design. have
been supplied by Mr. Walker, of Birmingham. Captain John Dennison, now
master of the Countess of Morley, the property of Mr. Gibson, and who
bears the reputation of being an excellent seaman, is to be captain of
the new vessel, and he enters upon his duties at once. ...
THE WRECK OF THE RICHARD WARBRICK. Terrible sufferings of the crew.
The captain and three of the survivors of the schooner Richard
Warbrick, of Fleetwood, were landed at Plymouth on Monday evening. The
vessel left Runcorn on January 25th with coals for Plymouth, and,
after beating about a few days in the St. George's Channel, was
obliged to run for shelter for a couple of days to a neighbouring
port. On January 30th she was put to sea, and again met with strong
gales. At dusk, owing to thick rain and strong winds, she struck on
the Sevenstones. The accident was due to the ship having become
ungovernable, the compass having for some time failed to act. The
schooner after striking, cleared, but began rapidly to sink in deep
water. The ship's boat was immediately lowered, and by the time the
crew had taken their positions, the schooner was nearly down to the
water's edge, and had altogether disappeared five minutes after being
abandoned. The men who got in the boat were Captain Osborne, of Fowey;
Michael Daly and Alexander Burke, of Liverpool; William Parsons, of
Guernsey; and Henry Pearce, of Exeter [sic, William Pearce in another
report]. Not one of these had been able to carry from the ship more
than he stood upright in, and no food or drink of any sort. The sea
was running heavily. The captain first lashed the boat's bottom boards
to the painter, and thus succeeded in keeping her head to sea, and
from the Monday until the following Friday night, the men remained
thus destitute upon the open sea. During the first three days the
wind blew strongly from the southeast, and although ships were seen,
the boat lay so low in the water, and the distance was always so
great, that it was impossible to make signals. The sufferings of the
men were terrible. On the second day Burke became very ill from
exhaustion, and his thirst was so intense that he insisted upon
drinking the salt water. The day following he became delirious, and
jumped overboard, but was promptly rescued. Later in the day a keg of
salt butter was picked up, and was ravenously attacked, but it had the
effect of intensifying the thirst of the crew. With the knife which
was used to open it Burke attempted to stab the captain, but was held
down by his companions. From that time he gradually sank, and on the
Thursday morning the men, on going to rouse him, found that he had
died during the night. The men knelt in the bottom of the boat and
offered up a prayer for the dead man and themselves, and then threw
the corpse overboard. In the meantime Parsons and Daly were seized
with insatiable thirst, and drank copiously of the salt water, despite
the protests of the captain and Pearce, who preserved wonderful
restraint. On the Thursday a calm set in, followed by a gentle
brerze, and the crew, who were too weak too pull, succeeded in rigging
a sail by attaching their oilskins to a piece of a paddle. They
steered for what they believed to be the Irish coast. On Friday
evening the Austrian barque, Orad Karlovo [sic. Grad Karlovak in
another report], bore down on them. The poor fellows were overwhelmed
with joy, but were so worn out that they had to be assisted up the
side. The barque was on the passage to Jamaica. Her captain treated
the rescued men with exceeding kindness, but it was some days before
some were sufficiently restored to stand. They were subsequently
transferred to the West India mail steamer Para, and were landed from
her on her arrival at Plymouth on Monday night. The men will be
forwarded to their homes by Mr. Hopkins, the local agent of the
Shipwrecked Mariners' Society.
LAUNCH OF A NEW SCHOONER AT FLEETWOOD. On Tuesday morning a fine new
schooner was launched from the building yard of Mr. John Gibson, in
this town. Her dimensions are as follows: length, 83ft.; breadth,
21ft. 8in; depth, 11ft; measurement, 180 tons o.m.; register tonnage
118; burthen 220 tons. She is owned by gentlemen and tradesmen in
Fleetwood and neighbourhood. The ceremony of christening the new craft
was performed by Alice Warbrick, second daughter of Mr. Richard
Warbrick, one of the owners and the ship's-husband. ...
Report of Robert Smith, Master of the schooner Sarah Ann Dickinson,
of Fleetwood, 102 tons, from Belfast on Feb. 3 (at 1 P.M.) for
Ardrossan (in sand ballast):
Proceeded with a fair wind, and all went
right till we were abreast of Turnberry Light, at 7 P.M. about seven
or eight miles distant. We steered then N.E. by N. 1/2 N., and held on
that course till we could make out the shore lights of Ardrossan. We
occasionally hauled round to the N. We did not make out Troon Light at
all. I saw light at about 10 30 p.m. bearing about E. by N. about three
miles off, which I took to be the leading light for Harbour. I steered
for this light for about 10 minutes, when I discovered it was not the
leading light, and knew from the look of the land I was on the wrong
course. I knew the coast very well. I immediately hauled the vessel to
the W. I kept her as far off as she would go for about 10 minutes. At 11
p.m., tide quarter of an hour ebb, weather clear wind S.S.W., strong
breeze, with an ordinary sea from S.S.W., the vessel struck on Eagle
Craig, Ardrossan, and remained fast. We made no signals for help. We
saw no signals made from the shore to warn us off. Just as we struck,
two boats came up to our assistance. One boat went right past us, and
one man from the other boat came aboard. Just as we struck I made out
the leading harbour light, and 10 minutes after the tugboat came out
to us. We gave her a hawser, but though she tried every way, she could
not get us off. She could not come alongside. We could not then launch our
own boat. The Rocket and Mortar Company sent a rocket to us, which did
not reach us. Afterwards the lifeboat came out to us and took us all
off and landed us at Ardrossan Pier about 1 p.m. on Feb.5. Ardrossan.
Feb. 5.
LAUNCH OF A NEW SCHOONER AT FLEETWOOD. The interesting ceremony of
launching a vessel from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. John Gibson took
place on Wednesday, the 17th inst. The morning was fine, and shortly
after ten o'clock a large number of spectators began to assemble at all the
various points where a view of the launch could be obtained. At 10-45
a.m., all the wedges having been driven home, Dr. Orr led his
stepdaughter - Miss Ramsay - to the bow of the schooner, and having
placed in her hands a bottle of champagne which had been suspended for
the purpose, the little lady dashed it against the vessel with great
spirit, exclaiming "I hereby name this vessel the Useful"; at the same
moment the vessel was released and gracefully glided down the ways,
stern foremost, to her future home in the watery element. This vessel
was launched fully rigged, and as she entered the deep, her flag and
sails were unfurled. and under the management of her captain, Mr.
William Hesketh (late of the Countess of Morley) and the crew, the
Useful began cruising about the harbour, the spectators testftying
their gratification by repeated cheers. The keel of the Useful was
laid about 7 months ago, and she is the third vessel launched from Mr
Gibson's yard. Her dimensions are: length 71ft 6in; breadth, 18ft
4in; 108 tons, o.m., 58 tons n.m. She is full-schooner rigged, of
good proportions, and designed for the general coasting trade, and we
believe will be jointly owned by Messrs. Munro and Co.
WRECKED FROM ANNALONG TO BELFAST. During the height of the gale on the
night of the 27th last, the schooner, Useful, of Fleetwood, bound from
Annalong for Belfast with stones, went ashore at Ballyquintin Point,
the scene of many a disaster during the past few years. The vessel
carried a crew of four hands, who had a very perilous experience
before being rescued. Signals of distress were sent up, and were
observed early yesterday morning by the coastguards of Tara, who
telephoned to Cloughey that a vessel was in danger near the entrance
to Strangord Lough. The Cloughey lifeboat crew put off in a
snowstorm, but, in the meantime, the shipwrecked men had come ashore
in their own boat, and landed at Cloughey in an exhausted condition,
from exposure to cold. The vessel will become a total wreck and is
already going to pieces. She was in charge of Captain Joseph M'Kibbin
of Annalong.
ARDROSSAN SCHOONER WRECKED. Intelligence has reached Ardrossan
that the schooner Elizabeth and Ann, of Ardrossan, has been
wrecked about sixteen miles off the coast of Kenmare (Ireland). The
schooner had discharged a cargo of coal at Kenmare , and was returning
to the Clyde when the disaster occurred. A gale sprang up, and
the master immediately steered for the coast, intending to remain
in shelter of the neighbouring hills until the gale ceased.
Unfortunately he lost control of the schooner, and it was blown
onto the rocks, and became a total wreck. The crew were all saved.
The schooner was not insured. [Captain Sharpe, wrecked early March]
COAL SCHOONER LOST IN KENMARE BAY, Kenmare, Sunday. During the storm
on Thursday night, the schooner Elizabeth Ann [sic] of Glasgow [sic], parted with her anchors in
Kenmare Bay, and was wrecked on the rocks near Parknasilla Hotel. The crew of five
were all saved. The Elizabeth Ann was after discharging a cargo of coals at Kenmare,
and left for Caernarvon [sic] a few days ago in ballast.
Main index
The Thomas, Pawson, from Lancaster, is arrived at St Kitts. [had arrived March 1793]
The Thomas, Pawson, belonging to Lancaster, outward bound to St Kitts, was wrecked
on the morning of the 10th of February, upon Rathland, or Fair island. The people
were all saved, and the greater part of the cargo and ship's materials
have been recovered.
12 seamen escaped in the ship's long boat. The boatswain and 4 seamen
remained, and were required to navigate back to Africa. Eventually
they met with an American brig. This was overrun - and was found to be
carrying rum - which was consumed in excessive quantities by the
ex-slaves. The boatswain was killed but the 4 seamen managed to regain
control, and sail the brig to the Americas. The Thomas was recaptured
by HMS Thames.
Gravesend. Sept 13. Arrived. Benson, Grossard, from Jamaica. [last voyage with master Grossard]
Cargo of timber from Ship Benson from Quebec, now landing ...
The Johns, Burrell, hence at Maranham and sailed for Para on the 5th December.
The Ruth, Roberts, and the Johns, Burrell, from Liverpool are lost near Para.
The Clio, Ferguson, from London to Tobago, is stranded on the coast of France,
opposite to Guernsey, crew saved and made prisoners.
Wednesday last was launched from the building yard of Mr John Brockbank, at
Lancaster, a very complete frigate-built ship called the
Cavendish, the property of Messrs Abram & John Rawlinson, to be commanded
by Captain John Thornborrow.
Sale... The SHIP THREE SISTERS, with all her MATERIALS, as she lately
arrived from St. Martin's, and now lying at St. George's Quay,
burthen, per register, 175 tons; built at this port, by Mr. John
Brockbank, takes the ground well, and suitable for any trade where a
strong vessel, and an easy draft of water, are required.
A few days ago, a remarkably fine vessel, the largest ever built at
Lancaster, was launched from the building yard of Mr. John Brockbank. She is
called the WILLIAM BECKFORD, & is the property of a mercantile house in
London. The greatest concourse of people ever known upon a launch
occasion, and the music the 40th regiment, attended the launch.
Upwards of 200 people partook of a plentiful dinner provided for the
occasion, and at night there was a very genteel ball. The vessel was
built below the bridge, has since then fallen down the river, and is of a
burthen sufficent to make 700 hogsheads freight in the West-India trade.
Thursday last, was launched from the building yard of Mr John Brockbank,
at Lancaster, a very complete ship for the West Indies trade, named Rawlinson,
the property of Thomas Rawlinson Esq., and to be commanded by Capt Walter Galloway.
Yesterday se'ennight a fine new vessel was launched from the building-yard of Mr. John
Brockbank, at Lancaster. She is called the VENUS; the property of Messrs. Edward and George
Suart, merchants in that place; is intended for the Barbadoes trade,
and to be commanded by Capt. John Bell.
On Monday se'nnight, was launched from the building yard of Mr. John
Brockbank, at Lancaster, a fine new vessel called the MYRTLE; to be
commanded by Capt. Thomas Rogerson.
Monday se'nnight, a fine new frigate built vessel, called the Wildman, was launched
at Lancaster (by Mr John Brockbank), the largest ever built at that port, and
capable of carrying 800 Jamaican hogsheads of sugar. She is the property of Messrs
Wildman & Smith of London, intended for the West India trade, and commanded
by Mr L Redmayne. ... same tide into the dock at Glasson. ....
A fine new brig, built for the London trade, was launched by Mr Brockbank,
of Lancaster, the 16th ult. She is called the Laurel, to be commanded by
Capt Thomas Rogerson.
Wednesday se'nnight, was launched from the building-yard of Mr. John
Brockbank, at Lancaster, a new vessel of 400 tons burthen, called the
Clarendon, the property of Messrs A Peat & Co of London.
On Tuesday was launched from the building yard of Mr John Brockbank at Lancaster a fine
new vessel called the Flora, intended for the London trade.
Lancaster. Sale... Brig FLORA, With all her materials. Dimensions as
follows: Length extreme per register 78 feet 6 inches; Breadth 21 Feet
2 inches; Depth 13 Feet 1 inch; Tons 163 81-94ths; Carries a large
Burthen at an easy Water draught; is iron fastened and now under
Repair; her hull ceiling, some outside plank and keelson being out,
she is open for inspection. ... John Brockbank & Nephew.
[Built Lancaster 1792]
Last week a fine new vessel, burthen 210 tons, was launched from Mr.
Brockbank's building yard at Lancaster; she is the property of Messrs
Edward Salisbury & Co, is intended for the St. Kitts trade, and to be commanded by Capt.
Clarkson.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 30 July 1799]:
The Aurora, Greenwood, from Lancaster, is arrived at the West Indies.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 August 1799]:
Lancaster Arrived. Aurora, Robinson, St Thomas's, coffee, cotton, tortoise shell, mahogany, fustic,
for Burrow & Mason, ...
[from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Saturday 07 December 1811]:
Reported: Aurora, Boyd, for Clyde, loading at Quebec,
[from Morning Herald (London) - Tuesday 10 September 1822]:
Cowes. Sept 8. Sailed. Aurora, M'Kinley, for Rotterdam.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Monday 05 May 1823]:
JUDICIAL CONDEMNATION OF A BRITISH VESSEL. The following important
intelligence was on Saturday posted at Lloyds.
Condemnation of Aurora, M'Kinlay, of and from Glasgow and
St. Thomas's, captured and carried into Porto Rico, the 8th. of February
last, by a Spanish privateer.
Having examined the Petition of the Captain of the
privateer Scipio, the papers of navigation, and other
documents, concerning the English ship Aurora, it results that the
said vessel, with a cargo of dry goods and provisions, did clear out from
the port of Greenock in Great Britain, without the necessary
certificate from the Spanish Ambassador in London, which would have
ascertained her legal dispatch, according to the agreement of allied
nations. Being thus irregularly dispatched, and bound for the Bay of
Honduras; and whereas the said port is now in a stale of rebellion and
insurrection, and also in a state of blockade for various causes and
declarations; and, further, the cargo of the said ship being composed
of prohibited articles of contravention, according to the 21st Article
of Privateering Ordinance, also that of the 34th, which renders the
said port of Honduras in a state of blockade, for holding the
establishment of some English merchants, who promote the spirit of revolt and
insurrection in their clandestine trade with our said colony, so
injurious to the national interest.
And whereas Captain Allen M'Kinlay. being
destined to the said rebellious port, and in consideration of the
forementioned articles the Royal Ordinance, compared with the Royal
Ordinance of the 8th of February, 1819 declaring illicit the
introduction of all kinds of provisions to the said rebellious port or
ports in the said Bay of Honduras, together with the vessel or vessels, is
a good and lawful prize, the same being calculated for sustaining and
promoting war.
In consideration thereof, I have thought proper, with
the aforementioned proofs, to condemn the ship Aurora, with her cargo,
in favour of the aforesaid privateer Scipio; and further, I hereby
order that the Captain of the aforesaid British ship Aurora, together
with her crew, must henceforth regulate his conduct according to the
Articles 41 and 42 of the Ordinance of Privateering.
Wooden ship Betsey, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1793. In LR as 206 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 13 August 1793]:
On Thursday last, was launched from Mr J Brockbank's yard, a fine new ship
called the Betsey, for Elijah Cobham of Liverpool.
Wooden ship Alexandria, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1794. In LR as 251 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 14 October 1794]:
Thursday last a fine new ship called the Alexandria was launched
by Mr Brockbank at Lancaster for Worswicks & Co.
From Skidmore article/thesis:
built Brockbank, large wooden flats. Lark 7/1794 95t; Dove 23/1797 88t;
Fox 5/1792 Sl 91t;
Wooden ship Clio, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1797. In LR as 266 tons. Traded London to West Indies. Armed. By 1830, rigged as a barque, and trading to Quebec. Voyage Richibucto to Gloucester, with timber, aground near Sharpness, 23 November 1832, and when refloated, got aground again. Seems to have eventually been repaired - large repair 1833 in LR. Registered Whitby. Voyage Miramichi to London, with timber, aground on N side of PEI, and condemned, 23 November 1838 - when 40 years old.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 28 February 1797]:
The 13th inst., a fine new ship, called the Clio, was launched from Mr Brockbank's
building yard, Lancaster, for the West India trade.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 29 December 1818]:
Gravesend 28th, Clio, Richardson, arr from Demerara.
[from
Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 02 December 1832]:
Gloucester. Nov 28. The Clio, Terry, from Richbcuto, on shore
below Sharpness Point, and very much damaged.
[from Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 08 December 1832]:
VESSELS WRECKED. - In our paper of the 24th ult. we mentioned the
wreck of the brig Allies. The following are further particulars:-
The brig Allies, of Scarbro', Hill, master, from Memel, and the
barque Clio, of Whitby, Terry, master, from North America, both laden
with timber and deals for Gloucester, unfortunately got aground on
their passage up the Severn on Friday, the 23d ult., nearly at the
same moment. They both struck on Lydney Sands; the brig immediately
upset, and was only prevented from turning bottom uppermost by the
lower mast-head taking the ground. The pilot and crew with great
difficulty succeeded in saving themselves in their boats. Some of the
sails and a part of the rigging, &c. were saved in a very damaged
state. The cargo by great exertions has been saved, but it is
apprehended that the vessel will become a total wreck. The barque,
immediately on her touching, fell almost over on her beam ends. The
Captain succeeded in getting his wife and some of the crew into the
jolly boat, and orders being given immediately to let go the anchor,
the tide being very strong, she shoved off into deep water; the cable
was then slipped, and the vessel brought to anchor near Berkeley Pill,
when she remained aground until the next day. On Saturday an
ineffectual attempt was made to reach the basin, and on Monday, a more
favourable opportunity offering, they got under weigh, and proceeded
as far as the entrance of the basin. They succeeded in getting a
hawser from the pier for the purpose of heaving the vessel into the
lock, but the ebb immediately setting down with such strength and
velocity, it compelled them to slip their ropes and again proceed to
an anchoring birth, where the vessel grounded and lay until the
following morning. In proceeding once more to the lock she caught the
ground and strained very much. Another pilot was sent on board by the
Harbour Master, who was even more unsuccessful than his predecessor,
in as much as he grounded her on a reef of rocks within half a mile of
the basin, where she now lies with about six feet water in her hold,
and it is feared will become a wreck. The captains of both vessels
wish to express their gratitude for the kind, liberal, and prompt
assistance afforded them in their distressed state by the inhabitants,
particularly to Mr. J. Jenkins, of Lydney Lock, Mr. Davis of Lydney,
and Messrs. Smith and Young, farmers, with several others.
[from
Lloyd's List - Monday 28 January 1839]:
Pr. Edward's Island, 29th Nov. The Clio, Dobson, from Miramichi to
London, which was driven on shore on the North side of this Island
23rd instant, has been condemned.
Wooden ship Tyson, built John Brockbank Lancaster 1798. In LR as 237 tons. Owned Tyson for trade Lancaster to St Kitts. For sale 1800. By 1805 owned Riddle. Voyage Martinique to Glasgow, was separated from the convoy and captured by a French privateer, 29th July 1809 and burnt.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 August 1800]:
LANCASTER. TO be SOLD, by Auction, .... The good ship TYSON, Burthen
per Register 238 Tons, coppered, abundantly well found; sails
remarkable fast, and in every respect a compleat Ship, Lancaster
built, and launched by Mr. John Brockbank, in 1798. ...
[from Caledonian Mercury - Thursday 30 November 1809]:
[from Barbados papers] Carlisle Bay. Aug 22. The ship Tyson sailed
from Martinique, on the 26th ult. for Glasgow, under convoy of his
Majesty's ship Star, but being separated on the 28th, was captured on
the following morning by the Superieure, French privateer, of 18 guns,
and 150 men, off the east end of Santa Cruz and burnt.
Wooden ship Bellona, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1799. In LR as 243 tons. Armed. Later traded London to Jamaica. Voyage Jamaica to London, missing in hurricane, 27 August 1809.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 March 1799]:
A few days ago, a fine ship called the Bellona, (built for Mr Suart),
was launched by Mr Brockbank, of Lancaster. She is 247 tons burthen,
mounts 16 guns, and designed for the West Indies trade.
[from
Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 21 October 1809]:
The Bellona, Thompson; and the Ann, James, bound to London, and the
Mary, James, bound to Liverpool, sailed from Jamaica 20th July, with a
fleet under convoy of the Favourite sloop of war, parted in a
hurricane 27th August, and have not since been heard of.
Built John Brockbank, Lancaster, here 1800 on.
Wooden ship Europa, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1800. In LR as 305 tons. Voyage Bristol to Martinique, sunk in Bristol Channel, 22 February 1802, master and 6 crew drowned.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 08 April 1800]:
On Wednesday the 25th ult. a fine new vessel, called the Europa, was launched
from Mr Brockbank's yard, Lancaster, for Messrs Salisbury and Danesdale(?).
[from
London Courier and Evening Gazette - Thursday 11 March 1802]:
Liverpool. March 8. The Europa, Bradley, of Lancaster, from Bristol
to Martinique, is lost in the Bristol Channel, the Captain and six of
the crew drowned. [on 22 February]
Wooden ship Thomas, built John Brockbank, Lancashire, 1800. In LR 276 tons, owned Dodson for trade Liverpool to Berbice. Armed: 16 guns. For sale 1810, then owned Morsom. In LR to 1816, trading London to Lisbon, master Miller.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 26 August 1800]:
A few days ago, was launched at Lancaster, from Mr Brockbank's building yard,
a fine ship called the Thomas, for John Dodson Esq & Co.
[from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 19 April 1810]:
Ship THOMAS, built at Lancaster, in 1800, for private use, is
copper-bolted and coppered, measures per register 276 tons, admirably
adapted for the Brazil or South American Trade, being completely
fitted with 14 carriage guns, and bears every appearance of an armed
ship, sails fast, and may sent to sea at a very moderate expense. Now
lying at No. 4 Warehouse, London Dock, John Brown master. ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 21 October 1815]:
Gravesend. Oct. 19. Sailed. Thomas, Miller, for Lisbon.
Wooden galliot/schooner Lune, built Lancaster 1801. In LR, 100 tons, ON8627. Reported as a "large flat", built Brockbank, registered Lancaster 3/1801, 97 tons. Owned Bibby to 1832. Appropriation Workington 1839, 103 tons. Voyage Harrington to Dublin, lost with all 5 hands, off Lamlash, 9 February 1861, owned William Cottier, Harrington.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 February 1861]:
LOSS OF THE LUNE OF HARRINGTON AND THE NEPTUNE and CAROLINE OF
WORKINGTON. Intelligence was received at Harrington on Saturday of
the total loss of the brig Lune, Capt. M'Mullen, with all hands. The
Lune left that port on Friday for Dublin, and was seen to founder off
Lamlash by the schooner Tyne, Dunlop, of Harrington. This sad news has
cast a heavy gloom over the town of Harrington, where are left four
widows and fourteen fatherless children, as a result of this terrible
calamity. Capt. M'Mullen was highly respected as a kind husband and
father and a true Christian, and our correspondent observes, "Knowing
the good feeling that exists in the town of Harrington, one towards
another, it is to be hoped the inhabitants will come forward liberally to
aid the poor women and children who been thus suddenly bereaved, under
such painful circumstances".
Wooden ship Thetis, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1801. In LR as 290 tons. Made two triangular (slave) voyages (lost on 16 December 1815 near Sunderland. She was sailing from London to Shields. More history.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 04 July 1801]:
On Saturday last, a fine new ship, burthen 290 tons, and called the
Thetis, was launched at Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is
built for Messrs. Stuart, Housman, and co. and intended for the
West-India trade.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 22 December 1815]:
The Thetis, Cowie, from London to Shields, was totally lost 16th instant,
near Sunderland.
Wooden ship Paragon, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1801. More history. In LR to 1830: owned by master G Smith, for London - Tyne trade. Paragon of North Shields, wrecked near Easington, in a gale, 11 October, 1824, crew saved. See also.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 October 1801]:
On Saturday last, fine new ship, burthen 295 and pierced for 18 guns,
was launched at Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is called the Paragon,
built for Messrs. Ridley and Dodson, and intended for the West-India
trade.
[from
Durham Chronicle - Saturday 23 October 1824]:
South Shields. Oct 14. The Paragon, Smith, of North Shields, gone to pieces near Easington; crew saved.
Wooden brig John, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1802. In LR 202 tons. In LR to 1814. Voyage Liverpool to Oporto, captured by US brig Rattlesnake, off Scilly, and scuttled, 10 June 1814.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 May 1802]:
On Tuesday last, a fine new brig was launched from Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this
town. She is called the John, above 200 tons burthen, built for Mr. John
Tomlinson and Co. of Liverpool, and intended for the Portugal trade.
[from
Liverpool Mercury - Friday 19 August 1814]:
[from Halifax papers July 16]: Arrived the United States brig
Rattlesnake, Lieutenant Renshaw, pierced for 18 guns, and having 131
men, prize to his Majesty's ship Leander, captured near Shelburne, on
Monday last; she run for Shelburne light, supposing it to be Portland.
She sailed from Wilmington, on the 3rd of May. This vessel, perhaps
justly considered the fastest sailing sloop of war in the American
navy, was intended to carry destruction to the commerce of England -
even on her own shores; and after having (as was proposed) cruized in
the chops of the English Channel, she was to have refitted in one of
the ports in Norway, recruited her crew, and thence cruizing a short
time off Cape Clear, done the same off Madeira, and returned by the
West Indies to any American port in the northern States she could
enter. Circumstances have, however, interfered with this
well-digested plan of annoyance, and the sum total of mischief caused
by this intended scourge to British commerce has been confined to the
destruction of two small English vessels. The superior qualities of the
Rattlesnake, as a prime sailer, it appears, had more than once tempted
her late Commander to hold British cruizers too cheap - if we may
credit the report of one of her crew - as, on the 31st of May, she
narrowly escaped being captured by the Madagascar frigate, when off
the Western Islands; under fire of that ship's guns she remaied some
time, until, by throwimg some of her guns and shot overboard, she got
out of reach and escaped; and, strange to tell, without being once
struck, though grape were flying over her.
Off Sicily (our informant
continues) we boarded several neutrals, from whom we learnt the
changes which were taking place in the political world in Europe; we
remained near, cruizing, parallel, till the 10th of June when we
captured the brig John, from Liverpool to Oporto, with bale goods,
which vessel was immediately scuttled. On the 14th of June, we fell
in with three sail of men of war, and in the evening with another
convoy. On the 15 and 16th, were again chased by English frigates. On
the 23rd of June, lat. 42 7, we captured the British schooner, Crown
Prince, with fish, from Newfoundland, which vessel was also scuttled.
On the following day, we fell in with a man of war store-ship, but
from our loss of nine guns, having only two left, could not engage
her, and she appeared too well prepared to ensure success by boarding,
which, I believe, was Captain Renshaw's first intention. From this we
continued shaping our course for the States, nothing material
occurring till the 10th of July, when we struck soundings on our own
shores, and flushed with the hope of a speedy sight of our friends,
joyfully looked for the ensuing day; but how short-sighted are
mortals! At early dawn of the 11th, a sail was descried, and soon made
out to be a frigate; and from some particular circumstances, our
officers were led to believe was American, and but for her very small
appearance, considered to be the Constitution: unluckily her Captain
either possessed the private signals of the day, or from some former
experience on our coast, understood them, and having replied, our
confidence increased till within a few miles, when, to be undeceived
was too late. In spite of every exertion, the frigate gained upon us
fast, preserving the weather-gage, and firing a chase gun, with such
precision, as to give no hope of escape; being hulled twice in four
shot, though going nine to ten knots an hour, and a broadside
preparing for for us - the colours were struck, and we were taken
possession of, by an officer from the Leander. Thus terminated our
cruize, and thus fell the fastest-sailing vessel of war, (if I except
the President,) of the United States, and with her, as brave a crew as
America boasts.
Wooden ship Demerara (also Demerary), built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1802.
Record of loss.
On 31-1-1804, the Demerary struck the Wicklow bank and the crew and Captain Inglis abandoned the ship,
subsequently salvaged and put back in service.
On the night of the 16-12-1819, the 409 ton Demerary of London
struck on the West Keeragh Island near Bannow. John McClune was
master. The cargo was sugar, rum, coffee and cotton, from Demerara to
Liverpool. Immediately she went to pieces. The vessel was a total loss and
the cargo nearly a total loss. All the crew perished. At least 22
bodies were recovered.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 September 1802]:
On Monday last, a fine new ship was launched from Mr. Brockbank's yard, on the
Green Area, in this town. She is called the Demerara, Capt. Inglis, built
for Messrs. M'Inroy, Parker, and Co. Glasgow, and intended for the
West-India trade. She is upwards of 409 tons burthen, and being the largest
vessel built above the Old Bridge, one of the arches was obliged to be
taken down; and the next day, the sloop Dove, Capt. Stephenson, sailed
thro' the aperture, and discharged her cargo of timber on the Green
Area.
Some history of the Old Bridge:
The Old Bridge remained in use for a few more years, until its history
took a strange turn. In 1802 it was sold to John Brockbank, who owned
a shipyard a short distance up-river. He promptly had the northern arch
of the bridge demolished so that his newly built ships could pass
downstream complete with masts and rigging. Until that point his
business had been hampered by the need to tow each hull under the low
bridge and step the masts at a different site further down the river.
Removing the obstacle of the bridge would also have made it easier for
incoming cargoes of timber and other supplies to be delivered directly
to his shipyard.
[from Belfast News-Letter - Friday 24 December 1819]:
A letter from the agents to Lloyd's, dated New Ross, December 19,
has the following distressing particulars:
On the night of the 16th, the Demerary, M'Clune, from Demerary to Liverpool, 409
tons register, struck on the Keroe Island, near Bannow, and almost
immediately went to pieces. The vessel is a total loss, and the cargo
nearly so. We fear all the crew have perished; twenty of the bodies
were interred in one grave yesterday, and two more have come in this day.
From the state of the weather, no boat has yet been able to make the
island; but the moment it moderates, this will done. A great many
letters have been found on the strand, and brought to us; and it
speaks well for the honesty of the people in whose neighbourhood the
wreck occurred, that one mutilated letter, containing six one
pound British notes, and five guineas in gold, was safely lodged with us.
Wooden FV Otter, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1803.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 March 1803]:
Wednesday last was launched from Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town, a
smack of about 34 tons burthen, called the Otter, which is intended
for the laudable purpose of constantly supplying this town and its
vicinity with fish. A vessel of this description has been much wanted
here, and we have no doubt but the exertions of the public-spirited
individuals who have associated for the purpose, will be crowned with
success.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 20 February 1808]:
The Otter fishing-boat (of this port) struck upon a rock,
near Ravenglass, during the late gales; the men saved their lives.
Wooden brig Barbadoes Packet, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1803. In LR 196 tons, for Lancaster - Barbados service. Voyage Berbice to Lancaster, ashore and wrecked, reported 29 September 1806, near Holyhead.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 April 1803]:
On Saturday last was launched, from Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town, a fine
new brig, of 196 tons burthen, called the Barbadoes Packet, Captain
William Woodhouse; and is intended for the West- India trade.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 April 1803]:
FOR BARBADOES. THE NEW BRIG, BARBADOES PACKET, WM. WOODHOUSE,
Master. Now lying at Saint George's-quay, Lancaster, and sailing in month
from this date. For freight apply to the said Master, on board.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 04 October 1806]:
Liverpool Sept 29. The Barbadoes Packet, Bird, from Berbice, is on shore near Holyhead;
cargo landing.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 October 1806]:
Liverpool. Oct 16. The Barbadoes Packet, from Berbice to this port,
is wrecked near Holyhead.
Wooden ship Eliza, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1803. In LR as 223 tons. ON3580. Registered Shields 184/1850, 228 tons. More history. Voyage North Shields to London, with coal, 23 December 1862, ashore at Wenduine and wrecked, crew of 9 saved.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 May 1803]:
Saturday se'nnight, was launched from Mr Brockbank's yard in Lancaster, a fine
new ship called the Eliza, Captain James Moon, burthen 223 tons, belonging
to Messrs Worswick and Allman, and is intended for the West Indies trade,
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Saturday 27 December 1862]:
Antwerp Dec 23. The Eliza brig from Sunderland for London has gone on shore
east of Blankenbeghe, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 26 December 1862]:
The Solertia, at Ostend, (see paragraph above), had picked up the crew
of the ELIZA, Bell, from Shields to London; this is the vessel
reported ashore yesterday at Wenduyn [sic, Wenduine east of
Blankenberge]. -[See Antwerp paragraph relating to the ELIZA, Border,
in List of 24th Dec.]
[from Dover Chronicle - Saturday 27 December 1862]:
LOSS OF THE BRIG ELIZA. The brig Eliza, 220 tons, from North Shields to
London, foundered in the North Sea. The crew were picked up by a
Norwegian bark, and landed at Ostend. Thence they were sent over by
the Samphire mail-packet to Dover, and were received at midnight at
the Sailors' Home. In the midst of their sorrows, the hearts of these
destitute men were gladdened on Christmas-Day by the sympathy and
kindness shown to them at the Home. Since Sunday last, the crews of
five wrecked vessels have found their way to this Refuge, which is
open day and night for the reception of all destitute and distressed
seamen, of every nation.
Wooden ship Holland, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1803. In LR 225 tons, armed: 4 12pound carronades.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 September 1803]:
On Monday last, a fine new ship, of 230 tons burthen, was launched at
Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is called the Holland,
Captain Paul Redmayne, belongs to Messrs Taylor, Hughan, and Renny,
and is intended for the Jamaica trade.
[from
Johnson's Sunday Monitor - Sunday 12 August 1810]:
Kingston, Jamaica. ... The Elk brig, of 18 guns, Coghlan; from the
Havannah; and Bramble schooner, of eight guns, Lieut. Fleming, from a
cruize, arrived on Saturday. The former vessel brought in with her the
ship Holland, one of the fleet that sailed from Portsmouth under
convoy of the Hyperion Frigate, but which was run away with, and
carried into the Havannah, by the crew, after having murdered the
Captain and mate. Five of the mutineers arrived in the Elk, two of
whom were committed to gaol on Wednesday, to take their trials at the
Court of Admiralty Sessions. [Holland described as belonging to house of
Simon Taylor, master Newton]
Wooden ship Aurora, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1804. In LR 275 tons, armed: 2 9-pounders, 14 9-pound carronades. Made triangular (slave) voyages 80399, 80400. A very common ship name. In LR to 1816, master Withwell/Withall, trading to Guadeloupe. Voyage Liverpool to Guadeloupe, lost 12 July 1810, entering Guadeloupe.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 21 April 1804]:
On Tuesday se'nnight, a fine new ship was launched from Mr.
Brockbank's yard, in Lancaster, called Aurora. She is 275 tons
burthen, belongs to Messrs. Burrow and Mason, of Lancaster, and is
intended for the West-India trade.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 09 June 1810]:
Liverpool. Sailed. June 1. Aurora, Whitwell, Guadaloupe,
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 August 1810]:
Liverpool August 23. The Aurora, -, from hence, was lost on the 12th ult,
going into Guadeloupe, cargo saved.
Wooden ship Harriet, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1804. In LR 266 tons, owned Dodson, trading Liverpool to Demerara, the Lancaster to Berbice. Armed: 8-4 & 6-9 pound carronades. Involved in a gun battle, captured by a French privateer, but later re-captured, 1807. Not in LR 1809. Voyage Liverpool to Berbice, driven over West Hoyle Bank and sunk, 11 February 1808, Captain D Thompson, mate, 22 crew and 2 passengers (in all 26) lost; 7 saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 September 1804]:
On Thursday, a fine new ship, called the Harriet, was launched
from Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this town; she is 261 tons burthen,
commanded by Capt. Greenwood; built for Messrs. Dodson and Co; and
intended for the West-India trade.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 23 May 1807]:
LANCASTER, May 23. ...
On the l6th March, in lat 26. 30 N. long. 55. W. by
observation, the ship Harriet, Capt. Thompson, from Berbice to this
port, and the Alexander, from Demerara for Liverpool, were fallen in
with, by the French privateer L'Alert, of 20 guns and 200 men, which
they engaged for upwards of an hour, when the Alexander struck, and
was taken possession of by the enemy. The privateer then shot a-head and
commenced a heavy firing of musketry, &c. on the Harriet, for
upwards of forty minutes, when the Alexander bore down to the
assistance of the privateer, the Harriet continuing to engage both ships
till her sails and rigging being much cut, Capt. Thompson being shot
through the thigh with a musket ball, and several of his men wounded,
he struck his colours.
On the 31st of March, the Harriet was
re-captured by his Majesty's schooner Mosambique, and carried into
Grenada, from whence she was intended to sail with convoy expected to leave
that island about the 15th April.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 16 February 1808]:
The Harriet, Thompson, from Liverpool to Berbice, was lost on Thursday
morning, on West Hoyle, Captain Thompson, the Chief mate, 22 of the
Crew, and two Passengers, drowned; Second Mate, and 6 others saved.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 20 February 1808]:
Lancaster. Feb, 13. We are extremely sorry to announce the loss of the ship Harriet,
Capt. Davis Thompson, (of this port) for Berbice. This vessel, in company with
the Thomas, Coupland, (of this port), the Venerable, for Barbadoes,
and many others, sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday the 10th inst.
During the night, it came on to blow a very heavy gale from the N. W.
accompanied with thick fog and rain, from which the Harriet suffered
much in her sails and rigging. On the following morning, about five o'clock, she
struck on West Hoyle Bank, where she continued to beat for a
considerable time; as the only chance for saving the ship, the masts
were cut away, and many of the guns thrown overboard; after which she
was driven into the channel, and went down in about ten fathom water,
opposite the light-house, near Point of Air, on the Welch coast.
The second
mate, five of the crew, and an apprentice, at the wish of the
Captain, had previously left the ship in a small boat to endeavour to
get some assistance from the land, which they reached with much
difficulty, just about the same moment that the ship disappeared. Capt. Thompson,
the Chief Mate, and two passengers, (Mr. Joseph Walmsley, of this
town, and a Mr. L. Douglas) with 22 of the crew, in all 26 persons,
perished. ...
Wooden ship Minerva, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1805, More history (including painting). Broken up 1826.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 03 August 1805]:
On Saturday last, was launched from Brockbank's building yard at Lancaster,
for Messrs Ritchie & Son of Greenock, a fine ship named the Minerva pierced
for 50 guns and burthen per register 551 tons.
Wooden ship Abram (also Abraham), built John
Brockbank, Lancaster, 1806. In LR as 295 tons, owned Burrow. Later
used for whaling. ON18034, registered Hull 18/1841; registered
Kirkcaldy 6/1855, 319 tons. In RCUS as lost 7 October 1862, in Davis
Straits. Image.
Newspaper report: destroyed by
ice, 28 July 1862, near entrance to Melville Bay [now Melville
Bugt], crew (of 50) saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 11 January 1806]:
On Monday last, a fine new ship was launched from Mr. Brockbank's
yard, in this town. She is called the Abram, Captain W. Trasure, is
320 tons burthen, and intended for the West-India trade.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 09 November 1832]:
David Straits Fishery. At Hull: Abraham, Jackson, 50 tuns, ...
[from Dundee Advertiser - Monday 27 October 1862]:
On the night of the 27th [July] there were evident signs of an approaching
storm, which made us feel very uneasy for the safety of the ships. On
the following morning the hurricane reached us, accompanied with rain
and snow, and never in my experience have I seen such a dreadful storm
in these high latitudes. The icebergs and loose ice got such way on
them as to break and tear up everything they came in contact with.
Boats, provisions, bags of clothes, beds, &c, were taken out of the
ship in temporary canvas tents on the ice, the ship being such a
perilous situation that it was at one time thought that not one out of
the twelve in company would be saved to carry home the 600 who were
standing on the ice watching their fate. During the night the gale
continued to rage with great fury, and the pressure amongst the ice in
some places was so great that the neighbourhood where the Jumna, of
Dundee, and the Active of Peterhead, lay docked, it was observed that the
floes run over the tops of icebergs sixty feet high, and fell down
with tremendous crash on the other side, close to the ships.
The docks where the Abram, of Kirkcaldy, and the Alexander, of Dundee,
lay, broke in by the pressure of the ice, and in less than five
minutes the Abram was crushed to atoms, and so run over by the ice that
not a vestige of her was ever seen again. So sudden was her loss, that
although the greater part of their provisions and five live pigs were on
the deck in readiness for any emergency, nothing was saved. The
Alexander, after drifting a short distance with the loose floes got
into a pressure, and her masts came tumbling down like broomsticks,
and she also went to pieces. Nothing was saved, except some of the
men's clothes, and her boats, which had been previously placed on
the ice for safety. ...
Wooden ship Trafalgar, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1806. In LR as 267 tons, armed: 4 9 pounders; 8 4 pounder carronades. Triangular (slave) voyages 83820, 83821. More history. Not in LR 1818. Voyage Hull to Canada with emigrants, 25 July 1817, ran aground on Brier Island, western-most point of Nova Scotia, in fog, wrecked but all aboard saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 05 April 1806]:
A fine new ship, called the Trafalgar, was launched from Mr.
Brockbank's yard, in this town, on the 22d. ult. She is 267 tons burthen,
belongs to Thomas Hinde, Esq. of Liverpool, and is intended for the
African trade.[correction Messrs W and S Hinde]
Image of Trafalgar under construction by Brockbank [by J Emery 1806; From Lancaster City Museum].
[from Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 14 April 1817]:
GOING TO NORTH AMERICA. For Halifax and St. John's, New Brunswick, The
uncommonly fine Copper-bottomed and fast sailing Ship TRAFALGAR, 270
Tons per register; JOHN WELBURN, commander... Is now on the berth for
Passengers only, provided a sufficient quantity offer, and will
positively Sail on or before the 25th May. ...
[reported: 1 June 1817, cleared Hull with many passengers - 180
between her and the John]
[from
Royal Gazette of Jamaica - Saturday 27 September 1817]:
Shipwreck ST. JOHN'S, Aug. 2. On Friday evening last, about half past eight
o'clock, the ship Trafalgar, Capt. Welburn, went ashore on Briar Island [sic]
in a very thick fog, the ship will be a total wreck; chief part of
the materials saved. The Trafalgar from Hull bound to this port, and
from hence to Quebec, and had 159 passengers, who, together with the
crew, were all saved.
[from Commercial Chronicle (London) - Thursday 02 October 1817]:
A letter has just been received by Mr. H. COCHRANE, from Captain J.
WELBURN, late of the Trafalgar, of Hull, dated St. John's, New
Brunswick, 30th July, 1817. It gives the following account of the loss
of that vessel:
I am sorry to inform you of the loss of the
Trafalgar, on the 25th July, about half past eight o'clock ,in the
evening; upon Brier's Island, in the Bay of Fundy, about 60 miles
below St. John's. I had been running up all the day it being very
thick, could not see anything; at seven, P. M., I hove the ship with
her head to the westward, thinking we were well over to the westward,
sounding in 40 fathoms; the tide running very strong, and before we
could see the land, we heard the surf against the rocks; got sail
upon the ship, but being so close, the strong tide set us upon the
rocks, it being high water when we got on, run out a kedge to heave
her off, but all to no use. At low water, the ship was dry, all
around, amongst the ragged rocks, which went through her in different
parts; the ship having as much water in the inside as there was on the
outside at high water. The passengers were all safe landed I that were
brought out, and got all their baggage on shore. We are saving all the
stores that we can, but they must be taken up to St. John's to be
sold, as there are no people on Brier's Island to purchase anything.
Wooden ship William, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1806. In LR as 435 tons. Initially owned Burrows, for trade Lancaster to Jamaica. Armed: 16 12 & 9 pounders. Voyage London to Jamaica, driven ashore in Annotto Bay, 17 October 1815.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 20 September 1806]:
On Saturday last, a remarkably fine new vessel was launched from Mr.
Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is 450 tons burthen, commanded by
Capt. Jonathan Derbyshire and intended for the Jamaica trade.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 October 1806]:
Lancaster Oct 18. Cleared. 11. William, Derbyshire, for Jamaica
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 November 1808]:
Liverpool. Nov. 24. William, Derbyshire, hence at Jamaica, 17th
Sept. after beating off a French corvette.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 February 1810]:
The William, Proctor, hence at Jamaica
[from Caledonian Mercury - Thursday 21 December 1815]:
ANOTHER HURRICANE AT JAMAICA, Kingston, October 28.
... The ships William, Elliott; Earl of Lonsdale, Fotheringham;
Bayly, Selkrig; Alert, - , and Janet, Arnold, and brig Parrsborough,
Forsyth, and sloops Sally and Middlesex, were driven ashore at Annotto
Bay. ...
[from Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette - Tuesday 24 December 1816]:
Insurance court case ...... The voyage was from Jamaica to London, the
case was this: The William, Elliott, having taken part of her cargo on board at
Kingston; was proceeding to another part of Jamaica to receive the
remainder, when she was lost in a storm, ...
Wooden ship Neptune, built John Brockbank, Lancaster 1806. In LR: 300 tons, armed: 4 12-pounders, 2 24-pound carronades, owned Mason for trade Lancaster to Tortola. Voyage Lancaster to St Thomas, captured by French corvette La Mouche, west of Scilly Isles, after a gun battle. Reported 27 May 1809.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 06 December 1806]:
FOR BERBICE. THE NEW SHIP NEPTUNE, Wm Fryer, Master; Burthen,
per register, 396 tons; and carries 16 guns, 12 and 9 pounders; intended to sail
in a month, single, or with armed ships. ...
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 May 1809]: Wooden ship Lord Cranstown (also Lord
Cranstoun), built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1807. In LR as 457 tons.
Voyage Jamaica to London, ashore
at Birling Gap (west of Beachy Head), 7 December 1817, salvaged and
later for sale at Newhaven as a hull - and broken up there.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 05 September 1807]: [from
Morning Post - Friday 29 December 1826]: [from
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 25 December 1826]: [from Sussex Advertiser - Monday 12 November 1827]: [from
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 28 July 1828]: Wooden schooner Lancashire Witch (also
Lancashire Witches), built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1807. In LR 192
tons, 3 masts. For inter-island trade in West Indies. Voyage Cayenne
to Jamaica, captured by French privateer and burnt, reported
March 1814.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 October 1807]: [from Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette - Tuesday 17 November 1812]: [from Royal Gazette of Jamaica - Saturday 07 May 1814]: Wooden ship Creole, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1808.
In LR 332, then 295 tons; armed: 16, later 8, guns, in LR to 1818 (uw).
[Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 July 1808]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 27 January 1815]: Wooden ship Pusey Hall (also Pucy Hall), built
John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1808. In LR as 344 tons. West-indiaman, then used for
whaling, then for transport of guano.
Voyage London to Patagonia for guano. Put into Puerto Santa Cruz for
supplies and wrecked, 16
September 1846. Eventually beached but condemned.
More history.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 November 1808]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 05 July 1848]; Wooden ship John O'Gaunt, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1809.
In LR 420 tons, armed.
More
history (and image).
Voyage to Martinique, captured by French frigate Clorinde, 6 December
1813, and scuttled. Crew
returned
[Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 01 July 1809]: [from
Caledonian Mercury - Thursday 23 December 1813]: Wooden ship Christopher, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1809.
In LR as 400 tons. Traded to West Indies, India, then Canada.
More history.
Voyage Quebec to London, with timber. On 23 December 1836, the ship
Christopher was found as a floating wreck in the Atlantic, after being
abandoned on
6 December 1836. Seventeen men lost, one survived.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 November 1809]: [from
Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Monday 26 December 1836]: Wooden ship William Aston, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1810. 374 tons.
Registered at London 1825, owned Newcastle.
More history.
Yet more history.
Voyage Dublin to Quebec, lost in Fortune
Bay, Newfoundland, 9 August 1830, crew and passengers saved.
[Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 07 April 1810]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 17 September 1830]: Wooden ship Essex, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1810.
554 tons, armed. For sale at London 1823, and again in 1826 and 1828.
Voyage New Orleans to Liverpool, on fire south of Bermuda and abandoned, 10
August 1833, master and 1 passenger died, 21 saved.
Some more history.
[Carlisle Journal - Saturday 20 October 1810]: [from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 08 April 1823]: [from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 13 March 1828]: [from
Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Saturday 19 October 1833]: Wooden ship William Dawson , built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1812.
Registered Alloa 1/1829, 481 tons, ON32861.
More history.
In LR to 1859.
Later rigged as a barque.
Voyage to Quebec from Clackmannan, with coal, driven ashore near Elie
Ness and wrecked, 31 July
1859, crew of 16 saved.
[Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 01 September 1812]: [from Alloa Advertiser - Saturday 06 August 1859]: Wooden ship Lancaster, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1813.
In LR 353 tons. From 1832, owned Sir John Tobin for trade Liverpool to Africa.
Voyage Liverpool to Africa, struck Sarn Badrig in Cardigan Bay, 14 March 1835 and
wrecked. Crew saved.
Full
details of wreck (includes image).
[Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 06 February 1813]: [from Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 10 April 1835]: Wooden brig Shannon, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1813.
In LR as 115 tons. Owned Carter, trading Liverpool to Limerick, master Jackson.
Voyage Limerick to Liverpool, wrecked 28
November 1816, off Southport, crew saved.
[Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 09 March 1813]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 06 December 1816]: Wooden brig/snow Richard, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1814.
In LR as 254 tons. By 1832, owned by her master, Laidman, for trade to
West Indies. Voyage Jamaica to Savanilla and Liverpool, sank while at
anchor in Savanilla Bay [Bahia de Sabanilla], 24 May 1834, and
condemned, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 October 1814]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 08 August 1834]: Wooden ship Layton, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1814.
498 tons. Sailed to India, and transported convicts to Australia. Also
took passengers to Australia. Later traded to Ichaboe for guano. Last voyage found
is arriving Barbados, leaky December 1845. For sale February 1846, as she now lies,
at Barbados.
More history.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 05 November 1814]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 16 February 1846]: [from
Barbadian - Saturday 21 February 1846]: Wooden brig Alexander, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1815. ON8708.
In LR as 164 tons. Registered Whitehaven 12/1846. ON 8078. In MNL to 1878,
owned William Main, Egremont, 146 tons.
Voyage Liverpool to Iceland with salt, wrecked by ice, 50
miles NE of Iceland, 2 May 1878, crew of 5 saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 December 1815]: [from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 14 April 1835]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 28 January 1836]: [from Carlisle Express and Examiner - Saturday 29 June 1878]: Wooden schooner Thomas & Nancy, built John Brockbank, Lancaster, 1817,
Registered Drogheda 9/1836, 82 tons, then 1/1853. ON1884. In MNL to 1868,
owned Thomas Cairnes, Drogheda, 75 tons.
Sunk off
Carrickfergus, 1 January 1867, by collision with brigantine Mary
Connick. Crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 11 February 1817]: [from Drogheda Journal, or Meath & Louth Advertiser - Tuesday 17 November 1829]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 03 January 1867]: [from Irish Times - Tuesday 05 February 1867]: Built James Smith (later Mrs Smith) Skerton
Pre 1800 vessels lauched James Smith, Skerton (from newspapers):
Wooden SV William & Nancy, built James Smith, Skerton, 1791.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 22 March 1791]: Wooden Ship Nancy, built James Smith, Skerton, 1792.
In LR as 282 tons, armed (14 6-pounders). For Liverpool to Jamaica trade.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 March 1792]: Wooden ship Ceres, built James Smith, Skerton, 1799. In LR as 341 tons.
Initially for trade Lancaster to Martinique, then Liverpool to Africa.
Slave voyages 80776-8;
Trading to Martinique. captured by a French Privateer, then recaptured by H M Medusa,
for sale London 1811. Not found in LR after that.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 26 March 1799]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 01 October 1799]: [from
Saunders's News-Letter - Thursday 24 January 1811]: [from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 17 September 1811]: Wooden ship Lune, built James Smith, Skerton, 1799.
More history.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 20 August 1799]: Built James Smith, and family, from 1800:
Wooden galliott Industry, built James Smith, Skerton, 1800.
Not found in LR. Traced to 1808 only.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 25 March 1800]: [from Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 18 March 1806]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 19 March 1808]: Possibly same vessel [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 23 March 1811]: List covering 1811-27 has "Galliot Industry of Lancaster, wrecked
in Cemaes Bay".
Wooden ship Alliance, built James Smith,
Skerton, 1800. In LR1802, 390 tons, master J Porteus, owner,
Timperon. Voyage Jamaica to Lancaster, with rum and wine, wrecked Piel, 5
October 1802, crew and some cargo saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 28 October 1800]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 09 October 1802]: [from Star (London) - Wednesday 13 October 1802]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 October 1802]: Wooden ship Jane, built James Smith, Skerton,
1801. In LR1803, 345 tons, master Campbell, owned Hind, trading
Liverpool to Jamaica. In LR1821uw, master Barrel, owner Knipe, for
trade Liverpool - Africa; in LR1821so, master Burrel. By
LR1824, in
uw, not in so version. A common name, so hard to track.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 October 1801]: [from
Lloyd's List - Friday 16 January 1818]: [from British Luminary - Sunday 07 January 1821]: [from
Liverpool Mercury - Friday 17 August 1821]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 August 1801]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 August 1801]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 28 August 1802]: Wooden brig Elizabeth, built Mrs Smith, Skerton, 1802.
In LR 1806: snow, 106 tons, master Hanah, owned Hanah & Co for
London - Dublin trade. By LR1811uw, master J Hannah, for Liverpool - Sligo trade.
Not in LR1812uw.
Voyage Cork to Liverpool, lost in
Liverpool Bay, 26 February 1811.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 November 1802]: [from True Briton - Friday 08 July 1803]: [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 15 March 1811]: Wooden fishing vessel Beaver, built Mrs Smith, Skerton, 1803,
reported as 42 tons.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 23 July 1803]: [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 10 September 1803]: Wooden smack Three Brothers, built Mrs Smith, Skerton, 1803.
Registered Whitehaven 20/1803, 14 tons.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 March 1803]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 April 1803]: Wooden ship Macclesfield, built Mrs Smith,
Skerton, 183. In LR 1807: 306 tons, master G Smith, owner Taylor, for
trade Liverpool to Africa. Armed: 18 9-pounders. Made three triangular
(slave) voyages 82412-4. Voyage London to Surinam, damaged in gales and
transferred, 13 February 1809, to Friendship and landed at Limerick,
32 crew and 2 passengers saved. Abandoned wreck
came ashore at Boffin Harbour.
More history.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 09 July 1803]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 13 August 1803]: [from Limerick Gazette - Friday 17 February 1809]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Tuesday 28 February 1809]: Wooden brigantine Harmony, built Mrs Smith, Skerton, 1803.
In LR 1807, 122 tons, master Russel, owned Welches. Coasting. In LR1816, trading
Bristol to Newfoundland, master Criddiford, owned Henderson.
Voyage Bristol - Lisbon - Newfoundland, lost in the ice,
reported June 1815.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 03 December 1803]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 March 1806]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 10 August 1813]: [from Bristol Mirror - Saturday 05 February 1814]: [from Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 16 April 1814]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 28 June 1815]: Wooden ship Braganza, built Caleb Smith,
Skerton, 1808. In LR - 311 tons. Armed with 20 guns. Mainly traded
to W Indies. Later described as a barque. Voyage Honduras to
Liverpool, wrecked near
Belize, 17 September 1828.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 06 February 1808]: [from
Hull Advertiser - Saturday 30 January 1808]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 07 January 1828]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 01 December 1828]: Wooden ship Venus, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1809.
In LR, 255 tons. Traded Liverpool to Brazil.
Registered Yarmouth 4/1832, 268 tons, owned Palmer. Later described as a brig.
Trade to Quebec. For sale 1847 at Yarmouth.
In LR to 1848, with stale data and no destination, so presumably broken up.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 07 January 1809]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 28 October 1829]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 09 July 1840]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 12 June 1847]: Wooden ship Lune, built Caleb Smith, Skerton,
1810. In LR, 345 tons, trading Liverpool to West Indies. Armed: 12 12-pounders.
By 1833, owned Lotherington, trading to Quebec for timber. Not in
LR1834.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 February 1810]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 04 August 1810]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 29 June 1832]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 17 January 1833]: [from Newry Telegraph - Tuesday 11 June 1833]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 15 October 1833]: Wooden ship John, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1810. In LR
as 358 tons, owned Irvine for trade London to Martinique. Armed: 2 6-pounders, 16
12-pounder carronades. In LR (uw) to 1818.
Voyage London to Martinique, captured by US
vessel, 24 July 1812, and taken to the USA.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 29 September 1810]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 September 1811]: [from Statesman (London) - Wednesday 21 October 1812]: Wooden ship Thomas, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1810.
In LR, 434 tons, armed: 12 9-pounders. Traded to West Indies. By 1829, owned
at Cork, for trade to N America, master Gowland, barque.
Voyage Cork to North America, 1 December 1830, found abandoned in
long. 32W, but still afloat. Later seen drifting towards Galway, and
reported sank
on 13 December at lat 51. 34 N, long 12. 5 W.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 01 December 1810]: [from New Times (London) - Friday 07 May 1819]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 23 November 1830]: [from
Cork Constitution - Saturday 18 December 1830]: [from Cork Constitution - Tuesday 28 December 1830]: Wooden ship Port Royal, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1811.
In LR, 410 tons, trading to West Indies. By 1815, owned Garnett, master Coulson,
trading Liverpool to New York.
Voyage New York to Jamaica, 29th September 1815, wrecked on SE
point of Great Inagua, crew and passengers saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 13 April 1811]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 02 June 1815]: [from Royal Gazette of Jamaica - Saturday 04 November 1815]: [from Law Chronicle, Commercial and Bankruptcy Register - Thursday 01 May 1817]: Wooden brig James, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1811. In LR as
288 tons, trading from Liverpool to Brazil and Canada.
Later owned Maryport, for sale 1828. LR1829so, gives master and owner J Carr.
Voyage Galway to Quebec, abandoned, 19
September 1829, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 December 1811]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 28 September 1827]: [from Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 23 October 1827]: [from
Lloyd's List - Friday 28 December 1827]: [from Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 04 March 1828]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 28 July 1829]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 05 October 1829]: Wooden brig Brothers, built Caleb Smith,
Skerton, 1812. Reported 256 tons burthen. First voyage found, master
Bragg, to Archangel in July 1813. Reported captured by American
privateers in July & August 1813, and taken into Trondheim, where
sold, by May 1814.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 April 1865]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 July 1813]: [from Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 21 May 1814]: Wooden ship Mary, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1813. In LR
as 375 tons. Traded Liverpool to New York, Maranham, Calcutta. In LR to 1844, owned Wright,
master Clark, trading Shields to America. From 1836 rigged as a barque.
A very common name - so hard to track.
Reported
as lost in the Atlantic 9 December 1843.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 06 March 1813]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 26 October 1837]: [from Morning Post - Monday 23 July 1838]: [from Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier - Thursday 07 March 1839]: Wooden snow/brig Mary Ellen, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1813.
In LR as 135 tons, owned Worrall for trade Liverpool to Dublin.
By 1819, owned Brown for trade Liverpool to Para. By 1829, owned Benn, her master,
for coasting.
Voyage Dublin to Whitehaven, 8 February 1830, ashore near Duddon, and
wrecked.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 October 1813]: [from Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette - Saturday 20 March 1824]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 12 February 1830]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 02 March 1830]: Wooden snow James, built Caleb Smith, Skerton,
1814. In LR as 317, then 313 tons. Trading from Liverpool to West Indies, to
Canada and then to Africa, owned Brassey, then Bold.
In LR1836 annotated "condemned".
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 01 March 1814]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 02 December 1833]: Wooden brig Albion, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1815.
In LR as 279 tons, trading to West Indies, then Madeira. Owned Smith, so possibly
part owned by her builders. In LRuw to 1819, when arrived Liverpool from West Indies,
master Proctor. Not traced after that, there are many vessels named Albion.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 04 February 1815]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 05 March 1816]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 21 March 1817]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 23 February 1819]: Wooden schooner Albion, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1815.
In LR1819 as 114 tons, trading Liverpool to Wexford.
Registered Preston 1854, 104 tons, then Liverpool, ON19810, then Beaumaris 1866-1920,
latterly owned William Thomas, Amlwch, 76 tons.
Crew list 1906.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 October 1815]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 31 March 1835]: [from
Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Friday 27 December 1907]: Wooden galliot/schooner Eliza, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1816.
In LR as 90 tons. In LR1819, owned W Saul for Liverpool to Lisbon trade. In LR1843 as
"lost".
Voyage Glasgow to Belfast, with coal, driven ashore in Glenarm Bay, 10 May 1840,
wrecked,
crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 August 1816]: [from Lancaster Herald and Town and County Advertiser - Saturday 15 September 1832]: [from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Wednesday 13 May 1840]: [from Dundee Courier - Friday 05 January 1877]: Wooden snow/brig Active, built Caleb Smith, Skerton, 1816.
In LR as 175 tons. In 1819, owned Heyworth, master Bragg, trading to S America.
Registered Irvine, 9/1831, 176 tons. Registered Beaumaris 5/1846, 176 tons,
marked as lost. In LR to 1849. Reported under repair at Amlwch 1849.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 31 August 1816]: [from
Lloyd's List - Thursday 16 September 1847]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 31 March 1849]: Built Thomas Worthington (later in partnership with Christopher Ashburner) at Skerton, Lancaster:
Wooden brig Hawk, built Thomas Worthington & Co., Skerton, 1817.
In LR as 96 tons. Registered Milford 4/1836 77tons.
Voyage Saundersfoot to Penzance, driven back and abandoned near
St Govan's Head, 29 October 1852, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 September 1817]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 November 1817]: [from Morning Post - Thursday 04 November 1852]: [from Welshman - Friday 05 November 1852]: Wooden brig Mary, built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1818.
In LR as 212 tons, owned Bibby for trade to Brazil, Reported condemned and scrapped 1827.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 03 October 1818]: Wooden SV, built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1819.
Advertised as 210 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 13 July 1819]: Wooden sloop George & Agnes, built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1820.
Seems to have been used to transport coal, stone and some passengers.
Voyage from Whitehaven to Isle of Whithorn, overset in a strong gust
and sank with
no survivors, 21 July 1826, captain and 2 crew and 8-15 passengers
were aboard.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 January 1820]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 17 May 1825]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 05 August 1826]: Wooden snow Thomas Burrow (also Thomas
Borrow), built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1822, in LR as 225 tons, owned Burrow,
trading Liverpool to Trinidad.
Voyage Tortola to Lancaster, with sugar, 31 August 1833, struck
sandbank entering Lune and capsized,
Captain Dawson died, crew saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 30 November 1822]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 22 April 1833]: [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 06 September 1833]: Wooden brig Paragon, built Worthington & Co., Skerton, 1824.
In LR as 257 tons, owned Holt, for trade Liverpool to Jamaica. Later registered at Maryport.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 May 1824]: [from
Liverpool Albion - Tuesday 27 February 1838]: [from
Wexford Independent - Wednesday 28 February 1838]: Wooden sloop Betty & Jane , built T Worthington & Co., Skerton, 1824.
65 tons burthen, for Ulverston.
Voyage Preston to Bardsea, with coal, missing,
departed early December 1825.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 July 1824]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 11 July 1825]: [from
Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 24 December 1825]: Wooden ship Meredith, built Thomas Worthington
& Co, Skerton, 1825. In LR, owned Jones, trading Liverpool to
Demerara. 278 tons. Voyage Hawaii to New Zealand, wrecked crossing
bar of Hokianga, 13 July 1832. One crew member reported lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 February 1825]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 25 October 1831]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 18 February 1833]: [from the Australian - Friday 7 September 1832]: Wooden brig Lord Oriel, built Thomas
Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1825. In LR as 122 tons, owned by her
master, Ennis, coasting from Workington. Later owned Falmouth,
registered there 7/1836, 93 tons. Voyage Newport to Guernsey, with
coal, posted missing in
gales, early August 1844, crew of 6 lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 September 1825]: [from Western Courier, West of England Conservative, Plymouth and
Devonport Advertiser - Wednesday 21 August 1844]: Wooden brig Stair Stewart, built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1826.
105 tons, for coasting. Also advertised as voyaging to Oporto. In LR1833uw, 104 tons,
owned D. Dickinson.
Voyage Limerick to Chester [Liverpool in some reports], lost on
Lancashire coast, after 30 December 1833.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 25 April 1826]: [from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 24 June 1826]: [from
Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 16 February 1829]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 21 January 1834]: Wooden brig Dawson, built Thomas Worthington &
Co, Skerton, 1826. In LR as 266 tons, owned Dawson for trade to
Jamaica, but described [LR1829-50] as built Whitehaven [sic], 1826.
Traded to Australia. Registered London 354/1833 and 45/1838. For sale
1845, built Lancaster. Then on east coast service, registered
Sunderland 28/1845, 231 tons, Hartlepool 16/1849, 233 tons. Not in LR
after 1850. In MNL ON5256, registered Newcastle 1858-1870, latterly
owned William Barnfather, Hebburn, 217 tons.
Voyage Gluckstadt (Elbe) to Newcastle, in ballast, wrecked Redcar,
23 November 1869, 6 saved, 2 lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 August 1826]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 20 September 1845]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 30 November 1847]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 02 November 1849]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 08 August 1850]: [from Knaresborough Post - Saturday 27 November 1869]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 30 November 1869]: Wooden brig William Wise, built Thomas Worthington & Co, Skerton, 1826.
In LR 229 tons, owned by her master, J Winder, for trade Liverpool to Demerara.
Registered London 471/1836, 229 tons, then 373/1848, 141/1850 and 256/1851.
In MNL, ON2232, to 1880, when owned James Fielder, London, 229 tons.
Crew lists to 1878 only. Repaired on Tyne 1880 and sold to Norwegian owners.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 January 1826]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 28 September 1872]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 07 June 1878]: [from Shields Daily News - Friday 09 July 1880]: [from Shields Daily News - Tuesday 17 August 1880]: Wooden sloop Lune, built Thomas Worthington &
Co, Skerton, 1825 [date from LR] or 1826 [date from SBS]. In LR as 81
tons, owned Dewhurst for coasting. In LR to 1837, registered
Lancaster.
Voyage Greenock to Glasson Dock,
aground on King William Bank and abandoned, 10
March 1844, crew of 4 saved. Described as of Ulverston - which was
within Lancaster registry at that date.
Probably the vessel advertised in October
1826, as on the stocks, 114 tons burthen.
[from
Greenock Advertiser - Tuesday 19 March 1844]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 28 October 1826]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 April 1827]: Built Glasson Dock, River Lune, near Lancaster:
Wooden schooner Pilgrim, built Nicholson,
Glasson Dock, 1838. Registered Ramsey 2/1846, 32 tons; then 3/1852.
ON20709. Registered Douglas 7/1857 (which confirms built Lancaster
1838). 48.8 x 13.9 x 7.2 ft. Voyage, with turnips, to Liverpool,
aground on Shell Wharf, 20 December 1859. Crew of 3 saved, but captain
thought not likely to survive.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 May 1838]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 25 August 1847]: [from Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier - Thursday 30 December 1847]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 December 1859]: Wooden pilot cutter Lune, built Nicholson, Glasson Dock, 1838.
Registered Lancaster 11/1838, 13 tons. Not found in MNL.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 11 August 1838]: Wooden schooner Anna, built Nicholson, Glasson Dock, 1839,
Registered Greenock 1842, then Dumfries 1846. 45.6 x 12.2 ft, 28 tons. Owned William Turner.
Latest master listed: William Haining. Dumfries register notes "cancelled, vessel foundered, February
1855".
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 09 February 1839]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 19 April 1854]: Wooden barque John Horrocks, built Nicholson, Glasson Dock, 1840.
More history.
Voyage Liverpool to Demerara, with general cargo, including lime,
wrecked West Hoyle, 13 December 1854, - see also here.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 13 January 1840]: [from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 21 April 1840]: Wooden brig Elizabeth, built Nicholson, Glasson
Dock, 1840. Registered Lancaster 10/1840, 146 tons; lengthened 1852;
re-registered as 12/1852, 202 tons; then Liverpool 35/1855, 202 tons,
ON2355, later registered Wells. 97 x 21.8 x 12.4ft. In MNL to 1881, owned William Allen,
Weybourne, 168 tons. Listed in LR1881 as "wrecked".
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 10 March 1840]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 16 September 1880]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 21 October 1880]: Wooden schooner Belle, built Nicholson, Glasson
Dock, 1840. In LR1842-6, 99 tons, owned Nicholson, Liverpool
coasting, master Reed.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 29 September 1840]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 17 September 1840]: [from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 10 October 1840]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 06 March 1843]: [from Preston Pilot - Saturday 20 December 1845]: Wooden brig Lancaster, (launched as Princess Royal), built
Nicholson, Glasson Dock, 1840. Advertised for sale, as Princess Royal, 1841. In LR1842 on,
owned Booker, Liverpool, 182 tons.
Registered Liverpool 61/1843, 194 tons, Shields 11/1853, 194 tons,
then 47/1855, then Hartlepool 27/1855. ON26126. In MNL to 1877, owned Wm Watson, Seaham, 175 tons,
brigantine.
Voyage Seaham to London, storm damaged and abandoned, 15
October, 1877, crew of 5 saved by SS Courier and landed at
Middlesbrough.
More history.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 27 July 1839]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 March 1841]: [from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 18 April 1848]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Saturday 20 October 1877]: Wooden schooner Sarah, built Glasson Dock, 1842 [from MNL]. ON21710.
Presumably built by Nicholson & Simpson.
Registered Wigtown 1854, 43 tons, later Londonderry 1882, register closed 1891,
when owned William Hamond, Burton Port, 47 tons.
Voyage London to Liverpool, with gunpowder, departing 20 August 1891,
and posted missing. Some
wreckage of her cargo was washed ashore on Anglesey. All hands lost.
[from Dublin Evening Telegraph - Saturday 27 November 1880]: [from Shields Daily News - Wednesday 21 October 1891]: Wooden schooner Arrow, built Nicholson, Glasson Dock, 1843.
Owned Arrowsmith, registered Preston 27/1843, 90 tons. For sale 1849.
Owned Mitchison for Clyde - Ireland trade.
Voyage Seaham to Bordeaux, with coal, 27 December 1851, struck Long
Sand, off Harwich, and abandoned, crew
saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 November 1843]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 29 January 1849]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 17 February 1851]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 29 December 1851]: Wooden schooner Christina (also Christiana), built Nicholson,
Glasson Dock, 1843.
Registered Fleetwood 2/1851, then Sligo 1853, 43 tons, in MNL to 1884, owned Middleton &
Pollexfen, Sligo, 44 tons.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 04 February 1843]: Wooden schooner Town of Preston, built Nicholson & Simpson,
Glasson Dock, 1846.
ON1160
Registered Preston 23/1846, 79 tons, then 12/1849.
Registered Wigtown 1882 to 1887, owned Anthony Findlay, Port William, 58 tons.
Dumfries shipping registers state: vessel stranded on the Jura side of
the Islay Sound in 1884 and remains.
[from Preston Pilot - Saturday 26 September 1846]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Thursday 07 February 1884]: Wooden schooner Lancashire Lass, built
Nicholson & Simpson, Glasson Dock 1847. ON284. Registered Lancaster
3/1847, 108 tons, later Sligo 1/1853. In MNL to 1864. Voyage
Liverpool to Donegal Bay, departed 19 October 1864, and posted missing, all
hands lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 May 1847]: [from
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 07 December 1852]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 09 January 1865]: Wooden schooner Valentine, built Nicholson &
Simpson, Glasson Dock, 1849. Registered Lancaster 5/1849, 125 tons.
In LR1850: owned Simpson, master Jackson. Voyage Maracaibo to
Liverpool, departing 24 March 1850, and posted missing.
[from Preston Pilot - Saturday 12 May 1849]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 28 March 1850]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 26 July 1850]: Wooden pilot cutter Lune, built Nicholson & Co., Glasson Dock,
1852.
Registered Lancaster 8/1852, 18 tons, then Liverpool 323/1853. Not in MNL.
Reported as built to replace a pilot cutter wrecked in 1851: the earlier Lune,
perhaps.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 April 1852]: Wooden schooner Thomas Whitworth, built Simpson, Glasson Dock
1854.
ON 17209. Registered Fleetwood 1854, 127 tons, in MNL to 1868, owned John Carter, Fleetwood,
19 tons (sic 119?). In LR1857 as 164/127 tons, owned Whitworth.
Voyage Fleetwood to Belfast, with coal, driven ashore on
Copeland Island, 5 December 1867, captain and one hand lost, 3 saved.
[from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 11 November 1854]: [from Preston Herald - Saturday 14 December 1867]: Wooden pilot cutter (sloop) Coupland, built Simpson, Glasson Dock, 1855.
ON18223, registered Lancaster 1855, 13 tons, in MNL to 1873, owned John Burrell, Lancaster.
[from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 17 November 1855]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 December 1855]: Wooden schooner Margaret Porter, built Simpson, Glasson Dock,
1856.
Registered Lancaster 1856, 122 tons, ON18226, by 1871 owned James Fisher, Barrow, 106 tons.
Reported in RCUS as missing on a
voyage from Portaferry to Havre, 5 crew lost, owned James Fisher,
departing 27 February 1871, Newspapers state voyage from Carlingford,
with potatoes.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 26 April 1856]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 20 May 1871]: Wooden schooner Gauntlet, built Matthew Simpson, Glasson Dock, 1857.
ON16680. Registered Lancaster 1857, 122 tons, registered Barrow 1880 and 1890, then
Lancaster again until 1928, when owned George Grounds, Runcorn, 97 tons.
More history.
Voyage Charleston (Cornwall) to Kirkcaldy, with clay, dismasted and abandoned, 20
November 1927, off Flamboro' Head, crew of 4 saved.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 11 January 1928]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 03 December 1927]: [from Runcorn Weekly News - Friday 25 November 1927]: Wooden schooner Express, built Matthew Simpson, Glasson Dock, 1860.
ON28401. Registered Whitehaven 4/1860, 119 tons. Registered Dublin from 1892, last MNL
entry 1905, when owned John Kinch, Arklow, 96 tons.
Voyage Cardiff to Dublin, with coke, 26 February 1905, driven ashore 3 miles
north of Wicklow, crew saved.
[from Evening Irish Times - Monday 27 February 1905]: Vessels reported as built "Lancaster" with no more detail of location.
Wooden sloop Eclipse, built Lancaster 1845
[from MNL]. Registered Campbeltown 2/1850, 47 tons. ON3090. In MNL to
1878, owned J McMillan, Port Ellen, sloop, 41 tons. Voyage Greenock
to Port Ellen, with coal, driven ashore by storm,
24 March 1878, at North Cairn, Corsewall Point. 1 saved, 2 lost.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 29 March 1878]: Lake Windermere and other lakes. As well as steam boats, passenger sailing boats were
built.
Wooden sailing vessels Victoria, Prince of Wales,
built William Watson, Ambleside, 1844.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 11 May 1844]: Greenodd built: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 December 1828]: Some partial information on other vessels, possibly built at Greenodd: [from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 11 May 1839]: Wooden brig Mary, built Greenodd, 1815. Reported
built Greenodd. In LR1821-5, based London, 103 grt, owned
Lamplugh, then Falls, then Butcher; master Carswell. Last
voyage found with master Carswell in 1823.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 09 August 1822]: [from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 26 May 1823]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 14 October 1823]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 21 November 1823]: Wooden schooner Victoria, built Winder, Greenodd, 1838.
ON1260, registered Liverpool, 1838, 52 tons, in MNL to 1872, owned A J Woodhouse, Barrow,
40 tons, then 1873 registered Barrow, to 1879, same owner.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 06 November 1838]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 30 April 1868]: Wooden schooner Elizabeth, built Greenodd, 1839,
most probably by Winder. Registered
Liverpool 116/1839, 73 tons, ON3266, by 1865 registered Lancaster. In MNL to 1877,
owned Joseph Hogg, Douglas, 61 tons, described as built Ulverstone.
Voyage Whitehaven to Douglas, with coal, collided with trawler Wander [or Wonder]
and sank, 8
December 1876, crew of 3 saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 18 June 1839]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Monday 11 December 1876]: Wooden schooner New Thomas, built Mrs Winder,
Greenodd, 1840. ON 1623, registered Liverpool, 30/1840, 48 tons.
Later registered Lancaster. In MNL to 1869, owned George Porter,
Barrow, 37 tons. Voyage Barrow to Dittonbrook [Widnes], with iron
ore, aground, south end of Walney, 21 October 1868, and wrecked.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 01 February 1840]: [from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 07 November 1840]: [from
Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 25 July 1868]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 18 July 1868]: [from
Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector - Saturday 31 October 1868]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 29 October 1868]: Wooden smack Greenport, built Richard Ashburner, Greenodd, 1845.
Registered Liverpool 1849, 24 tons, then Fleetwood by 1860, then Caernarfon 1863.
In MNL to 1882, owned Hugh Jones, Pwllheli, 20 tons. Advertised 1861 as used for fishing.
By 1870's seems to have been used for coastal trade - voyages found to September 1875..
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 25 February 1845]: [from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 26 July 1861]: [from
Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 04 September 1875]: Wooden schooner William, registered Lancaster
4/1847, 50 tons; described [RCUS] as lost 1850, and as "of Ulverston".
Several vessels named William were built at Ulverston, and one was claimed
to have been built at Greenodd.
Voyage Liverpool to Derry, with salt, struck North Rock and sank, 30
November 1850. Crew saved in own boat.
[from Banner of Ulster - Tuesday 10 December 1850]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 03 December 1850]: Wooden schooner Margaret, built Richard
Ashburner, Greenodd, 1848. Registered Lancaster 2/1848, 86 tons.
LR1850: Margaret, Schooner, 86 tons, built Ulverston [sic] 1848, owned
T Roper, Ulverston, master Bond. ON22984. RCUS gives buit Greenodd, 74
tons. In LR to 1862, unchanged information, except: smack. Voyages
found to December 1856 with master Bond. In 1860, voyages with master
Allonby. Voyage Barrow to Cardiff, with iron ore, collision in Ramsey
Sound and ran aground, wrecked, 4
November 1860, crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 15 February 1848]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 15 November 1860]: FV Providence, built Richard Ashburner, Greenodd, 1848.
Registered Preston 1848, 24 tons, then later Fleetwood, 24 tons, owned Thomas Leadbetter, Fleetwood.
In MNL to 1878 when owned Benjamin Holt, Fleetwood, 25 tons.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 19 October 1848]: Wooden schooner Ann Rennison, built Richard
Ashburner, Grenodd, 1849. In LR1851, 113 tons, owned Hall & Co,
Ulverston. Voyage Barrow to Newport, with iron ore, partly disabled
by storm off Holyhead, then aground, 28
October 1852, on Scarweather Sands, off Porthcawl, crew saved.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 20 September 1849]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 04 November 1852]: Wooden schooner Ant, built 1849. ON1548,
registered Lancaster 1849, 62 tons. MNL report built Ulverstone,
Fisher fleet list, and shipbuilders site, quote built Petty & Postlethwaite, Ulverston;
however, local
history reports built Richard Ashburner, Greenodd.
By 1870, owned James Fisher, Barrow.
From 1873 to 1885 owned John Lavery, Carrickfergus, 54 tons.
Reported lost 1885 - possible report is schooner Ant taking coal from Maryport
to Carnlough, foundered November 1885.
[from Belfast News-Letter - Friday 22 September 1882]: [from South Wales Daily News - Monday 16 November 1885]: Wooden schooner Edward & Margaret, built Samuel
Schollick, Greenodd, 1851. ON18215, registered Lancaster 1851, 57 tons. Local
history suggests she had design faults that needed rectifying.
Registered Fleetwood 1880-1896, when owned Mrs Harriet Williams,
Appledore, 79 tons.
Voyage Cardiff via Appledore to Alderney, with coal, departing Appledore, 27 December 1895,
foundered off
Land's End, crew of 5 saved.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 02 October 1851]: [from North Devon Gazette - Tuesday 31 December 1895]: Ulverston built. Prior to 1796, ship building at Ulverston was based in the creek,
called Salt Coats, to the south of the town. A Canal was built in 1796, with one lock -
the sea lock - at Canalfoot, which allowed vessels of up to 27 ft width and 112 ft length to enter.
The canal lead to quays near the centre of Ulverston. The banks of the canal
were ideal for ship building. Mostly coastal vessels were built, but some larger ones also.
There were shipyards at several different locations along the Canal.
Ships built at Salt Coats/Cotes:
Wooden sloop Newland, built Swainson,
Saltcoats, Ulverston, 1798. Registered Dumfries 1825, owned Annan.
51 x 14.5 x 6.1 ft, 41 tons, 1 mast. Listed as built
Saltcoats 1798.
Registered Carlisle 1/1852, 41 tons, ON19103, then 1872 registered
Wigtown, as a schooner. In MNL to 1891, owned James Oliver, Carsethorn, 36 tons.
last voyage found: 1890, when 92 years old.
[from
Lloyd's List - Monday 30 July 1888]: [from
Lloyd's List - Monday 27 January 1890]: Wooden sloop/schooner Bardsea, built Swainson,
Saltcoats, Ulverston, 1798. Registered Whitehaven 18/1817, sloop 52
tns. Rebuilt at Maryport 1821, registered Whitehaven 1848, then
Dumfries 1857. ON12663. In 1854, 54 tons, by 1867, owned John
Douglas, Kirkcudbright, 42 tons. Dumfries shipping register gives 53.7
x 15.6 x 7.4 ft, 42.87 tons, 2 masts, schooner, owned Thomas Helme,
Dalbeattie. Quotes lost on voyage Peel to Water of Urr - probably
Piel, which she visited en route from Liverpool. Lost on a voyage
Liverpool to Water of Urr, with guano, probably during a storm on 7
December 1866, all 3 crew aboard lost.
[from Carlisle Journal - Friday 21 December 1866]: [from Carlisle Journal - Tuesday 18 December 1866]: Wooden galliot/schooner Mary, built Ephraim Swainson,
Saltcoats, Ulverston 1799, 106 tons. In LR 1828, owned Fell, master Mattocks
[sic].
Later registered N Shields. More
history.
Wooden sloop James, built Swainson, Saltcoats, Ulverston, 1803.
In LR1811uw as 88 tons, owned Cannon, trading Dublin to Cardiff, master Cannon.
Note LR1810-13 has James, built Ulverston 1802, sloop 88 tons, master Annen, at the same time
as James, built Saltcoats, 1803, sloop 88 tons, master Cannon.
Later master described in LR as Hosker.
No voyages found with that master.
In LRuw to 1821; LRso to 1815.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 22 April 1806]: Wooden dogger Glory, built Swainson, Saltcoats, Ulverston, 1804.
Reported as 120 tons burthen. Not in LR. Voyages found to 1805 with master Towers.
Noted as 20th vessel built by Swainson for Newland Company - who had a small works in the
village of Newland, near Ulverston, water powered, making iron from local iron ore and local charcoal.
Reported sold to Preston owners 1810.
Note Glory, master Hosker, was trading from Ulverston from 1801 to 1814.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 April 1804]: Vessels listed
as built for Newland Iron Company by Swainson at Saltcoates: Unity Do
54t 1770; Liberty Sl 55t 1778; Ford Sl 40t 1781; Fanny Do 55t 1786;
Molly F 55t 1789; Benson Sl 78t 1793; William Sl 81t 1796; Endeavour
Sl 29t 1796; Ann Sl 93t 1797; Newland Sl 51t 1798; Ellen Sl 72t 1799;
Kitty Sl 85t 1802; Hero Sl 38t 1803; James Sl 33t 1803; Mary Ann Ga
89t 1803; Glory Do 101t 1804; Margaret Do 99t 1805; Backbarrow Sl 32t
1805; James Sl 62t 1806; George Sl 93t 1806. This is less than 19
before Glory, so some must be missing.
[from
Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 11 February 1806]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 12 October 1805]: Wooden sloop Backbarrow, built Ulverston 1805.
Builder either Swainson or Hart & Co. Registered Lancaster 4/1848 20
tons. Not in MNL. Voyages with master Holme(s) found 1805 to 1846.
Mainly trading with iron ore, within Morecambe Bay. Sold 1848 to
Captain Braithwaite, of Ulverston. Backbarrow was a port further up
the river Leven, with an iron works.
Voyage Barrow to Poulton, with iron ore, leaky and sank near
Fleetwood, 10 November 1851.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 November 1805]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 29 November 1851]: Wooden sloop James, built Ephraim Swainson,
Saltcoats, Ulverston 1806, 62 tons [from SBS]. LR has sloops James, 88 tons, built 1802
and also 1803.
A sloop James of Ulverston was reported lost in Port of Spittal Bay on 5 November 1811.
See also.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 19 November 1811]: [from Saint James's Chronicle - Thursday 28 November 1811]: Wooden sloop George, built Ephraim Swainson,
Saltcoats, Ulverston 1806, 193 tons. Reported lost on voyage Ulverston to Cardiff,
with iron ore, on Scarweather sands, 18 July 1819, 8 crew and 1 passenger
lost, none saved. Wreck data.
Wooden schooner Bradyll (also Braddyl and
Braddyll), built Salt Coats, Ulverston, 1826. In LR as 60 tons, owned
Wood.
More
history - naming builders as Woodburn & Jackson.
Voyage Ulverston to Liverpool, lost with all
hands and passengers, off the coast of Lancashire/Wales, 20th
February, 1833. [William Barrow of Ulverston named as one of the
passengers lost]
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 03 June 1826]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 March 1833]: Ships built in Ulverston Canal.
Built by Joseph Hart, Christopher Ashburner was initially a partner, they later
dissolved their partnership and built in different locations on the Canal.
They originally built at Saltcoats (also called Sandside), a creek near Ulverston. When the
Canal was built in 1796, they moved more activities to a yard in the Canal - at canal foot.
Wooden brig James, built Hart & Co., Saltcoats, Ulverston, 1796.
In LR as 136 tons, owned Ellerton, master Fleming, trading Liverpool to Dublin, later
as master Downes, owned Downes, armed.
Reported captured near Gothenburg, 18 September 1808. Seems to have been released,
and traded to Oporto from Liverpool and Dublin, master Jones. In LRso to 1814.
Note that a ship, James, built 1790, Saltcoats, 186 tons, is also listed in LR -
probably built Swainson.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 09 October 1808]: [from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 19 August 1812]: Wooden ship Belfast, built Hart & Co., Ulverston 1797.
In LR as 256 tons, owned Montgomery, Belfast, armed 14 guns. Last voyage found was late 1813
to Buenos Ayres.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 March 1804]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 10 December 1813]: Wooden brig Albion, built Hart & Co., Ulverston, 1797. In LR
as 232 tons. Based Glasgow. By LR1808uw, owned Lindsay, armed: 2 guns, trading Greenock to Trinidad,
master Crawford.
Reported, 22 December 1807, lost at Trepassey, Newfoundland.
[from Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 18 February 1804]: [from Star (London) - Tuesday 22 December 1807]: [from
Saunders's News-Letter - Tuesday 29 December 1807]: Wooden ship Hope, built Hart & Co., Ulverston,
1798 [see Argo below]. In LR as 256 tons, owned Atkinson, armed: 16 9-pounders, 4
12-pounders, for trade Lancaster to Tortola, master Jackson. In LR to 1802. Last voyage
found: Liverpool to Antigua, arriving early 1802.
Hope is a very common ship name.
More
history.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 October 1801]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 23 March 1802]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 July 1802]: Wooden ship Argo, built Hart & Co., Ulverston, 1799.
Reported as 298 tons, armed 20 guns. Not found in LR.
Voyage to Jamaica, sank after a gun
battle with a French privateer, 2 May 1799, one man killed, in Lat 33
N, long 25 W. More
history;
Local history [from Barrow News - Saturday 02 May 1925]: [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 26 March 1799]: [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 16 July 1799]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Monday 16 December 1799]: Wooden ship Pitt, built Ulverston, 1799, for
trade to West Indies and America. 307 tons, armed. More
history.
Later based Troon for trade to Bay Chaleur for timber.
Voyage Troon to Canada, leaky in long. 20W, 21 August 1843, put back to Troon.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 August 1812]: [from
Lloyd's List - Friday 21 July 1826]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 24 August 1843]: Vessels reported as built by Hart & Co., but not yet described below:
Wooden ship Kitty, built Hart & Co., Ulverston
1800. In LR as 320 tons. A varied career: trade to West Indies,
armed, 1804 hired to RN as an armed ship, then privateer, traded to
Russia, made 3 whaling voyages, then trading Tyne to Baltic and London
to Spain. Listed in LR to 1852. Voyage Grimsby to Riga, ashore near
Helsingborg, damaged, reported 4 October 1852. Full
history.
[from North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham
Advertiser - Friday 03 September 1852]: [from Hull Advertiser - Friday 15 October 1852]: Wooden flat Friendship, built Hart & Co., Ulverston 1800.
Owned by her master, J Atkinson. Lost on Hoyle Bank, reported 18 February 1804.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 February 1804]: Wooden brig/snow Thetis, built Hart & Co., Ulverston, 1801.
In LR as 196 tons, owned J Mitchell, for trade Liverpool to Baltic, master Bigland.
Voyage Baltic to Liverpool, 25 October 1806, wrecked in Riga
Bay.
[from Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 06 December 1806]: Wooden schooner Ann, built Hart & Co., Ulverston, 1805.
Registered Workington 1/1848, 70 tons. ON14607. Registered Irvine from 1857. In MNL to 1863.
Voyage coastwise, lost at sea, 21 December 1862, 4 crew saved, owned Robert McKane [from RCUS].
[not found BNA].
Wooden brig/snow Tyson, built Hart & Co.,
Ulverston 1805. In LR as 120 tons, owned Tyson, master Neale. Traded
London to Ulverston and Whitehaven. In LR1823 (not 1824) with master
Neale - but last voyage found with master Neale was September 1816.
Voyage Dublin to Whitehaven, 11 November 1816, lost near Portdinllaen.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 15 November 1816]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 25 August 1807]: [from Carlisle Patriot - Saturday 23 November 1816]: Wooden sloop Alice, built Hart & Co.,
Ulverston, 1806. Registered Fleetwood 1/1850, 37 tons, then Lancaster
15/1854, 37 tons, ON9320. Registered Beaumaris 1859 - 98. Latest crew
list 1896, owned by her master, Richard Williams, Llanalgo, 60
grt, 31 nrt. More
history.
Wooden sloop Betsey, built Hart & Co., Ulverston, 1807,
Registered Wigtown 1822, 54.4 x 16 x 6.4 ft, 59 tons, sloop, owned A Milligan, Newton Stewart,
master M'Cracken from 1826.
Wigtown register closed - the sloop BETSEY having been lost on a voyage
between Liverpool and Wigtown on 12 Nov. 1832.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 11 September 1832]: [from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 October 1832]: Wooden brig/snow Henry, built Hart & Co.,
Ulverston, 1809. In LR as 140 tons. Described as of Ulverston. Traded
Liverpool to Demerara. For sale 1821 at Whitehaven, and then traded
from Whitehaven. When master and owner, George France, died in 1828,
for sale again. Not traced after that - new owner not found in LR.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 01 December 1820]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Monday 15 October 1821]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 30 September 1828]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 21 October 1828]: Wooden schooner New Liberty, built Hart & Co,
Ulverston, 1810. This vessel is reported "totally wrecked" on 28
January 1819 on Pilling Sands, with loss of crew. Only some small
pieces of wreckage came ashore at Pilling. However a vessel with same
build details is found later in MNL. So, presumably, salvaged and
rebuilt. Voyages for New Liberty, M'Gill, based Belfast are found from
1823. Registered Belfast 1836, 59 tons. For sale at Belfast 1857,
registered Maryport 1859, 55 tons. In MNL ON3133. In MNL to 1884,
owned R McLaughlin, Maryport, 47 tons. Voyage Maryport to Strangford,
with coal, during gale on 7 February 1881, posted missing with all
3 hands lost.
[from Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser - Tuesday 03 November 1857]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 22 February 1881]: Wooden galliot/schooner Walney Star, built Ulverston,
1811, most probably by Hart & Co.
Registered Maryport 7/1845, galliot, 47 tons; then 1854, 47 tons. ON12605. In MNL to 1862.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 August 1811]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Saturday 08 May 1858]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 07 May 1858]: [from Belfast News-Letter - Wednesday 19 May 1858]: Wooden ship Ulverstone, built Joseph Hart & Ashburner,
Sandside, Ulverston, 1811. She was too wide to be built in the canal
so was built in the creek also named Saltcoats. ON5307. 354 tons, armed.
Whaling 1827-36. Registered NE England.
More history.
Voyage Shields to Carthagena, with coal, sunk by
collision with Australian barque, Concordia, off Portland, 26 February
1873. Crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 29 October 1811]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 31 March 1828]: [from
Lloyd's List - Thursday 27 February 1873]: Wooden brig Lund, built Hart & Co., Ulverston,
1811. In LR as 133 tons, later 117 tons. Owned Harrison, Dublin,
then, from 1821, Spedding, Whitehaven for use as a collier to Ireland.
Voyage Londonderry to Liverpool, with timber, ashore near Point of Ayr
and abandoned, 20
March 1843. Later moved to the beach near Liverpool Docks to salvage
her cargo and then advertised for sale, probably for breaking.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 20 August 1813]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 07 February 1843]: [from
Liverpool Albion - Monday 20 March 1843]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 03 April 1843]: Wooden ship Berlin, built Hart & Co.,
Ulverston, 1811. In LR as 303 tons. Traded from Liverpool to West
Indies and to Africa. Arned: 10 9-pounders. Last voyage found,
returning from Africa to Liverpool May 1834. LR1836 has Berlin, Moss,
of Liverpool, broken up.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 31 January 1812]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 August 1823]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 16 May 1834]: Wooden brig/snow Betsy, built Joseph Hart, Ulverston, 1812.
In LR as 119 tons. In LR to 1821, owned Warburton or Roberts, trading to Dublin, master
J. Roberts. Betsy is a common ship name.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Monday 05 March 1821]: Possibly another vessel [from
Sun (London) - Monday 03 December 1821]: Wooden snow/brig/galliot Agnes, built Joseph
Hart, Ulverston, 1812. In LR as 140 tons, armed (6 guns), owned Neale
[sic], built "Lncstr". Later owned Whitehaven, primarily for taking
coal to Dublin, 150 tons, owned Webster, built Ulverston. Voyage Whitehaven for
Cardiff, 6 December 1853, leaky and ashore south of
Drogheda - 3 crew saved, 4 lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 March 1812]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 28 September 1819]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 05 August 1829]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 16 March 1838]: [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 14 September 1839]: [from
Carlisle Journal - Saturday 23 November 1839]: [rom Carlisle Journal - Saturday 18 November 1843]: [from Carlisle Patriot - Saturday 24 December 1853]: Wooden brig Martha, built, Joseph Hart, Ulverston, 1812. In LR as 125 tons,
owned M Harrison [in 1815], master Blackburn. For sale 1825 at Whitehaven. Not in LR 1827.
Several brigs called Martha trading at this date.
Voyage Whitehaven to Cardiff, struck Arklow Bank and abandoned, 31
July 1826, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 15 August 1825]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 September 1825]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 08 August 1826]: Wooden sloop Peggy, built Hart & Co., Ulverston 1812.
Registered Liverpool 81/1845, 34 tons. ON4142. In MNL to 1879, owned Edward Moore, Llandudno,
35 tons.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 August 1812]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 December 1828]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 28 May 1836]: Wooden sloop/schooner Barrow, built Hart & Co.,
Ulverston 1813. Registered Whitehaven 1/1841, 41 tons, then Liverpool
619/1853. Voyage to Australia 1854. Registered Melbourne January
1855, 41 tons. ON 31837. In MNL to 1881, owned Andrew White,
Melbourne, 41 tons, schooner.
Vessel wrecked within 8
miles from Riverton, New Zealand, 10 April 1863. Melbourne shipping
register states lost 1863.
[from
Carlisle Journal - Friday 12 May 1854]: New Zealand records: Wooden brigantine/schooner Trader, built Hart & Co., Ulverston 1813.
For sale at Ulverston 1826, described as a schooner. Sold to Whiteaven owners.
Registered Maryport 1842, 75 tons, ON12632, brigantine. In MNL to
1888, owned Henry Donnan, Portaferry, from 1873, registered Maryport, 68 tons.
Voyage Maryport to Strangford, with coal, wrecked in Dundrum Bay, 13
February 1876, crew of 4 saved by lifeboat. Put back in service.
For sale at Portaferry in March 1888 - presumably for breaking.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 01 April 1826]: [from
Lloyd's List - Tuesday 15 February 1876]: [from
Lloyd's List - Monday 28 February 1876]: [from Belfast News-Letter - Monday 24 May 1886]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 04 February 1888]: [from
Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 24 March 1888]: Wooden schooner Isabella, built Hart & Co., Ulverston 1813. 51 tons.
[Builder from here].
Registered Whitehaven 1836, Stranraer 1837. 57.5 x 15.9 ft. 50 tons. ON20816. In MNL to 1876,
owned James Duff, Isle of Whithorn, then, from 1875, John Legg, Carrickfergus, 51 tons.
Voyage Troon to Stranraer, with coal, probably sank by
collision, off Corsewell Point, 28 November 1874, crew of 3 lost.
No mention of Isabella, M'Murdo after this date. However, in MNL
1875-6, with a different owner, so salvaged and repaired.
Voyage Liverpool to Whiteabbey, Belfast Lough, with coal, in gale,
driven ashore
at Strand Hall, near Port St Mary, 2 August 1876. Crew of 3 saved.
IOM details.
[from
Renfrewshire Independent - Saturday 12 December 1874]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 26 July 1876]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 04 August 1876]: Sale of Hart & Co., ship-yard [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 02 December 1815]: Wooden schooner Mercury, built James Higgin, Ulverston, 1807.
Not found in LR, and only in newspapers as "British Fishery", to 1810.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 August 1807]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 12 September 1807]: Wooden snow/brig Diana, built Petty, Ulverston, 1813.
In LR 110 tons, owned E. Petty. In LR to 1822, but with stale information from 1816.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 10 December 1814]: [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 07 October 1815]: Wooden schooner Runcorn, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1813. In LR as 71 tons, owned Reney, of Chester, registered
Chester 6/1841, marked as lost 1850. Voyage Wexford to Preston,
struck West Hoyle and then sank off Mostyn,
25 August 1850, crew of 4 saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 27 August 1850]: Wooden sloop Commerce, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1815. 73 tons. Voyage with gunpowder from Riven Leven to
Liverpool, took shelter at Piel, and fire caused gunpowder to explode, 24
March 1827, no lives lost. Gunpowder was produced at Lowwood,
Haverthwaite, up the river Leven from Ulverston. More
history.
[from Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette - Thursday 29 March 1827]: Wooden sloop Henry, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1815. [Info
on builder]. 55 x 15.9ft, 58 tons. Registered at Whitehaven 25
April 1834, reported registered Dumfries 4/1835, but then struck off on 5 December 1835.
Voyage Ballachulish to Helmsdale, with slates, driven ashore near Wick harbour and
sank, 22 September 1835, crew saved.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 11 April 1835]: [from The Scotsman - Saturday 03 October 1835]: Wooden sloop/wherry Lorn, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1815. Registered Lancaster 1826. 56.2 x 16.8 ft.
Registered Kirkcudbright 1833, 48tons. ON8100. Later registered Belfast
(1860-90), when owned A McCaulay, Larne, 45 tons.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 13 December 1831]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 21 August 1888]: Wooden galliot/ketch Jane, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1815.
Registered Dublin 1855, 47 tons, registered Belfast 1886-1908. ON9218.
In MNL to 1909, owned Houston, Magheramorne, Antrim. Voyage Irvine to
Larne with coal, anchored at Campbeltown, but driven ashore, 29
December 1908, captain died, his 2 sons survived.
[from Irvine Herald - Friday 01 January 1909]: [from Campbeltown Courier - Saturday 02 January 1909]: Wooden schooner Thomas, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1815.
In LR as 80 tons, later 56 tons.
Registered Dundalk 3/1842, 56 tons; then 2/1852; crew list to 1883, ON17005. In MNL to 1886,
owned Michael Hann, Dundalk, 60 tons.
Wooden schooner Thomas, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston 1816. In LR as 93 tons. LR1880 gives builder "Thomas". SBS
gives builder Petty. Registered Liverpool 1836, 71 tons. ON18977.
Register closed 1901, owned William Thomas, Amlwch, registered
Liverpool, 65 tons.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 06 August 1816]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 09 March 1896]: Wooden brig/snow Westmorland, built Petty &
Co., Ulverston, 1816. In LR as 112 tons. By 1828 owned Webster, master
Bibby. Voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, in ballast, 19 January 1828,
ashore, in
fog, on Fleswick Beach, near St Bee's Head. Crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 04 May 1819]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 31 January 1828]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 05 February 1828]: Wooden sloop Otter, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston 1817. Reported foundered near
Middle Mouse (N coast of Anglesey) at a date between 1825 and 1827.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 31 January 1818]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Thursday 18 October 1827]: Wooden sloop Beaver, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston 1818. Reported lost 25 December
1821, on Black Rock, entering Troon, all 3 hands lost. Wreck
salvaged.
[from Glasgow Sentinel - Wednesday 09 January 1822]: Wooden brig Hope, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1819. In LR
as 144 tons, owned by her master, W Veitch, for trade to Genoa. In LR(uw) to 1826.
Last voyage found is leaving Liverpool for Genoa in March 1823.
Hope is an extremely common ship name - so difficult to track.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 28 March 1823]: Wooden snow/brig Esther, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1819.
In LR as 188 tons. Traded to West Indies.
Later on east coast service, as a collier, and wrecked on
Gunfleet in a storm, 14 January 1842. Crew saved. More
history.
[from
Liverpool Mercury - Friday 14 January 1820]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 16 January 1843]: Wooden sloop/schooner Importer, built
Ulverston, 1819. Registered Lancaster 1836, Kirkcudbright 1840,
Dumfries, 1851, 43 tons, Maryport 1890. 50.4 x 14.2 ft. ON1270. For
sale 1839, with previous owner Postlethwaite, slate merchant; so
probably built Petty & Postlethwaite. In MNL to 1892, owned A Treche,
Kirkcudbright, registered Maryport, 38 tons. Rig changed from sloop to
schooner. Reported ashore at
Kirkandrews Bay, near Kirdkcudbright, October 1891, crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 September 1839]: [from Whitehaven News - Thursday 31 October 1889]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Monday 20 October 1890]: [from West Cumberland Times - Saturday 20 June 1891]: [from Glasgow Evening Post - Wednesday 14 October 1891]: Wooden snow/brig Buenos Ayres Packet, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1820.
In LR as 188 tons. Initially owned Eyes & Co for trade Liverpool to Buenos Ayres.
By 1830 owned in NE England. Registered London 336/1837, 187 tons.
More history.
Voyage Seaham to London, with coal, beached south of Gorleston Pier,
12 March 1839, and wrecked, crew of 9 saved.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 27 December 1820]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 14 March 1839]: [from
Suffolk Chronicle - Saturday 16 March 1839]: Wooden brig Chili, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1820.
In LR as 200 tons. Initially owned Tayleur, Liverpool, for trade Liverpool
to Valparaiso. Registered Stockton 35/1845, 200 tons.
Driven ashore on Bootle beach in 1822, later repaired.
More history.
Voyage NE England to London area, with coal, ashore on outer part of
Maplin Sands and wrecked,
reported 15 December 1851.
[from Weekly Dispatch (London) - Sunday 24 February 1850]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 21 November 1851]: [from Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury - Saturday 20 December 1851]: Wooden sloop Royal Oak, built Petty & Co, Ulverston, 1821.
In LR as 57 tons.
Record of loss 1826,
also here.
Wednesday 6th September 1826. Five vessels left Ulverston: the Royal Oak
(Captain Dickenson, 57 ton sloop, built Ulverston 1821); ....
Wooden SV Thomas, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1821, 81 tons.
[from here]
Wooden snow/brig Peruvian, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1822. In LR as 218 tons, in 1826 registered Liverpool. Initially owned
Bain for trade London to Valparaiso. By
1834 owned South Shields. Used as a NE - London collier. In 1841
owned Young, registered Newcastle, 202 tons. More
history. Voyage South Shields to London, storm drove her on
rocks at Flamborough Head, 26 January 1842. Crew saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 16 March 1822]: [from Hull Advertiser - Friday 04 February 1842]: Wooden brig Utility, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1822. In LR as
229 tons, owned Wickham, for trade Liverpool to Canada.
Voyage Richibucto to Ulverston, with timber, abandoned around 1
November 1827, later seen drifting at long
32W, crew saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 27 July 1822]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 December 1827]: [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 29 January 1828]: Wooden schooner Dispatch, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1823
[from here].
Registered Liverpool 1832, then Kirkcudbright 1835. 58.2 x 17.2 ft. 73
tons. Owner and master: James Cumming of Kipford. Voyage from
Liverpool, wrecked at Mouth
of Water of Urr, 4 February 1836, crew drowned.
[from Liverpool Albion - Tuesday 16 February 1836]: Wooden sloop Mary, built Petty & Co., Ulverston
1824 [From
SBS]. Not found in LR. Very many vessels of this name.
Voyage Dundalk to Southampton, with grain and tar, lost off Lambay
Island, 29 September 1827, 7 crew - only 3 survived. This wreck was reported as only 4 years
old.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 March 1826]: [from Drogheda Journal, or Meath & Louth Advertiser - Wednesday 08 October 1828]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 17 October 1828]: Wooden barque Thomas, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1824.
In LR as 260 tons, owned Petty & Co., trading to Canada. Registered Whitehaven 16/1842, 260 tons.
By 1845 in LR as owned Gaitskill.
Ashore, wrecked,
Millevaches [N shore of St Lawrence] 14 October 1846.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 13 March 1824]: [from
Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 07 November 1825]: [from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 12 October 1826]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 11 September 1828]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 September 1831]: [from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 13 January 1844]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Wednesday 18 November 1846]: Wooden barque Hutchinson, built Petty & Co,
Ulverston, 1825. In LR as 289 tons. More
history. By 1841, owned Parfitt, Bristol for trade to Africa. Voyage
Sierra Leone to Cork, put in to Gambia leaky, 1 September 1841, and condemned.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 February 1825]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 23 September 1841]: Two sloops reported as built by Petty in 1825:
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 June 1825]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 October 1825]: Candidate names for these two sloops are Industry and Fame: see below.
Wooden sloop Fame, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1825. In newspapers to 1832, with master Pearson. At that
date, a "New Fame" was launched by Petty, and
master Pearson seems to have transferred to that vessel.
Fame was a common ship name - so hard to track.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 April 1832]: Wooden sloop Industry, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1825. In MNL, ON8650. Registered Lancaster 84/1836, 41
tons; then 3/1853, 40 tons. Registered Caernarfon from 1863 to 1885,
when owned William Howells, Portdinorwic, 36 tons. Crew lists to 1875.
Industry was a common ship name - so hard to track history.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 24 October 1850]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 29 July 1875]: [from
Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Monday 16 August 1875]: Probably a fishing vessel [from Blackpool Gazette & Herald - Friday 19 August 1881]: Wooden sloop/schooner Ant, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1825.
[from here].
In MNL ON21701. Registered Lancaster 1825-36. Registered Wigtown
1/1836, then 8/1849, then 3/1852, 31 tons. In MNL to 1872, owned
William Anderson, Wigtown, 27 tons. 49.7 x 14.8 ft.
Wigtown register reports: Rebuilt at Wigtown 1852,
the vessel having been burnt to waters edge 29 Sept. 1851.
Voyage Whitehaven to Gatehouse, with lime, struck banks of River
Fleet, leaky, 28 May 1872, lime caught fire, wrecked, crew
saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 December 1828]: [from Whitehaven News - Thursday 06 June 1872]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Monday 03 June 1872]: Wooden SV Eclipse, built Ulverston 1825, not in LR.
SBS reports built Thomas Worthington - who was mainly building at Lancaster.
Traded Ulverston to Liverpool, master Benson, from 1825 until May 1845.
Then not traced. A new Eclipse was built Lancaster 1845.
[from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 08 January 1825]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 19 January 1829]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 September 1844]: Wooden schooner Thomas, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1826, 80 tons.
[from here]
Wooden schooner Town of Ulverston, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1826.
Record of loss 1826,
also here.
Wednesday 6th September 1826. Five vessels left Ulverston: the Royal Oak
(Captain Dickenson, 57 ton sloop, built Ulverston 1821); Town (Captain
Hewitson, owned Winram & Co. of Ulverston, schooner newly built April
1826 by Petty & Co., Ulverston, 93 tons); Sally (Captain Lightfoot, 56
ton sloop, built Lancaster[maybe Ulverston] 1806); St. George(Captain Pye); Bee
(Captain Robinson); all bound for Liverpool, except the Bee which was
heading for Glasson (out port of Lancaster).
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 April 1826]: Wooden barque Star, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1826. Voyage Miramichi to Ulverston, with timber, wrecked east end
of Prince Edward Island, 21 November 1827.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 15 July 1826]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 December 1827]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 31 January 1828]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 08 August 1828]: Wooden schooner Hope , built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1826. 60 tons. Registered Belfast 113/1836, 60 tons. In LR1852 as
60 tons, registered Belfast. ON12675, in MNL to 1885, owned Legg,
Carrickfergus, 54 tons. Crew lists to 1883.
Voyage Ayr to Belfast, with coal, put in to Campbelltown and in collision with
Citizen of Youghal, 19 February 1883. Driven onto rocks, then towed into
harbour.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 11 November 1826]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 07 March 1883]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 09 January 1827]: Wooden schooner Mary, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1827, 61 tons.
[from here]
Registered Carlisle 4/1838, then 1/1851, 61 tons, ON 8797, in MNL to 1859.
Voyage up Solway, driven onto Silloth Bank and wrecked, 30
August 1859, crew saved by Steamer Queen.
[from Daily News (London) - Tuesday 06 September 1859]: Wooden barque Lark , built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1827. In LR as 280 tons, owned Wiramy [sic], for trade Liverpool
to Miramichi. For sale at Liverpool 1831. Voyage Liverpool to New
Orleans, lost
off Texas, reported 27 February 1835, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 31 March 1827]: [from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 10 March 1831]: [from
Lloyd's List - Tuesday 03 March 1835]: Wooden schooner Arrow, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1828.
In LR as 143 tons, owned by her master, Pritchard, for trade Liverpool
to Messina.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 09 February 1828]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 10 April 1828]: Wooden brig William, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1828.
In LR as 240 tons, owned Petty, for trade Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro.
Registered London 46/1853, 310 tons. ON2595.
In MNL to 1872, 270 tons, owned William Milnes, London.
Voyage River Wear to Cronstadt, foundered near
Uto [now Utö], Finland, 8 June 1872. 8 crew saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 07 June 1828]: [from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 11 October 1828]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 01 December 1828]: [from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 30 October 1830]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 26 June 1872]: Wooden galliot/schooner Enterprize (also Enterprise), built Petty
& Co., Ulverston 1827, 50 tons. [from
here]
Registered Maryport 7/1838, and 1852, 52 tons, ON12648. In MNL to 1860.
Voyage Belfast to Maryport, driven on rocks at Abbey Head, near
Kirkcudbright, 7 April 1859, and wrecked, crew
saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 April 1859]: Wooden brig Eleanor, built Petty & Co, Ulverston, 1830.
Registered London 34/1835, 253 tons, then 136/1840. Traded to Australia. In LR to
1844, owned Cockburn, master Mossman. At Sydney 2 April 1842 - last report with
master Mossman.
[from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 17 June 1830]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 09 August 1831]: Record of voyage taking
convicts to Australia in 1841.
[from Colonial Times (Hobart) - Tue 4 May 1841]: [from English Chronicle and Whitehall Evening Post - Thursday 22 September 1842]: [from Australian - Thursday 19 Nov 1846]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 30 November 1846]: Wooden schooner Nymph, built Winram, Ulverston,
1831. In LR as smack, 60 tons, later advertised as schooner 41 tons.
For sale at Whitehaven 1837. Voyage Bray to Lytham, with grain, capsized off
Whitehaven, 16 February, 1838, crew of 3 lost.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 May 1831]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 11 April 1837]: [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 24 February 1838]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 July 1838]: Wooden schooner Adelaide, built J & G Winram, Canalfoot, Ulverston, 1831.
Registered Workington 15/1840, 82 tons, then 12/1849. ON1424. In MNL to 1857.
Voyage Dublin to Workington, in ballast, ashore in Church
Bay, near Holyhead, 8 July 1856, captain Potts drowned.
[from
Lancaster Herald and Town and County Advertiser - Saturday 26 November 1831]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 09 July 1856]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 19 July 1856]: Wooden sloop New Fame, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1832.
Registered Lancaster 53/1836, 57 tons, then Galway 1/1849, then Greenock 3/1853.
Not in MNL. A vessel called Fame was built by Petty at Ulverston in 1825, and was still in use
in 1832.
Voyage Cork to Greenock, in ballast, foundered off
Old Head of Kinsale, 15 February, 1855, all on board lost.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 17 November 1832]: [from
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 26 September 1848]: [from
Caledonian Mercury - Thursday 08 March 1855]: Wooden schooner Richard, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1832.
Registered Lancaster 23/1836, 70 tons. ON23890. Registered Chester
1863 on, owned Thomas Foulkes, Shotton, 60 tons. In MNL to 1867.
Voyage Duddon to Dee, with iron ore, ashore on Walney
Island, 1 February 1866, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1832]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 February 1861]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 11 January 1866]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 02 February 1866]: Wooden sloop Delight, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1833. Reported in newspaper as 62 tons. Care possible
confusion with Delight built 1844. Only one
vessel named Delight was registered at Lancaster in this period: in
1844 - presumably the one built in that year, of 54 tons. Since the
same master, Kendall, was commanding Delight before and after the 1844
launch, it is possible that the earlier vessel was then repurposed. One
possible outcome was that the 1833 vessel was that registered as
16/1844, 45 tons, at Preston. A vessel called Delight was also
registered Belfast 46/1847, 43 tons, and was lost off the Isle of Man
in September 1851. An Ulverstone vessel [so that registered Lancaster]
called Delight was also lost 1858 near
Ulverston.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 August 1833]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 September 1833]: [from
Kendal Mercury - Saturday 19 December 1840]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 November 1844] Wooden schooner Dora (also Dorah), built Petty
& Co., Ulverston, 1834. ON17246. Registered Lancaster 7/1841, 64
tons. Initially owned Newland Co, for sale 1861. In MNL to 1866,
owned J Holmes, Ulverston, 55 tons. Voyage Cardiff to Liverpool, with
coal, struck Platters, 8 May 1862, and wrecked, crew of
4 saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 05 April 1834]: [from Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector - Saturday 15 June 1861]: [from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 10 May 1862]: Wooden schooner Hannah, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1834.
Registered Lancaster 15/1836, 71 tons. ON3183, registered Chester 1862 - 1885,
when owned William McMaster, Belfast, 61 tons.
Voyage Barrow to Widnes with pig iron [also reported as Belfast to
Chester with scrap iron], 17 March 1885, aground and abandoned off
Liverpool and sank, one of the salvage men drowned. Wreckage location
reported by MDHB.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 15 November 1834]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 21 March 1885]: Wooden schooner Mary, repaired Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1835.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 14 March 1835]: Wooden sloop Dalton, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1835.
Registered Lancaster 1836, 43 tons. ON2313. In MNL to 1876, owned William Thomas, Amlwch,
44 tons, sloop.
Loading scrap iron from the wreck of the Abbotsford, driven ashore at Porth
Howell, nearby, 26 August 1876. Crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 21 July 1835]: [from
Lloyd's List - Thursday 30 May 1872]: [from
Lloyd's List - Monday 28 August 1876]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 31 August 1876]: Wooden schooner Ellen & Sarah, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1837.
Registered Lancaster 1837, 58 tons. ON3365. In MNL to 1882, when listed as owned John Barrow,
Ulverston, 53 tons.
Voyage from Workington, with rails, damaged in storm and Captain lost overboard, 21 March 1882,
vessel brought in to Fleetwood.
Voyage Piel to Liverpool, with gravel, ashore on Zebra Bank and
abandoned, 29 April 1882, crew of 5 saved. Wreck listed by MDHB.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 28 January 1837]: [from
Blackpool Gazette & Herald - Friday 24 March 1882]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 11 May 1882]: Wooden schooner Hope, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1837.
Registered Lancaster 24/1837, 67 tons, Camplbeltown 4/1854, 56 tons, ON22003,
then Leith from 1863-68, owned J Davidson, Leith, 57 tons. Reported broken up 1868.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 02 December 1837]: [from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 09 March 1839]: Wooden schooner Raker, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1838. Registered Lancaster 2/1838, 43 ton, then Preston
1/1852, 43 tons, ON19811. Then registered Lancaster again 1862-1868,
owned John Barrow, Ulverston, 36 tons. Reported ashore on south
end of Walney and for sale as a wreck, November 1868.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 March 1838]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 25 May 1867]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 17 October 1867]: [from
Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 14 November 1868]: Wooden sloop Tom, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1839.
Registered Lancaster 1839, 52 tons, ON1556, then registered Chester 1863-78, owned Joseph
Vickers, Connah's Quay, 45 tons.
Voyage Bangor to Dublin, with slates, leaky, wrecked 11 May 1878, off Drogheda.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 16 February 1839]: [from Belfast Telegraph - Monday 13 May 1878]: Wooden brig George, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1840. Registered Lancaster 1/1840, 265 tons. For sale
1846, then registered London 304/1847, 265 tons. Later Whitby 9/1853,
265 tons, then 17/1855, 265 tons. ON15898. Voyage Middlesborough to
Swinemunde, with coke and iron, abandoned 22
March 1870, off Spurn, crew of 9 saved.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 29 February 1840]: [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 21 April 1840]: [from
Kendal Mercury - Saturday 23 January 1841]: [from
Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 08 October 1846]: [from
Shields Daily Gazette - Friday 01 April 1870]: Wooden sloop Red Diamond, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1840. Registered Lancaster 2/1840, 57 tons. Not in MNL.
Voyage Barrow to Ellesmere, with iron ore, foundered off
Liverpool, 14 July 1853, all 3 crew lost.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 March 1840]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 21 July 1853]: Wooden schooner Kirkby (also Kirby), built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1840.
Registered Lancaster 11/1840, 52 tons [as Kirby], later Fleetwood 5/1855. ON17206.
In MNL, registered Belfast from 1862 to 1864.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 06 October 1840]: [from
Liverpool Mercury - Friday 16 December 1853]: Wooden schooner Bee, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1841.
Registered Lancaster 2/1841, 60 tons. ON 3397. Registered Bridgwater 1898-1912,
owned Thomas Brown, Bristol, 44 tons.
More history.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 20 March 1841]: [from
Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 21 July 1860]: [from
Chard and Ilminster News - Saturday 02 August 1902]: Wooden schooner Mary Kelly, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1841.
Registered Lancaster 8/1841, 77 tons. ON23886. Registered Cork 1865-1870, owned
James Kearney, Cork, 68 tons.
More
history. Voyage: trading between Cork, Bantry and Berehaven,
general cargo, 30 December 1869, ashore at Ardnagashel and wrecked, crew
saved..
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 06 November 1841]: [from
Cork Constitution - Monday 03 January 1870]: Wooden sloop Ellen , built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1842.
Registered Lancaster 2/1842, 47 tons. ON24091. Registered Cardigan 4/1859. In MNL to 1860.
Voyage from Newport (Pemb), wrecked on rock
near Pendrindala [sic, Pen Dal Aderyn on the east side of Ramsey
Sound], 28 August 1860, crew saved.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 09 July 1842]: [from
Morning Herald (London) - Saturday 01 September 1860]: Wooden sloop Esther, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1842.
Registered Lancaster 1/1842, 31 tons, then 21/1854, ON 1596.
Registered Beaumaris 17/1860. Crew
list 1877, owned Thomas Roberts, Trefriw, master William Jones, 2
crew, 24 tons. Vessel foundered,
5/6/1877, east of Ormes Head, crew of 2 saved by Liverpool pilot boat.
More history.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 07 June 1877]: Wooden schooner Agnes, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1844.
Registered Lancaster 2/1844, 91 tons, then 8/1851.
Voyage Newport to Ulverston, with rails, struck rocks near Grassholm,
6 June 1852, sank closer to
Milford, crew saved.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 04 May 1844]: [from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 19 June 1852]: Wooden sloop Delight, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1844.
Registered Lancaster 5/1844, 54 tons. ON1852. in MNL to 1864.
Care possible
confusion with Delight built 1833, which also traded Ulverston to Liverpool.
Voyage Ulverston to Birkenhead, with iron ore, stranded near
Chapel Island, 15 October 1858, master and 1 passenger died, 3 crew
and 1 passenger saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 12 November 1844] [from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 16 November 1844]: [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 19 November 1844]: After launch on Nov 12. [from
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 26 November 1844]: Delight registered Preston 16/1844, 45 tons, marked lost; Also registered Belfast
46/1847, 43 tons, later 21/1851. Wrecked IOM September 1851.
[from
Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 09 November 1849]: [from Carlisle Patriot - Saturday 01 January 1853]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 04 January 1854]: [from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 19 October 1858]: Wooden schooner Augusta, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1846. Registered Lancaster 4/1846, 102 tons, then 9/1851.
In LR to 1860, owned G Porter, master Myer, 91 tons. ON 17224. In MNL
to 1864. Reported:
1860 lost on passage to Scotland with iron ore, posted missing.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 18 July 1846]: [from
Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 07 October 1859]: Wooden sloop Eskham, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1847.
Registered Lancaster 2/1847, 55 tons. ON1797. Registered Lancaster in MNL to
1874, owned John Barrow, Ulverston, sloop, 40 tons.
Voyage Mersey to Barrow, with moulding sand, foundered, 15 February 1874, crew saved.
[from Carlisle Patriot - Friday 30 April 1847]: [from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 01 May 1847]: [from
Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Thursday 31 October 1861]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 11 October 1873]: [from
Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 18 February 1874]: [from
Lloyd's List - Wednesday 18 February 1874]: Wooden schooner William, built Ulverston 1847,
probably by Petty & Co., if built Ulverston; or else built at Greenodd
[see full details].
Wooden schooner Ant, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1849.
Registered Lancaster 2/1849, 62 tons. ON1548. In MNL to 1885, when owned John Lavery, Carrickfergus,
54 tons.
More history.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 07 April 1849]: [from
Belfast News-Letter - Friday 22 September 1882]: Wooden schooner Brothers, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1849.
Registered Lancaster 9/1849, 78 tons. ON 1927. In MNL 1882, owned
William Postlethwaite, Millom, 78 tons.
More history.
Voyage Duddon to Saltney, with iron ore, took shelter at Piel,
collision on 19 July 1882, near Piel between Brothers and outgoing
screw steamer Ardeer, in which Brothers was sunk with the
loss of all hands [Captain Peter Jones, wife Hannah Jones and 2 crew:
James Martin & Edward Morris].
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 24 July 1849]: [from Preston Herald - Wednesday 02 August 1882]: [from Whitehaven News - Thursday 14 September 1882]: Wooden schooner Richard Roper, built Petty &
Co., Ulverston, 1851 Registered Lancaster 4/1851, 87 tons. ON13875.
Advertised for sale of shares at Barrow in 1860. Registered
Glasgow from 1867. In MNL to 1879, owned Robert Scott, Bowling, 79
tons.
Voyage Newcastle to Thurso, in storm, put in to Peterhead, but driven on rocks
near harbour entrance, 13 March 1879, crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 13 May 1851]: [from
Weekly Scotsman - Saturday 15 March 1879]: Wooden schooner Ann, built Petty & Co., Ulverston, 1854.
Registered Lancaster 1854, 82 tons. ON24003. In MNL to 1874, owned George Porter,
Ulverston, 73 tons.
Voyage from Liverpool, leaky and abandoned, off
Copelands, 7 December 1873, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 August 1854]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 09 December 1873]: Wooden schooner Esther Ann, built Petty & Co.,
Ulverston, 1856. Registered Lancaster 1856, 73 tons. [builder
info]. ON18227. In 1865, owned Joseph McKay, Ulverston, who was
foreman shipbuilder with Petty & Co. Sunk in Belfast Lough 1879, but
salvaged. Registered Belfast 1880-1891, owned William Williamson,
Belfast, 65 tons. Voyage
Donegal to Runcorn, with bog ore, collided with anchored brigantine in
Mersey and sank, 13 October 1890, crew saved. MDHB report.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 20 September 1856]: [from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 14 February 1879]: [from
Lloyd's List - Thursday 30 October 1890]: Wooden schooner Hope, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1858.
Build info.
Registered Lancaster 1858, 75 tons. ON20484. Registered Cork 1890-99.
Register closed 1899, owned Ellis Roberts, Port Dinorwic, 75 tons.
[from
Lloyd's List - Tuesday 15 November 1898]: [from
South Wales Daily News - Wednesday 01 March 1899]: Wooden schooner Agnes, built Petty & Co., Ulverston 1859.
Build info.
Registered Lancaster 1859, 80 tons. ON27766. In MNL to 1882, owned John Barrow, Ulverston, 80 tons.
Sunk by collision while at anchor in channel into Liverpool, 12 August 1882, 4 lost, 2 saved.
Wreck listed by MDHB.
[from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Tuesday 15 August 1882]: Edward Jones Schollick, and Samuel Schollick, ... Foreman Wilson, who had previously
worked for Ashburner.
Built at Canal Foot - so launched into the estuary, not the Canal,
although one vessel is reported as launched broadside into the Canal.
[note in 1851 Samuel Schollick also built one vessel at Greenodd].
Wooden schooner Thrifty, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1854.
Registered Lancaster 1854, 54 tons. ON17268, In MNL to 1868, owned William Tyson,
Ulverston, 54 tons.
Voyage Barrow to Birkenhead, with iron ore, wreckage discovered in
Mersey, 2 November 1861, presumed to be of this vessel, lost with all
hands.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 02 November 1854]: [from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 08 November 1861]: [from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 09 November 1861]: Wooden schooner John Stonard, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1856.
Registered Lancaster 1856, 86 tons. O15200. Later registered Barrow. In MNL to 1893,
owned James Morgan. Aberdovey, 72 tons.
Voyage from Barrow, struck Lea Rock, off Dursey, later, sank ESE of Crow
Head, 6 November 1893, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 23 August 1856]: [from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 02 June 1860]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 07 November 1893]: Wooden schooner Edward Stonard, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1857.
Registered Lancaster 1857, 97 tons. ON16676. In MNL to 1875, when registered Fleetwood,
owned John Wignal, Fleetwood, 98 tons.
Voyage Lough Fyne to London, with bog ore, left Holyhead on 21 January
1875, posted missing with all
5 crew lost.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 June 1857]: Wooden schooner William Stonard, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1858
Registered Lancaster 1858, 108 tons. ON20486. Later registered Fleetwood,
in MNL to 1889, owned James Holme, Lancaster, 100 tons. 3-masted schooner.
On voyage Cardiff to Tralee, foundered near
Puffin Island, SW Ireland, wreckage found, 11 October 1889, presumed
lost with all hands.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 May 1858]: [from Fleetwood Chronicle - Friday 18 October 1889]: [from Lloyd's List - Saturday 12 October 1889]: Wooden schooner/brig James Stonard, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1859
Registered Lancaster 1859, 146 tons. ON 27763. Registered Fleetwood, 1877-89,
then Belfast 1890, owned Charles Neill, Bangor, 140 tons, brigantine.
Voyage Garston to Donaghadee, with coal, struck West Hoyle
Bank, 7 November 1890, 3 crew lost, 2 saved.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 09 July 1859]: Wooden schooner Alfred Stonard, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1860
Registered Lancaster 9/1860, 160 tons. ON28006.
Voyage Cardiff to Greenock, departing 03 January 1867, with coal,
posted missing, all crew lost.
[from Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector - Saturday 25 August 1860]: [from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 07 February 1867]: Wooden schooner Frederick Stonard, built
Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1861. Registered Lancaster 5/1861, 123
tons. ON28008. In MNL to 1890, owned Thomas Morgan, Amlwch, 123 tons.
Voyage from Newcastle to Ballynacorra with coal and bricks, leaky and
abandoned 40
miles SW of Smalls, 26 October 1890, crew saved.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 25 July 1861]: [from
South Wales Daily News - Wednesday 29 October 1890]: [from Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 29 October 1890]: Wooden schooner Ulverston, built Schollick & Co., Ulverston, 1862
Built at Schollick's yard - by his foreman John Wilson. Launched broadside
into canal. Registered Lancaster, 1862, 61 tons. In 1865, owned William Ripley, Ulverston.
ON45294. Crew list to 1820. In MNL to 1926, owned William Gibson, Ballywalter, 46 tons.
Voyage to Ballywalter, with coal, storm damage and abandoned in Luce Bay, July 1921,
later brought, damaged, to Drummore harbour. Crew of 3 saved. Wreck survived as a breakwater
in Drummore for many years.
[from Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector - Saturday 02 August 1862]: [from
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 01 August 1921]: Wooden dandy Margaret, built John Wilson, Ulverston 1862.
Registered Lancaster 11/1862, 123 tons, ON45677. Also described as a schooner or a
brigantine (all 2-masted). In MNL to 1879, owned
William Postlethwaite, Stank, Furness, 115 tons.
[from
Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 29 November 1862]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Saturday 04 February 1871]: [from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 09 February 1871]: Barrow built:
Wooden schooner Jane Roper, built W and R Ashburner, Barrow, 1852,
ON 13075, registered Lancaster 11/1852, 113 tons. In MNL to 1887, when owned A Ainslie, Carnforth,
94 tons.
Voyage Bangor to Hamburg, with slates, called at Ramsgate for repairs,
then 17 December 1886, foundered near
North-Frisian island of Amrum, no survivors.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 September 1852]: [from Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Saturday 18 December 1886]: [from Thanet Avertiser - Saturday 25 December 1886]: Wooden schooner Tom Roper, built W and R Ashburner, Barrow, 1857,
ON16675, registered Lancaster 1857, In MNL to 1918, owned James Sharpe, Glasgow, 92 tons.
Collided with railway bridge on River Barrow and taken to New Ross for repairs 1916.
No further voyages found.
[from Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 04 June 1857]: [from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 04 May 1916]: [from Free Press (Wexford) - Saturday 09 September 1916]: Wooden smack Ebenezer, built W and R Ashburner, Barrow, 1859,
registered Liverpool 126/1859, 32 tons. Fishing vessel. Later registered Douglas, 1891.
owned Thos Jones, Hoylake. Reported ashore near Hoylake 21 December 1900, and
for sale, as she lies, in January 1901. Register closed 1901.
[from Western Mail - Monday 24 December 1900]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Monday 21 January 1901]: Wooden schooner Lord Muncaster, built W and R Ashburner, Barrow, 1859. ON21759.
Registered Lancaster 1859, 97 tons. in MNL to 1873, owned William Ashburner, Barrow, 87 tons.
Voyage Newport for Waterford, with coal, departing 1 February 1873,
and posted missing with all crew lost.
[from
Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer - Thursday 24 February 1859]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 03 March 1873]: Wooden schooner Mary Jane, built W and R
Ashburner, Barrow, 1860, ON28005, registered Lancaster 8/1860, 100
tons. In MNL to 1911, when owned Mrs Mary Hughes, Shotton, 78 tons.
Voyage Cardiff to Portland, with coal, foundered in
Watergate Bay, 12 November 1911, all crew took to boat and picked up
by SS Ruabon.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 August 1860]: [from Pall Mall Gazette - Monday 13 November 1911]: [from Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 14 November 1911]: Wooden schooner Gummershow, built Rawlinson &
Reay, Barrow, 1857, registered Lancaster 1857, 73 tons, owned
Rawlinson. In MNL to 1899, registered Barrow, owned John Fisher,
Barrow, (from 1872), 53 tons. Last voyage found Newry to Liverpool, April 1899.
[from Kendal Mercury - Saturday 12 September 1857]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 12 October 1895]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 08 April 1899]: Wooden schooner Elizabeth Ann built Reay, Barrow, 1858, [from LR1870]
ON21757. Registered Lancaster 1858, 118 tons. In 1865 owned Jos. Rawlinson.
In MNL to 1877, owned Jos. Fisher, Barrow, 105 tons.
Voyage Barrow to Cork, with steel rails, missing, last
seen 19 February at Amlwch. 5 crew lost.
[from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 17 February 1877]: [from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 10 March 1877]: Wooden schooner Joseph, built Rawlinson & Reay, Barrow, 1859.
ON27765. Registered Lancaster 1859, 128 tons.
In MNL to 1895, owned Joseph Rawlinson, Barrow, [managed John Fisher], 99 tons.
Voyage Runcorn to Flushing [near Falmouth] with coal, sunk by
collision with SS Lindisfarne, south of the Lizard, 27 November 1895,
3 lost, 1 saved.
[from Western Morning News - Saturday 30 November 1895]: [from
Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 02 December 1895]: Built Duddon estuary.
Wooden schooner Nellie Bywater, built Thomas,
Duddon, 1873, ON69715, registered Whitehaven 3/1874, 99 tons. From 1926,
registered Newry. Motor engine fitted 1928. Reported ashore, but
salvaged, on S end of Holy Island, Lamlash, 9 August 1921. Voyage to
West Indies, capsized and foundered in a
storm off Bolt Head, Plymouth, 27 December 1951, 2 crew lost, 9 saved.
Claimed to be the last schooner trading under the UK flag.
More history.
[from Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 30 December 1873]: [from Shields Daily News - Friday 12 August 1921]: [Dundee Courier - Thursday 25 August 1921]: [from Barrow News - Saturday 17 November 1951]: [from Liverpool Echo - Friday 28 December 1951]: Wooden schooner Countess of Lonsdale, built William Thomas, Millom,
1878,
ON74753, registered Whitehaven 1/1879, 183 tons, in MNL to 1890, owned William Thomas,
Amlwch, 183 tons.
Collided with incoming SS Sherbro, near NW Lightship, 12 April 1890,
and sank.
crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 01 October 1878]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 14 April 1890]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 15 April 1890]: Wooden schooner/ketch Emily Barratt, built
Duddon Ship-building Co, 1913, 59 tons, ON125907. Probably the last wooden schoooner
built in England.
Registered Barrow, then Barnstaple by 1937, with 60 hp motor engine.
Later ketch rigged. During WWII, used as a floating anchorage for
barage balloons.
[from Millom Gazette - Friday 21 February 1930]: [from Express and Echo - Wednesday 04 April 1956]:
Wednesday week, Captain Thomas Wilson, who was captured in the ship
Neptune, of Lancaster, in the year 1808 [sic], arrived in that town, having
made his escape from bondage at Verdun, with five others, ....
On Thursday last, a remarkably fine new ship was launched from Mr.
Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is called the Lord Cranstown,
burthen 450 tons, and built for Messrs. Williams, Wilson, and Co of
Liverpool.
The Lord Cranstoun, from Jamaica for London, which was driven onshore
near Birling Gap, on the 7th inst., was got off on Wednesday night,
and towed into Newhaven harbour. She is so much damaged that it is
doubtful whether she can go to sea again. [master Brunell]
Extract of Letter from Eastbourne. Dec. 22, The hull of the Lord
Cranstoun, West-Indiaman, which, owing to a thick fog, lately ran on
shore near Berlin Gap [sic, Birling Gap, west of Beachy Head], was on
Monday last submitted to the hammer, and was bought by Mr. Gorringe,
of Seaford, for Two Hundred and Seventy Pounds; the whole of the
copper with which she was sheathed, had, previously to the sale, been
removed. All means have been unremittingly used by the purchasers to
get the vessel afloat, and tow her into Newhaven, and this, with the
assistance of a steamer, they luckily effected on Wednesday - a
fortunate circumstance, the tides are now taking off. Mr. James
Breeds, of Hastings, has, we learn, engaged to convey that part of the
cargo and rigging saved to London, and many wagons are now employed
in forwarding it to Newhaven, for the purpose of its being shipped.
Newhaven, Sussex. ... Sale ... THE FINE SHIP, LORD CRANSTOWN, 450 tons
register, and will carry 700 tons; copper fastened, together with her
lower masts, bowsprit, and standing rigging, capstan wheel, windlass,
and five lead pumps; and immediately afterwards, her bower anchor
cable, stern cable, hawser, &c. ...
Sale... PART of the MATERIALS the HULL of the British-built ship. The
Lord Cranstoun, now breaking up in Newhaven Harbour, ...
On Monday last was launched, from Mr. Brockbank's yard, in this
town, a fine three-masted schooner, called The Lancashire Witch;
pierced for 16 guns, and intended to trade amongst the islands in the
West Indies.
The Lancashire Witches, from Martinique, arrived yesterday; - She
had sailed some time before for this Island, but was chased back by an
American privateer; ...
By a letter, dated St Vincent, March 27, we learn that the Lancashire Witches,
Capt Seymour, which was supposed to have foundered at sea, was captured
on her passage from Cayenne to this island by a French letter of marque,
which burnt the vessel, and carried the master and crew to France, where
it is likely they are confined as prisoners of war.
On Saturday last, a fine new ship was launched from Mr Brockbank's
yard, in this town. She is called the Creole, burthen 330 tons, and
intended for the Jamaica trade.
Messina. Creole, Bergman, arrived from Havannah.
[last voyage found with master Bergman]
On Saturday last, a fine new ship was launched at Mr Brockbank's yard,
in this town. She is called the Pusey Hall, burthen 384 tons,
commanded by Captain Thomas Greenwood, and intended by the owners,
James Moore, Esq and Co. for the Jamaica trade.
..... it appeared that in the month of September, 1845, the Pusey Hall, of
336 tons burthen, left the port of London on a voyage to the coast of
Patagonia, for a cargo of guano. She arrived on the coast in December,
and remained seeking for guano until the month of August, 1846. In the
course of that month being in want of bread stuffs, the vessel
proceeded to Fort William, Falkland Islands, where she arrived on the
27th of August, and left on Sept. 5 for Santa Cruz. During the early
part of the voyage, stormy weather was encountered, and on the 16th the
Pusey Hall arrived off Santa Cruz harbour. About half-past nine
o'clock in the morning of that day, while attempting to get into the
harbour, and on the point of tacking, she caught the ground. She
immediately turned round with her head to sea, and remained in that
position during the whole of the tide. While she was thus aground it
came on to blow, when an attempt was made to get the launch ready to
carry out a bower anchor, but in consequence of the state of the weather,
this was found impracticable. .... Later beached but considered unseaworthy from damage.
[master: Ware, Puerto Santa Cruz is 50°S]
On Thursday last, a remarkably fine ship was launched at Messrs.
Brockbanks' yard, in this town. She is called the John of Gaunt,
burthen 455 tons, pierced for 20 guns, and intended for the Barbadoes
and Martinique trade.
The French frigate Clorinde, of 50 guns, eight days from Nantes, was
cruizing on the 5th inst. in lat. 44. 30. long. 10. 30. in company
with another French frigate of the same force. ....
CAPTURES BY FRENCH FRIGATES &c. - The following is extracted from
Lloyd's books this morning, December 20th:
..., the John O'Gaunt, to Martinique, ... have been taken by the
Clorinde, French frigate. The Lusitania was given up to the crews, and
arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, The other vessels were scuttled by
the enemy.
On the 8th inst. a very fine new ship was launched at Mr. Brockbank's
yard, in this town; she is called the Christopher, 400 tons burthen,
built for Messrs. Bradshaws and Winder, and intended for the
West-India trade.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK. The following particulars of the loss of the
Christopher of London, Captain George Kay, on her passage from London
to Quebec, extracted from the log-book of the brig George Gordon,
Captain Moorman, related by John Marshall, carpenter, the only survivor
out of a crew of eighteen:
The Christopher sailed from Quebec on the
17th November, with a cargo of timber. Three days after sailing, Wm.
Patterson, cook, died, after which all was well up to the time of her
loss. At 3 p.m. of the 5th December, after she had shipped a great deal of
water, and washed part of the round-house away, she was hove to under
a close-reefed main top sail, which was shortly blown away. They then
set a balance reefed mizen, which was also blown away; and afterwards
a boat's sail doubled in the mizen rigging, which shared a similar fate.
They now succeeded in getting clear of some of their deck load, from
which they were obliged to desist in consequence of the ship making
water, so as render it necessary to keep all hands at the pumps. At
about half-past 7 p.m., a heavy sea struck the ship and threw her on
her beam-ends, when she lost every thing but her foremast, her docks
being swept fore and aft; at the same time carrying away all her
bulwarks and stanchions, and covering board on the lee side. About a
quarter of an hour afterwards, she righted, when they discovered that
Geo. Kay, the master, Wm. Tate, mate, John Goodhead, seaman, and two
other seamen (names unknown,) and Wm. Sistenia and John Thompson,
apprentices, were washed away. The ten left took shelter in the main
chains. Shortly after they removed to the quarterdeck, under the lea
of that part of the round-house left. About ten it was also washed away,
carrying with it three men, Frederick Ward, Henry Chapman, and another
(name unknown). At daylight on the following day, a boy, (name
unknown), was found dead on the deck. Soon after this the George
Gordon was seen bearing up to their assistance; but before she reached them
two more died, (names unknown,) leaving only four men alive on the
wreck. At noon the George Gordon passed close under the stern of the
wreck. The sea, although considerably gone down, was making a clean
breach over her. Having no boat left but the long boat, which in such
a sea could not be got out, Captain Moorman determined to attempt
saving them by running close alongside, and throwing them ropes. Passed
within two yards to leeward of her, when two of the men threw lines
fast to them, and jumped overboard, only one of whom (John Marshal,
carpenter,) was saved; the other, (George Maddock, second mate), in his
over anxiety, when got alongside the brig, hauled himself up out of
the bowline knot, which slipped over his feet, and he lost his hold. He
afterwards caught one of the lines purposely left towing; but not
being able to swim, he was too much exhausted to retain his hold and
unfortunately was lost. Captain M. also succeeded in throwing lines to
the remaining two, (James Pierce and William Neal) who, however, had
not confidence enough to adopt this only mode of saving themselves.
From the badness of the weather during the night, the two men left on
the wreck must inevitably have perished before morning. It appears
that the Christopher had nearly two tier of timber on deck, which may,
in a great measure, account for the lamentable occurrence.
On Thursday last, fine new ship was launched from Messrs Brockbanks'
yard, in this town. She is called the William Ashton, burthen 366
tons, commanded by Capt. Thomas Greenwood, built for Messrs. Burrow
and Nottage, of this town, and intended for the West-India trade.
St. John's Newfoundland, ... Aug 24th. The William Ashton,
Storer, from Dublin to Quebec, was lost in Fortune Bay, 9th instant:
the Crew and Passengers saved.
Saturday se'nnight a fine new ship was launched from Messrs.
Brockbank's yard, in Lancaster. She is called The Essex; and is one
of largest ever built there, being 544 tons burthen.
Sale... THE British-built Ship ESSEX, burthen per register 534 -94 tons, has two
flush decks, with a poop, quarter galleries, and lion bust head; is
well found in good and useful stores, and requires but little to fit her for
sea, as she had a substantial repair, and was wood sheathed and coppered
with very heavy copper, in the River Thames, in the year 1819; is
particularly well adapted for the East Indian or South American
Trades, ... [also for sale at London 1826, as built at Lancaster]
For SALE, FREIGHT, or CHARTER, The fine Ship ESSEX; Lancaster-built,
burthen per register 526 tons, now in No. 1, Graving Dock, where she
has undergone a very heavy repair; oak topsides, new decks, wood
sheathed on patent felt, and new coppered, and is a most desirable
vessel for the East and West India or the Cotton trade
LOSS OF THE SHIP ESSEX BY FIRE. We regret to have announce the total
destruction of the fine ship Essex, of this port [Liverpool], by fire. She was on
her voyage from New Orleans for Liverpool, and was discovered on fire
on the 10th August, to the southward of Bermuda. Her Captain (Vaughan)
died the previous day. The crew were landed at New Providence. The
Essex was burnt to the water's edge. We have been favoured with the
following particulars from the mate of the Essex;
We left the city of New Orleans on the 24th July, and sailed
from the bar on the 28th, bound for Liverpool. On the 12th August, at
eight p.m. Nathaniel Vaughan, master, died, after an illness of three
days, his disease the yellow fever. At the same time the cabin
passenger, Mr. Hobson, civil engineer, was lying helpless and
speechless in his cot, having been ill fourteen days. On the following
day, at 30 minutes past 3 a.m. being then in lat 29 45 N. and long. 75 35
W., we discovered a smoke coming from the after-hold; all hands were
immediately called, and we commenced heaving water down through the
loopholes of the hatchway, but found the smoke increasing so fast that
we covered the hatchway again with the tarpaulin, and proceeded to
clear away the boats. Both quarter boats were quickly lowered, and a
little water, with some bread, were put in them; but we had no time to
save anything of value, not even the ship's papers. The cabin at this
time was so intensely full of smoke that we could not possibly get
into the passenger's room. After several fruitless attempts, we were
compelled to desist; the flames immediately began to burst through the
coat of the mainmast, and instantly communicated with the rigging,
when the mast and its rigging became one splendid pillar of fire. Part
of the crew then got into the skiff and dropped astern. I then got
into the jolly-boat with the remainder, and let go from the ship after
ascertaining that the whole of the hands, twenty-one in number, were
in the boats. In about ten minutes the mainmast fell; the flames then
burst through the cabin windows, and the fore and mizen masts fell in
succession. We lay upon oars a short distance from the ship, watching
the destruction of our favourite though unfortunate vessel. The scene
now became magnificently awful - we congratulated ourselves upon our
narrow escape, and at once offered our heartfelt prayer to the
Almighty for this signal deliverance from destruction. At five a.m.
kept the boats the northward, and pulled away in hopes of falling in
with some vessel. At seven a.m. we descried a sail bearing about WNW.
and immediately pulled towards her. She perceiving us, bore down, and
we were alongside alongside at eleven, a.m., were taken on board, and
she proved to the American brig Harvest, Captain Lawton, from New
York, bound to Matanzos. Captain L. received us on board, and treated
us with the greatest kindness and humanity. Our boats were hoisted on
deck, and the brig bore down to the wreck with the hopes being able to
save something, but found her one complete body of fire. The brig
stood on her course, reached eventually her destined port. It is only
due to Captain Lawton to say, that we received at his hands every
kindness that it was possible for one man to bestow upon another.
Monday se'nnight a fine new ship was launched from Messrs Brockbanks yard in Lancaster.
She is called the William Dawson, burthen 496 tons, intended for the West India trade.
WRECK OF THE WILLIAM DAWSON. Information was received Monday
morning of wreck of the barque of 480 tons, belonging to Alloa, but well known
in Leith, having been engaged in the timber trade for many years between the
latter place and St John's
and Quebec. She left Clackmannan with a cargo of 460 tons of coal; and
after riding at anchor in Leith roads for part of a day, she proceeded down the
Frith on Saturday evening. At two o'clock next morning, he had
proceeded far as Elie Bay, but the wind being unfavourable, she had to
beat against it, and, while doing so, struck a rock, and remained fast.
She almost immediately filled with water; and no exertion of the master or
crew could save their vessel. They, however, remained on board
a considerable time, but at last, took to their boats and safely reached
the shore. Little, if any, hope is entertained of saving the vessel, for,
having stuck on the rock about high water, and having sustained great
injury the gale on Sabbath and Monday, no ordinary efforts could prove
effectual in taking her off. We have not heard whether the vessel and cargo
were insured. The ship, which was rather old, had recently undergone
extensive repairs, and was in every respect seaworthy; and the master
and crew were reckoned well qualified to discharge their respective duties.
The crew, sixteen in number, suffered no injury. The vessel
has become a total wreck, but the owners were fortunate in having
their ship fully insured. It was betwixt Earlsferry and Kincraig that
William Dawson went ashore.
On Wednesday last, a fine new ship was launched from the yard of
Messrs Brockbank and Nephew in this town. She is called the
Lancaster, burthen 333 tons, commanded by Capt. Wm. Dennison, the
property of Messrs. Burrows and Nottage, and intended for the
West-India trade.
SHIPWRECK ON THE Welsh Coast. The ship Lancaster, Lethbridge,
master, bound from Liverpool to Africa, has been lost in Cardigan Bay,
under the following circumstances. The vessel had been lying
wind-bound in Studwell roads for some time, and about eleven o'clock
on Saturday, the 14th inst.[14 March 1835] she was got under weigh.
About two she struck on the western extremity on the causeway
(Sarnbadrig,) and almost immediately filled. The master dispatched a
boat to Mr. Hughes, deputy agent to Lloyd's residing at Pwlhelli,
requesting prompt assistance, Unfortunately it was then low water, and
no boats could be got out, but two were sent to her as soon as
possible. Mr. Hughes offered the crew of an Irish herring smack
£10 to go out, which was refused. About four or five o'clock the
tide flowed over the vessel, and the master and the remainder of the
crew were compelled to abandon her, and arrived at Pwlhelli in safety
on Sunday morning, having passed the night on board the Mersey, then
lying in Studwell roads. The vessel soon went to pieces, and not a
vestige was to be seen when the two boats arrived at the place where
she had struck. The accident happened through the Captain mistaking
the position of the causeway. Early on Monday morning, the shore near
Barmouth was strewed with large quantities of merchandize, evidently
from the wreck of the Lancaster. They consisted of puncheons of rum,
empty casks, hogsheads of tobacco-leaf, hats, bread, palm oil, staves,
powder casks, and empty cases supposed to have contained fire-arms,...
Several sailor's chests were washed on shore, in one of which was a
log-book belonging to the Lancaster, stating that she rode at anchor
on the 9th ult. near the roads, and three of the crew had decamped
from her at Pwlhelli. .... The stern of the Lancaster came on shore
on Tuesday.
Also a very Strong, Burthensome Little Vessel about 112 tons register,
suitable for the Irish or Coasting Trade; has been, and is now, standing in the
Frame, for Seasoning and
Inspection; May be Launched in about Two Months, For further
Particulars, enquire of JOHN BROCKBANK & NEPHEW (of Lancaster) the Builders.
The Shannon, Jackson, from Limerick to Liverpool, was wrecked 28th
ult. on the Banks of Southport. Crew and small part of the Cargo
saved.
On Saturday last a fine new brig was launched from Messrs. Brockbank's
yard, in this town. She is called the Richard, about 253 tons burthen, and
intended for the West-India trade.
Carthagena de Colombia, 17 June. The Richard, Laidman, from Jamaica
to Savanilla and Liverpool, upset whilst at anchor in Savanilla Bay
24th ult. and has been condemned and sold. Crew saved.
On Saturday last, a fine new ship was launched from Messrs
Brockbank's yard, in this town. She is called the Layton, Captain Atkinson,
burthen 498 tons, and intended tor the Jamaica trade.
The Layton, New, from Ichaboe for St. Helena, put into Barbaboes, Dec.24th, leaky.
[2 feet of water in her hold]
BARQUE LAYTON. To be sold by Public Auction, on Wednesday next, the
25th instant on the Pier Head, precisely at 12 o'clock, on account of
all concerned, as she now lies in the Careenage, THE BRITISH BUILT
BARQUE LAYTON 513 Tons Register, COPPERED. COPPER FASTENED and
DOUBLED, with her Lower Masts, Top Masts, and Standing Rigging, New
Cast Iron Pumps, One Anchor, Chain Cable, and a lot of Water Casks.
By Order of Messrs. CAVAN & CO., Agents, and JOHN NEW, Master of
said Vessel.
On the 18th ult. a fine brig, called The Alexander, burthen 164 tons
register, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Brockbank
and Nephew, in this town, for Captain Joseph Jackson, of Whitehaven.
Sailed. Alexander, Cowman, for Newfoundland.
The Alexander, Cowman, and the Lark, of Whithorn, were driven
on shore near Whitehaven on the 23rd inst.
WRECK OF A WHITEHAVEN VESSEL. Further details.
The steamer Phoenix which arrived at Leith on Sunday night, brought
Captain Richard Watson and the crew of the Alexander, of Whitehaven,
which was lost in the ice, in lat. 66 25' N., long. 13 W., about 50
miles off the North-east point of Iceland. The brig left the Mersey on
the 19th April, bound to Ofjerd [sic, not identified], Iceland, with a
cargo of salt. All went well up to the 1st of May, when, with a strong
breeze and thick weather, several ice floes were encountered. The
captain took every precaution to protect his vessel by hanging out
over the sides all the available chain cables, hawsers, and fenders,
and also took in all sail, save the lower topsails and foretopmast
staysail. At five p.m. the same day the vessel got again into clear
water, but two hours afterwards she was once more amongst the ice. The
following day, at one in the afternoon, the vessel again managed get
into clear water, but this only lasted for ten minutes; the brig was
struck heavily on the starboard bow, below the water line, by a large
piece of ice, and one of the crew, who was below, ran on deck to say
that there was a hole in the bow through which a cart might be driven.
All haste was made to get out the jolly boat, into which there was
just time to put a few provisions, and for the crew, five all told, to
jump in. The boat was rapidly shoved off from the doomed vessel, and
she had barely got two cables length away, when the Alexander
foundered, bow first. As the stern was blown out, raising the water
all round as if a waterspout had burst.
The crew, of course, lost
everything, having no clothes save what they stood in, and found
themselves in the perilous position of being afloat in small boat,
fifty miles from land, with scant provisions, and encompassed by walls
of ice in all directions. For three days they suffered the greatest
hardships, all being more or less affected by frostbite; and the
captain states that another day would, in all probability, have been
too many for them. Luckily, help was at hand. On the day following the
catastrophe, the whaling brig Norden, of Christiana, Captain Henrick
Sorensen, picked up some pieces of cabin boards, a forepeak bulkhead
plank, and a small oil-cask, and conjecturing that a vessel's crew
might be in the ice, he most humanely set about making a search for
them. On the 5th of May, Captain Watson and his men sighted the brig
while engaged in this self-imposed task, and pulled to her, when Capt.
Sorensen received them on board most kindly, furnishing them with
medicine, and, as Captain Watson gratefully records "every comfort".
The whole of the Alexander's crew had their feet frostbitten. On the
11th of May the shipwrecked men were transferred to a fishing
schooner, and landed at Akureyre, Iceland, where they were again
fortunate in being kindly received and lodged by a local merchant till
the 13th; and subsequently, by the help of a schooner and two mail
steamers, they made a slow progress from port to port, till, the 23rd
inst. they landed at Leith. With the exception of Captain Watson, all
the crew belonged to Liverpool, to which they made their way; and one
of the men is so seriously frostbitten that he has since gone into the
hospital. Captain Watson speaks in the highest terms of the kindness
with which himself and the men were everywhere treated, and especially
the attention given to them by Captain Sorensen. The Alexander was 146
tons register, and was built at Lancaster 65 years ago; but she has
always, we believe, been owned in the Whitehaven port. Captain Main,
Egremont, was the managing owner. The Alexander, we understand, is
insured in the local club.
Wednesday last, a fine, well-built schooner was launched from the yard of
Messrs. Brockbank and Nephew, in Lancaster -- She is called the Thomas
and Nancy, intended to trade between Preston and Ireland.
Drogheda. Sailed. 11. Thomas & Nancy, Fell, Preston, oatmeal, &c.
The Thomas [and] Nancy, of Drogheda, has sunk off Carrickfergus, after
being in collision with the Mary Cormick [sic, Mary Connick ON18087],
of Dundalk; trifling damage to latter.
The Mary Connick, of Dundalk. (Before Judge Kelly.) The Queen's
Proctor had moved for and obtained the fiat of the court for a warrant against
this brigantine in a cause of collision; the affidavit, stating that
on the 1st of January last, she had ran into the Thomas and Nancy, by
which the latter vessel, her cargo, and stores, together with the clothes and effects of her
master and crew were totally lost. The damage was estimated at £520. The
Mary Connick in consequence had been arrested and was in the custody
of the marshal.
Mr. Richardson moved on notice on behalf of the owners of the Mary Connick
to be at liberty to give bail
for her (to appear on judgment) before Mr Byrne,
a Commissioner of the Court in Dundalk. The Court granted the motion,
the bail to be in £600 so as to cover further losses suffered, and to qualify
before the commissioner.
On Saturday last was launched from Mr James Smith's yard at Lancaster, a new sloop
called the William & Nancy.
A new vessel was launched the 12th inst. from Mr Smith's building yard at Lancaster,
called the Nancy, the property of Thomas Hinde, Esq. & Sons, and intended for the Jamaica trade.
On Thursday last, a fine new ship, called the CERES, burthen 341 tons, was launched
from Mr Smith's yard at Lancaster, for Messrs Housman & Massiter.
Lancaster. Arrived. Ceres, Alston, St Thomas's.
The Ceres, Langley, from Martinique to London, has been taken by a
French privateer, retaken by the Medusa frigate, and arrived at
Crookhaven. Capt. Langley was killed by a broadside from the privateer.
Sale... THE good Ship CERES, with all her stores, as she now lies in the
Blackwall Canal, lately recaptured by his Majesty's ship Medusa; British built,
admeasures per register 341 tons, copper fastened, and coppered,
a substantial built vessel, carries a large cargo, and well adapted for
general purposes.
Yesterday se'nnight was launched, from the building-yard of Mr Smith,
Lancaster, a fine ship called the Lune, of 345 tons. She belongs to
Messrs. Worswick Allman and Co, and is intended to mount twenty guns.
On Thursday, the 13th inst., a fine new dogger, called the Industry,
was launched from Mr James Smith's yard, at Lancaster, for Messrs John Jackson & Co.,
in the Liverpool and coasting trade.
Married: On Sunday at Liverpool,
Mr George Wright, master of the Industry of Lancaster,....
Lancaster. Sailed: 18 March. Industry, Wright, for Cork. [last voyage found with master Wright]
Whitehaven. Arrived. Industry, Hunter, Lancaster, ballast.
Sailed. Industry, Hunter, for Dumfries, coal.
A fine new ship was launched the 18th from Mr Smith's yard, Lancaster, called the Alliance,
burthen 390 tons, intended for the West India trade.
The weather, during this week, has been very stormy. We are extremely
sorry to have to announce the loss of fine ship, of 390 tons burthen,
built at Mr. Smith's yard, about two years ago, for Messrs. Timperon
and Litt, of Liverpool, to which port she was bound with full cargo.
Liverpool. The Alliance, Brice, from Jamaica for this port, was wrecked near Pile
Fowdray, on Tuesday the 5th inst. Crew saved.
The following is the total amount of the rum and wine, saved from the
wreck of the Alliance, Brice, from Jamaica to Liverpool, lately
wrecked in Morecambe Bay: 93 puncheons 2 hhds rum, and 19 pipes 4 hhds and 1
butt of wine. We are sorry to have to notice, that some individuals on
the coast tapped several of the puncheons, and carried off the liquors.
Numbers were seen intoxicated, and one man unfortunately lost his life
by excessive drinking, in the neighbourhood of Flookburgh.
On Thursday last, a fine new ship, called the Jane, burthen 345 tons,
was launched Mr. Smith's yard, near this town. She is pierced for 30 guns,
built for T. Hinde, Esq. of Liverpool, and intended for the African
trade.
Africa. Jane, Barrell, arrived from Liverpool.
The Jane, Barrel, was at Calabar, 18th Sept.
AFRICA. Jane, J. Burrell, with 689 ck palm oil, 500 elephant teeth, 38
seamorse teeth [from hippos], 12t redwood, 200 cocoa nuts, for Penny and Knipe.
[last voyage found with master Burrell].
Also, One New CANAL BOAT,
Now lying in the Canal, Lancaster; extreme length, about 72 feet, and
10 feet broad, from outside to outside of timbers. Likewise, One CANAL
BOAT, in her frame of timber; about 72 feet long, and 14 feet broad, from
outside to outside of timbers. Apply to JAMES SMITH. Lancaster, July 20 1801.
ON SALE, in JAMES SMITH'S Ship-yard, Lancaster, One New, Haik-boat
[sic] stern'd VESSEL, On the stocks, ready for launching, masts,
yards, &c. prepared for a BRIG, suitable for the coasting trade, as
she is of a light water draft, and planked with 2.5 inch English and
elm, with stronger stuff at the bilge, bend, &c. Dimensions as follow,
viz. Extreme length aloft 69ft 4 in; breadth, 19 1, Depth hold 9 5.
And admeasures 107 71-94ths tons register.
THE STRONG-BUILT VESSEL, NOW ON THE STOCKS, in the Yard of the
late James Smith, dimensions: Length from fore part of the main stem to
after part of stern post aloft 69 ft. 4in; Breadth 19 1; Depth in the hold 9 5;
Admeasures 107 78-94 tons. She is completely finished for launching;
with suitable masts, yards, &c, for a brigantine. For further particulars apply
Mrs. SMITH.
who also has on the stocks, a strong-built vessel, copper-fastened,
and nearly complete to launch, suitable for the West Indian or African trade,
which she would dispose of on very reasonable terms. Length 100 ft; breadth 27 ft;
depth in the hold 12.6 ft; height between decks 5.8 ft.
On Thursday last, a new brig was launched from Mrs. Smith's yard, near
this town. She is called the Elizabeth, is 106 tons burthen, and
belongs to Messrs. Hanna and Bennett, of Liverpool.
Falmouth: Sailed: the Brig Elizabeth, capt. Hannah, for London.
The Elizabeth, Hannah, from Liverpool to Cork, was lost
in Liverpool Bay, the 26th ult.
Our market has this week been plentifully supplied with fish. On
Tuesday the Otter arrived here, and yesterday the Beaver, each with a
cargo of britts, turbot, soals, flooks, oysters, &c
Lancaster. Arrived. Beaver, Ashburner, from the fishery, soals, oysters, etc.
Same day, another smack was launched at Mrs Smith's yard, called the Three
Brothers, burthen about 14 tons.
Ulverston. Cleared. Three Brothers, Ormandy, for Whitehaven.
Yesterday a fine new ship, burthen 310 tons, was launched at Mrs.
Smith's yard, near this town. She is expected to be a remarkably fast sailer,
and is to be sold - see the advertisement.
A FINE NEW SHIP, Launched yesterday, from the yard of the late James
Smith, burthen three hundred and ten tons, copper-fastened, and is
very suitable for the West India or African trade. For particulars
apply to Thomas Jackson, or Thomas Worthington, Lancaster, July 9,
1803.
On the 13th inst. the Friendship of Workington, Captain Scott, from
Greenock for this port, met the ship Macclesfield, of Liverpool, Captain
Croft, in lat. 53. 8. long. 11. 18. - out 30 days from London, bound to
Surinam, in the greatest distress, having lost her rudder in a heavy
gale, and otherwise much damaged. Capt. S. rendered them every assistance in
his power, and took out the crew, consisting of thirty-one, and two passengers, all
of whom he safely landed in this city yesterday.
The ship Macclesfield, mentioned in a former paper to have been
deserted at sea by the crew, and saved by the Friendship, Capt. Scott,
has been driven into Buffin harbour to the westward of Sline Head [sic, Slyne Head,
probably Boffin harbour].
On Monday was launched from Mrs. Smith's yard, at Lancaster, a brigantine, named
the Harmony, burthen 123 tons, built for Thomas Satterthwaite & Co and
intended for the Oporto and Bristol trade.
Sale... THE BRIG HARMONY, ROBERT RUSSELL, Master, now trading betwixt
Chester and Dublin, built under particular inspection, at Lancaster,
for private use, and launched on the 29th November, 1803; is well
found in all manner of stores, and sails remarkably fast; shifts
without ballast, takes the ground, and is well adapted for the Irish,
Portugal, or Mediterranean trades. DIMENSIONS: length aloft 70 0;
Breadth 20 2; Depth in the Hold 9 10; Admeasures 122 tons...
Bristol arrived: Harmony, Creddiford, Newfoundland.
Came in: Harmony, Criddiford, from Newfoundland.
Sailed. Harmony, Mann, for Newfoundland.
The Harmony, Mann, from Lisbon to Newfoundland, is lost in the ice, at
the entrance of Conception Bay.
On Saturday last, a fine new ship, burthen 320 tons, was launched at
the yard of Caleb Smith and Co near this town. She is called The
Braganza, Capt Macfarlane, and intended to sail for the Brazils.
FROM LIVERPOOL. For SANTA CATHARINA, & the RIO DE JANEIRO, The
remarkably fine new Ship BRAGANZA, Burthen 350 Tons; coppered and
copper fastened, mounts 20 Guns, 12-pounders, with Men answerable.
Two-thirds of her Cargo being already engaged, she is intended to sail
in all February. .. Dickenson Brothers.
The Braganza is the
finest Ship now offering for freight at the port Liverpool....
For HONDURAS Direct, The fine Barque BRAGANZA, Richard Bouch,
master; burthen per register, 300 tons, coppered and copper fastened, This vessel is
intended as a Regular Trader,...
Braganza, Bouch, from Honduras for Liverpool, was wrecked near the Belize, about
17th Sept.
SHIP NEWS. LANCASTER, Jan. 7. Yesterday, a fine new ship, called the
Venus. Captain Peter Jackson, was launched at Caleb Smith and Co's
yard, in this town. She belongs to Messrs. Bradshaws and Winder, and
is intended for the West-India trade.
At Memel. Arrived 12 Oct. Venus, Scott, from Colchester.
Great Yarmouth July 16. Arrived in the roads, the Venus, Rees, late Simmons,
from Quebec, last from Newfoundland.
THE Brig VENUS, 268 tons O.M.; lying at Yarmouth. Hull and stores in good
condition, and fit for immediate employment. For particulars apply Mr.
SALMON PALMER, Yarmouth.
On Thursday last, a fine new Ship was launched from Messrs. Caleb
Smith and Co.'s yard, near this town. She is called the Lune,
commanded by Capt. Henry Coupland, burthen 370 tons, built for Messrs.
Procter and Bond, of this town, and intended for the West India trade.
For sale... THE SHIP LUNE; With all her MATERIALS, as she now lies in the
Salthouse-dock, Liverpool; burthen, per register, 343 92-94
tons, was launched in February last, is fastened and
sheathed with copper, armed with twelve carriage guns, 12-pounders,
and small arms; is abundantly found in stores, ....
[for sale again January 1817 at London]
Vessels entered for Loading. British America. C L Bahr, 345 Lune, Quebec
The Lune, Wakeham, hence for New Orleans, put in to Dublin, having
struck on a bank near Wicklow. [master described as Lotherington, in another report]
NEW PINE TIMBER, DEALS AND LATHWOOD. THE SUBSCRIBERS are now Landing
the Cargo of the Brig Lune, W. Lotherington, from St. JOHN'S, N. B.,
.....
Bathurst. Aug 15. Arrived. Lune, Lotherington, from Newry.
[no further reports found]
On the 15th inst. a fine new ship was launched at Caleb Smith & Co.'s
yard, near this town. She is called the John, burthen 358 tons, the
property of Messrs Ripleys and Jackson, of this port, and intended
for the West-India trade.
SHIP NEWS. LANCASTER. Sept. 14. The John, Campbell, from hence at
Martinique.
July 24. Ship John of Lancaster, 16 guns and 20 men, bound from
London to Martiniqe, in ballast, sent into the United States.
On Wednesday, a fine new ship was launched at Caleb Smith and Co's
yard, at Skerton, near this town. She is called the Thomas, upwards of 436
tons burthen, commanded by Captain John Towers, built for Messrs.
Atkinson and Willocks, of this town, and intended for the West-India
trade.
Liverpool May 4. The Thomas, Kegg, from Bengal, is arrived off this port.
Portsmouth 20. Thomas, Gowland, for Cork.
The Thomas, of Cork. Liverpool, Dec. 11. Arrived the Waterloo, Cornish, from
Pernambuco, at this port. On the 1st of Dec. in lat. 50, long. 32.
stood towards a barque apparently in distress. At 30 minutes past 3,
P. M., found the said barque to be the Thomas of Cork. She abandoned
her tiller when going from side to side; the companion half open and
all her hatches; and there appeared to us to be straw on the main
deck, the larboard side. She was lying with her head to the N. E.
under two close reef topsails, both being square; her courses,
jib-boom, mainsail, and main topgallant sail were furled, and the
colours, hoisted union up, were partly blown away. The cables were
bent to the anchors, both over the side. The long boat was on her deck;
jolly boat up to the stern. The raft port was partly opened. She did not
appear to be in much distress. Not likely to be any water in her, as
she was very light. ...
Galway, Dec.13. Very bad weather here. The
Orestes, R. S., sailed yesterday to look for a large vessel called the
Thomas of Cork, last from Chatham, which was seen off the land four or
five days ago, deserted by her crew, yet having only three feet water
in her hold. The crew has not been heard of.
Extract from the log of the Brothers, of Scarborough: Saturday,
11th Dec. 1830. At 10 a.m. heavy squalls, ship to windward, under
bare poles; she disappeared in an instant; supposed her to go down,
head first, but was not near enough to render any assistance if any
one was on board. Wore ship to the westward to see if we could
perceive anything of the vessel. Lat. obs, 51. 34 n, long d.r. 12. 5.
A.M. Hard gales and heavy squalls, sea running very high, shipping
water over all. 3. Wore ship to
the east-ward; could not see anything of the
Barque we saw disappear; thought she might have turned up, but could
not perceive anything of her.
The vessel alluded to is supposed to be the
Thomas of Cork, ... seen off the Western coast. On the 3d,
she was boarded by - Norie, master of the brig Christian, who took
out of her a living cat; she had then four feet water in her hold,
and had previously been abandoned by her crew.
SHIP NEWS. LANCASTER, April 13. The new ship Port Royal, Procter,
sailed from Glasson Dock on Thursday, for Jamaica.
First Vessel for NEW YORK, - The fine fast-sailing British Ship,
PORT ROYAL, Richard Coulson, Master; A. 1., Burthen per
register 410 tons, copper-fastened and coppered, a most eligible
vessel for dry goods, has two-thirds of her cargo engag'd. and
will be despatched immediately. For freight of remainder or
passengers, having very superior accommodations, apply to Capt
Coulson on board, ...
The above Vessel will accept a Charter from New York
to Jamaica. Apply to AB. GARNETT, or GEO. WILKINSON.
The schooner, Prospero, had a passage of five days from Heneagua [old
name for Great Inagua, Bahamas], and brought from thence, Capt.
Coulson, the crew, and passengers of the ship, Port-Royal, of
Liverpool, lost on her passage from New York to this port. The Port
Royal sailed, from New-York on the 7th September last, and on the
29th, about 10 P. M., during a heavy squall, struck on the S. E.
point of Heneagua; the crew and passengers all got safe on shore on
the island, and, the Prospero, arriving there some time after, they
went on board of her and proceeded for this Port. A greater part of
the cargo of the Port Royal will be saved; the Prospero brought some of
it, as also some of her stores, sails, &c.
GARNETT Abraham, of Liverpool, Lancaster, merchant, .... the said
Bankrupt all or any part or parts of such sum or sums of money which
Richard Coulson, of the ship Port Royal, late the property of the said
Bankrupt, paid and advanced for and in respect of repairs done to and
other disbursements incurred by the said ship Port Royal when at New
York, in America, to which place the said vessel and her cargo were
consigned by the said Abraham Garnett, previous to his Bankruptcy,
... And for expenses paid by him in procuring or relating to a
cargo obtained for the said vessel at New York, for the Island of Jamaica.
On Monday last was launched, from the yard of Caleb Smith and Co. near
this town, a fine new brig, called the James, Captain Graham, burthen
238 tons, belonging to Messrs. Irving and Co. and intended for the
West-India trade.
James, Graves. from Waterford for Halifax, put into St. John's,
Newfoundland, 27th ult. Crew sick.
James, Graves, of Maryport, at Halifax on the 12th ult., the crew
and passengers generally in a very sickly state. One of the
crew and five passengers dead.
Maryport. 23. James, Graves, arr from St Andw., N.B.
Sale... Maryport... The Brig JAMES, George Grave, Master, Burthen per
Register 233 Tons, with all her Materials as she now lies in Maryport
Harbour. The Purchaser to pay a Deposit of Ten per Cent, and the
Remainder by Two equal Payments at Three and Six Months, giving
approved Security before leaving the Sale. Inventories may be seen at
the usual places. Apply to the Master on board.
Also the cargo
on board - Pine Timber imported from St Andrew's, New Brunswick.
The James, Carr, of Maryport, was off the Brandy Pots, 10th ult. [Canada]
James, Carr, from Galway for Quebec, was abandoned 19th September
in lat. 44 43, long. 31 37. Crew saved by the African, from Bristol
for St. Andrew's, N. B., and put on board the Hopkinson, [from Demerara to Liverpool].
1812 history:
June 28. A fine brig, burthen 256 tons, called The Brothers, to be
commanded by Captain Bragg, and intended for the Baltic trade, was
launched from Messrs. Caleb Smith and Co.'s yard, at Skerton. [This
announcement is made in the Gazette of the 10th July [sic], a fortnight after
the vessel was launched.]
Lancaster: Cleared: Brothers, Bragg, Archangel.
By a letter from Drontheim [sic, now Trondheim], dated the 4th ult. the twenty vessels to
and from Archangel, which were captured and carried into that port
in July and August last, by the Scourge and Rattlesnake American
privateers, had all been condemned by the Danish government, (except
the Liberty, Sugden, which sailed for America in December last, put
into Stromness in January, and was taken possession of;) and the
following were sold, viz. the Concord, West; Harford, Brown;
Prosperous, Lee; Westmoreland, Wheatley; Pax, Anderson; Brothers,
Bragg; Diligence, Towns; Economy, Dobson; and Betsey, -.
On Wednesday last was launched from the building-yard of Caleb Smith
and Co. at Skerton, near this town, a fine new ship, called the Mary,
burthen 378 tons, commanded by Capt. James Campbell, and intended for
the West-India trade.
For Maranham. The fast-sailing British-built barque Mary, Wm Lloyd, master,
375 tons register, coppered and copper-fastened, ...apply Moon Bros,....
Entered for Loading. Mary, Lloyd, for Brazils
Cove of Cork. March 7. The barque Mary, Hunter master, from Liverpool bound to the Cape
and Calcutta, out 5 days, leaky, crew in state of mutiny. The Ayr steamer
is gone to her assistance, with the police.
On the 23rd ult., a fine new brig was launched from the yard of Caleb Smith
& Co., at Skerton, near this town. She is called the Mary Ellen, Captain Innis,
burthen 140 tons, and intended to trade between Liverpool and Dublin; for which
later port she sailed on Sunday last.
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. THE staunch, well-found Brig MARY ELLEN, stands A. 1 at
Lloyd's, and is now ready to receive Cargo. Apply to Captain Donaldson on
board.
Whitehaven, 9 Feb.
The Mary Ellen, Benn, from Dublin for this port, was driven on shore at the
entrance of the Duddon yesterday, during a Gale at W, but expected to be got off.
The Mary Ellen, also of this port [Whitehaven], which was put on shore near Duddon,
a few days ago, has become a total wreck.
Yesterday sennight, was launched from the building yard Messrs. Caleb
Smith & Co. Lancaster, a fine new coppered vessel, called the James;
burthen 517 register tons; built for Captain John Bragg and intended for the
West India trade.
Arrived. Nov 25. James, Scott, Africa, palm oil and ivory.
On Saturday last, a fine new brig was launched from Messrs. Smith's
yard, at Skerton, near this town. She is called the Albion, commanded by
Capt. John Hogarth, burthen 279 tons, coppered, and is intended for
the West-India trade.
Tuesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, a melancholy affair
occurred in George's Dock Basin, Liverpool. The Albion, Capt. Proctor,
which had parted from her cable in the river, in endeavouring to enter
the basin, with a strong breeze from the North West, ran down a flat
which was lying within it, on board of which were three men, a woman,
and her two children; the men fortunately escaped; but the woman and
the children were, we lament to say, drowned.
Vessels sailed. March 11. Albion, Proctor, St Domingo.
Liverpool. 19 January, arrived, Albion, Proctor, St Domingo, sailed 28th December.
On the 5th inst. was launched from Caleb Smith and Co.'s yard, near this town,
a fine new schooner, called the Albion, burthen about 122 tons, and
intended for the trade between Preston and Ireland.
Workington. Sailed, 26. Albion, Richardson, Drogheda.
Some of the vessels which trade to and from North Wales, are of a
great age. One these, the schooner Albion of Beaumaris, built at
Lancaster in 1815, was recently sold by auction at Cardiff. Although
launched 92 years ago, this old craft, when repaired, may yet do
years' service.
However, seems to have been salvaged and rebuilt:
Registered Belfast 93/1847; then Arbroath 14/1850, 74 tons.
ON10228. Described in MNL as built Lancaster 1816, schooner.
In MNL, registered Arbroath from 1857 to 1877, when owned Wm Thompson, Montrose, 68 tons.
Voyage Granton to Montrose, with coal, put back to Firth of Forth,
sunk at
anchor near Oxcar Rock, 3 January 1877, crew saved.
On Saturday the 10th inst. a fine new galliot, called the Eliza, was
launched from the yard of Messrs. Caleb Smith and Co at Skerton, near
this town. She is 90 tons burthen, intended for the Glasgow trade,
for which she is well calculated, and commanded by Capt. Saul
Taylor.
Arrivals at the Canal Basin, Glasson Dock. Sep. 9.
Eliza, Rawlinson, from Liverpool. [arrivals to Oct 1839]
The Galliot Eliza of Belfast, Robert Sellar, master, from Glasgow, with coals,
and the sloop Industry of Belfast, Hugh O'Hara, master, parted
from their anchors in Glenarm Bay, on Saturday night, wind at East,
were driven ashore and totally wrecked. With great difficulty, the crews were saved.
WRECK OF AN ARBROATH SCHOONER IN THE FORTH. The wind was blowing very high
in the Firth of Forth on Wednesday, with heavy sea, which made the
ferry steamers take a circuitous route in their passage across. They
had great difficulty, as the gale increased towards evening, in
embarking and disembarking their passengers, the waves lashing with
great force against the piers. The boats and train
were largely patronized on Wednesday, and much behind time.
Great destruction has been done to shore property in Burntisland, and the
Volunteer Battery has been left quite a wreck. A broad sheet of water
fills the arable haugh near the Sea Mills, and this farm was shut off
from its usual communication with the highway.
About midday a vessel
was observed to be in distress near the Oxcar Rocks, S.E. of the
island of Inchcolm. About 2 p.m. this vessel foundered and went down.
She is now ascertained to be the Arbroath schooner Eliza, Captain
Brand, owned by Mr Wm. Thomson, Arbroath. She had a cargo of coals
from Granton for Montrose, and had nearly reached her destination, but
put back on Monday night, and re-entering the Firth of Forth, anchored
off the Oxcar, upon which she has been completely wrecked. The master
and crew happily escaped in the small boat, and reached Burntisland,
where they have been sent home by rail, having first disposed of their
boat. We are sorry to learn that neither ship nor cargo were insured.
On Wednesday last, a fine new brig was launched from Messrs Caleb Smith & Co's yard,
in Skerton, near this town. She is called the Active, 173 tons burthen,
and commanded by Captain Bragg.
Beauaris 14 Sept. The Active, Stainscliff, from Dalhousie, arrived
off this port, reports having encountered a large quantity of ice
for about 200 miles to the SE of the Straits of Belle Isle. [last voyage found]
... two young boys pleaded Not Guilty to a charge of stealing a copper bolt from a
vessel lying near Amlwch on the 23rd of February. property of Mr
Nicholas Treweek and another.
Mr Townsend stated the nature of the
case: It was the abstraction of bolt from the rudder &c.
Mr Nicholas
Treweek proved that he and his brother are joint owners of the brig
Active which is lying at Amlwch on the day named in order to undergo repairs. ...
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On sale. A new Schooner now on the stocks in the yard belonging to Thos Worthington
& Co in this town, is ready for launching, of the following dimensions:
length aloft, 62ft; breadth extreme 18ft 7 in; depth 9 ft 4in; will admeasure
about 93 tons.
On the 8th inst. a fine brig was launched from yard of Thomas
Worthington and Co. at Skerton, near this town. She is upwards of
90 tons burthen, and called the Hawk.
Milford, Nov. 1. The Hawk, Harries, of this port bound to Cornwall, was
abandoned, 30th Oct., off St Govan's Head, waterlogged.
Shipwreck. On the 28th ult., the schooner "Hawk," of Milford, William
Harries, master, sailed with a prosperous breeze from Saundersfoot for
Penzance, wind being from the N.E. At 12 o'clock at night the wind
came more to the southward and she could not make her course for
Longships, the next day at 3 am, the Captain put the ship about for
the Welsh coast. The gale gradually increasing from the S.S.E., they
reefed sails on occasion, the sea running high and the ship making
water, the gale increasing throughout. At meridien, the foreyard broke
in two, the foresail and topsail were blown completely off the bolt
ropes; at the same time both pumps were constantly going and the sea
making a complete breach over the ship. They observed a ship on the
wind under close reef canvas, and hoisted a signal of distress, but the
ship passed within a quarter mile to windward, and rendered them no
assistance, the water still increasing on the pumps, which were also
choked, and the crew quite exhausted. The wind then split the
mainsail, which rendered the ship unmanageable. At 3 40 pm, the wind
shifted to the W.N.W., with a clearer sky, and they observed land
about 3 miles off, to the great delight of all on board, the ship
still gaining on both pumps and sinking fast. At great risk of their
life, the crew took to the longboat and landed on the beach under St
Gowan's Head, where they had to remain for upwards of three hours in a
hole, in an exhausted state, and could not go to the main land owing
to the tide being in. In about three hours, however, they came safe to
the main land haying saved but very little of their wearing apparel.
On Thursday last, a fine new brig, of 217 tons burthen, was launched
from the yard of Messrs. Worthington and Co. near this town. She was
built for Messrs. Bibby, Highfield, and Co. of Liverpool, and is
intended for the Brazil trade.
LANCASTER. DIMENSIONS of a NEW VESSEL, on sale at Messrs. THOMAS
WORTHINGTON and Co's Yard. LANCASTER, (nearly built, with a poop
deck). Extreme length 86 1; breadth of Beam 23 6; Depth in Hold 10 8; Height between Decks 5 8;
Admeasures in Tons 210 72-94 or thereabouts, and can be ready to LAUNCH in
Six or Eight Weeks. Lancaster, 28 June, 1819.
A new fishing-boat [sic] was launched on Monday last, from the yard of T.
Worthington and Co of this town. She is called the George and Agnes, and
about 25 tons burthen.
Whitehaven. Sailed. 13. George & Agnes, Wright, Wigtown.
On Friday last [21st ult.] a melancholy shipwreck occurred off the Isle of
Whithorn. The George and Agnes, Wright, master, was steering for the
harbour, in company with the sloops Regina and Nancy. The sea at the
time was running mountains high, and a black and heavy cloud came
sweeping along like a tornado. The Nancy and Regina prepared for it by
close-reefing their topsails; but poor Wright, who was too late, was
taken while in the act of doing so, and thrown on his beam-ends; in
which state he lay for about two minutes, and then went down for ever,
when all hands perished. It is thought that his cargo (freestone) had
shifted, and had thus accelerated their destruction; which, besides
being witnessed by the two vessels above referred to, which passed
over the spot a few minutes after, when no trace of Wright's vessel
was to be seen, was also witnessed by two people from the shore, from
which she was distant only three miles, and steering in with a fair
wind. Captain Wright is much regretted here, as he was a constant
trader for some time with coals; and the dreadful catastrophe is more
shocking, as it is well known that there was a great number of
passengers on board at the time; report estimates them variously at
from eight to thirteen, and it seems they were all in the cabin at the
time of the dreadful calamity, as none of them were on deck a minute
or two before. The following are the names of such as are ascertained
to have been actually on board, Wright, and two seamen; Hannay, a
mason of Whithorn, and his two daughters; an old man of the name of
Stevenson, and his son, also belonging to this part of the county; a
son of John M'Kies, of Kirkanner, and a son of Thomas Crawfords, in
this town, all of whom, with the exception of the latter, were about
18 years of age, and except old Stevenson, in the full vigour of youth
and bloom of health and strength; who the other passengers were it is
not known: report states, that there were other females. We trust it
will not turn out to be so, as the melancholy catalogue is already
frightful.
Launch. On Tuesday last, a fine vessel named the Thomas Burrow, belonging to
the House of Messrs. Burrows and Nottage, of Lancaster, and intended
for the West India trade, was launched from Messrs. Worthington and
Co.'s yard, in Lancaster.
For Tortola. The fine A 1 Brig THOMAS BURROW, - Thomas Dawson, Master; For
freight or passage, apply to Messrs. BURROW & NOTTAGE, of Lancaster;
to Captain Dawson, or to JOHN SWIRE.
EFFECTS OF THE LATE GALES. ... On Friday morning as the Thomas
Burrow, Dawson, from Tortola, principally laden with sugar, was making
Lancaster, she unfortunately ran on a sand bank, a few miles below
Sunderland, and almost instantaneously went on her beam ends. The
Captain ran down into the hold for the purpose of securing the papers
belonging to the vessel, and was drowned in the attempt. The Thomas
Burrow was a very good swift sailing vessel, and the Captain a
remarkably active and steady man, much esteemed. He had been fifty
five voyages previous, had crossed the Atlantic no less than one
hundred and ten times, and melancholy to relate, perished within sight
of shore. The crew escaped in the boat.
The Paragon was wrecked on the
coast of Wexford on the 17th February 1838, bound from Liverpool for
Pernambuco under the command of Capt. J. Watt. At the time of her loss
she was owned by Smith & Co. and was registered at Maryport. Six crew
were lost, and seven saved.
On Thursday week, the Arrow steam-boat, having landed her owners, from
Liverpool, at Blackpool, put into this port, and arrived safe at St.
George's Quay. Being the first steam-boat that ever came up the
river Lune, she attracted the notice of a great number of persons,
many of whom had never seen one before. On Saturday, the Captain undertook
to tow the new brig Paragon, Simpson, from the New Quay to Glasson,
which she accomplished in fine style, although the wind was
contrary. Nearly 100 persons took the opportunity of so novel a
conveyance, from the Quay side to the New Quay; and many went in her
to Glasson, expressing themselves much gratified by the voyage. She left
Glasson about two o'clock, for Liverpool, taking several passengers.
The Paragon, Watt, which sailed hence, on Tuesday week, for
Pernambuco, was driven onshore on Saturday week, at Ballynesker
Strand, near Wexford, and six of the crew drowned.
COURAGE AND HUMANITY. We think it but justice to give publicity to the
names of the five brave fellows, who, on Friday the 16th inst.
perilled their own lives, by rescuing from a watery grave, the captain
and six of the crew of the brig Paragon, of Maryport, cast ashore at
Ballynesker on the morning of that day. They are as follows: Alderly
Bernard, C. O. Stephen Tomas, Blackwater Coast Guard station, Richard
Ambrose, Curracloe Station, John Malone and Michael Ryan, both of Ballynesker,
fishermen.
On Saturday last, a fine new sloop was launched from the building-yard
of Messrs. T. Worthington and Co. at Skerton. near this town. She is called
the Betty and Jane, 65 tons burthen, and intended for the Ulverston
trade.
Ireland & Coastwise. Betty & Jane, J Russell, from Ulverstone, B 56
tons, Runcorn, with 40 qtrs malt, to order.
The Betty and Jane of Duddon, John Russell, Master, sailed with a Cargo
of Coals from Preston, upwards of three weeks ago, for Mr Robinson, of
Bardsea, near Ulverston, and has not since been heard of; so that it
is very likely, indeed it almost amounts to a certainty, that the
vessel has foundered at sea, and all on board perished. Captain
Russell was married, and had a family.
On Saturday last, a fine new ship was launched from the yard of
Messrs. Worthington and Ashburner, of Skerton, near this town. She is called
The Meredith, Alexander Kennan, master, 286 tons burthen, and intended
for the Liverpool and Demerara trade. She went off the stocks in fine
style, and to the admiration of a great number of spectators.
Gibraltar. Sept 22. Meredith, Fullerton, arrived from Liverpool,
Meredith, Fullerton, from this port, was totally wrecked in Hokianga
River, New Zealand, on the 13th July. Crew, except the boatswain, saved. Cargo
totally lost.
NEW ZEALAND. The Lord Liverpool cutter, arrived on Wednesday last
from Hokianga, New Zealand, has brought up Captain Fullerton, late of
the ship Meredith of Liverpool, last from the Sandwich Islands, which
he reports totally wrecked in crossing the bar of Hokianga River, on
the 13th of July, when the natives carried off every article that
could be saved. From the Wesleyan Missionaries, however, the shipwrecked
received every kind attention.
On Monday last, a fine new brig was launched the from building-yard of
T. Worthington and Co. at Skerton, near this town. She is called the Lord
Oriel, burthen about 122 tons, and intended for the trade between Preston
and Ireland.
There is to much reason to fear that the brig Lord Oriel of Falmouth,
the property of the Messrs. Lake, is lost, as she was on her passage
from Newport to Guernsey, with a cargo of coals, on the 1st instant,
and was out in the tremendous gale of the following day and night.
Nothing has since been heard of her save the washing ashore, on Lundy
island, of sundry pieces of wreck, with a marlin-spike marked Lord
Oriel. There were six hands on board, every soul of whom is supposed
to have perished. The master, a young man named James Hugo, of
Falmouth, was to have been married on his return from that voyage.
A fine new brig tons of 105 register, and intended for the coasting trade,
was launched on Thursday last from the yard of Messrs Worthington and
Ashburner, at Skerton, near Lancaster. She was named the STAIR STEWART,
and built for Messrs. David Dickinson and Co. of the Isle of
Whithorn.
Lancaster. Entered. Stair Stewart, Stephenson, Killala.
For OPORTO, The very superior Schooner STAIR STEWART, J. Stevenson,
Master; A 1 at Lloyd's, being only three years old and British built,
104 tons register, and three-fourths of her cargo already engaged. ...
The Stair Stewart, Stephenson, from Limerick for Chester, put into
Dromore Bay, Wigtownshire, and sailed again for her destination on the
30th ult., but has not since been heard of. Her boat has been picked up on
the Lancashire coast.
On Saturday last was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.
Worthington and Ashburner, at Skerton, near this town, a fine new
brig, coppered and copper-fastened, burthen 250 tons, intended for
the West India trade; she is named The Dawson, built tor Messrs.
Dawson, of Whitehaven, and commanded by Captain Dawson.
Sale ... THE good Brig DAWSON, 227 tons O.M.; built at Lancaster, in
1827; is copper-fastened, coppered, remarkably well beamed and amply
secured with iron standards, hanging and lodging knees, &c., has a
raised quarter-deck, carries a very large cargo (which has just been
delivered from Launceston in capital order), and shifts without
ballast. Length, 87 feet 5 inches; beam, 24 feet 3 inches; depth, 15
feet 6 inches. Now lying In the London Docks, ...
Aldbrough 28th Nov. The brig Dawson, of and from Stockton for London,
struck on the Whiting Sand 27th inst, and is leaky.
Cuxhaven. Sailed Oct 28 Dawson, Stevenson, Hartlepool
Colliers. Arrived Aug 7, Dawson, from Hartlepool.
REDCAR. The brig Dawson, of Newcastle, was wrecked on the rocks at
Redcar on Tuesday night. The lifeboat, Burton-on-Trent, belonging to
the National Lifeboat Institution, went out through a heavy sea, and
was fortunately the means of saving six of the shipwrecked crew. John
Rock, of Yarmouth, and the cabin boy, were drowned in attempting to
make the shore in their own boat.
Report of James Harker, Master of the Brig Dawson, of Newcastle, 216
tons, from Gluckstadt for Newcastle (ballast) (before reported): Left
Gluckstadt Nov. 10, and on the Nov 20th, the vessel making a little
water, it got amongst the ballast and choked the pumps, but the water
was kept down by baling; and on 23rd at 7 P.M., weather hazy, with rain,
wind S.E., light, nearly calm, ship being reckoned to be about six
miles off the Hough Light, which bore N.N.W., took a cast of the lead,
and found 15 fathoms. Ship's head was N.N.W., but owing to the heavy
sea and no wind, she was unmanageable. In about quarter of an hour
took another cast and found 10 fathoms, and about 10 minutes
afterwards the vessel struck Redcar Rocks. She struck three times, and
then backed off into deep water, and with the assistance of the
lifeboat she was beached and crew taken on shore. The first land made
after leaving the Elbe was off Whitby, on the morning of 24th. Sailing
directions were on board. The boats were lowered by double fall
blocks, and were in constant use. When the vessel struck I was taking
a cast of the lead, and heard John Rook, Able Seaman, call out, "Lower
the stern boat" and I called out in reply not to do so, and in about a
minute or so, was going aft, when I saw the starboard davit go from
the quarter; ran aft, and, looking over the stern, saw the boat half
way in the water, and one of the Apprentices hanging to the tackle,
and pulled him on board; but John Rook, AB, and Herbert Stubbs,
Apprentice, both of Yarmouth, were missing. On questioning the lad
saved, he said that he knew nothing of the others, but remembered
being laid hold of by the leg once. The bodies of the missing men
have not been found. The accident arose from the hinge of the davit
breaking from the quarter.
On Saturday last was launched, from the building-yard of Messrs.
Worthington and Ashburner, at Skerton, near this town, a fine new
brig, called the William Wise, built for Messrs. James Winder and Co.
of Liverpool, burthen per register 229 tons, copper sheathed, and
intended for the West India trade.
William Wise, Report of Thomas Mould, master of the brig William Wise, of
and for London, 229 tons, from Shields, with a cargo of 380 tons of coals:-
Left Shields Sept 21st, 6 A.M., wind W.N.W., fresh, fine. Proceeded, and
on Tuesday, 24th, at 6 P.M., tide past high water, weather thick and
hazy, and wind N.W., squally, the ship steering N.N.W. with topsails
and courses, jib and trysails. About half an hour before we touched the
ground, the Mate took a cast of the lead and found 9 fathoms water.
Shortly after he took a second cast and found 7 fathoms. They then put
the helm down and hove her in stays. Ship came head to wind, she then
stopped on the ground; then hove all the yards aback, but she did not
move. We remained so until 2 o'clock next morning. We took out a kedge
anchor and warp and hove taut, and could not move her. We then engaged
the steamer Prince, of London, agreeing with the Master at the same time
to tow her off for £20. Tried several times to tug her off, but could
not move her, then employed men to throw the coals overboard, at which
work they still continue. I agreed with them to lighten the ship, but
they would not mention any money, and the case will be submitted
between them and the Owner for their services rendered. I expect to
have 100 tons thrown overboard. The Crew are employed pumping. The
pumps have been tried during the voyage every two hours, occupying
about five minutes each time before sucking. [later refloated]
Great Yarmouth. Passed north: HNGS, William Wise, of London, ... [last voyage found]
Newcastle. To be SOLD BY AUCTION, the well-known Tyne Collier Brig,
WILLIAM WISE, with her Masts and standing Rigging, Spars, Boats,
Anchors, Towlines, &c. The Sale will take place on MONDAY, at 3 o'clock,
on board, where she now lies, High Limekiln Shore, Smith's Buoys, North
Shields. ... [south end of North Shields, near Smith's shipyard]
The William Wise, brig, of North Shields, now in Messrs Moralee & son's dock,
South Shields, has been sold to a Norwegian house of shipowners, and
is now receiving new mast and yards, caulking, and a general
overhaul.
The sloop Lune, of Ulverston, Priest, from Greenock to Glasson Dock,
foundered on the night of the 10th instant, on some of the sand
banks at the north-east end of the Isle of Man. On the morning of the
11th, a boat, with four men in it, was seen inshore, at the
entrance of Workington harbour, which, at nine am, reached the beach,
and proved to have belonged to the above vessel. The Lune had
previously put into Belfast Lough for shelter, whence she sailed on
the morning of the 10th, when it came on to blow hard, dark, and
showery. At ten P.M. she struck, and, as she was filling fast, the
crew took to the boat and abandoned her, saving nothing but the
clothes that were on them; the vessel was then settling down head
foremost. The crew have been forwarded to Ulverstone. [on King William Bank]
SHIPBUILDERS, JOINERS, WHEELWRIGHTS, WHITESMITHS, &c. TO BE SOLD BY
AUCTION, At the yard of Messrs.
Worthington and Ashburner, shipbuilders, Skerton, near Lancaster,
on Monday the 30th day of October, 1826, the sale to commence at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and to continue each following day till the
whole be sold; ALL the STOCK-IN-TRADE of the said Messrs. Worthington
and Ashburner, as Shipbuilders, consisting of a
VESSEL, now standing
on the stocks, in the said yard, in full frame, the extreme length of
which aloft is 70 feet, breadth for tonnage 19 feet 2 inches,
admeasures about 114 tons, and will when completed be very suitable for
the coasting trade.
Also TWO excellent BOATS, one of which is only
just completed, and has never yet been in the water, is 14 feet long,
5 feet wide, and 2 feet deep.
Also a quantity of British Oak Timber,
Deal Boards, Slabs, Spars, and Treenals. Also all the Smithy Utensils,
including 3 good pairs of Bellows, one of which have never yet been
used; and a variety of other articles, employed in the business of a
Shipbuilder.
The Sheds, Rails, and Stove, are now standing, in
excellent repair, upon the premises; also a recently-built Stone
Counting-house and Smithy, and every other requisite for carrying on
the business of a Shipbuilder, which may be done to advantage. The
situation is a very eligible one, and this is the only yard (which has
been established about 45 years) where the above business has been
lately carried on at Lancaster. ...
To be Let..... AN EXTENSIVE AND CONVENIENT SHIP-BUILDERS' YARD, SITUATE in the
township of SKERTON, in the county of Lancaster, on the Northern
Bank of and adjoining to the river Lune, opposite to St. George's
Quay, in the port and town of Lancaster..... formerly occupied by
Messrs. Smith and Co. and lately by Messrs. Ashburner and Worthington.
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ON SALE, THE beautiful Schooner "PILGRIM", just launched at Glasson
Dock. Burthen per Old Measurement 33 Tons, New 23. Will carry
40 Tons on a light draft of Water; well adapted for the Coasting
Trade, and now complete for Sea.
ALSO, THE FINE SCHOONER BOAT "WATER
LILY", Built expressly for the Herring Fishing.
For particulars, apply to Mr. SIMPSON, Glasson Dock; or Mr.
NICHOLSON, Lancaster. May 14, 1838.
HUNA - PENTLAND FIRTH. Aug. 17. The schooner Pilgrim, Cowle, of Ramsay (I.M.), which
struck upon the Ness of Huna, and was taken into Stromness the
following day , (as reported on the 16th instant) has been laid on the
ground to be overhauled. She was from Lybster for Bristol, with a
cargo of herrings.
Crookhaven: Dec 24. The schooner Pilgrim of Ramsay, C Cowle, master, to Limerick.
BARROW. Wreck. On Tuesday last, the schooner Pilgrim of Douglas, laden
with turnips, bound for Liverpool, foundered near the Shell Wharf on
the south side of the Lune, Morecambe Bay and became complete wreck.
The hands, captain and two men, landed at Roose Beck, on Wednesday
morning, after being exposed to the storm from about three o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. The captain, who is now the Harbour Hotel, Barrow,
has suffered so severely that he is not expected to recover. [later
described as ashore, abandoned]
Boat Launch. On Friday last, was launched from the yard of Mr. J. P. Nicholson, at
Glasson, a fine boat of upwards of seventeen tons, built for the St.
George's Quay commissioners. She is called the Lune, and will be
stationed as a pilot boat at the Pile of Foudry, under the command of
John Elwood, one of our pilots.
Ship Building - On Saturday last, a schooner of 40 tons burthen was launched from
Mr Nicholson's ship-building Yard, at Glasson, near Lancaster. The
vessel glided beautifully into the dock, and was named the Anna. She
is intended for the Coasting trade.
Liverpool. Arrived 17 April. Anna, Henning, Dumfries
LAUNCH AT LANCASTER. A good deal of interest was excited in Lancaster,
on Tuesday last, by the launching, at Glasson Dock, of the splendid
new vessel, built by Mr. Nicholson, ship-builder, for John Bond and J.
Booker, Esqrs. She is the first vessel of any size launched by Mr.
Nicholson, or, indeed, that has been launched at or near Lancaster for
a period of 15 years or more, though, in times gone by, Lancaster was
well known as a port of considerable eminence, and many vessels were
constantly building, so that it was, perhaps, looked on as a happy
precursor of a revival of that ancient trade for which it was once
famous. The vessel is about 400 tons burthen, and called the John
Horrocks.
John Horrocks, Bond, hence at Madeira.
A new vessel named the ELIZABETH, was launched Thursday last from the
building-yard Mr. Nicholson, of Glasson, near Lancaster. She was built
for Mr. Giles, and intended for the foreign trade.
Great Yarmouth. At anchor. HNSW (Elizabeth of Wells)
Bridlington Quay. Oct 20. In the Bay... HNSW (Elizabeth of Wells)
Note schooner Belle of Montrose, was wrecked
1867; schooner Belle of Drogheda was
wrecked 1845. Neither seems to completely fit this vessel, though the Belle of Drogheda is closest,
the only issue being a Preston newspaper report that she was built in Glasgow.
Registered Drogheda
4/1841, 80 tons. Voyage Drogheda to Preston, with grain, ashore Horse
Bank, Ribble, 15 December 1845, crew of 6 saved.
A new schooner of 100 tons register measurement, was this day week
launched from the building-yard of Mr. Nicholson, of Glasson, near
Lancaster. She was named the BELLE, and is intended for the coasting
trade.
ON SALE, The new Schooner BELLE; built at Glasson Dock; 99 40-94ths
tons old measurement. Length for measure 67 feet 1 in; Beam 18 feet 3 in;
Depth of hold 9 feet 4 in; expected to sail well. Apply Mr J P Nicholson, Lancaster,...
Port of Lancaster. Sailed. 2 Oct. Belle, Reid, Liverpool, cheese.
Drogheda. Arrived. March 1. Belle, Thompson, Glasgow.
SHIPWRECK. During
the gale, on Monday last, about noon, the schooner Belle from
Drogheda, laden with 108 tons of grain, for merchants in Preston, &c.,
struck the Horse Bank, at the mouth of the Ribble, about three miles
from Southport. Some time before the vessel grounded, she was observed
by the persons at Southport, and on the coast, and considered to be in
so much danger that the life boat was launched as quickly as possible,
and only arrived just in time to save the crew, (six in number), who
had got into the schooner's boat - the sea running at the time most
tremendously high. - She stuck together till the night tide, when she
became a complete wreck, and her cargo, consisting of 570 loads of
meal, 300 barrels of wheat, and 100 barrels of barley, was washed way.
... The vessel belonged to Messrs Morton of Drogheda, and was built at
Glasgow [sic, maybe typo for Glasson] five years ago.
[reported: Master Alexander Thompson; insured at Preston]
Glasson Dock. A vessel of three hundred tons burthen, intended for the West
India trade, is now being built at the shipwright's yard of Mr J. P.
Nicholson, at Glasson Dock, for Messrs Bowker, Liverpool. She will be
launched, it is expected, in about three months.
ON SALE, The new Lancaster-built Brig PRINCESS ROYAL; 182 tons o.m.
194 tons n.m., Length 85 feet, beam 22 feet, depth 14 feet. Built
under Lloyd's inspection, and will stand A 1 eight years, She is a
beautiful model; will carry a large cargo, and expected to sail well;
thoroughly copper fastened; a poop deck two feet high; iron lower deck
beams; and altogether a superior vessel; now lying in the Union Dock.
For particulars apply to Mr. J. P. Nicholson, ship-builder,
Lancaster, or here, to ... This vessel's name may be changed, if
required.
To sail immediately. For DEMERARA, The Brig LANCASTER, ALEXANDER M'CLELLAND,
Master, Burthen per register 194 tons; lying in Prince's Dock. For freight
or passage apply to JOSIAS BOOKER, 13, Postoffice-place.
A SHIPWRECKED CREW LANDED AT MIDDLESBROUGH. Late on Wednesday
night, the crew of the brigantine Lancaster were brought to
Middlesbrough. The ship was the property of Wm. Watson, of Seaham
Harbour, and was manned with a crew consisting of five hands,
including the master, James Crawford, of West Hartlepool. She left Seaham Harbour
on the 12th of October, having on board 290 tons coals, and was bound
for London. All went well until 2 30 a.m. on Monday, when a hurricane
came on from SSW. The ship was put under close-reefed foretopsail and
reefed mainsail, when the foremast broke below the rigging and went
over the side. The captain ordered all hands to the pumps, but the
sea, making a complete breach over the vessel, washed the men from the
pumps. They hoisted a signal of distress, and about noon on Monday
a screw-steamer, supposed to be the Biddick, of Sunderland, bore down
on them, but rendered no assistance. Shortly afterwards another steamer
bore down upon them, and attempted to send a lifebuoy with a rope
attached to it to the sinking ship, but it never went near. About two
o'clock of the same day, the screwsteamer Courier, of Montrose, bore
down upon them, and rescued the whole of the crew. She then continued
her voyage, and reached Middlesbrough on Wednesday night. Is is
believed that the Lancaster foundered shortly after the crew had been rescued.
Captain Crawford, of the Lancaster, wishes it to be made known through
the press that the captain of the Courier behaved in the most courageous
manner in rescuing then from the sinking ship, and desires publicly to
thank him for so doing.
Last night the schooner Sarah, bound from Londonderry for Port Burton
with a cargo of mealflour, ran ashore in Moville Bay, and will have to
discharge before she is enabled to get off.
SUPPOSED LOSS VESSEL AND ALL HANDS. A Lloyd's telegram states that
wreckage has been washed ashore on the coast of Anglesey, among which
were fragments of cases marked: John Hall and Son, London and Faversham,
powder. It has been ascertained that the wreckage forms part of a
shipment of gunpowder in cases made by Messrs Hall and Sons on the 20th August
last by the Sarah, of Londonderry, from London for Liverpool and
Glasgow, the vessel not having arrived up to the present at either
port.
Launch. Mr. Nicholson launched from his building yard at Glasson
Dock, on Tuesday last, a very excellent and pretty schooner, called
the "Arrow", register tonnage 90 new and 122 old measurement. She has
been built for Mr. Arrowsmith, of Preston, and is intended for the
provision trade between that port and Belfast.
The very superior A 1 British Schooner "ARROW", 122 28-94ths tons om; 90 461-3500ths tons nm.
Dimensions: Length 71 feet; breadth 19 feet 5 inches; depth 9 feet 2inches, built
at Glasson Dock, by J. P. Nicholson. and launched in December 1843. She
is well worthy of the attention of any person requiring a vessel suitable for the Mediterranean
or coasting trade, she is copper-fastened to the bends, composed of the best
materials, reguires no ballast, takes the ground well, and, being abundantly
found in stores, can be sent to sea without any expense except provisions: lying in
Trafford Dock. For further particulars apply to RICHARD ARROWSMITH, Merchant,
Preston,...
Glasgow. Sailed. Arrow, Mitchison, Westport
HARWICH. Dec. 28: The schooner Arrow, Mitcheson, of Liverpool, from Seaham for
Bordeaux, went on shore on the Long Sand at 10 15 p.m. yesterday, filled
and fell over on her beam-ends, and was abandoned at 9 a.m. to-day;
the crew were brought in here by the Aurora's Increase, Lewis, and relieved by the
honorary agent of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Benevolent
Society.
LANCASTER Ship Launch. On Tuesday last, a handsome new clipper schooner,
called the Christiana, seventy tons burthen, was launched from the
building yard of Mr. T. P. Nicholson, at Glasson Dock. She went off the
"ways" in first-rate style, and was greatly admired as a neat specimen
of naval architecture. She will be commanded by Mr. John Wilson, of
Lancaster, and intended for the coasting trade.
Launch of the Town of Preston. Tuesday last was the day appointed on
which the first vessel for the Preston Foreign Shipping Company was to
be launched by the builders, Messrs. Nicholson and Simpson, of Glasson
Dock. At an early hour in the morning, part of the shareholders, with
two conveyances, were on their way to Glasson, in great glee, and
having arrived within about two miles of the Dock, a view was obtained
of the craft, upon the stocks, with the colours flying. They reached
Glasson about nine o'clock in the morning, went on board, to have an
inspection of the vessel. They were kindly received by Mr. Simpson,
and Captain John Wilson, the officer appointed to command her, who
conducted them through her, and with whose behaviour all parties
expressed themselves highly satisfied, and with the manner in which
she is finished. Twelve o'clock was the time appointed for the
launch, ... she was brought into the Dock to finish the rigging ....
intended to trade Preston to Ireland.....
Port of Whitehaven, Sailed. Town of Preston, Finnley, Port William.
Ship Launch. On Monday last, Glasson Dock presented a very animated
appearance, in consequence of a ship-launch being about to take
place on that day, from the building yard of Messrs. Nicholson and
Simpson. The vessel was admitted, when on the stocks, to be a perfect
model of beauty. Her length of keel is 94 feet; breadth of beam, 20;
burden, 170 tons; clipper bows, of which she is the first ever built
at Glasson. Her figure head is a female of full length. About
half-past twelve o'clock, R. Parkinson, Esq, of Ellel Cottage, (the
owner), and his lady, together with a few friends proceeded on board,
and in the course of ten minutes, all being in readiness, the word was given
by Mr Matthew Simpson, and no sooner given than a crack, and "Success
to the Lancashire Lass," was distinctly heard as Mrs. Parkinson
diluted the figure-head a bottle of champagne, in a manner highly
creditable on such a trying occasion,.....
Sale... The fine A 1 British-built Schooner LANCASHIRE LASS; 136-103 tons
register, built at Lancaster, in 1847, and classed A 1 for eight years; is
copper-fastened, and sheathed with yellow metal; and carries a large
cargo: in King's Dock. Length 75 feet, breadth 19 feet 2-10ths;
depth 10 feet 9-10ths. Apply to Messrs. STRONG and REID, ...
The Lancashire Lass, of Sligo, sailed from this port for Donegal Bay
19th Oct.. and has not since been heard of. [another report: to Bruckless]
SHIP LAUNCH AT GLASSON DOCK. On Tuesday last, a fine Schooner, about
170 tons burthen, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Nicholson
and Simpson, at Glasson Dock. The day was remarkably fine and a
great number of persons from Lancaster attended to witness the
launch, the number was augmented by the arrival of the steamer from
Fleetwood, which brought 40 or 50 influential persons from that
neighbourhood. All the preparations being complete, at 12 o'clock the
wedges were drawn, and she glided beautifully into the water,
receiving, as she entered it, from Mrs Nicolson, jun., the
lady of one of the owners, the name of Valentine amidst the deafening cheers
of the crowd on shore, which was responded to by those on board the
schooner. She was hauled into the dock and was visited by many and
admired by all. She is a beautiful model and appears well adapted for
quick sailing. The figurehead is tastefully designed, a female with
a billet in her hand, which she seems to have received with
pleasure. ....
La Guyara (Feb 18) Valentine, Jackson, arrived from Liverpool.
The VALENTINE, Jackson, sailed from Maracaibo for Liverpool on the
24th or 25th March, and has not since been heard of.
Launch of a New Pilot Boat. On Wednesday last, a new boat of about 29
tons register, which is intended to replace the one which was lost
last summer, near Fleetwood, was launched, from the yard of Messrs.
Nicholson and Co. at Glasson Dock. A large number of spectators were
assembled to witness the launch. As the boat glided from the stocks,
which it did in the most perfect manner, into its future element,
the ceremony of "christening" was performed by the gallant old
veteran Captain Coupland, who gave to it the name of the "Lune,"
after the name of the far famed river upon whose waters mingled with
those of the ocean she is destined to float. She was launched fully
rigged, ready for sea, and an experimental trip was made from the dock
up the river to Nan Bucks, down to the Light House at Cockersand,
and back to Glasson, in which she behaved in the most handsome manner,
and proved herself a first rate sailing boat, one of the fastest ever
launched in this port.
SHIP LAUNCH AT GLASSON. Ship launches were common occurrences on the Lune
during the palmy days of Lancaster's trading prosperity, but now,
unfortunately, they are like angels' visits, few and far between. One of these
almost obsolete events took place, however, at Glasson Dock, on Monday
last, when a beautiful new schooner was launched from the yard of Mr.
Simpson, shipbuilder. The day was extremely fine, and the
circumstance, together with the novelty of the occurrence, had the
effect of attracting a large number of spectators, amongst whom were
of course a considerable sprinkling of Lancastrians; for there are few
things to which the denizens of "the good old town" cling with more
tenacity than the recollection of the former maritime repute of the
port, and nothing that gives them more pleasure than any indications
of its revival. The signal for the launch was given about 12 o'clock,
and the vessel, which was gaily decked out with a profusion of flags,
instantly glided majestically down to the smooth waters of the Lune,
where, floating gracefully on her new element, she appeared a very
elegant and rakish looking craft, and was evidently considered by
those initiated in nautical matters to reflect much credit on the
skill and taste of the builder. She measures 128 tons register, or
about 220 tons burthen, is named the Thomas Whitworth, and is the
property of B Whitworth Esq, of Fleetwood. ...
Wreck of the Thomas Whitworth; Two Lives Lost. The fine schooner Thomas
Whitworth, of Fleetwood, which left port last Tuesday week, has become a
total wreck, on the larger of the Copeland Islands at the entrance to
Belfast Lough, with the loss of the captain and one hand. She was
towed out by the steamer Wyre on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 3rd inst.; on
reaching the foot of Wyre, canvass was spread, and with fair wind, it
was expected that the Thomas Whitworth would make a good run to
Belfast with her cargo of coals. Her crew leaving Fleetwood was as
follows: Captain, Abram Ellithorne; mate, Richard Whiteside; able
seaman. Jas. Millegan, of Newry; ordinary seamen, Peter Blundell,
Thomas Hornby. From a narrative written by the mate, it appears that the
vessel struck on Thursday week. Hornby, Blundell, and he took the boat and
reached the shore in safety, the captain and Millegan refusing to
leave the vessel, and they were both drowned. The body of the captain
was washed ashore on the Friday, and that of Millegan on the following
day. An inquest was held on the bodies at Donaghadee, on Monday last,
when a verdict of accidental death was returned.
Glasson. Launch of a Pilot Boat. On Wednesday last, a new boat for the use of
the pilots under the jurisdiction of the Lancaster Quay Commission,
was launched from the yard of Mr. Simpson, shipbuilder, Glasson Dock.
She is a fine substantially built vessel of twelve tons register, will be
sloop-rigged, and it is anticipated will prove a stout sea boat and a
quick sailer. She will be under the charge of Mr. John Pennington, who
is stationed at Piel harbour.
New Pilot Boat. Another new pilot boat has recently been launched at Glasson, and in
compliment to the venerable and much respected senior Quay Commissioner of the port, she is
called the Henry Coupland.
LANCASTER. SHIP LAUNCH. - On Tuesday last, a fine schooner of about 200
tons burthen, was launched from the building yard of Mr. M. Simpson,
at Glasson Dock. She was christened the Margaret Porter, and is
intended for the iron ore trade.
SUPPOSED LOSS OF A SCHOONER. Fears are entertained that the schooner, Margaret
Porter, Captain Porter, has foundered on a passage to Havre. The vessel
left Carlingford about three months ago for Havre with a cargo of
potatoes, and no tidings of her whereabouts have since been obtained,
although every possible means have been taken to trace her out. We are
also sorry to state that Mrs. Porter was on board with her husband,
and there is every reason to believe that all have met a watery grave.
The John Stonard left Carlingford for Havre about a fortnight after
the Margaret Porter, and this vessel has since made voyages to London
and Dublin. The Margaret Porter had undoubtedly experienced very rough
weather about the end of February, and we trust that some information
will yet be obtained to satisfy the relatives of the crew, who are
apparently "hoping against hope".
STEAMER'S RESCUE OF SCHOONER'S CREW. AWARD TO MASTER. The Board of
Trade have awarded a piece of plate to Captain M. W. Hall, master of
the steamer Teessider, of Stockton, in recognition of his able
seamanship and skill in rescuing the crew of the schooner Gauntlet, of
Lancaster, on the 20th November, 1927. The Gauntlet was caught in very bad
weather off Flamboro' Head, on the 19th November; there was a very
rough sea running, with a strong south easterly wind blowing at gale
force. Two of her masts were carried away, and as the schooner was
leaking badly, distress signals were made in the early morning of the
20th November, and these were answered by the Teessider, which stood by
from 3 am. until daylight. Owing to the state of the sea and
the strong wind blowing, it was found impossible to man a lifeboat
from the Teessider. This vessel was, however, twice manoeuvred close to
the Gauntlet, when lines with lifebuoys attached were got on board, but the
crew, owing to their long exposure, were unable to secure these
lines. After about two hours manoeuvring, the Teessider was brought into a favourable
position to the weather side of the schooner, when a jolly boat
attached to a line was drifted down to the Gauntlet. The master and
the three members of the crew were then able to get into this which
was hauled hack to the Teesider, and the rescued men got safely on
board.
The British schooner Gauntlet, bound from Charlestown, Cornwall, to
Kirkcaldy, with a cargo of clay, sprung a leak in a heavy gale and made water
rapidly. The crew had been at the pumps for 38 hours, when her signals
of distress were observed by the Teesider, which stood by for three
hours. The steamer then lowered a boat, which was rowed to the
schooner. Only one of four men on board had enough strength left to
jump into the boat. He dragged his comrades in, after which the boat
was rowed [sic, towed] back to the Teesider.
ARRIVAL IN RUNCORN. Seaman Alfred George Evans, one of the members
of the crew of the schooner Gauntlet, told a Weekly News reporter
yesterday afternoon that the experience was one of the worst in the
whole of his seafaring experience. When the Gauntlet lost her fore and
aft masts, she became at the mercy of the heavy seas, and they had to
take to the pumps. They worked for a number of hours and commenced to
send up flares and rockets, eventually being observed by the steamer
Teesider. "The captain of the Teesider did wonderfully well". Evans
remarked, "in the way he handled his ship in such a heavy sea. I hurt
my hand whilst I was being helped aboard the Teesider". Evans said
he served in the Naval Reserve during the war and had some trying
experiences at sea whilst in the service. He was torpedoed twelve
times and had been shipwrecked four times. He added. "The sea is a
hard life, and only those who are engaged in it know what are its
risks". The mate of the Gauntlet said they sighted two ships before the
Teesider rescued them.
VESSELS ASHORE AND DAMAGED AT WICKLOW. A very strong S.S.W. gale
prevailed on the Wicklow coast during Saturday night and Sunday
morning. About 3 o'clock a.m., the schooner Express, of Arklow, 95 tons
register, Master W. Kinch, bound from Cardiff to Dublin with over one
hundred tons of coke, was driven ashore some three miles north of
Wicklow Harbour. The night was very dark, with some heavy rain, and
when the master discovered his close proximity to the land, he
endeavoured to veer the vessel seawards, but was unable to do so owing
to the heavy ground swell running. The Wicklow Coast-guard life-saving
apparatus and crew reached the scene shortly before seven o'clock, and
with their assistance, two of the schooner's crew were take ashore.
The others waded ashore after the tide fell. The damage to the
vessel is but slight, and the owner expects to re-float her after the
cargo is discharged. [other reports - likely to become a total wreck]
Eclipse. Report James M'Cuaig, Ordinary Seaman on board the sloop Eclipse,
Campbeltown, 41 tons, from Greenock, March 23, at 5 pm., for Port Ellen
(61 tons of coal).
Proceeded, and the wind increased during the night to a
fresh gale, and when off Sanda Lighthouse, about 7 am of the 24th, our main
gaff broke. We then tried to make Loch Ryan, but she would not fetch
Corsewall Lighthouse. We then ran the vessel for the shore, near the
lighthouse. On the 24th at 1 pm. tide half flood, weather stormy, snow,
wind blowing a fresh gale (8), with a heavy sea from the north, the
sloop was run on the beach at North Cairn. Immediately after the
vessel struck the ground, the boat was smashed to pieces on deck. All
hands watched for a chance to get ashore, but the sea washed us off the
deck all at once. I was carried ashore by the sea among the rocks and
was met a man, who had come on horseback to assist me, and by whose help
my life was saved. I saw the Captain, Dugald M'Millan, in the sea, clinging to a
spar, a few minutes after I was in the sea, but the other man, Hector
M'Neill, I never saw after leaving the vessel, and I believe he and the
Captain are drowned. John Henderson, residing at North Cairn, came into the
sea with a horse and met me, and tendered every assistance. The vessel
has become a total wreck, and the cargo is lost. North Cairn, March 24.
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LAUNCH OF TWO NEW BOATS ON THE LAKE OF WINDERMERE. It has never fallen
to our lot to witness such an interesting scene upon Windermere, the
Queen of Lakes, as took place Friday, the 3d inst., on the occasion of
launching two new boats, the property of Mr. White, Newby Bridge, and
Mr. James Gibson, of Ambleside, built by Mr. William Watson, of the
latter place, and which are intended to ply with passengers daily
between both places. .... The boats were conveyed early in the morning to the
head of the lake, and in the midst of number of spectators who had
assembled for the occasion, were launched upon the watery element, and
named after our present gracious Queen, Victoria, and her son, the
Prince of Wales. They are fit up in a very superior manner with cushions,
carpets, and waterproof awnings which reach nearly the whole length. In short,
they are most complete boats of the kind we have ever seen, and do
great credit to the owners, who have spared no expense in fitting them
up; and to the builder, who has shown himself to be a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed of having his work examined. ....
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Early shipbuilding was by Winder, then Richard Ashburner - who moved to Barrow around 1850 -
and sold his yard to Samuel Schollick, who in turn also moved to Barrow later.
In 1857 a railway viaduct was built across the Leven, below Greenodd. Although this
was built with an opening section, this restricted access to Greenodd. By 1869
a rail link
from Greenodd was built - so the railway bridge remained down.
Sale.... All that commodious WHARF or QUAY, situate at Greenodd, near
Pennybridge, in, the parish of Ulverston aforesaid, containing in
length, on the East side, by the river Crake, 24 yards or
thereabouts, and on the West side, adjoining the turnpike-road, 63
yards, or there-abouts, now in the occupation of Mr. John Atkinson.
On this lot is erected the principal Pier where goods are discharged
and shipped from Greenodd, and the situation is such as to admit of
building houses level with the turnpike, leaving a story of
warehouse-rooms or sheds underneath, facing the Quay, amply sufficient
for the stowage or protection of goods and merchandize. It will be
sold in one or two lots, as may be agreed at the time of sale.
From local
history:
Jane, smack 25 tons, built 1847;
William, [possibly this vessel];
From newspaper report: Greyhound
Port of Ulverston. Sailed
8th. Greyhound, Gaulter, Liverpool, gen. cargo. This is a vessel
belonging to Winder, of Liverpool, and built at Greenodd. She
registers 39 tons.
Note there are two vessels built "Ulverston" called Mary in LR: galliot 105 tons, built 1799; brig 103 tons, built
1815; different versions of Lloyd's register seem to confuse them. A
sloop Mary was also built at Ulverston in
1824 - this latter vessel was lost off Lambay in 1828, master Mattix.
Has great part of her Cargo engaged, and will be dispatched immediately,
for NAPLES, THE fine fast-sailing Brig MARY, A 1, William Carswell,
Commander. Lying at Pickle Herring. Burthen 108 tons. ...
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. THE fine Brig MARY, A 1, 103 tons, William
Carswell, Master. Lying in the London Docks. Apply SUART and SIMPSON, ....
Gibraltar. 16th. Arr. Mary, Carswell, from London
Minehead. Arrived. Mary, Carswell, from Gibraltar and Milford.
A fine new schooner named the VICTORIA, was last week launched from
the building yard of Mr. Winder, at Greenodd, near Ulverston. This
neat little vessel is designed for the coasting trade, and will carry
about 80 tons.
It was ascertained that the unfortunate deceased Captain Holmes, of
the schooner Victoria, of Barrow. He sailed from Barrow on Monday
morning, and it is supposed that on the arrival of his vessel at
Birkenhead, he landed, and walked across the railway lines. Being rather deaf,
it is supposed a train of trucks came upon him unawares. Deceased was about 37
years of age.
A fine new schooner of 73 tons register, new measurement, but expected to
carry least 120 tons, was launched from the building yard contiguous to the
turnpike-road, at Greenodd, near Ulverston, on Tuesday last. The vessel
was named the ELIZABETH, intended for a regular trader between
Ulverston, Greenock, Glasgow, and Glasson Dock, to be commanded Capt.
James Pernie, who has long been employed in that trade, and
deservedly enjoys the esteem and respect of all connected with at the
respective places enumerated. The Elizabeth is remarkably strong
vessel, and of very superior workmanship.
A MANX SCHOONER RUN DOWN OFF ST. BEES HEAD, The schooner Elizabeth, of
Douglas, bound to that port from Whitehaven with about 90 tons of coal,
was run into and sunk at nine o'clock on Friday night, by the trawler
Wander, of Whitehaven, William Smallwood master, off St. Bees Head.
The Wander left Whitehaven on Friday afternoon to trawl, and at nine
o'clock, when 24 miles S.S.W. of St. Bees Head, the Bahama light-ship
bearing eleven miles N., the master lashed the helm and went into the
cabin to see what time it was. There were two of a crew on board, but
both were below at the time. Smallwood stayed a few minutes in the
cabin, having to strike a light to see the clock, and whilst below he
heard shouting and hailing. He ran on deck, but too late to prevent
his boat striking a schooner on the port quarter. The stem of the
Wander was carried away and her bowsprit broken; and the schooner went
down 20 minutes afterwards from damage sustained, the crew taking to
their boat in the interim. They had only a boathook, but they drifted
in the direction of another trawler, the Emerald Isle, which hauled
them on deck. Subsequently Smallwood, whose boat had been quite
disabled so that he had been unable to give any assistance to the
Elizabeth's crew, hailed the Emerald Isle, to ascertain if the men,
three in number, wished to go with him to Whitehaven, and as a result
he took them on board, and laded them at that port, where they arrived
at four o'clock on Saturday morning. The weather was fine and clear,
with light winds from N.W. and W.
Launch. A schooner was launched on the 30th inst., from the building-yard of
Mrs Winder, of Greenodd, near Ulverston, for the Liverpool trade; Mr
John Bailiff to be master. She is of the value £1000. Being launched when
the tide was out, she has not rode upon her future element.
Port of Lancaster. Sailed. New Thomas, Bailiff, Ulverston, gen. cargo.
Sale of ship shares..... 2-64ths Schooner New Thomas 70,... James Fisher, Barrow.
Barrow. Sailed. 18th ... New Thomas, Bispham, Saltney, ....
The schooner New Thomas, of Barrow, which
sailed from Barrow for Dittonbrook on the 21st inst., with a cargo of iron ore,
met with a serious casualty. When she left the harbour, she was sailing against a strong
head wind, so she made back for Piel, and in so doing, went on shore near
Walney Lighthouse, and has since broken up.
WRECKS AND CASUALTIES..... The brigantine Leo, which is on shore at
the south end of Walney, is breaking up, her deck having been nearly
all washed off, and it is feared, unless the weather takes up, she
will become a total wreck. Part of her cargo of pig iron has been
saved. She is the property of Messrs. J. Fisher and Co.
The
schooner New Thomas, which went on shore at the same place, is
breaking up and will become a total wreck. The crews of both
last-named vessels were saved.
Saturday last, there was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.
Richard Ashburner & Co., Greenodd, near Ulverston, a small but
beautiful vessel, 26 tons new and 38 tons old measurement. This
vessel is smack-rigged, and will be commanded by her owner, Mr. Thomas
Leadbetter, of Southport, and be employed in the fishing trade. The
vessel which is greatly admired for the beauty of her model and the
excellence of her workmanship, glided into her destined element in
splendid style; she was named GREEN PORT, (the name intended to be
bestowed upon Greenodd). ...
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY, ONE-HALF of the SMACK "Greenport", she is Carvel
built, copper fastened, well forward in Sail and Fishing Tackle, and now
Fishing. The above will be sold a bargain. Application to be made to Mr. Edmund Porter, Ship
Broker, Fleetwood.
Pwllheli. Arrived. Greenport, Jones, Port St Mary.
The schooner William, Swainson, of Ulverstone, from Liverpool for
Londonderry, struck on the North Rock near Portaferry; crew saved in their
boat; the materials are saved and landed at Cloughey Coast-guard watch-house.
The vessel's bottom was out, and it was expected she would break up next tide.
Cargo (salt) all lost.
STRANGFORD - Nov. 30: The schooner William, Swainson, of Ulverstone, from Liverpool
for Londonderry, struck near the North Rock this morning, about
half-past 2 o'clock, beat over the rocks, and drifted on the North Rock,
near the South Rock light-house; crew saved in their boat; materials
saved and landed at Cloughey coast-guard watch-house. The vessel's bottom
out, and is expected will break next tide. Cargo (salt) all lost.
A very handsome schooner was yesterday week launched from the
building-yard of Mr Richard Ashburner, at Greenodd, near Ulverston, burthen 130 tons.
The vessel was built for Messrs Roper & Co .... received the name Margaret ...
On Sunday, the 4th of November, at 2 p.m., the schoooner, "Margaret,"
Allonby, of Ulverston, from Barrow for Cardiff (iron ore) was ran into by
the smack "Flower", Condon, of and from Castletown, (I.M.) for Cardiff,
(potatoes) in consequence of which both vessels were driven on shore
at the south side of Ramsey Island and sunk; crews saved. A small
portion of the materials, consisting of sails, rigging, &c., have been saved. The
collision was caused by the smack having missed stays, being to windward
and too close to the schooner to wear round in order to run clear.
GREENODD. SHIP LAUNCH. - A new vessel called "The Providence", was launched from the
building-yard of Mr. Richard Ashburner, at this place, on Thursday
last.
SHIP LAUNCH AT GREENOOD. A new and splendid vessel was launched to its future
element, amidst mirth and music, at Greenodd on Tuesday last. It was
built by Mr. Richard Ashburner, ship builder of Greenodd, and it is
supposed to be the largest and handsomest which has been seen so far
up the estuary for a great number of years. It is called the "Ann
Rennison," and it is thought to be about 180 tons burden.
Loss of the "ANN RENNISON". We regret to have 1n record the loss of
a fine vessel belonging to this port, the schooner "Ann Rennison", Mr
Isaac Stones, master, which left Barrow on Monday se'ennight, laden
with iron ore. On Tuesday evening, about 5 o'clock, when the schooner
was off Holyhead, the wind blowing hard from the eastward, she lost
her jib-boom, standing jib, and split her other sails, but managed to
hold on her course till a quarter past ten on Wednesday night, when
running up the Bristol channel, she struck on the Skearweather Sands -
the night being hazy, and the lights not discernible. It was then
found that the vessel was fast making water. The men, however,
remained at the pumps till 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, when they
were obliged to take to the boats, and leave the ill-fated craft. They
landed at Porth Caul [sic Porthcawl] at six o'clock, from which place,
at seven, they perceived the masts had gone overboard, and the
schooner settling down. The men, it is proper to state, were sent
home, by rail, at the expense of the Fishermen's Society, of which
Captain Stones is a member.
Arrived. 21 Sept. The Ant, Lavery, from Falkirk, with castings. [last report found
with master Lavery]
The schooner Ant of Glasgow, from Maryport for Carnlough, with coals,
has foundered. Crew landed at Maryport.
[no SV Ant of Glasgow in MNL 1885; only schooner is Ant of Lancaster - ie above]
A FINE NEW SCHOONER, the Edward and Margaret, built at Greenodd by
Mr. Schollick, has been loaded in the Canal this week, and was the
subject of much nautical comment. We cannot pretend to decide upon her
merits, but we do most heartily wish her a prosperous career. She is
commanded by Captain Wainman.
APPLEDORE. Welcome news was received yesterday at Appledore of the
landing of Capt. Silvanus Williams and the crew of the schooner Edward
and Margaret, at Cardiff. Capt. Williams put in to Appledore some time
ago with coals for Alderney, and left on Friday last, since when no
tidings had been received of the vessel. It has transpired that the
Edward and Margaret foundered 30 miles off Land's End, the crew being
rescued by a steamer bound up channel. Capt. Williams and at least one
of the crew are natives of Appledore. [Captain plus 4 crew]
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Changes of Ownership... Newland (19103) James Oliver of Carsethorn, Kirkcudbright,
master mariner.
Silloth arrived. Newland, Oliver, Dumfries.
The Late Storm in the Solway. There is too much reason to fear that to the
catalogue of disasters to shipping in the Solway during the storm of the
7th inst., must be added the total loss of a vessel and all hands. Three
vessels left Liverpool on the 6th December, by the same tide, for the
Water of Urr: the Heart of Oak, the Caledonia, and the Bardsea. The
Heart of Oak, after encountering the storm for some time, put back and
succeeded in reaching the Mersey. The Caledonia held on her course and
after being in great peril and suffering serious damage managed to
make the Urr on the forenoon of the following day. Of the Bardsea nothing
whatever has been heard, and there is too strong ground for believing
that she whelmed during the storm with all her crew. The Bardsea was
owned by Mr. Helme, Dalbeattie, and was bound for that port with a cargo
of guano, for Mr. Biggar of Chapelton. The crew consisted of John
Garmory, master, belonging to Dalbeattie, and two lads named Dalling
and M'Kie, both belonging to Palnackie. It is probable that there was
a passenger on board, but the fact of presence or absence has not yet
been ascertained. Captain Garmory has left a widow and five children to bewail
his fate and their bereavement. ...
Cast ashore on Drigg beach: a boat 12 ft long, painted Bardsea of Dumfries.
[Drigg between Ravenglass and Seascale]
NOW Loading at Stainton's Wharf, LONDON, for WHITEHAVEN and ULVERSTON,
The SLOOP JAMES. [James Cannon, Master] A constant trader.
On Wednesday, a fine new dogger was launched from Mr. Swainson's yard,
near Ulverston, called the Glory, Capt John Towers; being the
twentieth he has built for the Newland Iron Company. She is about
120 tons burthen.
For Liverpool, The Glory, of Ulverston, burthen 100 tons, only one
year old. This FINE NEW VESSEL has been Chartered to take forward the
LINENS in the absence of the Traders; and will proceed without delay,
.. Belfast.
Ulverston. Entered. Glory, Towers, Oban. [latest with master Towers;
Glory, Hosker from Ulverston to Penny Bridge in same report]
Ulverston. Sailed. Backbarrow, Holme, Lancaster.
Wreck of the Vessel Backbarrow. The Backbarrow, of Ulverston,
belonging to Mr. Braithwaite, of Canal Head, sailed from Piel for
Poulton, on Tuesday, the 10th inst., laden with iron ore, but having
sprang a leak in her passage, she ran into the bay at Fleetwood, where
she now lies in a depth of six feet at low water, a complete wreck.
[Master Thomas Braithwaite, described as a smack]
The sloop James, of Ulverstone, was wrecked 5th inst., near Port Patrick.
On the night of Monday the 4th inst., the sloop James, from Larne in
Ireland, laden with flint, for Lancaster; struck upon a point of rocks
about a mile and a half to the northward [sic, Port of Spittal Bay is
1.5 miles southward] of Port Patrick. The sloop went to pieces, and
the crew, consisting of four men and a boy (and a woman who was on
board), were all, unfortunately lost.
A beautiful schooner called the Bradyll, was launched from the building yard at Salt Coats
near Ulverston, on the 25th.
The late Storm. Ulverston, Feb. 28. The storm on Tuesday night week, which was
so destructive to shipping in the coasting trade, it is much to be
feared, has proved fatal to three vessels from Ulverston, viz. Braddyll,
Hodgson, belonging to that place; Sally, Pye, and Eton, -, regular
traders. No account having yet been received of the crews, they have
all doubtless perished. The Braddyll had several passengers, among
whom was the captain's mother.
P. S. News has just been received, that
the bodies of the captain and mate of the schooner Braddyll have been
found.
The James, Downes, was taken on the 18th ult. off the Winger, near Gottenberg.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Eveleigh, of his Majesty's ship Jasper,
dated Plymouth, Aug. 14, addressed to J W Croker Esq.
I left Oporto on the
29th ult. with 15 sail under convoy, all of which I have brought to this
port, except four sail, bound to St George's Channel, three of which deserted the
convoy in the night of the 9th inst, in lat. 48. long. 13?; and I
beg to state, that it is the second time that Abraham Mathews, master
of the Dido, has quitted my convoy without permission, and I have reasons
to suppose his persuasions in this instance had led the other ships to follow his
example. The three vessels alluded to, are the George, Fee; and Dido,
Mathews, for Liverpool; and the James, Jones, for Cork and
Dublin.
Liverpool. The Belfast, Courtney, from hence, at Jamaica.
Falmouth. Sailed. Belfast, M'Lean, Buenos Ayres. [last voyage with master M'Lean]
Arrived Stromness. Jan 29. Albion, Baird, of Glasgow, from Christianna for Geenock, logs.
The Albion, Crawford, of Glasgow, is lost at Trepassey. [Newfoundland]
A letter has been received from Capt. Douglas, of the ship Emerald, dated
7th ult., mentioning the loss the brig Albion, of Glasgow, Crawford, bound to
Pictou, at Trepassey, and all on board except the mate.
FOR ANTIGUA, The Ship HOPE, PETER JACKSON, Master, Burthen, per
register, 256 tons, copper bolted and sheathed, has good
accommodations for passengers, and sails very fast. She is now lying in
George's Dock, Liverpool, and will be ready to sail about the 5th of
November. For freight, &c. apply to ...,
or ATKINSON and DENNISON, Lancaster..
Antigua. Arrived. Hope, Jackson, from Liverpool. [in 28 days]
Lancaster July 10. The Hope, Jackson, from Dublin, arrived here on Monday last.
[possibly a different vessel]
In 1798 Hart and Ashburner made a sloop at the Low Yard [Ulverston
Canal; previously they built at Saltcoats]. The first vessel they
built at the Low Yard was the ship Hope of between 300 and 400 tons,
and mounting 16 guns, She was built for Dodgson and Co., of Lancaster
for the West India trade. They also built at the same spot, several
other large ships, one the Argo, was of much larger size than the
Hope, and carried 20 guns. She was for the West Indian trade.
AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. On her first voyage, bound for Jamaica, in
passing Madeira, she [Argo] encountered a French privateer, and after a
desperate battle of four hours, in which several of her crew were
killed, she was captured by the privateer and sunk. The crew were
taken on board the privateer and landed at Teneriffe, where after a
short imprisonment they were exchanged and returned to England. One of
the crew who returned was Henry, brother to Mr. W. Woodburn, relieving
officer of this town (Ulverston), from whom is descended on the
maternal side, the present relieving officer, Mr. Woodburn Riley.
On Saturday se'nnight a fine new
ship, called the ARGO, burthen 297 tons per register, for Messrs Simpson & Dodson
of Lancaster, for the Jamaica trade, was launched from the building yard of Messrs
Hart & Ashburner, into the Ulverston Canal.
The Argo, Kidd, from Lancaster to the West Indies, sunk on the 2nd of May,
after an action of four hours and a half, in lat 33, long 25, with the
Mouche, French privateer.
The Argo, Capt. Kidd, bound to Jamaica, has been captured by a French corvette,
of 20 long nines and 190 men, after a close action of five hours, wherein she
expended all her ammunition. The Argo had one man killed and four
wounded. At the time of her surrender, she had eight feet water in her
hold, and sunk in the course of an hour after the crew had quitted her.
Sale .... at Lancaster ... THE SHIP PITT, 308 tons burthen, per register, coppered and
copper fastened; she is in excellent order, having undergone a
thorough repair about eighteen months ago, and is well known as being
a remarkably fast-sailing vessel.
Troon. Pitt, Hamilton, arr from Bay Chaleur.
Ayr, August 21. The Pitt, M'Kenzie, bound to Bay Chaleur, leaky, passed
this port yesterday for Troon, being obliged to put back to repair,
after being as far as long 20 W.
Ann Sr 83t 1800; Cartwright Sl 1801; Agnes Sl 73t 1801;
Argyle Sl 80t 1802; Experiment Sr 74t 1802; Thomas 1802;
John Sr 69t 1803; Betty Sl 1803; William Pitt Sl 50t 1803;
Lord Nelson Sl 1804; Mary Sl 69t 1805; Sarah 1806;
Sally 1808; Betsy Sl 87t 1810;
The barque, Kitty, Romley, from St John's, for Grimsby, was off Southwold on the 6th ult.
Elsinore. Oct. 4.
The Kitty, Romley, of London, from Grimsby
for Riga, is on shore one mile N. of Helsingborg, with masts cut away.
[no further voyages reported]
The Friendship, Atkinson, from Ulverston, for Liverpool, is
totally lost on Hoyle Bank.
The Thetis, Bigland, of and for Liverpool (with about half her
cargo on board) was wrecked in Riga Bay 25th October; materials
expected to be saved.
The Storm. We are sorry to say, damage has been done on this, and the coast
of the Principality, by the late high winds. Monday evening, the
brig Tyson; Martin Boush, Master, from Dublin, for Whitehaven, was
driven upon the rocks, near Portdinllain, in a heavy gale of wind;
the crew and rigging saved, but it is supposed the vessel will be
lost.
FOR WHITEHAVEN AND ULVERSTON. Now Loading at Stainton's Wharf, London, and will
sail the first Opportunity, The Brig TYSON, William Neale, Master, (A
Constant trader) ...
[voyages Tyson, Neale to Sept 1816]
The Swan, Parrott, and Tyson, Bouch, of Whitehaven, and the Jane,
Stodart, of Workington, were lost at Holyhead, on the 9th inst. Six
men and a boy and two women were drowned belonging to the former;
three were saved.
Whitehaven. Sailed, Sept. 4. Betsey, M'Crackan, Creetown.
Sailed. Betsey, M'Crackan, for Wigton. [last voyage found]
Henry, Cannon, hence and Madeira; hence at Demerara.
Sale... Whitehaven ... The Brig HENRY, of Ulverston, [James Cannon, Master] with
all her Materials; of the Burthen of One Hundred and Forty-Seven Tons
per Register; and Carries a large Cargo an easy Draught of Water. ...
Henry, France, of this port, arrived Drogheda from Quebec. The master
died at sea the 10th ult.
Sale... All that good Snow, or Vessel, called the HENRY,
of Whitehaven, (George France, deceased, late Master) Burthen per
Register 152 Tons, carries a large Cargo at an easy Draught of Water, and is in
every respect well found and in excellent Repair, and fit for any
Trade her Burthen may suit. ...
Sale. Belfast. .... The British-built Schooner NEW LIBERTY 59 Tons
Register; carries 95 tons. These Vessels are abundantly found in
Materials, and only require provisions to fit them for Sea, and are
fit to carry Pig Iron, or any heavy Cargoes.
SUPPOSED LOSS OF A MARYPORT SCHOONER. One of the vessels which
left Maryport on a delightfully fine Sunday which
ended in a disastrous gale on the 7th inst., was the New Liberty, schooner, of
Maryport. She has not since been heard of, and is given up for lost.
She was manned by a crew of three: the captain and owner Richard M'Laughlin, and two
able-bodied seamen named Joseph and Edward Hall, all of
whom lived at Maryport and were married men. The schooner was bound for Strangford Lough
with a cargo of Dovenby coal.
She was a craft of 47 tons register, and was built at
Ulverston in 1810.
Voyage Maryport to Port Stewart, with coal, while unloading, 28 April 1858, driven on rocks and sank.
For sale, as she lies.
In RCUS: lost at sea, 28 December 1861, 3 crew saved [no newspaper
evidence of this - so possibly date of register closure].
Ulverston. Cleared. Walney Star, Dixon, Chester ...
COLERAINE, May 5. - The Walney Star, of and from Maryport for Port
Stewart, arrived at the latter place on 27th April, and was
discharging next day, when a gale came on, and she broke from her hawsers and
chain cables, and struck on the rocks, at the entrance of the harbour,
where she sank: the cargo is being landed, and should the gale
moderate, the vessel is likely to get off, but much damaged.
[no subsequent voyages mentioned in newspapers]
Coleraine, 5 May. Walney Star, of and from Maryport, for Port
Stewart, deposition of Robert Hinds, master.
Sale ... AT PORT STEWART, where she now lies, the Schooner, "WALNEY STAR,"
of Maryport, 48 Tons Register, with all her Rigging and materials,
&c, ...
ULVERSTONE. TO BE SOLD by Public Auction, (if not otherwise disposed of,
of which due Notice will be given), the House of Mr. John Worthington,
the Sun Inn, Ulverstone, in the County of Lancaster, on MONDAY the 4th
Day of November, 1811, One o'Clock in the Afternoon; The HULL and SPARS
of the New well built Ship, (Copper bolted.) called the
ULVERSTONE, Lately launched at Sand Side, near Ulverstone aforesaid
where she is at present lying, and admeasuring per Register 363 Tons and
58.94 ths. She was built by Mr. Joseph Hart, Ship builder, Ulverstone,
aforesaid, (of whom further Particulars may be had), and
intended for the West India Trade, for which she is well calculated.
SALE.. The Ship ULVERSTONE, Burthen per register 354 18-94 tons;
she was launched at Ulverstone in 1811, was lately coppered, and is
well found in stores. ...
WEYMOUTH, 26th Feb. 4.25 p.m. The Ulverston, of Hull, Seyers, from
Shields to Carthagena, with coal, sunk off Portland, about noon,
to-day, after collision with the Concordia (Aust. barq.); crew landed
here; the Concordia has arrived in the roads.
For LISBON, The fine British built Brig LUND, JOHN BELL, Master;
Stands A. 1. at Lloyd's, only two years old, burthen per register 133
tons, is in every respect an excellent vessel, and will posiively be
dispatched by the first Convoy after the one on the point of sailing
from Cork, ...
The Lund, Spedding, from Liverpool for Londonderry, at Bowness on the 23rd ult.
Lund, of Whitehaven, laden with deals, is on shore on the Main, near
Point of Ayr Lighthouse. The crew had abandoned her before the
lifeboat arrived alongside.
Sale... on Board the Brig Lund, on the beach, near Harrington Dock, at
the bottom of Messrs. Challoner and Co.'s Deal Yard, The HULL of the
said BRIG, about 117 tons per register; also the Masts, Spars, Sails,
Anchor, Chain Cables, Standing and Running Rigging, Hawsers, and other
Stores.
Berlin, Callan, for Jamaica, that sailed on the 17th inst, all well off the Saltees
on the 21st.
For ST THOMAS, The well known Ship, BERLIN, John Davies, Master; A regular trader, stands A 1 at
Lloyd's, coppered and copper-fastened, lying west side King's Dock. ...
Berlin, Moss, with 980 ck palm oil, 40 elephant teeth, 30t barwood, ...
Whitehaven. sailed. Feb. 27. Betsy, Roberts, Dumfries. [last voyage found with master Roberts]
Liverpool. Dec. 1. We experienced last night one of the most terrific gales of
wind known here for the last 10 years: The Albion, Williams, from
New York; Elizabeth, Peach, from Savannah; Betsy, from Dublin;
Crescent, Wilson, bound to Clyde ; and Aurora, Wilson, bound to
Buenos Ayres., were driven on shore during the gale.
On the 7th inst. was launched into the canal, at Ulverston, the Agnes,
a fine handsome-looking vessel, 200 tons burthen, commanded by Capt.
Neile, intended for the London trade, from Whitehaven and Ulverston,
and was built by Mr. Joseph Hart.
Now Loading at Symonds's Wharf. LONDON. for WHITEHAVEN and ULVERSTON, THE BRIG
AGNES, [William Neale, Master] A Constant Trader. ...
London, Inwards,... Agnes, Bouskell, from St Petersburg.
Whitehaven. Arrived March 6. Agnes, Clark, Dublin.
About midnight, on Monday week, Mrs. Hellon, wife of Captain Hellon,
of the Agnes, of Whitehaven, who had accompanied her husband to
Dublin, unfortunately fell overboard in the harbour of that city,
and before her body could be secured, life had become extinct.
... and on the 24th ult., on his passage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Mr.
William Alexander M'Intosh (son of the above named mate of the
Brothers) mate of the brig Agnes, of Whitehaven, a promising young
man, 21 years of age. The unfortunate young man fell from the rigging
into the water, and was seen following the vessel for several minutes;
but owing to a heavy sea at the time it was impossible to rescue him
from a watery grave.
The Agnes, Hill, from Drogheda for Preston, with a cargo of grain,
put into Whitehaven on the 10th inst., leaky.
The loss the Agnes, Darling, of and from Whitehaven for Cardiff, which
was reported to have been lost with all hands [on 6 Dec], has turned out to be
more favourable than was expected, by a letter received at Whitehaven
from Captain Walsh, of the Victoria, in which he states that
immediately on hearing the melancholy intelligence, he, along with
Captains Carr, of the Octavia, and Kermeen, of the Success, made off for
the melancholy scene, and at the risk of their own lives volunteered
to go into the life boat, and succeeded in picking off the wreck, the
master, mate, and one man. One man, named Fisher, with three
apprentices were drowned. The sufferers were upon the wreck from
Saturday night until Monday evening, and were consequently in a very
exhausted state, and their friends at home were thrown into the most
agonizing consternation by the imprudent and premature communication of
Captain Hellons, of the Woodville, to Mrs Webster, the owner the
ill-fated vessel, which will undoubtedly become a total wreck. It
appears the vessel had sprung a leak in a heavy gale, and went ashore
near Drogheda, off a place called Ben Lean [sic, probably Ben Head].
Vessels spoken at sea. ... On 27th July, in lat. 44 56, N. long. 43,
W. the brig Martha, of Ulverstone, from Liverpool, for Quebec, all
well.
THE GOOD BRIG MARTHA, of Ulverston, John Blackburn, Master, Burthen
per Register 125 53-94 Tons, with all her Materials, as she now lies in
the Harbour of Whitehaven. The Martha was built at Ulverston, and
launched in November, 1812, and will be found a desirable Vessel
either for the Coal or Coasting Trade.
Arklow, Aug. 1st. The Martha, Fidler, of & from Whitehaven to Cardiff, struck Arklow
Banks yesterday morning, and filled with water, when the Crew
abandoned her. Only a small part of rigging saved.
Lancaster. Entered. Peggy, Clark, Ulverston.
Sale ... ONE-SIXTEENTH SHARE of and in the Sloop PEGGY, of Ulverston, Mr. John
Holm, master, Mr. Richard Roper, ship's husband, 40 tons burthen per
register. This vessel is a well known trader, and well found.
Lancaster, Entered 22nd. Peggy, Holmes, Ulverston, slate and porter.
The schooner Barrow, of Whitehaven, for Australia, was spoken on
the 14th March, out 71 days, all well, in lat. 21 S, long. 21 W.
Barrow, schooner. The vessel left Riverton on April 9, 1863, bound for
Stewart Island, in ballast. The weather on starting was fair, the wind
blowing moderately from the north-west. On reaching Howells point the
wind chopped round and blew violently from the south-west, and the
master deemed it advisable to return to Howells Head, the night being
dark and tempestuous. After anchoring in the roadstead, the gale
increased. Even with both anchors down and the chains out to the bow
ends, the schooner drifted, and later the best bower cable parted.
Finding it impossible to weigh the other anchor, the captain made sail
and attempted to beat off the lee shore. Failing in this attempt, the
master thought it advisable, for the safety of life and property, to
beach the vessel, and she was run ashore on the Waimatuku Beach,
within eight miles of Riverton. A survey was held on the schooner, and
she was ordered to be sold for the benefit of those concerned. The
wreck of the Barrow was bought by Captain Levy, of the schooner John,
for a small sum, and is believed to have become a total loss. The
Barrow was a schooner of 45 tons register, commanded by Captain Thomas
Mitchell. She was probably the vessel of that name, No. 31,837,
registered at Melbourne.
SCHOONER TRADER FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, All that
good Schooner or Vessel, called or known by the name of THE TRADER, of
Ulverston (John Hewitson, Master), 80 Tons by Register, with all her
Materials, &c, as she now lies in the port of Ulverston. ...
LIFEBOAT SERVICE. SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF IRELAND. A telegram from
Newcastle, Dundrum bay, states that the brigantine Trader, of
Portaferry, Strangford, was wrecked in this bay on Sunday, during a
strong gale from the SE. Her crew of four men were saved by the
Newcastle lifeboat Reigate, which belongs to the National Lifeboat
Institution. Captain C. Gray Jones, R.N., one of the assistant
inspectors of lifeboats to the institution, who is now visiting the
lifeboat stations on the North Coast of Ireland, went out in the
lifeboat to the wreck. The vessel was coal-laden, and was leaky and
partly dismasted when she went ashore.
STRANGFORD, Feb. 24th. The Trader, Denvir, arrived yesterday, in tow of the
Renown (tug), from Newcastle (county Down), where she got on shore on
the 14th Feb., on her passage from Maryport for this port, and having
carried away some spars; she discharged coal at Newcastle, and has
been towed round here for examination.
Arrived 22nd inst. Trader, Denvir, from Portaferry, with wheat. [last
voyage found with master Denvir]
Trader left Maryport for Portaferry.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, PORTAFERRY QUAY, On TUESDAY, 27th March, at
Noon, THE HULL and MATERIALS of the Schooner TRADER (In Lots)
A STRANRAER SCHOONER MISSING. The schooner Isabella, of Stranraer,
which left Troon on Friday the 27th November with a cargo of coals,
has not since been heard of. It is reported that the Viscount
Kingarth, of Greenock, had come into collision with a schooner, and
that both had been sunk, the place being at Corsewall, near the
entrance to Lochryan. It is believed that the schooner is the
Isabella, and much sympathy has been excited for the unfortunate
seamen who were her crew. She was commanded by Captain Thomas M'Murdo,
the other seamen being a brother of the captain, Wm. M'Murdo, and P.
Michael Darroch. They were all experienced seamen. A headboard with
the name Isabella painted in white letters came ashore on Tuesday
morning about a mile north of Cairnryan. This favours the supposition
that it is the Stranraer schooner of that name which came into
collision with the other vessel off Corsewall, and which was sunk on
the 28th ult. M'Murdo, the captain, leaves a wife and family. He was
about 28 years of age. His brother William is 22 years of age, and
unmarried; and Darroch, the other seaman, is 22 years of age, and also
unmarried. [The Isabella was 90 tons burden, and uninsured. ]
Liverpool. Arrived. Isabella, Larmour, from Belfast.
CASTLETOWN, I.M., 3rd Aug., 12.30 p.m. The schooner Isabella, of
Stranraer, with 80 tons coal (3 men), went ashore last night at
Strandhall, is likely to break up; crew saved. [Captain Hugh Larmour]
Sale.... A PARCEL of LAND, with the BUILDINGS thereon, used as a
Ship-carpenter's Yard, a small Plot of Land nearly adjoining thereto,
five Fields situate near the Lund, one Field situate near Moss-side
(which will be offered in building lots) and another near Oubas
Hill, all situate in the town and hamlet of Ulverston, and late the
property of Mr Joseph Hart, deceased.
The following newspaper report is of another builder, J Higgin, in 1807:
On the 6th inst. was launched into the Ulverston canal, an elegant
firm-built schooner called The Mercury, the property of Mr. Jos.
Ritchie; the design and building of which was executed by Mr. James
Higgin, to whom (it is allowed by the best judges who have seen her)
the greatest credit is due.
Ulverston. Entered. Mercury, Bleasdale, British Fishery. [only reported September
and October 1807; though 1808 has Mercury, Robinson, British Fishery;
and 1809 has Mercury, Cleminson; and 1810 Mercury, Knight; all "British Fishery"]
Later, the principal builder was the shipyard of Petty & Co., also Petty, Postlethwaite & Co.,
whose foreman shipwright was John Winram/Whinram, and later on was Joseph McKay.
This yard was closer to the Ulverston end of the canal.
Vessels listed
as built Petty & Co. with minimal information:
Lively 65t 1814;
Betty & Mary 1814;
William 58t 1815;
Sisters Sl 58t 1815;
Edward 86t 1815;
Mary Bg 103t 1815; (built Greenodd?);
George Sl 60t 1816;
Fylde 1816;
William Bg 240t 1816 (possibly 1828);
Laurel Sl 35t 1816;
Robert 1817;
Brothers Sr 41t 1818;
William 31t 1824;
Elizabeth Sr 73t 1838; lost 1876, probably built Greenodd.
Neptune 1839;
Eliza Sl 53t 1842; lost 1872,
probably built Winsford 1842.
The Diana, Muncaster, bound to this port, grounded on an anchor, and
nearly filled with water at Lisbon, on the 12th ult. only 49
bags of wool, out of 206 which she had on board, saved without damage.
Whitehaven. Arrived. Diana, Pearce, Liverpool. [last voyage found with master Pearce]
CHESTER Aug. 26: W.N.W. to N.W., blowing hard. 25. The schooner Runcorn,
Leatham, of Chester, said to be from Wexford for Preston (laden with
grain), struck on the tail of the Middle Patch, came off, and sunk in
about five fathoms, above Mostyn Gut. [no further voyages found with Runcorn, Leatham]
Dreadful Explosion. ULVERSTONE, March 24. In consequence very
boisterous weather, and adverse winds, a great number of vessels from
this port, bound for Liverpool, &c., have for some time been laying,
wind-bound, at Pill [sic, Piel] Foudray, a safe harbour, about ten
miles below us; one of which, the Commerce, Oliver Haddock, master,
unfortunately took fire yesterday, and having 200 barrels of gunpowder
on board, and the men, seeing there was no chance of arresting the
progress of the flames, till it might reach the gunpowder, it being
low water and the vessel lying upon the dry sand, quitted her; and,
had they had not, from their own account, left her more than ten or
fifteen minutes, when she blew up with a most dreadful explosion,
tearing the vessel and cargo all to atoms, and the concussion was so
great, as to break many of the windows in the village of Rampside,
full half-a-mile from the explosion; and the noise was distinctly
heard at this place; fortunately, however, there were no lives lost,
nor any of the other vessels damaged, except one slightly, and the
boat of another dashed to pieces by part of the wreck falling upon
her.
Lancaster. Entered April 4. Henry, Dalrymple, from Dumfries.
Shipwreck. The sloop Henry of Dumfries, John Dalrymple, master,
touched at Wick harbour on the 22d ult. She was laden with slates from
Balachulish, and bound for Helmsdale, for which port she sailed in the
evening, but when near her destination, she encountered so severe a
gale of wind that she was forced to beat back, with the loss of her
mainsail. Next morning she was opposite to Wick; but in making for
the harbour, she struck the bar; and was thrown outside the Quay, lost
her bowsprit, filled and sunk. The crew were hauled ashore by means
of ropes, and, should the wind be off-shore, hopes are entertained that
she will yet be raised.
Sale... Whitehaven .... All that good Sloop or Vessel called the LORN, John Brewer,
Master, of the Port of Ulverston, Burthen per Register 63 Tons, is well
found in Materials, and a most desirable Vessel for the Coasting
Trade.
Glasgow. Arrived. Lorn, M'Caulay, Belfast. [last voyage found with master M'Caulay]
Severe storm. ... The schooner Jane of Belfast which trades with coal between that port
and Irvine harbour ran ashore at the same place [Dalintober, Campbeltown]. Capt Houston was
lashed to the rigging and before he could be freed, he died from
exposure.
On Monday night and Tuesday morning our loch and harbour was the
scene of a tragic incident and acts of heroism that must make this
December blizzard one long remembered in the community. Several
sailing craft had been sheltering in the loch for some days, and the
driving ashore of two of these was attended with exciting and almost
heartrending scenes. Both vessels were ketches. One, the Margaret
Wotherspoon, of Gigha, lay off the Old Quay light. She drove ashore
early in the night shortly after eight and striking the soft bottom
of the Mussel Ebb lay in comparative safety, no immediate fears being
entertained regarding her crew, or evidently by them. Very different,
unhappily, was the fate of the Jane of Belfast, which was anchored just
a little ahead of the Margaret Wotherspoon. The Jane was loaded with coal for Larne. She was manned
by Captain Houston and his two sons, one 23 years of age, the other 18.
Captain Houston was a frequent visitor to this port, at which he
called occasionally, and where he was well known and highly respected
among the seafaring classes. About nine o'clock at night, when the
gale was blowing with hurricane force, accompanied by blinding
snow, the Jane followed Margaret Wotherspoon towards the beach. Being deeply loaded
she foundered in a depth of water about 50 yards from the Dalintober Quay.
Great waves broke over her, and the hull was completely
submerged. The crew took to the rigging, the young men reaching the
topsail yard, to which they lashed themselves, Their father just managed
to climb halfway up the rigging, to which he was lashed. Previous to
this, signals of distress had been shown, and after the vessel
foundered the men on the Margaret Wotherspoon continued to show distress
signals, principally, it was thought, on behalf of the other boat.
Most of the seafaring population were about the Quays, but the wind
and sea and snow made the stoutest flinch from attempting ordinary
means of rescue.
A message was despatched for the secretary of the
Lifeboat Institution (Mr Gardiner), and he arrived on the scene between
half-past nine and ten o'clock. The lifeboat was moored opposite the
Victoria Hall, but considering her disabled rudder and her
water-logged condition, Mr Gardiner had doubts about her
serviceableness. After a consultation with Canon Wakeham, however, it
was decided to make an attempt at rescue with her, and the boat was
manned by a fresh crew, Mr Gardiner taking charge. The tide was low at
first, and the lifeboat was found to have taken the mud, but once she
was got afloat she was manoeuvred into position for dropping down on
the wreck. The anchor was let go, and rescue seemed imminent, but
unfortunately the anchor did not hold, and the lifeboatmen were
chagrined to find themselves driven by the tempest past the sunken vessel.
What the incident must have meant to the poor fellows on the rigging
would possibly defy language to express. The lifeboat, driven to
leeward, was now in a less favourable position than before for making
another attempt. The crew battled with the oars and tried to beat up
with the sails, but against the hurricane they could make no headway,
and at half-past one, with the men exhausted by their efforts, the
boat was taken alongside Dalintober Quay. It was acknowledged by the
crew that the damage sustained at Arran undoubtedly militated against
the lifeboat's efficiency in this test.
A fresh crew was then put on board, and
the men stood by all night awaiting a favourable lull to renew the
attempt to reach the sunken Jane. Meantime a plucky attempt at rescue was
made from another quarter. Observing the unsuccessful efforts of the
lifeboat, Captain Duncan Martin of the s.y. Medea, gathered together
a volunteer crew and and manned a line-fishing skiff at the Old Quay. This
crew gallantly repeated the lifeboat's manoeuvre in bearing down on the wreck,
but unfortunately a like fate befell them, their anchor cable parting
and the boat being driven far to leeward, ultimately also fetching the
Dalintober Quay. The skiff, which belonged to Mr John Millan, was
subsequently cast up on the breastwall of the Esplanade and badly broken.
All that could now be done was to await the abatement of the gale.
Occasional glimpses of the men on the rigging could be got from the
shore by the light from the Margaret Wotherspoon's flambeau, and the
exposure to which they were subjected was so terrible that grave
doubts were expressed of their surviving the night. Now and again the
sunken boat lurched badly with the action of the heavy seas, and as
masts and rigging were shaken the position of the men clinging there
was made more perilous. Hour after hour the blizzard continued
unabated. Between six and seven o'clock in the morning the wind
seemed to fall off slightly. Captain Martin, undeterred by his
previous failure, and notwithstanding the great risk he ran, had been
watching his chance from the Old Quay, and getting another volunteer
crew together, the gallant fellows put off in a line skiff belonging
to Mr S. Conley. This time their effort was crowned with success, the
boat dropping down nicely upon the wreck, and the crew being taken
off. The elder son was found to be fairly strong, but the young lad was
far through, while the old man was quite unconscious, being found
twisted into the rigging and lying with his head thrown back. A
landing was effected at Dalintober Quay. The benumbed and unconscious
men were taken to Mr Ross Wallace's residence, Dalintober House,
where, Dr J. P. Brown being in attendance, everything that medical
skill and human kindness could do for them was done. Unfortunately,
Captain Houston never rallied, succumbing to the effects of his
exposure shortly after rescue. In the course of the forenoon the body
was removed to the mortuary, The sons, however, had recovered by the
early forenoon to be removed to the Cottage Hospital, where they made
satisfactory progress towards complete restoration, although almost
prostrated by grief at the loss of their father. Almost simultaneously
with the rescue of the men by the line skiff, the lifeboat again put
off from the Dalintober Quay, but seeing Captain Martin's boat
already at the wreck, the crew confined their attention to the Margaret
Wotherspoon whose crew of three men they took off. These men were
little the worse for their experience. .....
For Workington and Ulverston. Now loading at Stainton's wharf, London.
The New Schooner THOMAS, of Ulverston. (Captain MUNCASTER)
THOMAS. Liverpool, March 9. Tug Flying Falcon, when off Point Lynas on Friday
evening, was signalled to go to the assistance of a schooner flying
signals of distress. The vessel, which proved to be the Thomas, of
Amlwch, had lost both anchors. She was taken in tow, and an agreement
was made to take her to Amlwch, but the wind veering round and a heavy
sea running, she had to be taken to Bangor.
NOW Loading at LONDON. For Whitehaven and Ulverston. THE BRIG WESTMORLAND.
[Thomas Walker, Master] A Constant Trader, ...
Loss of Three Cumberland Traders. The Broughton Tower, Westray, of
Harrington; Westmorland, Bibby, of Whitehaven; and Vine, Adamson, of
Workington, all in ballast, were wrecked on the night of Saturday, the
19th instant, off St. Bee's Head. The weather was comparatively
moderate, but the swell of the sea so great that the vessels got
embayed; and the night so extremely foggy and dark, that neither the
land nor lights could be distinguished, and the respective captains
were unconscious of any danger until they struck. The first
[Westmorland] of these ill-fated vessels was on her passage from
Dublin for Whitehaven, and was driven on shore on Fleswick Beach.
Crew and materials (except the chain cable) were saved. The Vine
struck upon the North Head, abreast of the Lighthouse, where she soon
became a total wreck, and Captain Adamson and his brother, a seaman,
were drowned. The Broughton Tower was driven upon the South Head, and
very soon shared the same fate. Her crew took to the boat, and
succeeded in reaching Whitehaven about two a.m. on Sunday. Near the
Heads they fell in with a small boat, supposed to be the stern-boat of
a sloop in which was the body of a dead man; but as Captain Westray
and his crew had but one oar, they could not take her in tow, nor did
they notice any marks by which to describe her.
WRECK OF THE BRIG WESTMORLAND. . For the Benefit of the Underwriters,
or whom it may concern, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, on THURSDAY the 7th of
Feb., 1828, and following Days, The Whole of the WRECK of the Brig
Westmorland, now lying in New Lowther Street, and at the Head the
Bulwark, in Whitehaven, consisting of Anchors, Chain Cables, Hawsers,
Sails, also a Quantity of the Timbers saved from the said Vessel, &c,
&c. ...
Lancaster Jan 31: Entered. Otter, Lightfoot, Ulverston.
Cleared. Otter, Lightfoot, Dublin. [Otter, Lightfoot, found to 1820;
then Otter, Stephenson to 1825]
A list of vessels in distress, damaged, stranded and lost, from the
Middle Mouse Rock to Harry's Furlong, a distance of about four miles
only, from the year 1811, to the present time:-
brig Barbara of Whitehaven, wrecked on Harry's Furlong;
the sloop Resolution, of Cemmaes, abandoned in Cemmaes Bay;
a brig from Liverpool to Oporto, Gee, master, wrecked at Cemmaes;
a brig from Whitehaven dismasted, and towed to Holyhead;
a brig from Ireland to Liverpool, wrecked in Cemmaes Bay;
the galliott Hornby, of Newry, wrecked on Cemmaes Head;
the brig Mary, from Liverpool to the Orkneys, wrecked on Cemmaes Bay:
a fishing smack from Beaumaris wrecked in Cemlyn Bay;
the brig Nancy, of Whitehaven, wrecked at Cemlyn. Bay;
a prize to the Arathusa frigate stranded in Cemlyn Bay;
the ship Jane, of Philadelphia, in distress in Cemmaes Bay, got clear by assistance of boats;
the sloop Lydia, of Beaumaris, stranded in Cemmaes Bay;
the brig Mary Ellen, from Dublin, stranded on the Middle Mouse;
the brig Peace, of Wexford, stranded on Harry's Furlong;
the schooner Union, of Fowey, stranded on Harry's Furlong;
the galiot Industry, of Lancaster, wrecked in Cemmaes Bay;
the brig Industry, of Liverpool, ran on a beach, near Cemmaes, in distress;
the sloop Neptune, of Ipswich, stranded on Harry's furlong;
the brig Cruizer, of Yarmouth, wrecked in Harry's Furlong;
a brig from Liverpool to Barnstable, wrecked on Harry's Furlong;
the sloop Otter, of Ulverstone, foundered near the Middle Mouse;
the schooner Kingfisher of Penzance, in distress in Cemmaes Bay,
but by assistance got into Cemmaes;
the schooner Alice and Amelia, wrecked near Harry's Furlong.
Many lives have been lost
in some of the above-mentioned vessels; and no doubt, had there been
a Pier at Cemmaes, some of these vessels might have been saved; also
many lives.
AYR, Jan. 3. - The sloop Beaver of Ulverstone was lost on the Black
Rock, to the southward of the Troon, on the night of Tuesday the 25th
ult. when all hands perished. The top of the mast was observed above
water two or three days afterwards, which led to the discovery of the
wreck, and her boat was likewise about the same time picked up on the
shore. It is said that she had left Lamlash on the day she was lost,
where she had lain for some time windbound, and was proceeding on her
voyage; but the wind having suddenly shifted to the west and
north-west, blowing strong, it is supposed that she was attempting to
reach this port or the Troon, when she struck and went down. None of
the bodies have as yet been found. The vessel has since been towed
from the rock towards the shore, into shallow water, and hopes are
entertained of being able to raise the wreck. It is believed there was
only the master, a man and a boy on board.
[sailed a few days previous for Isle of Man]
Vessels sailed, March 24. Hope, Veitch, Genoa [last voyage report found]
FOR DEMERARA, The fine new Brig ESTHER, CAPTAIN HIGHDALE; 190
tons register; coppered and copper-fastened; sails remarkably well,,
and only six months old. For freight or passage, apply to W. Dodgson,
Esq. Ulverstone, or JONES & MANN.
Southwold. Jan 15. This day at noon, J Coates, master, and the other part
of the crew of the brig Esther, of Newcastle, were landed in safety
by one of our yawls, the vessel having broken up on the Gunfleet Sand
about 3 pm, the day previous, when they took to their boat and drove
during the night, it blowing a heavy gale from SW, to the outside
of this bay, where a Barking smack (the Cupid) fell in with them at 8 am,
and assisted the crew towards the harbour, where the yawl took the boat in tow.
The crew of the brig were unable to save anything except what they stood in.
Sale... Sloop or Vessel called the IMPORTER, of Lancaster, as she now lies in
Maryport Harbour, Burthen per Register 37 2262-3500 Tons, new Measure,
and 51 Tons Old Measure. The Vessel was built at Ulverston in the Year
1819, carries 51 Tons with Six and a half Feet Water, sails fast, is
in good order, and well found in Stores; and may be put to Sea at
little or no Expense. .. Master Storey ... Apply to ...
Mr Postlethwaite, slate merchant, Kirkby Ireleth, near Ulverston,...
The schooner Importer arrived from Port William with grain.
New owner: Importer (1270) Antonio Treche, Kirkcudbright.
From Brayton Domain Colliery: Importer 60 tons for Kirkcudbright.
Gale ....
The Importer, belonging to Mr Treche, coal merchant. Kirkcudbight,
has run ashore at Kirkandrews Bay. The crew were saved.
Arrived at Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres Packet from Liverpool.
Great Yarmouth, March 12. - The Buenos Ayres packet, Stoker, from
Seaham for London, struck upon the north end of Corton Sand in turning
out of St. Nicholas Gut yesterday afternoon, but came off and was
brought up, making much water, but as the master found he could not
keep her with the pumps he slipped his anchor and chain and run for
our harbour, which he missed, and the vessel took the ground at the
back of the south pier, where she sunk. The crew took to the rigging,
where they remained all night, and were taken off this morning by a
boat from Lowestoffe. The vessel lies about two cables' length from
the shore, with the water nearly up to the tops at high water, and
nothing has yet been saved from the wreck.
LOWESTOFT. March 15. Melancholy Shipwreck of the Brig Buenos Ayres
Packet, laden with coals from Seine [sic] to London; the crew saved by the
valiant conduct of the Lowestoft Boatmen; William Kilwick, Thomas
Ellis, Richard Butcher and others, who about day-light on Tuesday the
12th instant, observed a vessel laying on South Ham, in great distress, and
from which a signal for assistance was from time to time distinctly heard, -
assembled about fifty of their company, and launched, with great
difficulty and risk to life, (owing the violence of the wind, and heavy
surf at that time upon the beach) their yawl called the South End Friends of 34 tons
burthen, and proceeded with a company of 21 hands including
themselves, to the assistance of the crew of the distressed vessel,
the wind blowing very strong from the south east. When they reached
the ship, she was lying on the south Ham beach, about a quarter of a mile
on the south side of Gorleston Pier, and about the same distance from
the shore, on her beam ends, with her yard arms in the water, and the
crew, consisting of 7 men and 2 boys, in the tops. The wind having
increased and the sea constantly breaking over her, these brave
fellows getting necessary ropes fast to the vessel, for saving the
crew, which they accomplished in about a quarter of an hour after reaching
her, with great risk of losing their own boat and lives, they
succeeded in saving all the crew, and drawing them separately with
ropes through the sea, from the vessel to the yawl, being a distance of
more than twenty yards; they could not approach nearer. The whole of the crew
were safely landed at Lowestoft without injury, excepting one man, who
unfortunately dislocated his shoulder or collar bone, and is now in
the Dispensary. The suffering crew of the Buenos Ayres Packet,
immediately after being landed, were well supplied by the praiseworthy
company of the yawl, with dry linen and wearing apparel, who paid
every possible attention to their comfort. The vessel had been lying
in great distress since 8 o'clock the previous night, the crew continually
making signals of distress, by ringing a bell and showing lights, as long as
they were able to keep the deck, without any assistance having been
previously rendered them, although the vessel was lying at so short a distance
off Gorleston Pier and the beach all that time. Are not such brave
fellows as the crew the South End Friends entitled to remuneration for risking
their lives? This is fit case for the Humane Society, instituted for
the protection of the lives of shipwrecked mariners. Such men ought to
well paid for their services on these occasions.
This was an action to recover £565 as compensation for the loss of a schooner
called the Hope, the property of the plaintiff, alleged to have been
occasioned by the negligence and misconduct of the defendant's
servants in navigating the brig Chili, his property. It appeared both
vessels were on their passage to the north of England in the month of
January, 1849. On the 30th of that month, about half-past 1 o'clock in
the morning, they came in sight of each other between Scarborough and
Flamborough Head. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E., and the
night was dark and "dirty." The schooner was proceeding in her course
on the starboard tack, and with single reefed sails. The brig, with
double reefed sails, was on the larboard tack when the collision took
place. The Chili, it was said, struck the schooner on her larboard
bow, and cut her down near the water's edge, and, almost immediately
after, the Hope was abandoned by her captain and crew, who took
shelter on board the Chili. ...
Hull. At anchor in Grimsby Roads. Chili, brig of Stockton.
Colchester, Dec. 15. A boat, marked inside "Thomas Granger," and outside
"Chili, Stockton," together with a quantity of materials, have been
brought in here by two smacks, from a vessel sunk about midway between the
Swin Middle and the Shears Lights, on the outer part of the Maplin
Sand, in 3 fathoms water.
Ulverston. No less than twenty vessels sailed from Hammershead Hill,
Ulverston, on the 22d ult. for Liverpool - among which was the fine
new Brig, the Holker [sic, maybe name changed later], burthen per
register, 209 tons, will carry 300, built Petty and Co.
... the loss of immense number of vessels during the frightful
hurricane of the evening of Wednesday week, which has not been equalled
for many years past. ...
The brig Peruvian, Captain Currell, on her passage to London from
South Shields, lost on the sunken rocks near the lighthouse at
Flamborough Head; crew saved by the ship's boats.
Ship Launch. A fine new Brig, called the Utility, of the burthen 229 tons, per
Register, was launched from the Building Yard, Ulverston, on the 13th
inst.
The brig Utility (of Ulverston) Capt. Blain. has been fallen in with
at sea, water-logged, in lat. 47. long. 32. but not a soul was on board;
from a tarpauling being nailed to the fore-top, and other
appearances, it is, however firmly believed, that the crew have been
picked up, but no tidings of them have yet been received. She was
bound for Ulverston with a cargo of timber, from Richibucto.
We feel very great pleasure in stating that intelligence has been
received of the safety of the crew of the Utility, Capt. Blain, most
of whom belong to Bowness and Maryport. A letter from the owners,
Messrs. Petty and Co. Ulverston, dated Jan. 20, 1828, to the
Captain's friends: We are extremely happy to inform you that the ship
J. and H. Cummings, belonging to Hugh Johnston and Co., St. John's
(New Brunswick) arrived at that place the 2d December, having on board
the master and crew of the Utility, which was fallen in with 30 days
previously, waterlogged. Capt. Blain and his crew have all shipped on
board of our barque Hutchison,...
Greenock. Feb. 4. Dispatch, Cumming, from Liverpool, is wrecked at the
mouth of the Water of Urr. The crew drowned.
Lancaster. Entered. March 20. The Mary, Mattix, from Newry, with 3200
bushels seed oats and sundries for Jeremiah Walmsley. [first voyage with master Mattix]
Melancholy Occurrence at Sea. On the night of Monday, the 29th ultimo, the
sloop Mary, of Ulverston, bound from Dundalk to Southampton, laden
with grain and tar, encountered a tremendous squall off Howth Head, some
miles from shore - in a few minutes she capsized, and went down. Of her
crew, consisting of seven men, three were unfortunately lost with
their ill-fated vessel. The remaining four supported themselves in the
water by swimming, and the accident, being fortunately observed from the
Head, by some of the crew of the Morning Star wherry, they immediately
manned their little vessel, and, with the utmost alacrity, put off to
the assistance of their fellow-beings in distress. They were all picked up
and taken into the boat, but in almost a state of insensibility. On
their return back to land, one of them, from the length of time he had
remained in the water, and the sufferings he had endured, breathed his last.
The Mary, Mattix, sunk off the Island of Lambay, belonged to
Ulverston; three of the crew, Clark and Bramwell, of Ulverston,
and a Welshman, went down with the vessel. Captain
Mattix and three seamen supported themselves for a considerable
time by clinging to spars, &c., until they were picked up by
a fishing boat in an almost lifeless state, and taken to Howth.
Smethers, one of the men, died soon after he was landed.
On Saturday last, a fine new ship of large burthen was launched from the building
yard of Messrs Petty and Postlethwaite, Ulverston.
The fine new Barque THOMAS, John Atkinson, master, Built at Ulverston
by Messrs. G. L. PETTY & Co. in 1824, burthen per register 260 82-94
tons. Dimensions:- length 22 feet 9 inches, breadth 25 feet 9 inches,
depth 13 feet 2 inches. Queen's Dock....
For RIO de JANEIRO, The fine A 1 Barque THOMAS, -, master, Burthen
per register 260 tons, coppered and copper-fastened, sails fast; the
principal part of her cargo being engaged, shippers may depend on her
being despatched immediately. For terms of freight or passage apply to
BRIGGS and LUCAS ... [by Jan 1828, to Havana, master D White]
The Thomas, White, from Havannah, at Elsineur.
Sale... SEVEN SIXTEENTHS of the Barque THOMAS, of Harrington, Capt
White, of the Burthen 260 Tons per Register, as she now lies in Dock at
Liverpool, late the property of Jonathan Fisher, deceased. The
above-named Vessel is in good Repair, has just discharged a Cargo from
Quebec, and is now ready for Charter. ...
For DEMERARA, The fine A 1 Barque THOMAS, Captain Walker; 260 tons
register, British built, and has a good part of her cargo ready for
shipment; lying in Prince's Dock. James Poole & Co.
Quebec. Oct 19. ... The brig Pitson, Johnson, also arrived, reports having seen the
Thomas, of Whitehaven, on the Millevaches Shoals, on the 14th inst., a
total wreck.
On Saturday last, was launched into the Ulverston Canal, from the
building-yard of Messrs. Petty and Co. a fine new copper-bottomed
vessel, burthen per register 298 tons, intended for the West India
trade. On gliding into the water, which she did most majestically, she
was named The Hutchinson, amidst the applauding shouts of a greater
concourse of people than ever assembled on such an occasion at
Ulverston.
BATHURST, RIVER GAMBIA. The Hutchinson, White, from Sierra Leone for Cork,
put in here 1st inst. leaky, and is declared to be unseaworthy.
On Saturday last was launched, from the building-yard of Messrs.
Petty and Co. at Ulverston, a beautiful sloop, intended for the
slate trade, which, and the iron-ore trade, was never known to be
brisker than at present at Ulverston.
Launch. A beautiful sloop, intended for the slate trade, built for
Mr. F. Town, of Ulverston. was launched from the building-yard of
Messrs. Petty and Co. at Ulverston, on Saturday last.
Ulverston. Inwards. 9. Fame, Pearson, from Liverpool.
Sale... LOT 5. Eight sixty-fourth shares of the Sloop DALTON, of the
port of Lancaster, of the burthen of 43 tons per register. LOT 6. Sixteen
sixty-fourth shares of the Sloop INDUSTRY, of the port of Lancaster,
of the burthen of 40 tons per register.
Port Dinorwic. Off in the stream. Industry, Howells, for Runcorn.
[last voyage with master Howells]
From Garston. Aug 13. Sailed. Industry 36 Owens, for Holyhead.
COLLISION IN THE WYRE. On Saturday morning last, as the tug-boat "Lion "
was towing the timber-laden barque "Kong Oscar" into the harbour at
Fleetwood, the tow rope snapped, and the barque drifted against the
small sloop "Industry," doing considerable damage. She afterwards ran
into the fishing smack "Margaret," belonging to Mr. Wignall, shipping
her mizzenmast, carrying away her stanchions, and damaging her
counter. Both vessels have now been repaired by Mr. Gibson. The "Kong
Oscar" lost her fore topgallantmast, and received other slight
damage.
ONE-FOURTH SHARE of and in the Sloop ANT, of Ulverston, Mr. Henry
Robinson, master, Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, ship's husbands, 42.5
tons burthen per register. This vessel is well found, and about
three years old.
Wigtown. May 30th. The Ant, Williams, of this port from Whitehaven for Gatehouse (lime),
is on fire at the latter place, and it is feared will become a total wreck.
[in the River Fleet]
The schooner Ant, 27 tons register, belonging Mr William Anderson,
Wigtownshire, laden with lime, and bound for Gatehouse-of-Fleet, from
Whitehaven, struck on a bank near the latter town on Wednesday, and
sprung a leak. The lime caught fire, and she has become a total wreck.
Neither vessel nor cargo was insured. No lives were lost.
Lancaster. Cleared. Eclipse, Benson, for Ulverston. [first voyage found -
suggesting built Lancaster]
...., and J. Benson, of the Eclipse, Ulverston traders, appeared before John Wright
Esq., at the Dock Police office to answer several
informations against them for evading the payment
of the dock duties on gunpowder imported in their vessels. It appeared that
they had brought a great number of barrels, and had paid duties on
some hundred less than they had on board. .. fined ...
Lancster. Sailed. Sept. 14. Eclipse, Benson, Ulverston.
A beautiful schooner, called the Town of Ulverston was launched from the building yard of
Messrs. Petty and Co. at Ulverston on Saturday last. She is intended for
the Liverpool trade, under the command Capt John Hewitson.
Launch. On Saturday last, a fine new barque, called the Star, burthen 280 tons,
intended for Captain John Atkinson, was launched into the
Ulverston Canal, from the building yard of Messrs. Petty and Co. From
the long-continued drought there was but little water in the canal,
and it was thought by many of the "knowing ones", if an attempt were then made to
launch her, she would not, could not, clear the cradle. But Mr. Whinram,
the builder, was of a different opinion, and determined at all
events, to make the trial; and we are happy to say, that he conducted
the whole business with such care and judgement that a finer launch
was never witnessed; she glided majestically into the water, without
ramming stern on, as was anticipated, and was brought to the Quay
side, where she is now, we believe, the largest vessel ever launched
to any canal in England.
The barque Star (also of Ulverston) Capt. Atkinson, which vessel was
only on her third voyage, laden with timber, also for Ulverston,
sailed from Miramichi in Nov. and after encountering several gales,
got back near to Prince Edward's Island, where, according to the
last, and as yet only, accounts, she remained full of water, with no
prospect of saving her. Crew safe.
The Star, Atkinson, from Miramichi to this port, was a
complete wreck at the east point of Prince Edward's Island, the 21st November,
and must be sold immediately for her materials. Crew saved.
DIED. ... On the 9th of June last, at Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island,
Captain John Atkinson, late master of the barque Star, of Ulverston,
in the prime of life.
Launch. A fine new schooner, called The Hope was launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Petty and Co. at Ulverston, on Tuesday
last.
Hope. Report of William Fullerton, master of the schooner Hope, of Belfast,
53 tons, from Ayr, Feb. 19, at 1 am for Whiteabbey, Belfast
Lough, with 100 tons coal; Proceeded until 12 30 p.m., the wind
being from S.W,, and blowing bard. Put round for Campbeltown, inside
the entrance of the loch, about 4 45 p.m., standing in on the north
side until the vessel was nearly aground. I observed the Citizen, of
Youghal, running down with square yards upon us. I shouted to him to
port his helm and keep his luff, as I had to put about. At 5 pm the
tide being about half flood, weather clear, wind S.W., strong, the
vessel was run into by the Citizen. We had starboard bow stove in and
headgear gone, windlass started, and driven on to the rocks at
Macrinnian's Point. We have since been towed into Campbeltown Harbour.
No salvage service was rendered by anyone. Campbeltown, Feb. 20.
TO SHIP BUILDERS. TO LET, by Private Treaty, for a Term of Years, from
the 10th of July, 1827. All that extensive and convenient SHIP BUILDING
YARD, eligibly situate at the Head of the Ulverston Canal, and only
about Quarter a Mile from the said Town, with the Mold Room, Counting
House, Saw Pit, Timber Yard, and every requisite Accommodation for
carrying on the Business on an extensive Scale. There are Slips from the
Yard into the Canal Basin, from which several Vessels of 300 nearly Tons
Burthen per Register have been launched. The whole the Premises are
now, and have been for many Years, in the Occupation of Messrs. John
Winram and Co.
Persons making Application (if by Letter, Postpaid) Mr.
Seatle, Grocer, Ulverston; or Mr. GEORGE WINRAM, Hoad Stile, near
Ulverston, Trustees of the late Mr. THOMAS BROCKELBANK,
THE LATE GALE ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST. - Considerable damage has been
caused during the late gale on the Cumberland coast and in the Solway;
but we are glad to learn that, so far as can be ascertained, no loss
of life has occurred. The schooner Amelia, outward bound from Port
Carlisle, was driven from her moorings, and the captain ran her on
shore at Silloth, where she remains, but the damage is not serious.
The schooner Mary, of Carlisle, was attempting to proceed up
the Solway, but grounded on the west end of Silloth Bank, and
immediately began to fill. The crew got out their boat, but the craft
was almost instantly swamped by the heavy sea which was running; and
signals of distress were then hoisted. The tide rising, the crew were
compelled to take to the rigging, in which position they were observed
by the steamer Queen, of Dumfries, [Captain Richardson] which bore
down to their assistance. After several ineffectual attempts to rescue
the poor fellows, the Queen, after the lapse of an hour, succeeded in
taking them on hoard, though not until after the mast to which they
were clinging had been carried away. In falling, the mast struck the
mate of the Queen, and severely injured him; and the mate of the Mary
was also much hurt by the same casualty. The Mary and her cargo are
totally lost.
On Monday last, a fine new barque, called the Lark, of about 450
tons burthen, was launched into the Ulverston Canal, from the building
yard of Messrs. Petty and Co. The launch was conducted in Mr. Whinram's
usual able manner, and afforded a fine treat to a great number of
persons assembled to witness it.
Sale... The fine English-built Barque LARK, Captain Cannon; Lies in
the Prince's Dock; 281 tons per register, four years old, built by the owners for
their own trade. [June 1834, advertised sailing to St Petersburg, master Thomas Cooper]
Liverpool 27th. The Lark, Cooper, hence to New Orleans, is lost off the Texas. Crew saved.
A beautiful new Schooner, called the Arrow, burthen per register 143
tons, was launched into the Ulverston Canal from the building-yard
of Messrs. Petty and Co., on Wednesday last.
SALE, A remarkably fine new SCHOONER, Built at Ulverston, launched the
5th of March; Extreme length, 74 feet 2 in. Register length, 73 9; Breadth 21; Depth 12;
Registers 143 41-94 tons; is a strong,
well-built, copper-fastened vessel, and well adapted for the
Mediterranean, St. Domingo, &c. trades. [Date not exact match but tonnage and builder
are]
Launch. On Saturday last, a fine new round sterned brig, called the
William, burthen per register of 240 tons, being the largest of that
description ever built by Messrs Petty & Co., was launched into the
Ulverston Canal. The launch was conducted in Mr Whinram's usual able
manner and afforded a pleasing spectacle to those assembled to witness
the same. Immediately on entering her native element, she was
christened by Capt. Priest, of the schooner Dispatch, and we never, on
such an occasion, heard heartier cheering ...
The Brig William, of Ulverston, Captain Edward Walker. arrived at Pile of
Fouldrey, on Wednesday last, from Miramichi, with a large cargo of Timber
for Messrs. Petty and Co. Passage twenty-one days.
LINE OF PACKETS FOR RIO DE JANIERO. To sail on the 1st and 16th of every
month. To sail on the 1st and 16th every month. The fine English-built Brig
WILLIAM, E. Walker. Master, 240 tons per register, A 1 being only
on her second voyage, newly coppered, sails well, and in every respect
a superior conveyance. ...
On the 20th February last, greatly regretted, on his voyage from
Marseilles to the Isle of France, Captain Edward Walker, of the Brig
William, of Ulverston, aged 28 years. About two years ago, he left his
native place, a few days after his marriage, on a foreign voyage. he died
lamented by all who knew him, leaving a disconsolate and afflictcd
widow.
ABO [now Turku]. June 19: The William, Stothard, which foundered at sea off Uto, had
became leaky during heavy gales last week; she was from the River Wear
for Cronstadt.
Kirkcudbright, April 8. The schooner Enterprise, Nicholson, from Belfast
for Maryport, was totally lost yesterday on the rocks at Abbey Head,
a few miles from this port. The master reports that when lying-to, about 11
a.m., in thick fog, the wind died away, and, being close inshore, the
swell caught the vessel and carried her on the rocks.
Probably the same vessel. A brig Eleanor of 252 tons, Captain
McFarlane, was trading around Australia in 1843-4 and then on a
whaling voyage - where wrecked, on 12
May 1846. Location given as Youll's Reef; on the equator, 131 E. This
is the location of the island of Waigeo and its surrounding reefs, NW
of New Guinea.
Launch at Ulverston. A fine new brig, named the Eleanor, burthen per
register 253 46-94th tons, has been launched at Ulverston, from the
building-yard of Messrs. G. and I. Winram and Co. and intended for
the timber trade.
Sale.. THE fine Brig ELEANOR, 253 46-94 tons per register, built at Ulverston
last year; has a scroll head and round stern, is sheathed with wood, and
coppered, extremely well found in stores, and would suit the Southern
Fishery, she sails very fast, and is also adapted general purposes.
Edward King, Commander. Now lying in the London Docks. ...
April 26. Sailed the brig Eleanor, 257 tons, J Mossman, master,
for Sydney with her import cargo from the Mauritius.
Arrivals at Sydney. Eleanor, Mossman, April 2, from Port Phillip. [last voyage report
with master Mossman]
'ELEANOR.' By the Richard and William, which arrived on Monday last,
from Singapore, intelligence has been received of the total loss of
the whaling brig Eleanor, Captain MacFarlane, which sailed from this
port on the 15th February last, we are sorry to say, she was
uninsured, and the loss to her owner, Mr. M. Joseph, is estimated at
£4,800.
The following letter from Captain Macfarlane, has been handed to us
for publication.
The Island of Ternate, 22nd June, 1846. These,
I am sorry to say, will inform you of the loss of your vessel, the
Eleanor, on Yule's Reef, to the north-west of New Guinea, on the 21st
May, at 1 a. m. The weather being dark and hazy, the damage was not
seen until we were on it, although there was a good look-out kept. The
brig was so close to it, that the second mate, who had the watch on
deck at the time, did not see the danger until the vessel was on the
reef; he had not even time to call me before she struck. Every
exertion was used to get her off, but with no avail, and she soon
bilged and filled with water. We saved nothing but the four boats, in
which we saved our lives, with a little bread to carry us to this
island. We left the wreck, at 7 a.m. (she was then beginning to break
up), and made the best of our way to Ternate, where we arrived on the
27th May, in a helpless famished condition, having been seven days in
the boats. The brig had on board about 60 barrels of oil at the time
she struck. At sea, 14th July, 8 p.m. I am now on my way to Sydney
via Sourabaya.
Sourabaya, 2lst Aug. The Eleanor, M'Farlane, (Brig, of Sydney,
N.S,W.) was lost on Youll's Reef, on the line in lon. 131. E., May 21st;
Crew saved, and brought to this port by the Anna Louisa.
Whitehaven. Sailed. 27. Nymph, Brocklebank, Duddon.
Sale... All that Good Schooner or Vessel, called the NYMPH, of Ulverston,
John Kitchen, Master, now lying in the Port of Whitehaven, Burthen per
Register 41 Tons, was built at Ulverston in the Year 1831, of the best
Materials, is in excellent order and abundantly found with good Stores.
She sails fast and is well adapted for the Coasting Trade, carrying
fully Sixty Tons at about Six and a Half Feet Water.
On Friday last, the 16th instant about eleven o'clock, a small
schooner was observed beating up for Whitehaven harbour, and when
nearly abreast of Redness Point, and not more than a mile from the
harbour mouth, she was upset by a sudden squall. The disaster was
witnessed by great numbers of people both on the piers and in the
vicinity of the quays, who immediately set about dispatching a vessel
to aid the unfortunate men in their perilous situation. Two Liverpool
fishing smacks, lying under shelter of the west pier, instantly
hoisted sail and stood to sea, but before they had proceeded many
yards from the harbour, the capsized vessel disappeared. They stood
on their course, however, and passed over the ground where the disaster
had occurred in hopes that some of the crew might be found clinging to a
spar, or other article, and rescued. Their hopes were groundless, no
trace of the vessel nor of her crew was visible, the remorseless waves
having swallowed all. Various conjectures were soon afloat as to the
name of the ill-fated vessel, and not until Sunday was the matter set
to rest. On that day at ebb tide, the harbour-boat proceeded to the
place where the vessel went down and discovered her top-mast above
water, from which she took the vane, and were able to discern the name of
"Chisam," on her top gallant sail. On reaching the harbour again, it
was soon ascertained from the above facts that the unfortunate vessel
was the Nymph, Eilbeck, belonging to Mr Hamilton, of Whitehaven. She
had on board three persons: the Captain, who is the only son of Mrs.
Eilbeck of Strand Street, and has left a wife and two children who
reside in Mark Lane; the name of one of the men was M'Donald who has
left a wife and five children; the other is also a married man named
Twiston, but we have not been able to learn whether he has left a
family or not. The Nymph was laden with grain, and bound from Bray to
Lytham, but owing to the boisterous state of the weather, was unable to
reach her destined port. After the vessel had been capsized, her crew
were distinctly seen from the shore upon her broadside where they
continued for several minutes. At length the schooner suddenly righted
and the danger appeared to over, but alas! It proved to be appearance
only, for the next moment she disappeared, and thus sealed the fate of her
hapless crew.
Wanted - two vessels, to raise the schooner Nymph, lately capsized off this harbour.
Exempt from Auction Duty, FOR READY MONEY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. BY
MR. THOMAS BELL. At the Premises, lately occupied by Messrs. Winram,
Ship Builders, at the CANAL HEAD, Ulverston, in the County of
Lancaster, on MONDAY the 5th Day of December next, at One o'Clock in
the Afternoon:
That beautiful new SCHOONER, ADELAIDE, just launched,
burthen per Register, 85 Tons, nearly complete for Sea.
Also the SLOOP,
ENTERPRISE, nearly new, burthen per Register, 71 Tons.
[J Winram Senior & G Winram, ship-builders, Ulverston, declared bankrupt, December 1831.]
HOLYHEAD, JULY 8. The Adelaide, from Dublin to Workington, is totally wrecked in
Holyhead Bay; master drowned. [Captain Potts]
HOLYHEAD. The wreck of the schooner "Adelaide", of Workington, reported in our
last to have been lost near the Clypera rocks, was sold by public
auction, on Tuesday last, as she lay below Llanrhyddlad in this bay.
The amount realised by the sale was small, as there were not many
materials saved. With fine weather, the purchasers of "the pool" may remove a
considerable quantity of the wreck of the vessel, and make it a profitable
bargain. The body of the unfortunate Captain has been found, and an
inquest held before Mr. W. Jones, coroner. [location near Fydlyn]
On Saturday last, a fine new vessel of 80 tons burden was launched
from the building yard of Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, Ulverston.
The day was piercingly cold and wet, which prevented so numerous an
assemblage of spectators as have generally been seen at such an interesting
event. She went off in beautiful style, and was christened the New
Fame. Capt. James Pearson will command her. She is intended for the
Liverpool trade.
Sale... The handy Sloop NEW FAME; 57 tons per register; built at Ulverstone;
and now in good order; she sails fast; carries 86 tons dead weight on
7 feet 6 inches draft of water; and is worthy the attention of parties
requiring a suitable vessel for the coasting trade: lying in Canning Dock. ...
FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Kinsale, March 3. - The New Fame, of Greenock, Clark,
from Cork, in ballast, foundered off the Old Head during a snow-storm
on the 16th February; all hands perished.
ULVERSTON, On Saturday last, a handsome new schooner was launched from
the yard of G. S. Petty and Co. Ulverston, for the Newland Furnace
Company. She is called the Richard, and registers 77 tons.
The schooner Richard of Ulverston is ashore in Belfast Lough, and
there is scarcely a vessel that has not suffered either in hull or sars.
Sailed from Duddon, January 4. Richard, Foulkes, ...
BARROW. Feb. 1. Richard, of Chester, came on shore on the
south end of Walney Island yesterday morning. The cargo (iron ore) was
thrown overboard, and endeavours made to get her off, but her anchor
dragged, and she went higher up the beach, and filled.
On Saturday the 17th inst. a very beautiful new sloop named the
Delight was launched from the building-yard of Messrs Petty and
Postlethwaite at Ulverston, her dimensions were, length of keel 55 ft. 8
in.; breadth of beam 16 ft.; and registers 62 forty-two-ninety-fourths tons.
She is allowed to be a handsome specimen of ship building, and intended
for the coasting trade. All preliminary affairs being
adjusted, the Delight left the slip in grand style, amid the applause
and hurrahs of a great company assembled to witness the ceremony.
Ulverston. Inward. 13. Delight, Tyson, from Liverpool.
Outward. 16. Delight, Tyson, for Runcorn.
Died. At Sunderland Terrace, Ulverston, on the 12th inst., Mr John Stones,
master of the sloop Delight, Liverpool trader, aged 34 years.
Ulverston. Arrived. 7. Delight, Kendall, Liverpool. [before Delight launched 1844]
Ship Launch. - On Thursday week, a handsome and substantially
built new sloop, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Petty and
Postlethwaite, Ulverston. She is eighty tons burthen, and intended for
the Newland Co to be commanded by Capt. John Brockbank. The day was
beautiful, and the concourse of respectable people to witness the
launch was more numerous than ordinary. The vessel left the stocks in
fine style, and, as she entered her destined element, was christened
the Dorah, by Edward Harrison Fell, Esq., one of the owners.
For sale... 64 64ths of the schooner Dora of Ulverston, well found
in sails, chains, ropes, &c, carries 95 tons. Apply Capt Brewer, Newland Office,
Ulverston.
Shipwreck. We are sorry have to announce the total wreck of the
schooner Dora, the property of Capt J. H. Holmes, of Ulverston. It
appears that she was bound from Cardiff to Liverpool with a cargo of
coals, and Captain Holmes being taken ill was left at Cardiff and the
vessel given charge of four men to take her to Liverpool. On nearing
Holyhead, on Thursday afternoon last, by some unaccounted-for means,
she drifted on the rocks at Skerry Platters, and became much damaged.
The crew of the steam-tug Universe, seeing her position, boarded her,
and cut away her sails, two or three of which were got safely away;
they then got the ship's papers and other articles out of the cabin,
but in consequence of the tide making, they were unable to save
anything more. Soon after, the vessel floated off into deep water and
sank, and has now become total wreck, crew saved. We sorry to hear
that she was not insured, as the loss will be severely felt by her
owner, who had but recently purchased her, and laid a considerable sum
of money out in repairing her.
A new schooner named the Hannah, intended for the Glasgow trade, and
to be commanded by Captain Henry Ratcliffe [sic Rawcliff?], was launched from the
building yard of Messrs. G. S. Petty and Co at Ulverston, on Saturday
last, burthen per register 79 tons. The early part of the day was
unfavourable, but towards the hour of launching it cleared up, and a
great concourse of spectators assembled. The vessel left the stocks
beautiful style, and glided into the water amidst the hearty cheers of
hundreds who had congregated on the occasion. When we consider, (says
our correspondent at that port), the goodness of the materials, the
firmness of the workmanship, and the beauty of model, for which
vessels lately built by the above-named firm, are distinguished, we
feel confident, that Ulverston-built vessels cannot fail to recommend
themselves to the attention of the mercantile men; and the
Hannah, in all these essentials, is equal, if not superior, to any of
her predecessors.
WRECK OF A SCHOONER. LOSS OF LIFE. On Tuesday morning the schooner
Hannah, of Chester, laden with pig-iron; from Barrow to Widnes, went
ashore on Taylor's Bank, outside the Mersey, in making for the river.
The crew of the New Brighton Lifeboat went to the assistance of the
vessel, as did the tug Lord Stanley. The lifeboatmen found that the
schooner's crew had left her and they accordingly returned. The Lord
Stanley made fast a cable to the schooner, put two men aboard, and
endeavoured to tow her into port; but before much progress had been
made the schooner sank in deep water, and one of the men put on board
was drowned. Subsequently the schooner's crew was picked up by the
steamer City of London and taken on to Liverpool.
The schooner Mary, of Ulverston, was launched from the patent slip at that
port on Wednesday week, after having undergone the necessary repairs. The
Mary was the first vessel ever taken upon the slip, and it is gratifying to learn
that the whole of the apparatus worked most admirably, and
fully equalled the expectations of the spirited proprietors, Messrs. Petty &
Co, who merit the thanks of all neighbouring shipowners, for having placed
within their power so valuable an invention. For the purpose of repairs, there
is nothing equal to the slip, either with respect to convenience or despatch; and
although it may cost those using it a trifle, the superior manner in which the
work is accomplished upon it renders that a minor consideration. We feel confident that
the slip will be found a very important acquisition to that flourishing
port.
On Saturday last, a handsome and substantially built sloop, 61 tons
register, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. G S Petty and
Co., Ulverston. ... Mr Wilson, one of the owners, christened her
DALTON. The vessel is intended for the coasting trade and will be
commanded by Capt James Hetherington.
BARROW, May. 29th The Dalton, of Amlwch, Thomas, from Ramsey, I. M., to
this port, with iron ore, has gone ashore on Walney, to-day, and is
likely to become a total wreck. [refloated since voyages to 1876]
AMLWCH, 26th Aug., 11 10 a.m. - Flat Dalton, with iron, from the wreck
of the Abbotsford, has sunk at Cemlyn bay, and is likely to become
total wreck.
Dalton. Report of John Thomas, Master of the sloop Dalton, of Lancaster, 43
tons, engaged on Aug. 25, loading Wylfa Bay from the wreck of the
Abbotsford (s), scrap iron, and bound to Port Pistill, Cemlyn Bay,
Anglesea;- At 2 p.m. the day in question the weather freshened up, the
anchor dragged, and the vessel went ashore on the rocks at Porth
Howell, about three cables length to the S.W. of the wreck
Abbotsford, at Wylfa Head. The vessel struck heavily and sank in about
half an hour, and will probably become a total wreck. The vessel was
lying at an anchor weighing 10 cwt 2 qrs, and the cable measuring one
inch and a quarter, and had 30 fathoms out at the time. Cemaes, Amlwch, Aug.
25.
A handsome new schooner of 75 tons register (old measurement) was
launched from the building yard of Messrs. G. S. Petty and Co., at
Ulverston, on Tuesday last, named the ELLEN & SARAH, and intended for
the Liverpool trade, under the command of Captain Tyson, late master
of the Delight. She made a beautiful launch, and glided into her
destined element amidst the hearty cheers of an immense assemblage of
spectators.
A SCHOONER IN THE GALE. THE CAPTAIN DROWNED. On Monday last, at noon,
the schooner Ellen and Sarah, of Barrow-in-Furness, left Workington,
laden with railway metals, in charge of Capt. McLester, of Barrow, who
had with him the mate, named Draper, the mate's wife, and a boy about
eight years old. All went well until she encountered the gale of
Tuesday morning, when she was descried off Blackpool, with her sails
split and unmanageable, making her way for Fleetwood. When abreast of
Barrow ironworks, and while the captain was hauling in the main
sheets, he got entangled therein, and was carried overboard and lost.
The mate, Draper, then took charge and brought the vessel into port,
where she arrived about one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, having lost
her topmast and topsail, besides other damage. The captain, who was
between 49 and 50 years of age, leaves a widow and large family.
Loss of a Barrow Vessel. The Ellen and Sarah of Barrow, during the gale of Saturday, the
29th ult., struck on the Zebra Bank, near the Formby Lightship, and
then drove into Queens Channel, where she sank. The crew, five in
number, escaped in a ship's boat and landed safety at New Brighton.
The Ellen and Sarah was on a voyage from Piel to Liverpool laden with
gravel for the Liverpool Dock Company. She is owned by Mr. George
Clark, boat builder, Barrow. She was not insured, and the loss, £ 300, will
fall on the owner. [Captain Clark]
On Saturday last, a new schooner named the Hope, about 100 tons
burthen, intended for the Ulverston and Liverpool trade, was launched
from the building yard of Messrs Petty and Postlethwaite, Ulverston,
in the presence of a large assembly of spectators, who were highly
gratified with the beautiful style in which she entered her new and
watery element.
Sale ... by order of the Trustee of the late Mr. Thomas of DALTON in FURNESS,
in the County of Lancaster, Slate Merchant, deceased, at the house of
Mr. Henry, Innkeeper, Marlborough Street, WHITEHAVEN, on Saturday the
16th day of March, 1839, at Six o'Clock in the Evening, the smack Friendship
and the schooner Hope, both of
Ulverston, and now lying in the Port of Whitehaven, with the Hull,
Masts, Spars, Rigging, Sails, Anchors, Cables and Stores, thereto
respectively belonging; the whole to be taken as found, without any
allowance for weight, length, or other defects whatever. The Vessels are built of
the best materials, and are in excellent order. The Burthen per register of the
Friendship is
59 Tons, and of the Hope 56 Tons; both are well adapted for the coasting
trade, ...
Launch. On Saturday last, a beautiful new schooner, called the Raker, was
launched from the building yard of Messrs. Petty snd Postlethwaite.
She is designed for the coasting trade, burthen, 43 tons. This vessel
is considered the best constructed of any ever built at the port of
Ulverston, as regards carrying a cargo, at a light water draught,
which is a most essential point to be observed, considering the
trade in which she is to be engaged. Joseph Borrow is the Master. We
wish her every success.
Barrow. sailed. 18th, Raker, Wray, Morecambe.
Sailed from Ulverston. Oct 13. Raker, Burrow, Piel. [last voyage found]
WRECK OF THE LEO AND RAKER. MR. THOMAS KENDALL Has received
instructions from the owners to SELL BY AUCTION (for the benefit of
whom it may concern), on Monday next, November 16th, 1868, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, on the Ship Building Wharf, near the
Gridiron, Barrow, The whole of the MATERIALS saved from the above
vessels, consisting of sails (some of which are new), standing and
running rigging, ropes, main, fore and topmasts, booms, gaffs, spars,
&c., blocks, hawsers, chain cables, bower and hedger sachem,
medicine chest, two compasses, lamps, other articles, which will be
sold in lots; also the HULL of the RAKER, as she lies stranded on
Walney Island.
Saturday last a handsome new sloop called the Tom, launched from the
building-yard Messrs G. S. Petty and Co., at Ulverston, burthen per
register (new measurement) 52 tons, and when we state that she was built
under the superintendence of Joseph M'Kay, and of materials fully
equal in quality to those used by the same yard for some years past,
we need not bestow upon the new craft any further recommendation. The
Tom is intended for the coasting trade, and will be commanded by Mr
Henry Tyson, late of the Ellen and Sarah, of that port, and destined we
hope to enjoy a long and prosperous career.
Foundering of a sloop. The sloop Tom, of Chester, 45 tons register, John Ashton,
master, from Bangor, with slates, bound for Dublin, sprung a leak
during the voyage, and on Saturday morning, while running for the
shore to save ship and lives, sank about three miles off Drogheda Bar.
The crew consisted of two hands, who took to the boat, and were picked up
by the lifeboat stationed at the mouth of the Boyne much exhausted.
Launched at Ulverston Canal, on the 25th inst., from the ship-building
yard of Messrs G. S. Petty & Co., a fine new brig, called the
George, and destined for Capt. James Cannon, and for the North
American trade. Capt. Cannon has been a most successful and fortunate
sailor, never having been shipwrecked nor met with any accident, and
having left his native home and crossed the wide Atlantic more than 45
times, and returned in safety to the land of his birth, 32 of the voyages
being in the employ of Messrs G. S. Petty & Co. The burden per
register of this fine vessel is 234 tons. She left her cradles in
beautiful style, and kissed her future spouse (the water) with all the
grace of an accomplished dancing master, and rode upon her future
element with a princely bearing, and seemed to smile upon the little
craft around her and claim them for her subjects. The water welcomed
its new inmate by repeated swellings of the surgy wave, and the foot of
many fair one was wet on the opposite bank; one little girl was overturned amongst
the water, and cried aloud for its mother. The canal banks were
crowded with gazers. Each vessel had her Union Jack and ensign hoisted
aloft, and a pretty little flag was unfurled to the breeze on the
summer-house of Mr Smith. Those who witnessed the launch say they never
saw a prettier, and many a hearty wish was breathed for success to Capt. Cannon
and his new vessel the "George"; and we do most sincerely join the
hope, that He who guides the tempest and stills the storm will bring
him safe again to the Bay of Morecambe, and that we shall see the
"George" return with her crew in good health, and her cargo profitable
to the worthy merchants.
The new brig George, Cannon, sailed from Ulverston for St. John's, N.
B., on the 15th instant.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. On Friday week, the brig William, Cannon, the
property of Messrs Petty & Co., of Ulverston, arrived at that port
from America, with a cargo of timber. The brig George, Park, also from
America, still remains at Pile of Foudrey, but is expected up to
Ulverston shortly. As soon as discharged both vessels will
immediately make ready for another voyage.
Sale... The Brig GEORGE; A 1, 265 tons per register, built at Ulverston in
1840, and coppered in 1845; she carries a large cargo for her tonnage,
and is well adapted for general purposes. She is well found in useful
stores, and may be sent to sea at a small expense. Her dimensions per
register: Length 85 feet 8-10ths, breadth 23 feet 2-10ths, depth in hold
16 feet 2-10ths: now lying in the Brunswick Dock. Apply .. Capt Key on board,...
The brig George, of Whitby, Thompson, from Middlesborough for
Swinemunde (coke and iron), was struck by a sea during a gale on the
22nd of March, when about 220 miles E by N 0.5 N of the Spurn, and was
abandoned the following night in a sinking state; crew saved.
A beautiful new sloop called the RED DIAMOND, was launched on
Saturday from the above-named yard [G S Petty & Co.], burthen about 50
tons. She is the property of Thomas Petty. Esq., of Preston, and
others, and is intended for the coasting trade, for which she is well
adapted, being very substantially constructed and of the best
materials. She will be commanded by Capt. T. Dennison.
The sloop "Red Diamond," Captain Jonathan Cathey, left Barrow with the
early tide on Thursday morning last, laden with iron ore for
Ellesmere, and, we regret to state, was lost on the afternoon of the
same day, at the mouth of the Mersey, and all hands perished. The
following is all we have been able to learn of this distressing
casualty. The "Red Diamond" was seen by the Captain and crew of the
"Sisters" leaving Piel at 4 o'clock in the morning, with a fair and
pleasant wind, apparently all right. She was afterward seen by Captain
Richard Charnley, of the "Bans Vale," near the Crosby Light, with her
mainsail split, having evidently met with the gale which, it will be
remembered, subsequently arose on the day in question; and a steam tug
perceiving her distress, her crew endeavoured to go to her assistance,
but was not able to approach near enough for this laudable purpose, on
account of the sand bank, and consequently proceeded to Liverpool for
a lifeboat. On her return, she found the ill-fated vessel had sunk,
with her masts above water. The ship's boat, also was afterwards
found, bottom upwards, with the painter cut, and the melancholy
conclusion is that all hands perished, in an attempt to save
themselves by the boat, as the sloop was settling down, and afterwards
capsized, as nothing has since been heard of any of them. The names of
the unfortunate men are - Jonathan Cathey, master; Henry
Postlethwaite, mate; and William Turner, seaman. Captain Cathey has
left a wife and four children, and Henry Postlethwaite a wife and six
children, to lament their loss, and who we understand, are also quite
unprovided for. The "Red Diamond" was about seventeen years old,
about 70 tons burthen, and was a well known excellent sea boat. She
was built by Messes. Petty and Postlethwaite, and her chief owner is
the Rev. T. B. Petty.
On Saturday the 3d instant, was launched from the building yard of
Messrs. G. S. Petty and Co., Ulverston, a beautiful new schooner of
about 80 tons burthen, named the KIRKBY, built for William Postlethwaite,
Esq., of Kirkby Ireleth, and will commanded by Mr. Robert Parker, of
Ulverston, being chiefly intended for the coasting trade. When we say
that the Kirkby, for symmetry and strength, is equal to any vessel
lately built by the respectable firm above-named, we cannot give her
higher praise, and of course she does great credit to Mr. M'Kay, the
superintendent of the yard.
The ship Kirkby of Duddon. For sale... Burthen per register, 52 tons,
carries from 79 to 80; was built by Messrs Petty & Postlethwaite of Ulverston
in 1840 and is now in an excellent state of repair. ...
On Monday last, a schooner, called the "Bee", was launched from the
yard of Messrs. Petty and Co., of Ulverston. She is a well-built
craft, about sixty tons register, and has lately been sold for the
grain trade from Ireland and other parts.
Sale... Ulverston. ...
56-64 th Shares of and in that substantially built and most useful
Schooner "RICHARD ROPER," OF ULVERSTON, As she now lies in the port of
Barrow ; carries 140 tons at an easy draught of water. Also 8-64 ths
of the SCHOONER "BEE," OF ULVERSTON, WELL known as a very serviceable
and good vessel, in the Glasgow trade; carries 95 tons with a light
draught of water. ....
Also for sale ... the Schooner "CURLIANA," OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT, 100
tons burthen, with all her Sails and appurtenances, as she now lies in
the port of Barrow. Also THE SCHOONER "LUNE," 110 tons burthen, with
all her Sails and appurtenances, also now lying in the port of Barrow.
And THE GALLIOT "HELENA," 280 tons burthen, now on her voyage to Cork,
and may be taken possession of on her arrival from Cork, at Barrow.
Captain John Brewer will give every information about the three
last-named vessels.
On Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr. P. O. H. Reed (Borough Coroner) on
the body of Walter Manchip, aged 30 years, of St. John Street, a
seaman on the schooner Bee, of Bridgwater. Deceased was on Monday
proceeding with the vessel down the river. When near Little Reach, in
catching at a rope which was thrown to him, he overbalanced himself
and fell overboard. ...
Launch. beautiful schooner named "Mary Kelly" was launched from the yard of
Messrs. Petty & Co., of Ulverston, on Tuesday last. She registers 120
tons, and is intended for the Buanaha [sic] trade with iron ore. She is
altogether a well-built craft, extremely well finished, and copper fast
to the whale.
Wrecks on the Coast. The gale on Wednesday night was one of the
severest on this coast for many years. ...
A schooner, Mary Kelly, went ashore at Ardnashel [sic], on the morning of the
30th December, and has become a total wreck; crew saved; the cargo,
which is general, is being recovered; she traded between Cork,
Berehaven, and Bantry.
On Saturday, the 2d instant, a substantially-built and handsome new sloop,
about 70 tons burthen, was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
G. S. Petty and Co., Ulverston. She left the slip in good style and as she
entered the water she received the name of "Ellen". This handsome little craft is
intended for the coasting trade, and will be commanded by Captain J Wilding.
ST. DAVID'S, August 30. The Ellen, smack, of Cardigan, from Newport
Penmaur [sic, Pemb], ran on a rock near Beirdrandala [also Pendrindala] during a strong gale August
28, and became a total wreck - crew saved.
Amlwch. June 6. Wm Jones, late master of the flat
Esther, of Conway, reports that on the morning of the 5th last, about
three miles east the Ormeshead, at 3 30 am., the flat foundered without
giving any notice. Their boat, which had only one oar in, fortunately
was not secured in the gripes, and the vessel went down head foremost,
the boat floated off and got clear. The wind at the time she foundered
was blowing a complete hurricane, bordering on a cyclone. The
Liverpool Pilot Boat No. 12 sighted them and bore down, and on the
second attempt rescued the captain and mate, comprising the whole of
the crew, got them on board, very kindly treated them, and brought
them into this harbour at 7 pm. same day. The wind when the vessel
foundered was SSE.
Launch of a Vessel. On Thursday, the 2nd May inst., the launch of a
schooner took place in the Ulverston Canal from the yard of Messrs.
Petty and Postlethwaite, builders. The day being remarkably fine a
great many attended to witness the scene. It was named the "Agnes",
and is about ninety tons burthen. It went in a majestic style into its
watery element amidst the cheers of those assembled. It has been built
for Messrs. Roper and Co.
Loss of the Schooner Agnes. This schooner belonging to Ulverston, (Mr Isaac
Myers, master) was, we regret to state, lost on her passage home from
Newport, with a cargo of rails, on Sunday se'nnight, but happily
without loss of life. She struck some rocks near to Grass Holme Island
at half past 1, and went down, head foremost at 5 minutes past 6 a.m., three
miles from Milford harbour mouth, in about 35 fathoms of water. The crew
took to the boats and were taken up by the James of Liverpool. Captain
Myers is a native of Ulverston, and has been engaged in the Glasgow
and Welsh trade, for nearly 20 years. He had shares in the ill-fated
vessel, but the chief owners were Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, of
Ulverston, merchants and bankers.
Ulverston. Arrived. 7. Delight, Kendall, Liverpool.
On Tuesday last, a handsome sloop the Delight was launched from the building
yard ot Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, intended for the Liverpool
trade.
A handsome and substantially-built vessel named the DELIGHT, was
yesterday week launched from the building-yard Messrs. G. S. Petty
and Co., Ulverston, which is intended, we understand, for the trade
between that port and Liverpool.
Ulverston. Sailed. Delight, Kendall, Liverpool; Delight, Rimmer, Preston.
Toxteth Dock. Sailed Nov 8. Delight 54, Kendall, Ulverston.
DIED. At Liverpool, on the 22nd inst., suddenly, Captain E. Kendall, of the
schooner Delight of Ulverston.
In the river, inward bound. Delight, 54 Perrie, J Russell, Ulverston.
In the gale of Friday night, the sloop Delight, of Ulverston, was
wrecked on the sands a little below Chapel Island, nearly opposite the
grounds of Conishead Priory. Besides the crew, Todd Greaves (master),
William Penny (mate), and two seamen, Briggs and Parker, there were on
board Mr. Lucas, hatter, of Ulverston, and a lad from Liverpool, about
15 years of age [name Woodhouse]. The sloop was bound for Birkenhead, and on her return
the master, a young man - 21 years of age - was to have been married to the daughter
of Mr. Lucas: but, melancholy to relate, both he and his intended
father-in-law were drowned. The sloop was laden with iron ore, and left
the canal at the noon tide on Friday, but was neaped at the spot where
she foundered. The body of the master was found the following morning.
[reported that departure delayed by malfunction of canal lock, so causing
vessel to go aground].
Vessel Launch. A vessel was, on Thursday, the 16th instant, launched
from the yard of Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, Ulverston. She is of
the burthen of 150 tons, and is a well built and neat ship. We understand
that she has been built for Messrs. Schneider and Co. She was named by
James Davis, Esq, the "Augusta".
Fleetwood. Sailings. Sept. 30. Augusta, Myers, Barrow, light.
On Saturday the 24th instant, a very nice and faithfully built sloop
was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Petty and
Postlethwaite, Ulverstone, named the Eskham, register, N.M. 55 tons,
The day was delightful and the number of spectators great. She left
the stocks in beautiful style, and it is no more than bare justice to
Mr. M'Kay, the superintendent of the yard, to state that the smart and
tidy little craft does him great credit. She is for the general trade,
owned by Mr. George and Co., of Arrad Foot, and will be commanded by
Mr. John Clark, late master of the Esther, that that port.
Ship Launch. On Saturday afternoon last, was launched from the
building yard of Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, of Ulverston, a
beautiful new sloop intended we believe for the Runcorn trade, and
belonging to Mr Postlethwaite of Arrad Foot and others. She glided into
the canal basin in gallant style, and was christened the "Hesketh" [sic, Eskham] by
Mr. Boundy factor to the Coniston copper ore company. Thus is added
another brave vessel to the shipping list of the port of Ulverston, a
port which we are sorry to say is almost inaccessible except at spring
tides, and then only for about three days at the height in consequence
of the vagaries of the channel of the Leven and other waters, which
instead of pursuing a steady and elderly gentleman-like course by the
canal port, have suddenly shot over the opposite side of the bay,
leaving nothing but sandbanks, they appear inclined to take the matter
very easily and much has been both said and written and every good
quantity of good advice and useful suggestions doubtless have laid
before the canal company, yet seemingly intend to wait patiently without
ruffling the river deities. ....
Sale... Sloop Eskham, 48 new or 55 tons old measurement, Draft
of water 6 feet 9 inches, will shift without ballast, apply on board
in Canning Dock. ....
Barrow. Arrived. 5th, Eskham, Stables, Weston.
BARROW Feb. 14: The master, Banks, of the flat Bee, from Weston Point to
this place, reports that the Eskham, on her passage down the Mersey,
ran foul of the landing stage, carried away mainboom, smashed quarter, and stove
boat, and when last seen, off Blackpool, was making much water, but
might have been towed into Fleetwood by fishing hosts.
FLEETWOOD, 14th Feb. The Eskham (sloop), of Lancaster, Off No 1797,
Stables, Liverpool to Barrow, with moulding sand, sprung a leak
yesterday after being struck by a sea. The pumps becoming choked, she was
abandoned and immediately afterwards foundered about 2 miles west of
this place, crew saved by smacks.
On Tuesday last, a beautiful schooner, registering about 60 tons, was
launched at Ulverston, from the ship-building yard of Petty and
Postlethwaite. Being fully rigged, it was rather a novelty in
Ulverston, and was the first, we believe, that was ever rigged before
launching.
Arrived at this port on the 21st. The Ant, Lavery, from Falkirk, with castings.
[last voyage found with master/owner Lavery]
About noon on Saturday last, a handsome substantially-built schooner,
named the BROTHERS, was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
Petty and Postlethwaite, at Ulverston. The new vessel is to be
commanded by Mr. Edward Storey, of that town, late master of the
schooner Bee, and from her size seems well calculated for the
general coasting and channel trade. From the long experience and
well-earned reputation of the builders there is no doubt but she
will prove herself both good in quality and something more than an
average in her sailing qualifications. The vessel left the ways in
beautiful style, amidst the cheers of a large concourse of
spectators.
The Collision Between Two Vessels at Piel. On Friday the adjourned
inquest was held on the bodies which were washed ashore from the
schooner Brothers, which was run down by the steamer Ardeer, on the
19th, The captain in his evidence stated that he first noticed the
schooner about a mile away. When his ship was within 100 yards of
her, the schooner changed her course, and made right across her bows.
engines were immediately reversed, but the Ardeer struck the schooner
amidships, cutting half through her. The Ardeer was stopped then back
astern, and the men were ordered to lower a boat to see if they could
pick up anyone, but they refused as the night was so stormy.
Life-buoys were then thrown over, but no one was seen Ellwood Clarke,
second officer on board the Ardeer, said their head light was
burning, but the force of the collision put it out. John Ainsworth,
who was piloting a ship into Piel shortly before the collision, said
he passed the Ardeer, and she had no red light burning. He shouted to
them, but received no reply. Captain Rawcliffe, of the Ardeer,
recalled by the Coroner, said all his lights were burning. A verdict
of Accidentally Drowned was returned.
[BoT inquiry held Ardeer not to blame]
A schooner sunk. On Sunday last, a sloop, the Agnes, from Liverpool
for Dunmore, with a general cargo, while running into Piel for
shelter, struck the wreck of the schooner Brothers, and on being towed
off, sank in two fathoms of water. Unsuccessful attempts to raise her
were made on Monday.
On Saturday week, a beautifully modelled schooner was launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Petty and Postlethwaite, ship-builders,
Ulverston, called the RICHARD ROPER, and will be commanded by Capt.
William Rawcliffe, late of the Hannah, of that port.
SCHOONER WRECKED NEAR PETERHEAD. PETERHEAD, Thursday evening. About 4 P.M.
today the schooner Richard Roper, belonging to Mr Robert Scott, of
Bowling, Glasgow, went ashore at the mouth of Port Hendry Harbour, and
is expected to become a total wreck. The vessel, which was laden with
coal, left Newcastle on the 8th inst. bound for Thurso. After leaving
the Tyne, the captain (M'Guffie) states, boisterous weather was
expected, and the ship began to make water. On Wednesday morning
the crew were at once set to work the pumps, but, the gale continuing
and the sea running high, no progress was made. This morning the
captain decided to run for Peterhead, there being 8 feet of water in
the hold, and the crew becoming exhausted. The vessel approached the
harbour about 4 P.M., and when a short distance from the mouth, a
huge wave struck her on the stern, unshipping the wheel. All control
was immediately lost, the vessel was driven with great force past the
mouth of the harbour into that of Port Hendry, where she bumped heavily
on the rocky bottom. The crew, taking to the rigging, dropped upon the
quay unhurt, as the vessel rolled towards the shore.
ULVERSTON. Launch. On Tuesday, a schooner, the "Ann", of 100 tons burthen was
launched from the yard at the Canal, of Messrs Petty and Postlethwaite.
There were upwards of two hundred persons present. She is considered a
strong and fine built vessel.
STRANRAER. Dec. 8 (By Telegraph): The schooner Ann, of Ulverstone,
from Liverpool, sprung a leak last night off the Copelands and sank;
master and crew took the boats, and landed safely at Dally Bay this
morning.
Parish Church, Ulverston, ..... Same place, on the 18th inst., Mr.
John Mount, master of the schooner Esther Ann, of Ulverston, to Miss
Eleanor Hayton, of ...
BELFAST, Feb. 14, 11 35 a.m. Esther Ann. The schooner Esther Ann, of
Ulverston, from Belfast for Barrow (ballast), went ashore on Wallace's Rocks
last night, and is a total wreck. [probably salvaged and then registered at Belfast]
Esther Ann. Report of William Williamson, master of the schooner
Esther Ann, of Belfast, 64 tons, from Carnforth Quay, Donegal, Oct. 9,
at 4 p.m., for Runcorn, with 120 tons bog ore, and two passengers
(master's wife and child): Proceeded, and all went well. We passed the
Rock Light, New Brighton, last night under all sail, beating up. I was
at the helm and the mate forward. Our side lights were burning
brightly on screens in the fore rigging. At 10 p.m., tide being strong
flood, weather dark, wind S., blowing a light breeze, the vessel
stayed off Woodside landing stage and came on to the starboard tack,
heading about E.S.E. We had to stay to avoid a vessel towing down the
river, and just as we were gathering way I saw a barquentine at anchor
on our starboard bow, close to, with her anchor light up, and the
strong tide drifted us with our starboard side against her iron stem.
She cut into us and we gradually filled and sank. All our crew got on
board the barquentine. I believe her name was Yucatan, bound for
Runcorn. Our vessel will be a total loss. The collision occurred
abreast the Albert Dock, about mid river. Liverpool, Oct. 14.
HARVEST QUEEN. Cardiff, Nov. 14. During the gale at Fishguard yesterday morning the
schooner Hope, Roberts. from Llanhaiarn for Bristol, with setts, parted
her anchors and drove across the bows of the schooner Harvest Queen,
doing the latter considerable damage. The Hope afterwards ran safely
into Fishguard harbour.
... actions arising out of a collision in Fishguard Bay on the 13th of
November last between the schooner Hope and the schooner Harvest
Queen. Ellis Roberts, of Bodlondeb, Port Dinorwic, as owner of the
schooner Hope, sued the owner of the Harvest Queen for £120 damages,
and the owner of the Harvest Queen sought to recover £300 damages.
...
A verdict was given for the owners of the schooner Hope, no damages being assessed.
A BARROW TRADING VESSEL SUNK. FOUR LIVES LOST. A telegram received states: On
Saturday night, or at an early hour on Sunday morning, the steamship
Vera Cruz, outward bound for Porto Rico, came into collision with the
schooner Agnes, of Barrow, which was lying at anchor between the
Crosby and Formby Lightships. The schooner was cut down, and she sank
in a few seconds, only two of the crew managing to save themselves,
one, a son of the captain, being picked up by a river gig, and the
other swimming to a schooner which was lying near at the time, by the
crew of which he was hauled on board. The captain of the schooner and
two of his sons and the mate were drowned. The Agnes was engaged in
carrying gravel from Walney to the new docks in course of
construction at Liverpool, and was under the command of Captain
William Seward, of Ulverston. Mr. John Harrison Barrow, of Ulverston,
being the owner. The Agnes left Piel about 14 days ago, and the cause
has not yet been ascertained why she has been so long on her voyage.
To be disposed of: A few shares in the new schooner Thrifty. Apply Messrs Schollick,
ship-builders, Canal Foot, Ulverston.
Wanted: a few good ship carpenters; apply to Messrs Schollick, Canal Foot. Ulverston.
Barrow. Arrivals. Oct. 31. Thrifty, Cookson, from Birkenhead.
Sailings. Nov. 1. Thrifty, for Birkenhead, iron ore.
WRECKS OF BARROW VESSELS. The Schooner Thrifty. A wreck was discovered
nearly abreast of the Victoria Dock, Liverpool, on Saturday. From
appearances it was a schooner, and from the articles that had been
picked up by the tugs and others, it is the opinion that the ill-fated
vessel would prove to be the schooner Thrifty (Cookson), of Ulverston.
The Reliance steam-tug picked up that portion with the name Thrifty
upon it, and the Enterprise tug that with the name of Ulverston. The
crew, it is feared, have perished. She left Barrow for Birkenhead on
Friday.
Launch of the Schooner "John Stonard". On Tuesday last a beautiful
schooner was launched from the yard of E. J. Schollick, Esq., at the
Canal Foot, near Ulverston. She is intended for the coasting trade, is
90 tons register, and calculated to carry about 160 tons, and to be
commanded by Mr. George Wilson, of Ulverston. The schooner, in the
estimation of those likely to judge on such matters, is. modelled for
fast and easy sailing qualities, with due regard to carrying cargo,
and does credit to Mr. Wilson the superintendent builder. The day for
the occasion was exceedingly fine, and a numerous company, were
present to witness her take her native element, which was done in
beautiful style amid the hearty and continued cheers of the
spectators. She was named by and after the eldest son of Mr.
Schollick, her owner, "John Stonard." Shortly after she had been
brought to, she was taken into the canal, after which the workmen and
other friends sat down to an excellent repast.
THE GALE AT MORECAMBE BAY. On Monday morning last, this coast was
visited by one of the most severe gales which has been experienced for
many years. About 2 o'clock in the morning it began to blow very fresh
from the N.N.E., and some heavy rain fell. For about two hours, the
gale continued, during which time the wind veered round to almost
every point of the compass. It then became calm for nearly an hour,
when it again began to blow, and this time with redoubled violence, in
fact it may properly be called a hurricane. The effects were severely
felt at Morecambe, for about 3 o'clock in the morning, when the gale
was at its height, one vessel, the John Stonard of Ulverston, was sunk
at her anchor, five others were driven ashore, and 23 fishing boats,
belonging to Morecambe, were blown ashore from their anchors, and more
or less battered. The coast to the eastward of the pier is strewn
with the wrecks of the boats, while near the jetty, high and dry
before the beach, lay the five stranded vessels, viz: The Tower of
Barrow; Sportsman of Barrow; Esther Ann of Ulverston; Three Brothers
of Liverpool; and Mona's Isle of Barrow; but fortunately none of them
are seriously damaged. The Sportsman has lost part of her keel and
forefoot, the Esther Ann has part of keel carried away, and the others
escaped with very trifling damage, and will all be got off during the
ensuing spring tides. The vessels being blown up on the beach, the
crews escaped without danger. John Stonard was in a critical
position, and the lives of the captain and crew in imminent danger.
The violence of the sea carried away her gangway, and the hatches
being smashed off, she began to fill, and the captain and crew took to
the rigging. The vessel soon sank, and as soon as she touch on the
ground, fell over on her side, immersing the crew in the raging sea.
The situation of Captain Dickinson was one of great peril, for losing
his footing by the lurch of the vessel, he was swung to and fro,
holding on by a rope, until the vessel suddenly righted, and he was
enabled to gain the rigging. At this time, the coastguard, consisting
of Mr. Cameron, chief officer, Peter Nicholson, Stephen Beer, and
Joseph Holmes, having arrived, they determined, if possible, to save
the lives of those on board the vessel, and immediately launched their
boat, but such was the violence of the gale that it was immediately
blown ashore. At this juncture two Poulton fishermen, John Woodhouse
and Samuel, volunteered their services to double bank the oars. With
this assistance the boat was again launched, forced through the raging
sea, and in a short time the captain and crew were received on board
in a state of complete exhaustion, and in a little while were safely
landed on shore. Too much praise cannot be given to the coast guard
for their courage and intrepidity on this occasion; but their efforts
would have been useless had it not been for the services of the two
volunteers, and the whole of the crew would undoubtedly have perished.
There was not a boat in Poulton that could have lived in such a
sea, the one belonging to the coast guard being constructed partly on
the life-boat principle. The John Stonard, we understand, has since
been raised, under the superintendence of Mr. Wilson (Mr Schollick's
foreman), and has left for Ulverston.
JOHN STONARD. Castletown, Berehaven, Nov. 6, 7 15 p.m. Schooner John Stonard, of
Barrow, struck this morning off Dursey, came off, anchored ESE Crow
Head and sank. Crew saved by boat, and at Castletown.
Ship Launch. A new schooner was launched yesterday, from the building yard
of E.J. Schollick, Esq., at the Canal Foot. She is a beautiful model,
evidently built for fast sailing, and at the same time her carrying
capabilities have not been lost sight of. She is calculated to carry
about 180 tons; has 80 feet of keel, 23 feet 3 inches beam and is 10
feet 3 inches deep, length over all about 90 feet. She is to be
commanded by Mr. W. Tyson, late master of the "Thrifty," and will,
when completed, load at Barrow with iron ore for Newport. She was
named by and after the second son of her owner, "Edward Stonard." The
"John Stonard," it will be remembered was launched from the same yard
about eleven months ago, and during the time she has been afloat, has
proved herself an exceedingly fast sailer, and has fully proved that
Mr. Wilson is no "prentice hand" at his craft. The one just launched
being 10 feet longer than the "John Stonard," has, of course given
scope for a superior model, and which has been taken full advantage
of.
Ship Launch. On Friday last a beautiful schooner was launched from the
building-yard of E. J. Schollick, Esq., at the canal Foot, near this
town. She is a beautiful model and has every appearance of being a
fast sailer, and likely to sustain the reputation which Mr. Wilson,
the builder, has already earned for himself. At twelve o'clock , all
being ready, the signal gun was fired, and she glided off gracefully
into the water, the ceremony of "christening" being performed by
Master William Schollick, by and after whom she was named the "William
Stonard." After she had been safely docked in the canal, the workmen,
under the presidency of Mr. Schollick, sat down to dinner in one of
the buildings in the yard, and the afternoon was cheerfully and
agreeably spent.
LOSS OF AN OLD FLEETWOOD VESSEL. The large three-masted schooner "William
Stonard," an old Fleetwood vessel, but lately owned by Mr. Holme, of
Lancaster, has, it is feared, foundered on the Irish coast. The
schooner was commanded by Capt. Davison, and was bound from Cardiff to
Tralee, but she was last seen off Puffin Head, and it is believed that
the vessel and all hands are lost. A telegram has been received from
the coastguard at Valentia, on the south coast of Ireland, stating
that some fishermen had seen the vessel lying in deep, clear water,
and could easily distinguish bodies lashed to the mast. The nameboard
of the "William Stoner" - has been washed ashore, as well as other
pieces of wreck.
WRECKAGE. Ballinskelligs (by Tel dated Cahersiveen, Oct. 11, 12 44
p.m.) Found with other wreckage in St. Finan Bay, board marked "Wm.
Stonard," yellow letters green ground, barometer and thermometer
combined, marked "Keen, Frodsham, Liverpool." No doubt vessel
foundered. Spars seen floating, rigging entangled in rocks Puffin
Head. Cannot approach them except by boats when sea goes down.
LAUNCH. - A beautiful schooner, 300 tons burthen, built under the
superintendence of Mr. Wilson, was launched from the building yard of
Mr. E. J. Schollick, at the Canal Foot, Ulverston, on Monday last.
Mrs. Schollick performed the "christening" duties and named the craft
the James Schollick [sic Stonard]. Of course a "jolly good dinner" was afterwards
served.
LAUNCH OF THE "ALFRED STONARD". A brig was launched on Monday from
the building yard of Mr. E. J. Schollick, of Aldingham Hall at the
Canal Foot, near this town, of 160 tons register, and calculated to
carry 300 tons or upwards. It being a fine tide, and high water at
half-past one, the well-built craft glided smoothly down the ways and
in a few seconds was floating gracefully on the water amid much
cheering. She was named the "Alfred Stonard" after the fifth son of
her owner, and is the sixth vessel launched by him within the last
five years. It is, we understand, to be commanded by Captain Tyson, at
present master of the "Edward Stonard." As to the build of the vessel,
she does Mr. Wilson the highest credit. After the vessel had been
safely "docked" in the canal, the workmen and friends set down to an
excellent dinner in the large shed in the yard, given by Mr.
Schollick, and a most convivial evening was spent.
SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE ALFRED STONARD. It is greatly feared that the
Alfred Stonard, captain Thomas Hodgson, of this town, is totally lost.
She sailed from Cardiff on the 3rd January, and has not since been
heard of. She was built and owned by E. J. Schollick, Esq., of
Aldingham Hall.
SHIP LAUNCH. Yesterday, at noon, a fine schooner was launched from
the building yard of E. J. Schollick, Esq., at the Canal Foot. She is
82ft. keel with 22ft. beam, depth 11 feet 3 inches; registered
tonnage, 100, is calculated to carry 200 tons, and in copper fastened
up to the load water line. She is to be commanded by Captain John
Parker, late of the Dora, who we trust will have a prosperous and
successful career in her. The "christening" ceremony was performed by
one of the Master Schollick's, and the name of Frederick Stonard given
to her. She is a handsome useful looking craft, and reflects the
highest credit on the builder, Mr. Wilson, and is the sixth he has
turned out within the last six years. Before the launch the workmen
sat down to a substantial dinner in the covered yard, where everything
good and needful was supplied in plenty, and every man was fresh and
ready at his post at the appointed hour. We need only say that she got
well off and was in a very short time "docked" in the Canal, amidst
the hearty cheers of a goodly number of spectators.
The Frederick Stonard, of the Tyne for Ballyneyran [sic], has been abandoned
off the Smalls in a sinking condition. The crew left in a boat, and
was picked up by the steamer Hispania. [Destination as Ballyncurran, etc
in papers - probably Ballynacorra, near Cork]
The steamer Hispania, from India, arrived in the Mersey, yesterday,
with the crew of the Welsh vessel Frederick Stonard, coal laden, which
had been abandoned while on her voyage from Newcastle to Cork. The
Frederick Stonard had been three weeks out, and encountered such heavy
weather that she sprang a leak, and her rudder became useless. When
the Hispania saw her signals of distress, she was sinking; but the
crew of the Welsh ship managed to launch a boat, and, though the sea
was running very high, succeeded in reaching the steamer, and were
pulled on board. The rescued men belong to Amlwch.
LAUNCH of "The Ulverston". On Wednesday, at noon, a schooner, owned
by a number of Ulverston tradesmen, was launched into the canal from
the yard of Mr. J. Schollick, Canal Foot. The fact of the vessel being
about to be launched broadside, a novelty in the immediate district of
Ulverston, and the weather being remarkably fine, a large concourse of
spectators gathered on both banks of the canal to witness the launch.
The moment the "daggers" were removed the vessel slipped down the ways
as easy and gracefully as any toy could have been made to move, and
dropped into the water in perfect safety. A loud cheer from the whole
assemblage greeted the successful launch, and the vessel was then
moored opposite Mr. Schollick's yard. We understand the ceremony of
naming the vessel was performed by Miss Ripley, who gave it the name
of The Ulverston. Judges say she is a well-built vessel, and
creditable to the builders, and calculated to make good speed. She is
eighty tons register, but will carry some fifty per cent more than
that, and intended, principally, we believe, to trade between here and
Liverpool. Captain Clark, late of the Eskham, is to command her.
Lloyd's Drummore agent states that schooner Ulverston, of Lancaster (46
tons), before reported wrecked in Luce Bay, was bound to Ballywalter
with coal. Both masts were carried away off the Mull of Galloway
during a gale, and the vessel drifted into Luce Bay. The crew landed in
their own small boats at Drummore. The schooner is now drifting north.
[crew of 3; later schooner reported in Drummore harbour]
The only Margaret listed in MNL in 1871-9 is the above, so,
probably, the following account of a wreck is of that vessel. Note not
included in RCUS for 1871, so possibly salvaged. However SBS
quotes wrecked 1871.
Launch. A beautiful schooner was launched from the ship-building yard of E. J.
Schollick, Esq., at the Canal Foot, Monday last. She is about 150 tons
register, and is to be commanded by Capt. Dickinson, late of the John.
The launch was effected in admirable style, and when in the water, the
ship's appearance struck every one as being beautiful, and in every way
likely to maintain the reputation which Mr. Wilson, the foreman of the
works, has already attained. She was named the Margaret out of
compliment to the builder, Mr. Wilson, that being his wife's name.
LOSS OF A LANCASTER BRIGANTINE. Waterford advices received in Dublin
last night report the total wreck of the brigantine Margaret, of
Lancaster, with a valuable cargo of coal, bound from Liverpool for
Bristol. The master states the wreck took place at Dungarvon, on a
very dangerous rock, and that the crew, consisting of 16 men, were
all safe, The vessel was not insured.
GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE. DUNGARVAN, Feb. 3. The brigantine
Margaret, of Lancaster (says John Hunt, Esq.), bound from Liverpool to
Bristol, with a cargo of coals, which went on Dungarvan Bar a few
days since, and whose crew were saved by the "Christopher Ludlow"
lifeboat of the National Lifeboat institution, was boarded yesterday
by the master and crew, and fifteen other men who were engaged to
throw the cargo overboard, to lighten the ship, in the hope that she
might then be got off the Bar. The wind, however, increased, and a
heavy sea got up, and the position of those on board became very
perilous; and thereupon signals were made for the aid of the
lifeboat. That boat at once went out, and proceeded alongside, when
the coxswain proposed to take ten men off the wreck at first, but all
were so apprehensive of the vessel's breaking up, that the whole of
the men, twenty in number, crowded into the boat, the master being the
last to leave his ship. The lifeboat, which is but a small one, 30
feet long by 6 feet wide, then had twenty-nine men on board,
including her own crew, but all were safely landed. On the way to the
vessel a heavy sea broke into the lifeboat, but the water was speedily
self-ejected through the patent valves with which most of the Lifeboat
Society's boats are fitted.
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Ship Launch at Barrow. On Wednesday last, a schooner of 180 tons
burthen, was launched from the ship building yard of the thriving
little port of Barrow. The builders are William and Richard Ashburner.
Being the first vessel built at this port, the event caused no little
stir, and will no doubt prove an important era in the history of this
rapidly improving port. She is owned by Thomas Roper, James Davis, W.
G. Ainslie, Esqrs., and others. She was christened by Richard Roper,
Esq., of Gawith Field, and named "Jane Roper", after the wife of
Thomas Roper, Esq.
The Jane Roper schooner, of Lancaster, has foundered near Amrum. Fate
of the crew unknown.
Loss of a Vessel and all Hands. The schooner Jane Roper, 93 tons
(Price, master), on a voyage from Bangor to Harburg with cargo of
slates, which put into Ramsgate after the gale in October and went on
the patent slipway to undergo repairs, sailed on Monday, the 13th
inst. News was received this week that the vessel has been wrecked on
the French coast [sic, North Frisian island of Amrum] and all hands
drowned.
LAUNCH AT BARROW, -- On Saturday, the 23d inst., a fine schooner of
upwards of 200 tons burthen was launched from the shipbuilding yard of
Messrs. W. and R. Ashburner, at Barrow, and amid the cheers of the
spectators, was christened the "Tom Roper". Mrs. Morgan, lady of the
vicar of Dalton gave the name, which is not unknown or unrespected
among us. The launch was most successful, and it was the opinion of all
present that a better or more beautiful vessel never entered the
water. ...
Waterford. May 2. The schooner Tom Roper, of Lancaster, came into collision with
Barrow Bridge: lost mainmast, bows damaged; is now ashore leaking badly.
New Ross... Tom Roper. The Harbour Master reported that The Tom
Roper, which collided with the Barrow bridge last April, occupied one
of the berths presently whilst undergoing repairs. He desired to
receive instructions whether he was to charge dues on her or not. He
said that the Harbour Master came to him on the matter when the vessel
came up first and he told the Harbour Master to let her in, as the
repairing of her would give a good bit of local employment, and the
timber would be got locally as well. The question of the payment dues
now arose. ...
Ebenezer, trawler, wrecked Hoylake, no lives lost. [21 December]
By order MDHB, ... sale ... The Yawl-rigged Fishing Boat EBENEZER, as
she may then lie, in a damaged condition, on the main to the eastward
of Wallasey Embankment. Said vessel appears to be 22 tons register,
and to have been built at Barrow in 1859, ... [for breaking up]
The PORT or BARROW was, on Saturday last, the scene of one of those
events which must, at all times, deeply interest both the commercial and
general public; and which must over-animate with the liveliest
sentiments of interest and regard, all who wish well to the maritime
enterprises of our native capitalists. We allude to the launch from the yard of
Mr. W. Ashburner of the "Lord Muncaster" a splendid clipper rigged
schooner of 97 tons register; or some 180 tons actual burden. The
ceremony was one of considerable interest, and the public mustered in
great force, greeting with tremendous cheers the first effort mad* by the "good
ship" to embrace its native element; and when Mrs. Ramsden advanced
to name the ....
LOSS OF A SCHOONER WITH ALL HANDS, The agent and owners of the schooner Lord
Muncaster of Barrow-in-Furness have given up that vessel as lost. She left
Newport for Waterford with coals at the commencement of the year, and has not since been
heard of. It is expected that she foundered during the gales that prevailed
at that time. The captain (who leaves widow and six children) belonged
to Barrow, the mate was a West of England man, and two of the crew hailed from
Fleetwood. [Captain James Blundell; Fleetwood men: James Dunderdale, Ralph Slater;
left Newport on 1 February]
Ship launch. On Monday, from the yard of Mr. W. Ashburner, Hindpool, a fine vessel
of 180 tons burthen, was ushered into her native element amidst the
plaudits of a very large number of spectators assembled to witness the
ceremony, We have been informed that after the launch, several
gentlemen partook of a substantial luncheon, and that several
interesting speeches were delivered by the select party honoured with
invitations. The name of the new craft is the Mary Jane, and the
duty of naming the ocean child devolved upon Miss Ashburner, the
daughter of her principal owner, who performed the ceremony with much
zeal and earnest animation.
ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA. During the gale last night, the Lancaster
schooner Mary Jane, of 78 tons register, had her headgear carried away
off the Cornish coast. The four hands took to their boat and were
picked up by a passing steamer and landed at Penzance this morning.
The schooner was bound from Cardiff to Portland, with coals.
LANCASTER SCHOONER WRECKED. CREW RESCUED BY STEAMER'S LIFE BOAT. A
Plymouth telegram states that the schooner Mary Jane, of Lancaster,
become a total wreck in Watergate Bay. The steamer Ruabon, from
Cardiff to Madeira, launched her lifeboat and took off the crew.
landing them at Penzance. The New-quay lifeboat went out to the
wreck, but the crew had then been rescued. The Mary Jane broke up in the
lifeboatmen's presence.
Launch at Hindpool. A new vessel, of 140 tons burthen, built of larch, cut from
Gummershowe plantation, on Lake Windermere, was launched on Saturday
from the yard of Messrs. Joseph Rawlinson and Co., Hindpool, who have
a new patent slip on the eve of completion. The day was particularly
fine, and this being the first vessel built by the firm, a goodly
company was present, among whom, we noticed several influential
gentlemen of the neighbourhood. Mrs Rawlinson gave the trim-built
craft her name "The Gummershowe," after the plantation from which the
timber was cut. The vessel was built and laid down from lines by Mr
Robert Reay, jun., (one of the firm we believe) and went off upon
"hollow ways", a system which guards against all dangers, but which has
not been hitherto practised in Furness. After the launch, the owner, Mr
Rawlinson, with a few friends, sat down to an excellent dinner
provided by Mrs Fleming, of the Ship Inn, Barrow.
SCHOONER ASHORE ON WALNEY. On Saturday the schooner Gummershow, with a
cargo of alum, owned by Messrs, Fisher and Sons, Barrow, went ashore on
Walney Island. She was assisted off with the loss of anchors and
chains, and was taken into Piel. Subsequently she proceeded to Ulverston, where
she was discharged. [from Larne, later leaky]
Gummershow, Jones, on passage Newry to Liverpool.
Barrow. Sailed. 13 Feb. Elizabeth Ann, Williams, Cork, rails.
BARROW-IN-FURNESS,
Disasters to Local Vessels. The schooner Elizabeth Ann, of
Barrow, for Cork, with steel rails, was last seen on the 19th ult. at
Amlwch, Isle of Anglesea, and has not since been heard of. It is
expected she was lost in the late gale.
LOSS OFF THE LIZARD. TWO CORNISHMEN DROWNED. Fears entertained by
Falmouthians for several days respecting the overdue Lancaster schooner
Joseph (Captain Worth) were proved yesterday to be on only too sure a
foundation, by the receipt of telegram from Thomas Kinsman, the mate,
announcing that the schooner sank off the Lizard and that he was the
only survivor. The Joseph, owned by Messrs. James Fisher and Sons,
Barrow, from Runcorn with coal for Mr. Brewer, of Flushing, to which
place both Captain George Worth and the mate Kinsman belonged. The
crew also comprised a Penryn man and an Irishman known as Jimmy. They were a
fortnight overdue. The captains of the English schooners Sir Macdonald
and the Jessie report that as they were beating round the Lizard on
Sunday morning, they saw the Joseph following astern, with some of her
sails gone. So far these are all the particulars to hand, but it is
presumed that as the mate wired from London, he must have been picked by a
passing steamer. Worth leaves a widow, who is prostrated with grief, and
four young children, their ages ranging from eight to two years. Capt.
Worth was a well-known and experienced seaman. Early yesterday morning, an
empty shop's boat was washed ashore on the Eastern Green, near Penzance. It
was badly damaged, but the name Joseph of Lancaster remained on the stern. A name
partly obliterated was believed to possibly be Worth, the captain's name. During the
morning, small wreckage was washed in near the Battery Rocks, at the
eastern end of the Penzance promenade, and it included a ship's cathead and
part of a rail. There was also washed ashore a lifebuoy marked S.S. Eden, but
that is, of course, a relic of the collision off the Start recently, and
has apparently no connection with the other wreckage. The Joseph was a
schooner of 99 tons register, owned in Barrow-in-Furness. She was
built in 1859.
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. THE MATE'S STORY. A LANCASTER VESSEL SUNK.
Tom Kinsman, mate of the Lancaster schooner, Joseph, from Runcorn to
Flushing, who arrived at Falmouth yesterday, has given details of the
loss of that vessel on Wednesday morning last. He sates that the
Joseph, which was laden with coal, resorted to Mount's Bay for shelter
last Sunday, after having fruitlessly endeavoured to reach Falmouth
Harbour in the teeth of the gale, which carried away most of its sails. The
vessel was beating round the south of the Lizard early on the morning
in question, when it came into collision with the Newcastle steamer
Lindisfarne, from Swansea, with coal for London. The Joseph settled
down, disappearing within seven minutes. The captain (Worth), Kinsman,
and two other men were preparing to quit the vessel in a boat at the
time, but his companions being sucked under, he alone was taken on the
Lindisfarne. Kinsman is unable to account for the accident, just prior
to which the Lindisfarne was going full speed astern. The officers of
steamer, however, told him that the Joseph's port light was out.
LAUNCH OF A SCHOONER AT MILLOM. Saturday should certainly be marked as
a "red letter day" in the calendar of Millom. The distinguishing event
was the launching at Crab Marsh Point of the Nellie Bywater, a
schooner of about 200 tons, built by Captain Thomas, of Amlwch,
Anglesea, for the Hodbarrow Mining Company. We believe this is the
first launch of the kind which has taken place at this part of the
Duddon, but we hear that it is not likely to be the last, as we
understand it is the intention of the same company to at once lay down
the keel of a much larger vessel. The Nellie Bywater has been a long
time in hand, but she is now everything a captain could desire. She is
made of oak and greenheart, and is of great strength.
NELLIE BYWATER - Kildonan. Aug. 10. - The Schooner Nellie Bywater, before
reported ashore at Holy Island, has bottom damaged, very leaky. Crew
safe.
Kildonan Aug 23. The schooner Nellie Bywater, previously reported
ashore, is refloated, and anchored at Lamlash for temporary repairs.
Duddon-built schooner is "going West". Built at Duddon in 1874, the 77-year-old two-masted
schooner Nellie Bywater, one of the last Cumberland sailing ships, 1s
due to sail for the West Indies shortly, She is now at Fowey, Cornwall. Her
owner, Captain Richard England, has been unable to find work for her in home
waters, She was formally in the Irish Sea coasting trade.
Helpers See Ship Capsize. 2 Lost, 9 Saved From Schooner. While Plymouth
lifeboat and the Devonport Dockyard tug Careful were standing by to
aid the schooner Nellie Bywater. in distress off Bolt Tail, South
Devon, the schooner capsized this afternoon and flung her crew into
the boiling water. The Nellie Bywater capsized and foundered five
miles from the coast. Nine survivors were picked up by the Careful.
but two of the crew are feared missing. The 115 tons wooden schooner,
built in 1873, had been reported leaking seven miles off Bolt Tail.
The tanker British Birch (8600 tons) stood by. The French trawler, Jacques
Cartier, got a towline aboard, but this was snapped by heavy seas, and
the schooner drifted towards land. Lloyd's Register lists the Nellie
Bywater as owned by R. L. England and registered at Newry
(Ireland). This afternoon an Admiralty spokesman at Plymouth said
there were two stretcher cases.
LAUNCHES. On the 27th ult., the new vessel Countess of
Lonsdale, which has been built at the Duddon shipbuilding-yard
of Messrs. Wm. Thomas and Co. (the Owners), Shipbuilders, was launched. Mr.
John Thomas, son of one of the Owners, Mr. William Thomas, christened
the vessel, which is made to carry about 380 tons. Her dimensions are:
Length, 112 feet; Breadth, 23 feet 8 inches; Depth 12 foot 9 inches.
VESSEL SUNK OFF THE PORT. On Saturday night, the West African steamer,
Sherbro, inward bound, collided with the schooner, supposed to be the
Countess of Lonsdale, off the North-West Lightship. The schooner
heeled over about five minutes after the collision. All crew were
taken off by the boats of Sherbro, and no lives were lost. The crew of
the steamer allege that the schooner altered her course and tried to
cross the steamer's bows, thus accounting for the collision.
[Captain Robert Roberts, mate and 3 men]
Countess of Lonsdale schooner, reported yesterday sunk by the Sherbro
(s), from Africa, was passed by No. 4 pilot boat, with bows down, about
three miles west by north of the North-west Lightship.
After a long and colourful career the schooner was bought by the
Furness Maritime Trust and brought to Barrow with the intention that
it would undergo a full restoration. Back in August 1988 ambitious
plans included using her as a sail training schooner for Cumbrian
young people. Grants had been made by both the Tudor Trust and the
Science Museum. The cost and the condition of the ship proved to be
too much and the ship was broken up in the late 1990s with a few key
parts being preserved.
Readers answers: Was the Emily Barratt launched in August 1912? - No,
Easter Monday 1912.
At Appledore, however, those cameras had the opportunity of recording
for all time something which almost certainly will never occur again.
Moored alongside the quayside were the last five of the vanishing
fleet of vessels which once flocked regularly over Bideford bar into
the Taw and the picture they made, with their forest of rigging
reaching up to the sky, drew camera-armed people to them in their
hundreds.
The five - the Agnes, the Irene, the Emily Barratt, the Garlandstone,
and the three-masted Kathleen May - are now the only remajning links
with those far-off days when this type of craft was a common a sight
as their modern diesel-driven counterparts are now. To find them all
together for what is almost certain to be the last time was, for many,
a nostalgic reminder of years that have gone.
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