Wooden ship Isabella, built Chester, 1803, 306 tons, registered Liverpool 1803. In LR 1806,7, armed (10 4-pounders, 6 9-pounders), trading Bristol to Surinam, master Lockhart, owned Mather. Seems to have been lost or captured 1806 on.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 December 1803]:
Liverpool. Sailed. 19. Isabella, Lockhart, Demerara.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 30 March 1805]:
The Isabella, Lockhart, from Bristol and Cork at Demerara.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 22 June 1805]:
Liverpool. Arrived. Isabella, J. Lockhart, from Africa and Surinam,
Wooden ship Lord Forbes, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1803. 556 tons. Armed. Used as a defence ship (Clyde) 1803-5. More history. Damaged in 1817, surveyed and condemned in May at Bengal.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 20 August 1803]:
On Friday the 5th inst was launched from the yard of Messrs. Carson,
Forbes, Courtney and Co. Chester, a very handsome frigate-built ship of
550 tone, and pierced for 34 guns, called the Forbes [sic: Lord Forbes], the property
of Mr William Forbes, merchant, of Liverpool.
[from Oracle and the Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 29 November 1803]:
GREENOCK. Nov. 22. - Arrived, yesterday, the armed ship Lord Forbes. of
22 guns, 12-pounders, Captain MUNDEN, and to remain with the Tourterelle
for the protection of the Clyde. This is one of the vessels
presented by the East India Company to Government.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 01 January 1810]:
THE good ship LORD FORBES, measuring 534 tons, built at Chester for private
use, and under particular inspection, about five years ago, copper
fastened and coppered in 1807, with 32, 28, and 26 inch copper; her
construction three flush decks, pierced for 26 guns middle, and 18
guns upper deck; particularly adapted for the Jamaica Trade, in which
she has been employed, and very eligible for the East India Trade, is
abundantly found in stores, which are in good order, being well known and
exceedingly fast, and stows a very large cargo, peculiarly adapted for a
running ship, and a most desirable purchase for any trade in which a
vessel of her tonnage can be employed. Now lying in the West India
Export Dock, James Mackie, Commander
Wooden sloop Mary, built Chester 1803, 81 tons. Owned Florender for Liverpool to Newry service. Voyage Liverpool to Newry, with coal, leaky and ashore in Douglas Bay, 4 January 1819, crew of 6 saved.
[from Carlisle Patriot - Saturday 16 January 1819]:
Monday se'nnight, the sloop Mary, of Newry, J. Mazar [sic Baziere in
another report], master, from Liverpool to Newry, was stranded near
Douglas. By the great and laudable exertions of the people on shore,
the crew were saved, after remaining in the rigging for nearly three
hours.
[from
Saunders's News-Letter - Friday 29 January 1819]:
Providential release from shipwreck. On Monday, the 4th of January,
about two p. m., a large sloop was sailing from the eastward into the
north part of Douglas bay, Isle of Man, apparently in an unmanageable
state - she soon drifted so far inshore, as to render her situation
extremely dangerous. Mr. Drinkwater, agent for the British
underwriters, prevailed on the trawl-boat John and Mary, of Liverpool,
to proceed to her assistance, but the breakers rendered all efforts
useless. About halfpast five o'clock, the front of the Hon. Captain
Mullin's cottage, on the beach, was illuminated as a beacon, in case the
crew of the distressed vessel should slip or trip their cable, which
they shortly after did, and ran their sloop on the most advantageous
spot which they could have chosen. The sea ran mountains high, the
crew, which consisted of the master, four men, and a boy of seven
years of age, got into the weather rigging, where they remained three
hours in awful suspense. An immense crowd was collected on the shore.
A large ignited pitch-barrel flamed through the troubled atmosphere a
splendid light, and the crew saw and were animated by the preparations
made for their relief. When the tide began to recede, Captain
Thompson, of the Duchess of Athol, Captain Braden, of the New Triton,
Mr. Kermode, and Mr. Croghan, volunteered their service to go on
board, and boldly pushed out with a two-horse cart, and before eight
o'clock, triumphantly brought the whole of the crew safe to land. Mr.
Drinkwatcr humanely provided refreshment for the sufferers at the
Friendly Inn, and they were accommodated with dry clothing, and
bedding, under the hospitable roof of Captain Mullins.
On the vessel being boarded, she turned out to be the Mary, of
Newry, J. Baziere, Master, bound from Liverpool to Newry, with a cargo
of coals, which former port she left on Sunday morning preceding, but
having sprung a leak when off the Skerries light, she bore for this
island as the next safe port. A number of coalporters and sailors
being in attendance, the whole of the spars, cables, sails, and
running rigging, was shortly after got on shore, and during the time
she was free from water, the coals were brought into a place of
safety. In the evening of Tuesday, an attempt was made tow her round
to the harbour, the seams which had opened being previously caulked,
but on her floating and getting clear from the mud, the water rushed
in at her bottom with such rapidity, that the attempt was abandoned,
until some further leaks are secured, and it is hoped that should the
weather continue moderate, she will be got into Douglas harbour for
repair. ...
Wooden ship Active, built Troughton, Chester, 1802/3, 302 tons, registered Chester 1803. Armed: 8 guns. In LR 1804-6, initially owned Troughton, then Bogle. Trade Liverpool to Quebec. By 1806, trade Greenock to Tobago. LR 1804 has six vessels built at Chester, named Active. This is the largest. Not present in LR 1807.
Possibly this vessel [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 26 May 1804]:
The ship Active, of Liverpool, which was driven on shore in Brodick
Bay, in the island of Arran, in January last, on her voyage from
Tobago to Greenock, and bilged, has been raised by Mr. J. Scott,
ship-builder, and was brought up to Greenock on the 16th inst.
Wooden brigantine Active, built Troughton,
Chester, 1804, 161 tons, registered Liverpool 1804. Not found in LR.
Possibly sold with name changed to Amistad.
Wooden galliot Friends, built Chester 1803, 63 tons. LR1811 reports owned Bebby, trading Dublin to Liverpool, master Deale. Not in LR1813.
[from Hibernian Journal; or, Chronicle of Liberty - Tuesday 11 June 1805]:
Dublin 7 June. arrived from Liverpool: Friends, Deal.
Wooden sloop Newry, built Chester 1803, 83 tons. Coasting from Ireland. Voyage Liverpool to Newry, ashore Killincarrig, near Bray, 10 April 1818, 3 drowned. For sale on beach. Seems to have been put back in service: voyages reported in newspapers to 1825.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 17 April 1818]:
Newry, O'Neil, hence for Newry, was on shore near Bray, 10th inst., a
passenger and two of the crew drowned.
[from Saunders's News-Letter - Saturday 25 April 1818]:
THE SLOOP NEWRY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Saturday, 2d May, 1818, At One
o'clock. On the Strand at Killencarrig. within three miles of Bray,
County of Wicklow, THE Sloop Newry, of Newry, Arthur O'Neill, Master,
burthen, per Register, 83 Tons, was built at Chester, carries upwards
of 110 tons on an easy draft of water; is well found in every
description of materials and stores, ...
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 20 September 1825]:
Whitehaven. Sailed Sept 12. Newry, O'Neil, for Wicklow.
Wooden galliot/ketch Friends, built Chester 1804/5, 97 tons. In LR1811 owned Fletcher trading London to Dublin, master Davis. In LR 1820, described as a ketch, built 1804. Not in LR1822. [Note the listing of Runcorn built vessels has a Friends Galliot 92 tons, built 1806 - and Runcorn is in Cheshire]
[from Star (London) - Friday 03 April 1807]:
Penzance: Vessels put in and sailed: Friends, Davies, ......
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 14 November 1820]:
The Friends, Davis, from London to Liverpool, put into Portsmouth, on Saturday, very leaky.
Wooden galliot Friend, built Chester 1805, 99 tons. In LR 1811 as owned Jay, trading Dublin to Chester, master Benjamin. Not in LR 1813.
[from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Wednesday 28 August 1805]:
Arrived at Liverpool: Friends, Benjamin, from Dublin,...
Wooden brig Fanny, built Chester 1804, 171 tons. Made two triangular, slave, voyages in 1804/5 and 1805, captured by French after slaves were embarked. In LR 1805-6, owned Newton, trading Liverpool to Africa. LR reports master as Kennen. Voyage Africa to Charlestown, captured, reported July 1806.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 09 November 1805]:
Liverpool. Sailed: Nov 3. Fanny, Kennedy, Africa,...
[from Caledonian Mercury - Monday 14 July 1806]:
The Fanny, Kennan, from Africa and Bahamas to Charlestown, is
captured and carried into Guadaloupe.
Wooden sloop Inquisitive, built Chester 1804. In MNL to 1886, ON 25703,
registered Liverpool 1850, as
27 tons, latterly owned R Williams, Liverpool.
Wooden ship Mary Ann, built Chester 1804, 174 tons, registered Liverpool. On 4 August 1804, emabarked on a triangular, slave, voyage. Took on board slaves but sank soon afterwards. Slaves subsequently transported by other vessels. In LR 1805 owned Graham for trade Liverpool to Africa, armed with 14 12-pounders. Probably the vessel, intended for trade to Africa, launched by Carson, Forbes, Cortney, in August 1804. Reported wrecked on her maiden voyage, on the west coast of Africa, Captain Mortimer, before November 1804, crew saved.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 14 August 1804]:
Yesterday se'nnight [7 August], was launched from Messrs Forbes,
Carson, Cortney, and Co's. yard, in this city, a beautiful brig for
the African trade.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 August 1804]:
Liverpool. Sailed 15 August, Mary Ann, Mortimer, Africa.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Wednesday 13 March 1805]:
The Nile, Gwyn, from Africa arrived at Nassau on the 19th December. ....
On the 24th of November, the Nile spoke a sloop from Africa for the
Havannah, who informed them of the wreck of the Mary Ann
(Guineaman), Mortimer, on the Coast; the crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 13 July 1804]:
On Monday last [9 July] was launched from the yard of Messrs. Carson, Forbes,
Courteney, and Co. in this city, a beautiful ship, intended for
the cheese trade. [most probably either Diligence or Fortitude - see below]
[from Oracle and the Daily Advertiser - Thursday 07 May 1807]:
Sale... Ordered by the executrix of Mr R Mawdsley, deceased. SHARES
in the Regular CHEESE SHIPS, trading from London to Liverpool,
Chester, and Hull. viz. the Providence, Hope, Barneveldt, Active,
Apollo, Zealous, Bradford, Mars, Prudence, Namptwich [sic, Nantwich], Juno, Britannia,
Diligence, Success, Ceres, and Fortitude.
[built Chester: Ceres, Diligence, Fortitude; built Liverpool: Apollo, Britannia, Mars, Success]
[in 1802 the Cheese ships trading to Chester are named as:
Nantwich, Thomas Herbert;
Elizabeth, Thomas Morris; Perseverance, Peter Evans; Resolution, Lewis Thomas; Chester, James Perry.]
Wooden brig Diligence, built Chester 1804, 156 tons. Initially owned Cheese Co. for Liverpool to London trade. Possibly the vessel launched by Carson, Forbes, Cortney for the Cheese trade. For sale 1817. In LR 1835 as brig of 191 tons, registered Leith, owned by her master, R Kirk, built Chester 1804, for trade Leith to St Petersburg, marked LOST. Voyage Leith to St Petersburg, ashore on a rock near Karlskrona, Sweden, 6 October 1835, and lost.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 28 December 1804]:
NOW LOADING, at Griffith's Wharf, Southwark, Loudon, for this city and places adjacent, THE
DILIGENCE, MORIS ELLIS, master, A contract cheese ship. All persons who have
goods to ship on board her ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 04 June 1817]:
The brig DILIGENCE, built at Chester, of oak, square stern, with deck and
quarter-deck, measures per register 156 50-94 tons, sails fast, will carry good
cargo, has a woman head, and well found in stores, having two patent
cables on board; she is a strong well-built Vessel, and is well adapted
for general purposes. Now lying at the Yarmouth Chain, off the New
Custom-house; Lewis Ellis, Master.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 20 October 1835]:
Carlscrona 6 Oct. The Diligence, Kirk, from Leith to St. Petersburg,
is on shore on the Blind Rock, and full of water. The rigging and
stores saved. The wreck will be sold.
Wooden snow/brig Fortitude, built Chester 1804. 191 tons, Owned Cheese Co for trade Liverpool to London. Armed: 2 6-pounders and 6 12-pounders. Possibly the vessel launched by Carson, Forbes, Cortney for the Cheese trade. In LR1812uw, LR1813so as a snow. Voyage London to Liverpool, struck Smalls, 30th December 1812, 10 lost, 4 saved.
[from Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 09 January 1813]:
The Fortitude, Owens, from London to Liverpool, was wrecked on the
Smalls 30th ult. The master, mate and eight of the crew drowned; two
men and four boys saved.
[from Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 11 January 1813]:
Milford. Dec 31. We are sorry to have the painful duty of relating a
most melancholy accident which has taken place in consequence of the
extinction of the Light on the Smalls. On the 17th instant, the brig
Fortitude, of London, John Owens, Master, sailed thence with a
valuable cargo, bound to Liverpool. At eight o'clock in the morning of
the 29th, she sailed from Scilly, where she had been for some days
wind-bound, and about two o'clock the following morning struck upon
the Smalls, amidst total darkness and blowing hard. They were unable
to see anything but the breaking of the sea upon the rocks, which
displayed the horrors of their situation, Finding the vessel sinking,
the long boat was got out, into which the master and nine of the crew
went; in the mean time, six others took to the jolly boat, which hung
over the stern, and just as the vessel sunk, succeeded in getting
clear of her. At this time, it appears that the vessel fell over,
before the long boat could get a sufficient distance, and by the
screams of those on board her, which were heard by the others in the
dark, there is no doubt but they all perished. Fortunately the six who
were in the jolly boat succeeded in getting from the vetsel before she
sunk, and after struggling with sea till yesterday forenoon, they were
picked up by the Diligence Customs cutter, on board of which they were
taken, some of them nearly naked, as they were awoke in their beds
when the ship struck, without having time to put on their clothes.
Captain Dobbin, however, soon relieved their wants, with that kindness
and humanity which so eminently distinguishes his character. In the
afternoon he landed them at Milford, where he has provided for their
necessities, and set on foot a subscription, more effectually to
contribute to the relief of those distressed seamen.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 27 July 1804]:
Yesterday was launched from Messrs. Carson, Forbes, Courtney, and Co's
yard, in this city, a fine gun-brig, named the Defender, built for his
Majesty's service, under the inspection of Mr. Hawkes of Woolwich.
This is the second vessel that has been launched from this yard in the
space of five weeks, and which are complete models for symmetry and
neatness of execution.
Same day was launched from this yard, a
galliott, for J. Fletcher of this city. [possibly Johns 80 tons]
Wooden snow Amistad (also as Amistade), reported in LR1812uw as built Chester, 1804, 192 tons, owned Captain J A de Arrarte (or Arrente), registered Spain, for Coruna - London trade. Armed with 6 guns - 4 and 6 pounders. This is a confusing situation: Amistad [Spanish for Friendship], master Arrerte, was trading between London and Coruna, 1811-13. A vessel of the same name, but less tonnage, was advertised in London in 1810 as built in Norway in 1805. One possibility is that the brig Active, built at Chester by Troughton in 1804, was sold and renamed Amistad. The Spanish fleet was described as based at Ferrol in February 1809, including a 6 gun schooner named Amistad. Described as captured by a French privateer, 2 October 1813.
[from Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 24 March 1806]:
Southampton. Arrived: L'Amistad, Reimer, from Bilboa,...
Possibly a different vessel [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 09 May 1810]:
FOR SALE OR CHARTER, THE Spanish Brig AMISTAD, built in Norway, of 110
tons measurement, and five years old, is abundantly found in necessary
stores, may be sent to sea without any expence, save that of provisions;
she is exceedingly strong and tight, and a most eligible Vessel for
the conveyance of colonial produce, or indeed any employment in which
her size would answer. Lying in the London Docks. For Inventories
and further particulars, apply to W. MACBEAN
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 03 June 1812]:
Direct for CORUNNA, THE remarkably fine fast-sailing Spanish
Brig AMISTAD, coppered and armed, J A de Arrarte Commander, Burthen
140 tons, Lying at Union stairs.
[from Caledonian Mercury - Saturday 09 October 1813]:
The Amistad, Arrarte, from Corunna to London, was taken 2d inst.
by the Lion, French privateer, and carried into L'Orient two days after.
Wooden brig Ann, built Chester 1805. Registered Chester 1805. 109 tons. Owned by her master, J Davis, coasting from Liverpool. In LR to 1833. Possibly the vessel reported as foundering near Tenby, 3 October 1830, later salvaged.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 10 October 1830]:
Tenby Oct 3. The Ann, Davis, foundered between this and Monkstone
[headland north of Tenby], crew saved. [last night]
[from Evening Mail - Monday 11 October 1830]:
Oct 5. The Ann, late Davis, was taken up by smacks last night, and
carried into Tenby.
Wooden ship Bostock, built Chester, 1805, 411 tons, registered Liverpool 1805. Voyage Savanna to Port Antonio, lost on Little Island, 7 October 1820, crew saved.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 08 September 1805]:
The Sally, Hayne; and Bristol, Merrick, for Bristol; Nestor, Luke,
for London; Bostock, Kelly, for Liverpool; and Chestervale, M'Nicholl,
from Jamaica for Clyde, were captured by two Spanish privateers, and
carried into Trinidad in Cuba, previous to the 25th July.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 December 1805]:
Deaths. Lately, on his passage in a cartel from Cuba, to Jamaica, Capt
William Killey[sic], who so gallantly defended the ship Bostock, of
Liverpool.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 10 November 1815]:
FOR SALE OR CHARTER, The fine coppered Ship BOSTOCK, Lately arrived
from Jamaica; burthen per register 411 tons - well found - stows and
sails well. For particulars apply to FRANCE, FLETCHER, YATES & Co.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Friday 21 January 1820]:
The ship Bostock, of Liverpool, from Savannah to Port Antonio, was
lost on the 7th of October on Little Island. Vessel totally lost -
crew saved, and arrived at Nassau. [on Windward Little Island, no
cargo, crew saved in own boats].
Wooden ship George, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1805. 234 tons. Armed 14 12-pounders and 2 9-pounders. Owned Newton for trade Liverpool to Africa. Made one triangular, slave, voyage, 1805-6. By 1808 owned Hammet for trade to Bahamas. Reported lost at the Bahamas, two crew lost, before February 1809.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 05 July 1805]:
Monday two remarkably fine vessels were launched from the building-yards
adjoining the Dee. The first, called the George, of 250 tons burthen, finely
coppered, intended for the Guinea trade, built by Carson, Forbes,
Courtney & Co. for Messrs. T. Mather & Co. of Liverpool;
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 September 1808]:
Liverpool. Arrived. Bahamas: George, J Pickthall, from Nassau, with
125 bales cotton, 82 tons lignumvitae, ... to Hamnet, Roscoe & Wilson.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 18 February 1809]:
Liverpool. The George, Pickthall, of this port is lost at the Bahamas,
crew and passengers saved, all but two seamen.
Wooden ship Fame, built Troughton, Chester, 1805. 327 tons, registered Greenock, owned Ritchie, for trade to Jamaica. Armed with 8 6-pounders. By 1815 described as in use as at Transport, based Falmouth, master Shaw. Not in LR 1816. Voyage to Quebec, lost in St Lawrence River, reported July 1815.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 05 July 1805]:
.....the other, the
Fame, built by Mr. Troughton, for Richie & Co. of Greenock. The day was very
fine, which enticed a great number spectators to the spot; and, what added
greatly to the hilarity of the scene, the band of the Wigan Rifle Corps was on
board the George, who, previously to her going off the slip, played God
Save the King, and, when she went into the water, Rule Britannia,
Britons Strike Home, &c, &c, - which had a most pleasing effect.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 23 July 1815]:
The Lady Shore, Watson; the Fame, Shaw; the Adamant, the Robert and Mary
(all transports) bound to Quebec, are lost in the River St. Lawrence.
Report of expenditure: Corpach, January 1805 "Wm Courtney & Co. (of Chester) for building and
rigging the Sloop Corpach, January 1805". [Not found MNL]
Wooden flat John, built Chester 1806, 38 tons.
Registered Chester 1836, 38 tons, in MNL, ON 16437, registered
Liverpool 1874 to 1888, latterly owned Grundy, Bickerstaffe. More
history.
Wooden galliot/schooner Mary, built Chester 1806, 107 tons. In LR 1812so, 14so, owned Smithson, trading Liverpool to Milnthorpe. Later owned Redmond for Liverpool to Waterford trade. Then owned Whitty, Wexford, described as a schooner, in LR 1840, master Devereux. Voyage Glasgow to Wexford with coal, driven ashore near Rosslare, 13 November 1840, crew saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 19 July 1806]:
Lancaster. Entered. July 14. Mary, Waddington, from Liverpool. [first report]
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 26 October 1840]:
Glasgow. Arrived. Oct. 21. Mary, Devereux, Wexford.
[from Globe - Friday 20 November 1840]:
WEXFORD, Nov.14. Thursday night it blew a strong gale from E.S.E.,
accompanied with torrents of rain, during which, we are sorry to
state, two vessels belonging to this port were put ashore. One of
them, the Mary, from Glasgow, Peter Devereux, master, laden with coal
and sundries, ran in opposite the Burrow of Roslare; and the other,
the George, Patrick Dillon, master, from the same place, and similarly
laden, was driven on the Point of the Fort, where she now lies. All
hands safe. About twelve o'clock on Friday the gale abated
Rosslare RNLI records:
Silver Medal awarded to Mark Devereux, Pilot, in connection with the
schooner Mary wrecked in a very heavy gale on 13 November 1840. Mr
Devereux rode into the surf to bring a rope from the schooner, and was
thrown down by the violent sea before achieving this. All the crew
were brought off using the rope.
Wooden ship Mary Ann built Chester 1806, 313 tons, registered Liverpool 1806. Armed. Made one triangular, slave, voyage in 1807. Initially owned Forbes - so probably built Carson, Forbes, Cortney. Later registered London, trading to West Indies. Also used in the whale fishery. More history. Voyage Liverpool to Charleston, driven ashore at Garston 9 November 1816, and condemned.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 12 August 1808]:
The good Ship MARY ANN, built at Chester, of the best materials, in
1806, under the inspection of a very experienced person, copper
fastened and coppered and was on the stocks three years, measures per
register 313 tons, complete frigate built, with a figure-head, pierced
for 16 guns on the main deck, and six on quarter-deck, mounts twelve
24 pounders, and four nine pounders, and is remarkably fast, and is
well adapted for the Brazil, Sumatra, and West India Trades, would
make a very superior ?? and is abundantly found in stores of the first
quality, and may be put to sea at a very trifling expense; now lying
in the West India Dock. Ferguson, Commander.
[from The News (London) - Sunday 17 November 1816]:
The Mary Ann, Rowe, from Liverpool to Charleston., was driven on shore
on Saturday night at Garston. Cargo discharging.
Wooden ship Kate, built Chester 1805, 237 tons. LR1809so annotates build as Chester, Sharp. Armed: 16 6-pounders. Owned Newton Liverpool. Made one triangular, slave, voyage, returning on 20 January 1807, from Charleston to Liverpool. On this return, 20 January 1807, ashore near Hoylake, towed into Liverpool and beached. Not in LR1808uw.
[from Sun (London) - Friday 23 January 1807]:
The Kate, M'Leven, from Charleston is on shore off Liverpool,
but is expected to be got off.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 13 February 1807]:
The Kate, from Charleston, which was on shore near Hoylake, has
been towed up to Liverpool by some fishing vessels, and put on shore.
Wooden galliot/schooner Johns, built Chester 1805, 80 tons. Reported as registered Lancaster in 1805 - Ulverston being part of the Lancaster registration area. Owned by Captain Kirkby, of Ulverston, for coasting. In LR 1813 but not 1815. However registered Whitby 1837, Scarborough 12/1846, 79 tons, then Sunderland 1851, 79 tons. More history. RCUS gives Johns, schooner, ON 10005, built Chester 1805, 81 tons, registered Shields, ashore Belhaven Sands [near Dunbar] 24-1-1860, voyage Pittenweem to London with Barley, crew of 4 saved.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 11 May 1805]:
Arrivals at Ulverston: Johns, Kirkby, ...
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 07 September 1811]:
Cleared at Ulverston: Johns, Kirkby, for Liverpool, ... [last recorded voyage with master Kirkby]
Note that a storm on 5 November 1811 drove several vessels ashore near Ulverston.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 20 June 1836]:
Sale... The SCHOONER "JOHNS", 79 23/94 Tons per Register, and The SCHOONER
"MARTHA", 67 45/94 tons per Register, With all their Stores & Materials, as
they now lie in Duke's Dock, Runcorn; are well found, and carry large
Cargoes at a small draught of water. ...
[from Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald - Saturday 28 January 1860]:
DUNBAR. STORM AND SHIPWRECK. The schooner Jones [sic, Johns], of North
Shields, Serymgeour, master. from Pittenweem to London, laden with
1200 quarters of barley, came ashore this (Tuesday) morning, about
twelve o'clock, on Belhaven Sands, about a mile to the West of the
harbour, during a very heavy gale of wind and rain from the
north-east, and is likely to become a total wreck; crew saved. Owing
to prompt exertions of Messrs Wm. Barclay & Co, shipping agents, who
were early on the spot, about 100 bolls[sic] of the cargo were got out
in good order, but as the stern of the vessel is now out, it is feared
no more will be saved. The afternoon tide and heavy sea were breaking
her up very fast, and the coast was strewed with the wreck.
Wooden brig Hawarden Castle, built Chester[?] 1805, 119 tons. Registered Liverpool 12/1843 116t, Belfast 45/1845 115t. LR has: 119 tons: 1814: sloop, prize; 1821: brig, built Aire; 1833: brig, built Chepstow; 1837 on: brig, built Chester. Sale advert in 1844 has built Chester. Voyage to America, leaky, abandoned, sank, off Saltees, 13 February 1847, crew saved.
[from Pilot (London) - Tuesday 23 May 1809]:
Gravesend May 22. Sailed. Hawarden Castle for Dublin.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 14 May 1814]:
LIVERPOOL, May 12 .... The Hawarden Castle, Crawford, from hence for
Bourdeaux at Plymouth 8th inst and would sail with convoy the first
fair wind. - Capt. Crawford states that he fell in with a sloop on the
5th inst. off Land's-end, not a soul on board, all her bulwarks washed
away, and in a sinking condition; on her stern, Union Fly Company.
Liverpool. 17 July 1832, arrived Hawarden Castle, Reid, Cork.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 19 November 1844]:
That good substantial, Chester built brig HAWARDEN CASTLE, of
Liverpool, Patrick Hamilton, Master, Burthen Register 115
Tons, N.M., carries from 170 to 180 Tons of Coal at an easy Draught ot
Water, in good Repair, and remarkably well found in Stores of every
Description, and suitable for the Coal or Coasting trade. The Vessel is
now in the Port of Whitehaven, and may be inspected on Application to the
Master on board; ....
[from Waterford News Letter - Thursday 18 February 1847]:
SHIP NEWS. On Saturday. the 13th instant, the brig Hawarden Castle,
of and from Belfast, bound to the United States, six days out, the
Saltees bearing N.N E. 20 miles, wind at the time blowing strong from
the westward. sprung a leak and went down in 35 fathoms of water, at
30 minutes past 1. P.M.; the crew, eight in number, had just previously
taken to both boats. and were taken up by Lieutenant Darby, of her
Majesty's packet Pigmy at 30 minutes past 3. p.m. the Saltees bearing
N.N.W. 12 miles, and landed at Waterford on Sunday morning. Lieutenant
Darby rendered all the assistance in his power in getting the crew on
board, and treated them afterwards in the most kind manner possible.
Wooden sloop Penketh, built Chester 1805, 76 tons. Coasting services. Voyage Caernarvon to Liverpool, sank at mouth of Dee estuary, 28 April 1836, crew saved.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 23 February 1826]:
Arrivals at Liverpool. The Penketh, J Richards, from Beaumaris with 44 pigs, for J Williams.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Monday 09 May 1836]:
Beaumaris, May 1. The Penketh, Atherton, from Carnarvon to Liverpool,
sunk 28th ult. near the entrance of Chester river: crew saved.
Wooden brig Betsey (Betsy in LR), built Chester 1806, 185 tons. Armed. In LR 1808, owned Montgomery trading Belfast to Demerara. Voyage Belfast to Buenos Ayres, captured by French privateer, 6 November 1809.
[from Belfast News-Letter - Friday 14 October 1808]:
FOR DEMERARA, The Armed Brig BETSEY, ALEX. M'LAINE, Master, is
now loading, to sail with or without convoy, For Freight or Passage, apply to
MONTGOMERYS, STAPLES & CO. Belfast,
[from Saunders's News-Letter - Friday 08 December 1809]:
We are concerned to write that the brig Betsey, Capt Fitzsimons, from Belfast to
Buenos Ayres, was captured on the 6th ult in lat 46 lon 22, by the French
privateer Dauphine of Bayonne, carrying 22 guns and 78 men, after a contest of upwards
of half an hour in which Captain Fitzsimons and five of his men were wounded.
Wooden ship Friends, built Chester 1806, 352
tons, registered Liverpool, owned Little & Co., trading to West
Indies, mounts 4 9-pounder guns. By 1819 owned Tod, trading London to
Jamaica. By 1829 owned Spencer, trading London to Jamaica. For sale
1831-3. Driven ashore while moored at Cocagne, New Brunswick, 30
September 1835, and wrecked.
Friends was a very common name for vessels.
See above 3 vessels named Friend, Friends.
Maybe this vessel, though has more guns than listed in LR [from
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 26 November 1808]:
With or without Letters of Marque, and with leave to chace [sic], capture and
man any Vessel or Vessels, and to take in Goods at any Part or Port in
Great Britain.
For MADEIRA and JAMAICA, the fast sailing coppered ship FRIENDS, - Master.
Burthen 350 tons; armed with 14 guns, men amenable. Now lying
Church Hole. For Freight or Passage apply to JAMES PYCROFT,
[from London Evening Standard - Thursday 11 December 1828]:
Deal. Dec 10. Arrived from London ... The Friends, Holland, for Sierra Leone. ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 25 November 1831]:
THE good Ship FRIENDS, 345 tons per register; built at Chester,
copper-fastened, sheathed with wood and copper over patent felt, only
last year. This ship has two flush decks, with neat figure-head ; a
long and snug poop, has had new wales, topsides, plank-sheers, and waterways,
a short time since; is of great capacity, very well found in stores, and
adapted to general purposes. - Fisher, Commander. Now lying in the West
India Import Dock. For Inventories and further particulars, apply to
WM. WOOLCOMBE,.. [advertised to February 1832; also as Ship Friends of 344 tons
in October/November 1833]
[from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 21 August 1833]:
Falmouth. Aug 10. Off port. The Friends, Fisher, from Jamaica.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 31 July 1834]:
For HALIFAX, The British-built Ship, FRIENDS, Captain Robert Long,
Burthen per register 344 tons; coppered and copper-fastened; ... Queen's
Dock ... [also advert Feb 1835]
[from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 10 November 1835]:
On the 30th Sept, the ship Friends, Long, from London, drove from her
moorings at Cocaque [sic, Cocagne?], N.B., during a very heavy gale of
wind from ESE, drifted on the North Bank, beat out her bottom, filled
with water and became a total wreck. Crew and materials saved.
Wooden ship Heywood, built Chester 1806, 430 tons. In LR 1809 owned Birch & Co trading Liverpool to Hayti. Armed: 18 9-pounders and 9 12-pounders. Registered Liverpool, owned Tobin from 1822, trading to Africa. Voyage Africa to Liverpool, sought shelter at Llanddwyn but driven ashore, 7 February 1846. later towed to Liverpool, much damaged.
[from Royal Cornwall Gazette - Saturday 11 June 1808]:
The ship Heywood, M'Intosh, from St. Domingo, has been detained and sent into
Jamaica by H. M. brig Phipps.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 11 June 1818]:
THE good Ship HEYWOOD, built at Chester, in 1806, under particular
inspection, and measuring, by register, 444 tons; her construction: two
flush decks, with long quarter deck and forecastle, quarter galleries,
and a man head; she was sheathed with heavy copper in Bengal a few
months since, from whence she has just discharged a large cargo in
excellent condition. Her Hull and Stores are in good order, so as to require
but trifles to fit her for sea. Now lying in the Export East India
Dock. ...
[from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 17 February 1846]:
Loss of the ship Heywood. On Saturday week the ship Heywood, Captain
Blacklock, of this port, bound hither from the coast of Africa, with a
valuable cargo of elephants' tusks, palm oil, &c., in a strong gale
from N.W. being in a leaky state and unable to weather Holyhead, put
about and made for Llandwyn, off which she came to anchor. The
violence of the gale, however, drove her a considerable distance, and
at length she struck on the spit of the North Bank. The Llandwyn and
Carnarvon lifeboats put out, and landed the whole of the crew. On
Wednesday an ineffectual attempt was made to tow the ship into
Carnarvon. On Thursday, the masts having been cut away, the attempt
was renewed by the Cambria and Erin-go-bragh steamers, and the vessel
having been got afloat, she was safely towed to anchorage off the new
pier. The whole cargo will be secured uninjured, and it is stated that
the ship will be sent round to Liverpool and sold.
[from Glasgow Courier - Thursday 02 April 1846]:
Caernarvon, March 29. The steam-tug Conqueror, which sank on the Swilly
Rocks, 26th inst., has been got off, and proceeded for Liverpool this
morning, with the ship Heywood in tow.
[rigging etc from ship Heywood for sale April 1846]
Wooden ship Mersey, built Chester 1806, 350 tons. Armed: 6 6-pounders, 18 9-pounders. Made one triangular, slave, voyage 1807-8. In LR to 1814. Owned Hays, for trade to Jamaica. Burnt at Port Royal, Jamaica, 15 March 1810. Not found in newspapers after that.
[from Star (London) - Friday 25 May 1810]:
The Mersey, from Liverpool was burnt in Port Royal, Jamaica, the 15th of March,
great part of her cargo onboard.
[from General Evening Post - Thursday 14 June 1810]:
The ship Mersey, Captain Jones, was burnt by accident at Port Royal,
the latter end of March, and the greater part of her cargo was consumed.
Wooden brig William, built Chester 1806, 86 tons. Initially owned Conolly for Dublin - Chester trade, later owned Moss & Co for same trade. In LR, by 1820 Liverpool - Dublin trade. In LR to 1826, 82 tons, owned by her master, William Elliott. Voyage Balbriggan to Workington, in ballast, ashore Wigtown Bay and wrecked, master lost, 4 crew saved, 20 December 1825.
[from Dublin Morning Register - Tuesday 03 January 1826]:
Shipwreck. The brig William of Workington, Wm Elliott, master, sailed
from Balbriggan, in Belfast [sic], on Sunday the 18th ult, homeward
bound. When off the point of Ayr, the wind blowing a severe gale from
the W.S.W., and carrying a press of canvass to gain the Cumberland
coast, the ballast shifted and the vessel lay on her beam ends. The
master and crew, in this perilous situation, at once cut away the
main-mast, which had the effect of righting the vessel; but the wind
veering to westward, and increasing to a perfect hurricane, they were
obliged to take in all canvass, and the brig becoming ungovernable,
she drifted along the coast, and ran ashore a little to southward of
Cruggleton Castle [south of Garlieston], in the Bay of Wigtown, at
seven o'clock on Tuesday morning the 20th ult. The place where the
vessel struck is a rugged wild coast; the precipices may be about
ninety feet high; and a cave is curiously formed by nature, into which
the bow of the vessel took its direct course. The stem [sic], with about
half of the ship, from the shock and awful force of the waves dashing
against the precipice, was literally severed from the bow, and,
lamentable to relate, the captain, an industrious deserving man, was
carried along with this part of the vessel, and sunk to rise no more.
He has left a wife and four children to lament his loss. The crew
consisted of four men, besides the master, three of whom, by clinging
to the cliffs of the rocks, and ascending a kind of rugged pathway (if
it deserved the name), soon escaped from their deplorable situation.
The fourth man was supposed by his ship-mates to have met the
lamentable fate of the captain. He was, however, most miraculously
saved. We saw the awful scene a few hours afterwards from the top of
the precipice, and it struck us most forcibly that a particular
superintending Providence must have saved the lives of the survivors,
as the place presented nothing but death in it most shocking form. The
vessel had on board one hundred pounds in silver, forty-five of which
has been picked up and secured. The Earl of Galloway, as soon as he
had heard of the wreck, gave orders for his work people and horses to
lend every assistance in saving the wreck; but all that has been
picked up will amount to little, except the cash, as every picee of
wood is so shockingly mangled. ...
Wooden vessel Caledonia, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1807. 446 tons, registered Liverpool 1807. Armed (20 guns). More history. Left Lima for Liverpool, 9 March 1846, leaky, returned, condemned.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 02 October 1807]:
Yesterday was launched from Messrs, Carson, Forbes, Cortney & Co.'s
yard, in this city, a beautiful large ship called the Caledonia, of
Glasgow. The morning was fine and the launch highly pleasing to a large
concourse of spectators.
[from Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette - Saturday 27 February 1808]:
The ship Olive Branch, Patridge, from London (one of the late
convoy), bound to Berbice, but captured by one of the Enemy's
privateers, and sent to Cayenne, has since been re-captured off that
River by the letter of Marque ship Caledonia, Thomas, from Cork,
arrived at Demerary. The Caledonia, on her voyage, also fell in with
and took possession of a Danish ship of considerable value, said to
have had £100,000, in specie, on board; but being waterlogged, was
abandoned, and soon after foundered.
Wooden ship Hope, built Chester 1807, 342 tons. Armed with 10 guns. Registered Greenock 1807, later traded London to Tobago. Then registered Bristol, owned Hunter, for trade to Miramichi. Voyage Miramichi to Britain, ashore on Egg Island, late 1831, and subsequently condemned and sold.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 22 June 1832]:
The Hope, Forsyth, bound England, which got on shore last fall on Egg
Island, has been condemned and advertised for sale.
[Hope, Forsyth arrived from Liverpool at Miramichi - reported 13 Dec 1831 at Liverpool]
Wooden schooner Telford, built Chester 1808. Registered Liverpool 1851, 36 tons. ON 25793. Registered Dublin from 1860 - 1885. Latterly 43 tons, owned Doyle, Arklow. Last newspaper report of a voyage seems to be 1874.
[from Freeman's Journal - Thursday 16 October 1862]:
BODY FOUND.-Yesterday the body of a sailor named Michael Kavanagh, of
the schooner Telford, of Arklow, was found floating in the river [Liffey]. The
deceased had been missing some days.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Thursday 02 July 1874]:
Sailed. From Runcorn, June 30. Telford 42 Cavannah, Arklow.
also reported [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 01 July 1874]:
Runcorn: Telford, 42, Skirt.
Wooden schooner Little Venus, built Chester 1807, 131 tons, registered Liverpool 1807. In LR 1809: Sr 131 tons, owned W Taylor, armed: 2 18-pounder and 6 9-pounders. Lost in River Plate - reported May 1810.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 27 February 1808]:
Liverpool. Sailed. Feb 24. Little Venus, Anderson, Madeira. [For Barbados]
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 26 May 1810]:
The Little Venus, Bamber, bound to Liverpool, is lost in the River
Plate.
[from Pilot (London) - Tuesday 29 May 1810]:
The chief part of the cargo of the Little Venus, bound to Liverpool,
stated to be lost in the River Plate, has been landed and sold.
Wooden ship Phoenix, built Chester 1807, 499 tons. in LR 1808-9, owned France & Fletcher, Liverpool, for trade to Jamaica. Reported June 1809 as lost at Jamaica.
[from Morning Advertiser - Monday 03 April 1809]:
The Phoenix, Leary, from Liverpool to Jamaica, was, in lat. 44. 12,
long. 16. 12, on the 14th of February, all well. The day before Captain
Leary had taken out the crew of a vessel, named St. Carlos, which was
sinking; on the 14th put them on board the Lively frigate.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 09 June 1809]:
The Phoenix, Leavy [sic, Leary], from Liverpool to Jamaica, is lost at Jamaica.
Wooden ship Ann, built Chester 1808. 226 tons, registered Whitehaven 1811. This information, from Craig's Book, is not confirmed by the online Cumbrian shipping register list, by LR or by newspapers. LR1809 does have Ann, Ship, 226 tons, built Chester 1792, owned Litt & Co, trading Liverpool to Africa.
Possibly relevant? [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 17 November 1810]:
BUILDING TIMBER, &c. &c. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, In lots suitable to
the purchasers, At Blackpool, on Wednesday the 21st November, 1810,
the sale to begin at nine o'clock in the morning; A Large QUANTITY of
TIMBER and SMALL WOOD, as taken from the HULL of the Ship ANN, of 400
tons burthen, lately stranded near Blackpool, and suitable for all
sorts of buildings, and husbandry use. A quantity of NORWAY DEALS will
be DISPOSED OF, by PRIVATE TREATY. Application to be made at Mr.
Bailey's Inn, in Blackpool.
Wooden brig/snow Fanny, built Chester 1808, 206 tons, armed. Reported registered London in 1814. Traded London to St Petersburg, owned Nelson. Last LR entry 1823, master Stonehouse. Then from 1826-7 with master Thompson. Note possible confusion with Fanny built 1812. Master Stonehouse: last report is voyage London to Elsinor and St Petersburg, departing 8 October 1822.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 09 September 1808]:
On Monday List, a galliott and a brig were launched from the yard of
Messrs, Cortney & Co, ship-builders. The brig was called the Fanny,
and belongs to a number of tradesmen in this city , and is intended
tor the coal-trade betwixt this port and Dublin. After the launch the
owners and their friends partook of a most elegant and sumptuous
dinner at the Blossoms inn, got up with peculiar taste and judgment by
Mrs. Hughes, after which, amongst other toasts, Success to the Fanny,
was drank in copious libations, and the evening spent with that
hilarity and good humour, which such an event could not fail to
inspire. [Galliott not identified]
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 10 January 1812]:
The remarkably fine brig FANNY, A. I. Wilson, Commander, burthen per
register 206 tons, built at Chester, in 1808, stands A I, coppered, and
armed with 12 long 9-pounders, This Vessel stows a large cargo, at
very small draft of water, and is suitable for any Trade her size may
suit; she is abundantly supplied with all descriptions of stores, and
could be sent to sea without any expence but a small quantity of
provisions: she is now discharging a cargo of sundries from Dublin, and
if not disposed of by the time she has completed it, she will be
employed on another voyage. She now lies at the Dublin Chain, and for
further particulars please apply to SANDERSON, BROTHERS, & Co.
[also for sale June 1814]
[from New Times (London) - Wednesday 02 January 1822]:
Reval. Dec.1. The Fanny, Thompson, from St. Petersburg for London, having
sprung her foremast and lost some sails, has put into this port to
refit, and will be ready in about a week. [Gravesend 9 January. arrived Fanny, Thompson, from
Petersburg]
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 30 July 1822]:
Petersburg. Arrived from. 6 July. Fanny, Stonehouse, London.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Monday 14 October 1822]:
??
London. Oct 8. Outward. Fanny, Stonehouse, for Elsinour and St Petersburgh.
[last newspaper mention of Fanny, master Stonehouse]
Wooden ship Nevis Planter, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1809 or earlier (reported registered at Liverpool 1808), 519 tons, one of the largest ships built by Courtney. Captured and burnt off Fayal by French frigate Astrea on 21 January 1810.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 22 May 1809]:
Arrived. At St Croix, Nevis Planter, Whittle. .. from Liverpool.
[from Star (London) - Tuesday 06 March 1810]:
The Nevis Planter, Capt. WHITTLE (a rich ship) from Poole to St Croix,
was burnt on the 21st of January, by the Astrea French frigate [privateer; off Fayal,
crew arrived at Terceira].
Wooden brig Spanish Patriot, built Chester 1808, 145 tons. Owned Henderson, Liverpool. Traded to Newfoundland, Brazil, Lisbon and Oporto. Armed - 12 guns. Voyage Oporto to Bristol, with wine, ashore near Boscastle and wrecked, 23 January 1824, crew saved.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 29 July 1808]:
Also, for Sale or Charter (the properly of the same Owner), the Brig
SPANISH PATRIOT, 160 tons burthen may be sent to sea at a few days notice.
[from Star (London) - Saturday 14 January 1809]:
GREENOCK, JANUARY 11. .... The
Ariadne, STEVENSON, from Demerara, spoke on the 25th Dec. the brig
Jane, SPENCER, of and to Poole, out three weeks from Newfoundland,
under jurymasts, lat. 50. 43. long. 23. 44.
December 28, at 3 P. M.
passed the wreck of a brig, with her bowsprit and part of her mainmast
standing, her quarter-deck off, and stern stove in, without any person
on board, apparently British built.
Jan. 1, spoke the brig Spanish Patriot,
HILL, 31 days from Lisbon, bound to Liverpool, short of provisions,
and supplied her.
[from Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 13 March 1809]:
FOR BAHIA, THE BRIG SPANISH PATRIOT, William Hill, Master, Burthen per
Register 142 Tons, eight Months old, Chester built, coppered and
Copper fastened, and armed with 12 Guns. A great Part of her Cargo is
already engaged, and she will be dispatched as speedily as possible.
For Freight or Passage apply to R. and A. HARRISON and LATHAM,
Liverpool
[from Bristol Mercury - Monday 25 January 1819]:
Ship News. Came in. ... the Spanish Patriot, Crideford, from Newfoundland.
[from British Press - Wednesday 28 January 1824]:
BOSCASTLE, Jan. 23. The Spanish Patriot, Donne, is to pieces: twenty
hogsheads and nine pipes of wine have been landed.
[another report: from Oporto to Bristol, master Down, crew saved
[from London Packet and New Lloyd's Evening Post - Friday 30 January 1824]:
Boscastle, Jan. 25. Twenty-five hogsheads and seventeen pipes of wine,
some full, others partly so; a few bags of shumack, and some cork,
have been landed from the Spanish Patriot, Doure. The hull, below the
bends, is entirely gone - some of her spars, rigging, and sails, have been
saved.
Wooden brig Hooton, built Chester 1808, circa 120 tons. Owned and registered at Drogheda. Traded to Liverpool. For sale 1841. Voyage Fleetwood to Porthmadog with coal, ashore at Porthdinllaen, 28 October 1843.
[from Drogheda Journal, or Meath & Louth Advertiser - Wednesday 12 November 1828]:
TO BE SOLD. ONE FOURTH OF THE BRIG HOOTON, OF DROGHEDA, 150 tons burden
on 9.5 feet of water.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 19 July 1841]:
For sale... the Brig HOOTON; 97 tons new, 114 tons old measurement;
lately had a thorough repair.
[from Drogheda Conservative Journal - Saturday 28 August 1841]:
SALE. ... On Board the Vessel, as she now lies moored at the CUSTOM-HOUSE QUAY,
DROGHEDA, The brig, HOOTON, 104 O.M, carries 104 Tons on light draft of
Water, and stands AE 1 at Lloyd's. This well known fast Sailing VESSEL has
lately undergone thorough and very costly repairs in the St. JAMES
DOCK YARD, is now admirably and abundantly supplied with Stores of every
description, her materials are mostly new, is admittedly one of the strongest
timbered Ships in the Port of Drogheda. ...
[from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 31 October 1843]:
Severe Gale... A Portynllaen there were nine vessels ashore on the beach: ...
The brig Hooton from Fleetwood for Portmadoc with coals (a complete wreck), ...
Wooden ship Lady Warburton, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1809. 377 tons. Voyage Jamaica to Liverpool, in convoy, missing after gale on 9 August 1815.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 February 1809]:
Last week a beautiful new ship, of 390 tons burthen, was launched
from the yard of Carson, Forbes, Cortney & Co, in this city. She is called
the Lady Warburton, intended for the South American trade, and is the
property of Henry Clarke, Esq. of Belmont, in this county.
[from Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 27 March 1809]:
FOR RIO JANEIRO, and will proceed to Monte Video, should it be open to
the British, THE new Ship, LADY WARBURTON, Allan Kennedy, Master,
Burthen 350 Tons, mounts 16 Guns, nine and twelve Pounders. ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 02 February 1811]:
THE fine Ship LADY WARBURTON, burthen per register 377 tons, has only
made two voyages to South America, carries very large cargo, is well
found, and may be sent to sea at very trifling expence; she was built at
Chester in 1809, and supposed to be as fine a Merchant Ship of her class
as any in the kingdom.
[from Royal Gazette of Jamaica - Saturday 26 February 1814]:
The following vessels of the fleet have arrived: At Port Morant, Ships Lady
Warburton, Rimmer, from Liverpool, and ....
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 20 October 1815]:
The following Ships which sailed from Jamaica 10th July, with the
Fleet under Convoy of HMS. Warrior, are still missing - ...
Lady Warburton, Rimmer, for Liverpool, ... [gale on 9th August]
Wooden ship Earl of Chester, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1809, 480 tons. For sale 1815 and seems to have been purchased (or chartered) by Danish owners, for trade Copenhagen to St Croix [then a Danish colony].
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 27 October 1809]:
The Launch of the Earl of Chester. Tuesday last, this large and
beautiful ship was launched by Messrs, Carson, Forbes, Cortney & Co,
for H. Clarke, Esq, of Belmont, in this county (brother to the present
Mayor of Liverpool). The day being uncommonly fine, great numbers were
attracted not only from the city but from distant parts of the county
to see this stately fabric of mechanic art move majestically to that
element where we hope she will be a source of wealth to the spirited
owner, and a credit to the builders. ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 29 October 1810]:
The remarkably fine Ship EARL OF CHESTER, burthen per register 470
tons, not one year old, built at Chester, of the very best materials,
coppered and copper-fastened, carries a large cargo, and sails
uncommonly fast, well adapted for the East or West India Trade, and
requires no outfit to send to sea, provisions excepted.
[from Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 23 September 1815]:
FOR SALE IN LONDON. The Ship EARL OF CHESTER, 470 tons register, built
at Chester in 1809. This ship is well calculated for the Jamaica trade,
or for the private trade to India.
[from New Times (London) - Thursday 24 November 1825]:
DARTMOUTH, Nov. The Danish ship, Earl of Chester, Kiergaard, from
Copenhagen for St. Croix, arrived off Torbay 9th inst. in a damaged
state; she took a pilot on board, but could not reach this harbour. On
the following day she was driven out of the channel, and on the 13th,
in lat. 45. 56. long. 11. 17., the pilot was put on board the Swedish
schooner, Thomas, from St. Ubes for Stockholm, and landed here last
night.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 07 November 1826]:
Whitstable. 4 Nov. The Earl of Chester, Kiergaard, from London to St.
Croix, has been brought in here with loss of two anchors and cables,
windlass broke, bitts damaged.
[last newspaper report: arriving Copenhagen from St Croix, master Hjorth, 24 July 1837]
Wooden ship John, built Chester 1809, 464 tons. armed: 20 9 and 12 pounders, by 1814 owned Popplewell, trading London to Jamaica. Wrecked 4 May 1855. More history.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 08 November 1811]:
THE remarkably fine Ship JOHN, built at Chester, 1809, under
particular inspection, for private use; admeasures per register 464
tons, copper fastened and coppered, armed with 20 12-pounders, with
figure head, and quarter galleries; a firm substantial-built vessel,
well adapted for the West India trade, in which she has been employed,
or any other where a vessel of her dimensions is required; sails fast,
and abundantly found in stores. Now lying in the West India Import
Dock.- for Inventories, &c. apply to URQUHART and HOPE, brokers,
Wooden ship Fortitude, built Chester 1809, 387 tons. Mainly traded London to Barbados. For sale 1843 at London, 381 tons. Registered London 49/1840, 90/1844, and 86/1850, all as 381 tons. LR from 1840 has the vessel built Chepstow - not Chester - a transcription error presumably. Voyage London to Quebec, lost on north side of PEI, 22 April 1851, crew saved.
[from Hull Advertiser - Saturday 03 October 1812]:
THE Ship FORTITUDE, Register 387 39-94 th tons; built at
Chester in 1809, coppered and copper-fastened, sails extremely fast,
carries a large Cargo, armed with 16 Guns and Small Arms, most
abundantly found in all kind of Stores, and may be sent to Sea at very
small expense. The Fortitude is very well adapted for the West India or
North American trades, for the Transport service, and for the
Greenland or Davis Straits Whale Fisheries. She was built under most
particular inspection, for private use, has a remarkably strong frame of
well seasoned timber, and is allowed to be a most superior Ship of her
class as belongs to Great Britain. Apply to Mr. Edward Ker,
Hull.
[from Barbadian - Wednesday 10 April 1833]:
For London, the ship Fortitude, J B Butcher, master, will sail on the 14th April.
[Arrived London 30 May 1833]
Captain Richard White, then John Fowle - latest reported arrival at Barbados June 1839 from London;
departing for London 24 June 1839, arriving 12 September.
Loading at London: Hobart Town; Fortitude, Fowle. Sailed 15 February 1840.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 16 November 1843]:
THE Ship FORTITUDE, 381 tons per register (O.M.) or thereabouts, built
at Chester in 1809, and is classed in Lloyd's Book AE 1 red; is
sheathed with yellow metal, and appears to be essentially
copper-fastened; has a raised quarter-deck, with good accommodation,
large inventory of stores, and is well adapted for general purposes.
J. Douglas, Master. Lying in the Eastern London Dock
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 06 June 1844]:
Falmouth: The ship Fortitude of London, dismasted, has put in here.
[Sailed for St Johns, N. B. 26 June, master Garbutt]
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 03 August 1849]:
Cleared outwards August 2. In Ballast. Quebec, Fortitude, Garbutt, 381 tons.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 27 May 1851]:
MIRAMICHI. May 6: The barque Fortitude, Garbutt, from London for
Quebec, was lost on the north side of Prince Edward Island, on the 22nd
April; crew saved; hull and materials sold for the benefit of all
concerned.
Wooden ship Nassau, built Chester 1809, 252 tons. Later owned Nevins, Waterford, for trade to America. Voyage Dublin to Quebec, wrecked 13 May 1826 on Sable Island.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Thursday 07 April 1814]:
For NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE. The Ship NASSAU, MARMADUKE SANDS,
Master; - Burthen per register 253 tons, and intended to sail
with the first West India convoy from Cork.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 05 February 1820]:
The good Ship NASSAU, A 1. 253 tons burthen, flush deck and figure
head; most carefully built at Chester of the best English oak, for the
owners particular use, and at an unusual expence, both as to the
quality of the materials and the finish; is coppered, completely
copper fastened, and deck copper-nailed. The cabin, which is fitted
with mahogany, affords good accommodation; she is altogether a handy,
strong, desirable vessel for any trade her size may suit. Her stores
are good, and she may be sent to sea immediately, with the expence of
provisions only. Lying at Irongate. For further particulars apply to
Messrs. JOHN NEVINS and Co. ...
[from Saunders's News-Letter - Saturday 21 September 1822]:
On Monday, about noon, the body of Mr. Moses Devereux, who was drowned
the preceding Sunday week, noticed in several of our late numbers, was
found a little north of Ballyhack. It is worthy of remark, that the
ship Nassau, Grossard, then off Ballyhack, but since sailed for St. Andrew's,
N. B., fired three discharges of cannon with a view of bringing the
body, naturally supposed to be approaching towards buoyancy, and
likely to be hastened up by a concussion produced in the water. We
pronounce not upon the connection cause and effect. We know that
intelligent persons deny that such connection existed in this case.
But we feel a sort of duty to state what occurred, and to add that,
about five minutes after the firing, the body rose to the surface,
near to where the firing took place.
[from Waterford Mail - Wednesday 21 April 1824]:
Sailed 16th. Nassau, Grossard, Quebec, white salt,
[from London Packet and New Lloyd's Evening Post - Friday 14 July 1826]:
The account of the loss of the Nassau, Kenny, from Dublin to Quebec,
on Sable Island [sic: Cape Sable Island], on the 13th of May, is confirmed by the Halifax
Papers just received.
Wooden ship Charles Mills, built Cortney, Chester, 1809, 580tons. East-indiaman. Armed: 4 9-pounders; 10 18-pounder carronades. Voyage from Bengal, foundered in a storm, 19 May 1822, 7 survivors, 66 crew and passengers lost. More history.
[from Durham County Advertiser - Saturday 07 December 1822]:
LOSS OF THE CHARLES MILLS INDIAMAN. CALCUTTA, JUNE 2. We have
received here, through the medium of a French vessel from Mauritius,
the full particulars the melancholy loss of the Charles Mills, East
Indiamnan. The above vessel has also brought the survivors of the
unfortunate crew, consisting of the Captain, Second Officer, Gunner, three
men, and a boy. From one of these we learn the particulars of the dreadful
event, which has consigned our fellow creatures to an untimely grave. It
appears that on her passage on the 17th May, the Charles Mills met
with a severe gale, which increased towards night to a complete
hurricane, the wind alternately blowing from all quarters. On the 18th the
gale still continued with unabated fury, and the whole of the crew
were incessantly employed at the pumps, being with difficulty able to
keep the vessel above water. On the 19th, the hurricane appeared to
increase in violence, and the wind blowing from all points of the compass,
rendered the ship totally unmanageable. Several of the crew, who were
completely exhausted, were washed overboard by the tremendous waves which
swept over the deck, and the survivors were so exhausted that it was
with great difficulty they could be mustered to keep the pumps going. On the
following morning, the tempest not having undergone the least abatement,
all hope of saving the vessel began to be abandoned and despair took
possession of the seamen, who saw nothing but the prospect of death
before them. At little after seven, the boats were hoisted out, all of
which, with the exception of one, were swamped. The Captain, and the survivors
mentioned above, hastily got into the boat, and at that minute the
Charles Mills foundered, carrying with her Mr Bell, the Chief Officer,
and sixty-five persons. The last time the above unfortunate gentleman
was seen, was a few minutes before her sinking, when was standing
towards the stern. The catastrophe occurred so suddenly, that none of the
crew, with the exception of those in the boat, could make any effort for their
preservation. At the time of her sinking, the Charles Mills was in lat 15.
N. and long. 85. 30. E. The survivors in the boat suffered hardships, being
six days without meeting with any vessel, and although in the middle
of the fifth day they made land, yet the surf ran so heavy that they were
unable to approach, being in dread of the boat being overset. On the
morning of the sixth day they discovered a sail, which they made
towards. She proved to be the French brig Scythe, bound from Mauritius,
on board which ship they were immediately received, and treated with
every possible attention and kindness, and conveyed to Kedgeree, to
which place the vessel was proceeding.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 25 January 1811]:
GENERAL CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. THE remarkable Occurrences In 1810. ...
4 Jan. A vessel of 340
tons burthen, launched from Messrs. Carson & Co.'s yard, Chester. [May]
1 Aug. The Harriet and Maria Crowther, launched from Mr Cortney's
yard in Chester.
Wooden ship May, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1810, 340 tons, owned William Forbes. In LR 1811: 299 tons, owned Forbes, built Chester 1810. Registered Liverpool 306/1847, 364 tons. Later LR reports build 1811, snow rig, also tonnage 364. Traded to West Indies, St Lawrence, Africa, Bombay, Nova Scotia. Voyage Liverpool to Sydney, Cape Breton Island, arriving June 1848 - no further reports of voyages, so possibly used as a hulk.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 05 January 1810]:
Yesterday morning, a fine new vessel, of 340 tons, the property of William
Forbes, Esq. built by Messrs. Carson, Forbes, Cortney, and Co. of this
city, was led to the Deva, as her introduction to old Ocean; which, it is to
be hoped, will behold her with a parental and propitious eye. A large concourse of
people attended, and enjoyed this ceremony; ...
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 June 1810]:
Liverpool. The May, Ferguson, from hence at St. Thomas.
[from Lancaster Gazette - 28 July 1810]:
The May, Ferguson, was run foul of on Wednesday night, by an American
vessel in the river, and damaged.
[from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 17 June 1848]:
May, Dobie, hence at Sydney, C.B. [Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; sailed from Liverpool April 11]
Wooden brig Maria Crowther, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1810, 130 tons. By 1815 trading Liverpool to Oporto, owned Crowther. Voyage Whitehaven to Dublin with coal, ashore and wrecked at Laxey, 7-11-1837.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 01 September 1820]:
Wants only a few packages and will sail immediately.
For NAPLES, PALERMO, and MESSINA, With liberty to forward Goods from
Naples to Messina, at the Ship's Expence for Freight only, and Shippers
Risk. THE new, fine, fast-sailing, Coppered Brig, MARIA CROWTHER, A 1,
Thomas Walsh Commander. Lying off the Tower. Burthen 130 tons. For Freight or
Passage apply to R. and H. RICHARDSON,...
Link to poet Keats: [from here]
Some may have wondered about the fate of the Maria Crowther, the brig
that took John Keats and Joseph Severn to Naples in September 1820.
The Maria Crowther, a single-decked, 130 ton, two-masted brig, was
built in 1810 in Chester. She was a cargo vessel plying in her early
years mainly between London and Naples, though her first registered
voyage with Lloyd's in 1811 was between Dublin and Norwegian ports.
After 1824 her voyages were more limited, mainly to Wales and the
west coast of Ireland. .....
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 17 November 1837]:
RAMSEY, November 11. The Maria Crowther, Daws, from Whitehaven, ran on shore near
Laxey, on the 7th instant, and fills with the tide.
From IOM heritage records:
On Tuesday 7th November 1837 at
about 3.00 a.m., during a very thick fog, the Maria Crowther, Captain
Robert Dawes, master, coal laden and bound from Whitehaven for Dublin,
got ashore on rocks near Laxey. The crew was saved. .. Later broke up. [site
east of entrance to Laxey; owned Whitehaven]
Wooden brig Harriet, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1810, 130 tons. By 1815 trading Liverpool to Oporto, owned Hyde. Voyage Aux Cayes to Cowes, departing 20 August 1827, posted missing.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 03 August 1810]:
Wednesday last, about twelve o'clock, two elegant small brigs were
launched from the yard of Messrs. Carson, Forbes. & Cortney, in this
city, called the Harriet and Maria Crowther, they are intended for the
Irish trade, about 160 tons each.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 22 October 1819]:
First Vessel FOR HAVANNA DIRECT, The fine A 1 Chester-built Brig
HARRIET, CAPT. Wm. JOHN ALEXANDER; burthen per register 130
tons; most part of her cargo being ready to go on board, she will be
despatched immediately. For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on
board, Old Dock; ...
[from London Packet and New Lloyd's Evening Post - Wednesday 28 March 1827]:
Carthagena de Colombia, Feb.2. The Harriet, Million, which sailed on the
22d ult. from [sic for?] Liverpool, sprang a leak a few hours after leaving the
harbour, and was obliged to put back - part of the cargo has been discharged
with very trifling damage, and she is again ready to proceed.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 12 November 1827]:
Harriet, Millions, sailed from Aux Cayes, for Cowes, 20th August, and has not since been heard of.
[arrived Aux Cayes, 14 June]
Wooden brig Hope, built Troughton, Chester, 1810, 161 tons, by 1815 owned Thompson, trading Liverpool to Barbados. Registered Belfast 1844, ON 8093. For sale at Maryport 1842. Registered Maryport 1859-1873, owned Hine, 136 tons. Voyage Maryport to Swansea with pig iron, Captain Patterson, departed 29 January 1873, and posted missing. All 5 crew lost.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 25 January 1811]:
15 Sept. 1810. Launch of the Hope from Mr Troughton's yard, Chester.
[from Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 22 December 1812]:
For Rio de Janeiro. THE FINE BRIG HOPE, JOHN GILL, MASTER. BURTHEN per
Register, 161 Tons, Chester built, only two years old, coppered and
copper fastened, well armed, and in every respect the most eligible
Vessel on the the birth for dry goods, now lying in the Salt-house
Dock. For freight apply Mr. William Thomson, jun. Manchester, ....
[armed 8 6-pound carronades]
[from Whitehaven News - Thursday 09 February 1871]:
Maryport Captain Drowned at Queenstown. Intelligence has been received at Maryport
announcing the accidental death drowning of Captain Fearon, of that
place, at Queenstown. Captain Fearon was the commander of the brig
Hope, of Maryport. The brig was lying in Queenstown Harbour on
Wednesday, when another vessel came in collision with her, and Captain
Fearon, who was standing at the side of the Hope, fell overboard in
consequence of the force with which the vessels struck each other. His
body was recovered on Thursday.
[from South Wales Daily News - Saturday 12 April 1873]:
MISSING VESSEL. The Hope, of Maryport, official No. 8,093, sailed from
Maryport on the 29th January last, with pig iron, for Swansea, and has
not since been heard of.
Wooden flat Flint, built Bagillt 1810. 59 tons. For sale 1813. Registered Chester 38/1836, 43 tons. Not in MNL. Possibly lost off Pestatyn.
Wooden galliot/schooner Margaret, built Bagillt 1811. 62 tons. For sale 1813. A very common name.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 05 March 1813]:
Sale... THE UNDERMENTIONED VESSELS, VIZ.
THE NEW GALLIOT MARGARET,
burthen about 85 Tons, built by the present owners, is extremely well
found, and in every respect a very complete Vessel.
THE FLAT
FLINT, burthen about 65 Tons, built by the present owners, about two
years ago, is remarkably strong, and very suitable for the River, or
coasting trade. For particulars, apply to Mr. Humphreys, at the
Bagillt Coal Co.'s Yard, Chester, or at the Colliery, near Holywell.
Wooden brig Minerva, built Chester 1810, 210 tons. Owned Cheese Co, armed (10 9-pounders), trading Liverpool to London. In LR to 1820. Voyage Liverpool to London, with cheese, lost on Goodwin Sands, 3 March 1820.
[from Morning Chronicle - Saturday 06 February 1819]:
Deal Feb 4. Arrived... Minerva, Bridson, from Chester, ...
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 12 March 1820]:
FRIDAY, MARCH 10. It is feared that the Minerva, Bridson, from Liverpool to London
was lost at the Goodwin Sands during the late gales, part of the stern of a vessel
with "Minerva of London" on it, and a quantity of broken cheese, having been taken
up at Kingsdown and vicinty. [reported lost 3 March, no survivors]
Wooden ship Henry Mills, built Chester 1810. 540 tons. Not found in LR or newspapers, so probably renamed. Launched November 1810. Possibly vessel advertised (no name) in December 1810. In turn, possibly Vere (see below).
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 25 January 1811]:
Report of 1810 events: 26 Nov. 1810. The Henry Mills, 540 tons burthen, launched from Mr Cortney's
Dock-yard, Chester.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 12 December 1810]:
A New Ship at Chester, built for private use, and under particular inspection, ready for
launching, and of the following dimensions; length aloft 125 feet, breadth
32 feet 10; depth of hold 20 feet 7; register measurement about 580 tons;
she has two flush decks, a figure-head, quarter galleries, and ports
for guns; is copper-fastened, and her upper deck is copper nailed. She is
well calculated for the East or West India Trade, or any other for
which her dimensions are suitable. Apply to the Owners, John Carson & Co, Liverpool...
[possibly Vere]
Wooden ship Vere, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1811. 461 tons. By 1828 owned Fletcher, trading London to Jamaica. More history. Voyage Poole to St John, NB., ashore in snowstorm, Head Harbour Point, Campbell's Islands [sic Campobello?], New Brunswick, on 29 March 1843, crew saved. Refloated and condemned.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 01 February 1811]:
On Saturday last, was launched from the yard of Carson, Forbes, Cortney, & Co
of this city for Messrs France, Fletcher, Yates & Co, of Liverpool, a
beautiful ship called the Vere, burthen 460 tons; she is intended, we hear,
for the West India trade.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 08 April 1825]:
For SALE or CHARTER. THE fine Ship VERE, 461 tons per register, built at
Chester, of the very best materials, and under particular inspection;
is remarkably strong, abundantly found in stores, has good height
between decks, and is well adapted for the East or West India Trades;
is now discharging a cargo in the West India Dock. - Allen, Commander.
For Inventories and further particulars apply RICHARDSON and FORBES, ...
Painting by Samuel Walters: The Barque Vere In Heavy Seas In A Night Gale Off The South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey, 1833.
[from Sun (London) - Wednesday 17 May 1843]:
SHIPWRECK OF THIRTY-SIX VESSELS. By the Britannia steamer, from New
York, which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday last, accounts have been
received at Lloyd's of the total loss of 36 vessels, several of which
were fine packet ships, laden with cargoes of merchandise and other
valuable property, and many lives are supposed to have perished. ....
In addition to the above awful catalogue of disasters, we regret to
announce the loss of the barque Vere, belonging to Poole, Captain
Badcock, 460 tons burden; she was on a voyage to New Brunswick, and
her wreck occurred during a heavy snow storm on the 29th of March, on
Campbell's Islands; her crew were saved.
[at Herd [sic Head] Harbour Point, refloated and beached - condemned]
Wooden cutter/schooner Douglas, built Carson, Forbes, Cortney, Chester, 1811, 100 tons, 60.9 x 17.4 x 10.5 ft, owned Burrow & Fleetwood, for trade from Liverpool to Douglas, Isle of Man. For sale at Douglas 1854, following death of Captain John Clucas. Later described as schooner of 83 tons.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 30 July 1811]:
Yesterday week, a remarkably fine cutter, called the Douglas,
burthen 100 tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Carson,
Forbes, Cortney & Co. of this city, for Messrs Burrow and Fleetwood, Liverpool.
We understand this vessel is intended as a packet and trader from that port
to Douglas, in the Isle of Man.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 06 August 1811]:
NEW CUTTER, DOUGLAS, QUAYLE master. Launched by Messrs. CARSON, FORBES, CORTNEY,
and CO. of this City, will sail from Parkgate direct to Douglas, Isle of
Man, (tomorrow) Wednesday, the 7th August, at Twelve o'clock, and in future will
sail as a regular Packet between Douglas and Liverpool.
[From IOM Hertage]:
The Douglas, Captain Moore, master, was bound from Liverpool for
Newcastle, laden with a cargo of salt, when she went aground on the
South Shore, Ramsey on Friday 20th March 1857 during a thick fog and
force five southeast wind. The crew of five men were saved. During the
following couple of days following her grounding she became a total
wreck. The vessel was valued at £300 and the cargo at £35.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 09 August 1811]:
NOTICE. All persons having any demands against the company, CARSON,
FORBES, CORTNEY & CO, Ship-builders, in this city, are requested to
send an account thereof to Mr. Cortney, and those who are indebted to
them, are desired to pay the same to him, the term of their
partnership being about to expire.
Wooden ketch Cornist, built Chester 1811, 40 tons. Owned Red Wharf Bay 1836, registered Beaumaris 199/1836. In MNL as ON11624, More history. Latterly registered Barnstaple. RCUS reports the wreck. Voyage Barnstaple to Newport, in ballast, foundered 10 October 1872, near Morte Stone, crew of 3 all lost.
[from Ilfracombe Chronicle - Saturday 12 October 1872]:
THE GALE ON THURSDAY. WRECK IN MORTE BAY - LOSS OF ALL HANDS. We
regret to have to record the loss of the Cornist of Barnstaple in
Morte Bay on Thursday night. Full particulars received not yet been
received, but the pilot boat No 39 which put into Ilfracombe Harbour
on Thursday evening reports having seen a disabled dandy with her
mainsail gone near Morte Stone on Thursday afternoon when a terrific
gale was blowing and it is supposed that this was the unfortunate
Cornist. The Cornist is well known at Ilfracombe. Her master at the
time of her loss was Captain Isaac. She was in ballast bound for
Newport. Portions of the wreck have been washed up on Woolacombe
sands.
Wooden brig Alice & Amelia, built Chester 1811, 106tons; Traded Liverpool to Dundalk. Owned Dundalk, registered Liverpool. Voyage Dublin to Liverpool, ashore at Cemlyn Point, with grain, 27 February 1827, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 05 March 1827]:
[Liverpool 28 Feb.] The Alice and Amelia, Prichard, from Dublin for this port, with
grain, is on shore on Cremlyn Point[sic, Cemlyn?]. Crew saved. It was supposed the
vessel would be a total wreck, but that part of her cargo would be
saved.
Wooden vessels Unknown, built Cortney, Chester 1812.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 April 1812]:
ON SALE, now on the Stocks, at Mr, Cortney's Dock Yard, Chester, TWO
REMARKABLY FINE SHIPS, AND A BRIG.
ONE of the ships is 113 feet in length,
31 feet beam per register, depth 21 feet, and measures 470 tons, or
thereabouts. She has a high quarter deck, 54 feet long, and is pierced
for 22 guns. May be launched in June next.
A ship, 107 feet aloft, 30 feel 9 inches
beam per register, depth 21 feet, and measures 410 tons, or
thereabouts. She is also pierced for 22 and is well calculated for bulky cargo.
May be launched in July.
The brig is 74 feet 5 inches in length, 20 feet 10 inches
breadth, 11 feet deep, and measures 140 tons, or thereabouts; will
carry about 200 tons, drawing 10 feet water, and is very well calculated
for the Irish or coasting trade. May be launched in a fortnight.
[brig possibly Horby or Fanny - see below]
W. Cortney, late
partner to the firm of Carson, Forbes, Cortney & Co. respectfully
informs the shipping and mercantile interests, in general, that the
business is now carried on the same excellent style as heretofore; and
assures them, that the orders he may receive, will be attended with that
punctuality and dispatch, which has ever characterized the
concern. ...
Wooden brig Hornby, built Chester, 1812, 241 tons. possibly one of the above, built Cortney. More history Voyage Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro, struck Great Orme's Head and wrecked 2 January 1824, 14 lost, 1 saved.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 21 November 1817]:
For KINGSTON, JAMAICA, To sail the 25th November, The well
known Chester-built Brig HORNBY, W. CORKINDALE, Master;
Newly coppered, and A 1. - For freight or passage apply to John
Garnett, Esq.
[from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Wednesday 14 January 1824]:
The brig Hornby, Captain Wade, of 180 tons, on the 27th Dec. sailed
from Liverpool for the Brazils, loaded with bale goods, and
encountered heavy gales of wind; on the morning of Friday, 2d Jan., she
came on shore at Orme's Head, about 5 AM, the vessel went to pieces, and no
part of her cargo is likely to be saved; all on board perished,
excepting John Williams, say 15, including the Captain and two
passengers, two brothers belonging to Liverpool, of the name of Owens.
Wooden brig Fanny, built Chester 1812, 177 tons, possibly one of the above, built Cortney. By 1820 LR lists trading London to Riga and Elsinor, owned Farquhar (or Falcon), master Anderson, then Corby. However Fanny, built Chester 1808, was engaged in a similar trade. In LR until 1826uw. Last newspaper report of Fanny, master Corby, is 1820, arriving St Petersburg from London, reported 12 September.
[from New Times (London) - Wednesday 13 September 1820]:
Arrived at Petersburg, Fanny, Corby, from London
[from New Times (London) - Thursday 09 November 1820]:
Custom House. Cleared inwards: Fanny arrived from Petersburg.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 11 June 1813]:
The two sloops of war now building by Mr. Cortney, at his yard, this
city, to be called the Levant and Cyrus, pierced for 24 guns
(32-pounders carronades) will be launched in August next, together
with one of the beautiful ships adjoining. The other, a vessel about
500 tons is not yet disposed of. The keels of two corvettes (the
Mersey and the Eden) are just laid down.
Image of HMS Levant:
Wooden ship Clarendon, built Cortney, Chester, 1813, 434 tons. Registered Liverpool, trading to Jamaica. Later registered Leith - used for whaling in Davis Straits, for voyages to Australia, then voyage Miramichi to Britain, with timber, wrecked on Fetlar, Shetlands, 19 December 1847, crew and passenger saved.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 31 August 1813]:
On Saturday, a very fine vessel, called the Clarendon, was launched
from the same yard; she descended into the bosom of the Dee, about a
quarter before one o'clock, in the presence of immense number of
spectators, who departed highly gratified at having beheld the
pleasing spectacle.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 28 July 1826]:
THE fine well-known Ship CLARENDON, Corkill Master, burthen per register 434 tons,
built Chester 1813 under inspection, and with the best materials. Last
year she underwent the most thorough repairs, having received an
entirely new deck, waterways, topsides, &c. Copper-fastened, and has
run two voyages upon the present sheathing; sails well, and stows a
very large cargo. Now lying at Liverpool in No. 1, Graving-dock. For
Inventories and other Particulars apply to Captain CORKILL, on board,
Messrs. FLETCHER, YATES, & Co., ...
[from The Pilot - Wednesday 16 October 1833]:
The ship Clarendon, of Leith, arrived off this port this evening, from
Davis Straits, the captain of which sent on shore a note to one of our
whale shipowners, stating that Captain Ross and his crew were (with
the exception of three who died) on board the British ships at that
fishing, having been obliged to abandon their vessel. Captain Ross was
on board the Isabella, of Hull, in which vessel he is to return home,
Nothing is said in what manner they got to the British ships or
otherwise.
[from Glasgow Courier - Tuesday 12 March 1844]:
AT LEITH, FOR PORT-PHILIP AND SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE
BRITISH-BUILT SHIP CLARENDON, 431 tons register, J. B. Grant,
Commander, Is now loading, and will have despatch, - Her Poop
accommodation is of the first order; and very airy between Decks for
Steerage Passengers. An experienced Surgeon will be on board. ...
[arrived 28 Oct 1844]
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 14 January 1848]:
Lerwick. The ship Clarendon, McFalane, of Leith, from Miramichi, with cargo of
timber, was wrecked at Tresta, island of Fetlar, on the 19th ult.; the
crew, twenty to number, and one passenger saved, together with the
cargo. The mate, and eight of the crew and the passenger, arrived here
on the 25th. to take passage in the Matchless. The cargo saved is much
damaged. The Clarendon lost her rudder in Sumburgh Roust [sic: Roost, tide race south
of Sumburgh Head] 17th.
[Tresta is a beach on S side of Fetlar]
Wooden brig Three Brothers, built Chester 1812, 115 tons. Initially owned Dixon of Chester for trade to Newfoundland. Later trading Dublin to Liverpool and then, registered Ipswich, on east coast coal run. Voyage Ipswich to Newcastle, in ballast, presumed lost in a gale off the Humber, 4[?] February 1832, crew of 5 all lost.
[from Suffolk Chronicle - Saturday 26 December 1835]:
Ipswich, Arrived, Three Brothers, Mann, Newcastle.
[from Ipswich Journal - Saturday 27 February 1836]:
THE LATE HEAVY GALES. - We continue to receive accounts of the damage
done during the awful gales of Wednesday week. Off Lowestoft, we are
told, 120 anchors have been picked up since that period, which is an
evidence of very serious damage done to the shipping along our coast.
Of the vessels belonging to this port (Ipswich), we have the following
report:- ... We regret to add, that very serious apprehensions are
entertained for the brig, Three Brothers, of this port, James Mann,
master; she was on her passage to the North, in ballast, for a cargo
of coals, and was seen off the Humber on the Tuesday night when the
gale came on, and has not (we understand) been seen or heard of since.
If our fears be realized, we shall have to deplore the loss of her
crew, consisting of James Mann, captain, John Hare, mate, two seamen
and a lad, all belonging to this place: the master, mate and one of
the men have left widows and 14 children. As is usual in these cases,
none of the widows and orphans are provided for. The vessel was the
property of Mr Gibson Mann, James Mann, and others.
[from Suffolk Chronicle - Saturday 31 December 1836]:
February 4th. Dreadful gale from NE., Suffolk Coast strewed with wrecks, and many
lives lost. The Brig, Three Brothers, of Ipswich, with crew of 5
hands; and the Schooner, Clifton, also with crew of 5 hands, foundered
during the storm. The unfortunate crews left 6 widows and 25 children
totally destitute.
Wooden brig Highfield, built Chester 1812. Registered Liverpool 137/1842. 142 tons. In LR 1818 as Hifield, owned Dale for Liverpool Dublin trade. In LR 1841 when for sale. Also in LR 1843, owned Ben, trading to Africa, but not 1844. Marwood 1854 quotes owner John Stockdale. Not found in MNL.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 31 May 1841]:
The AE Brig HIGHFIELD; 142 tons; built at Chester; rebuilt and
thoroughly fastened in Liverpool two years ago, and recently coppered
to the hounds, stows a large and heavy cargo at 12 ft water, is in
perfect order, and may be seen in Victoria Dock.
Wooden ship John Shand, built Cortney, Chester, 1813, 480 tons. Owned Fletcher & Co. by 1828. Trading London to Jamaica. Hurricane: abandoned before 18th August 1830, 27 crew and passengers saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 17 September 1813]:
Monday last, about a quarter before one, the John Shand, a fine ship
of about 470 tons burthen (measurement), was launched from Mr. Cortney's
yard, in this city, in the presence of a vast number of spectators, it
is intended for the West India trade. ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 24 October 1828]:
THE Ship JOHN SHAND, 489 tons register measurement, built Chester
1813, sheathed with wood and copper, and well-known in the Jamaica
trade, as a most desirable ship in every respect. Her stores are good
and abundant, and the hull in excellent order. Lying in the West India
Dock.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 27 September 1830]:
Mary, Porter, from Havannah, put back to Charleston. She picked up the
long-boat of the ship John Shand, on the 18th ult., with the crew and
passengers, 27 in number. The John Shand was abandoned at sea.
[from Morning Advertiser - Saturday 25 September 1830]:
The following ships, from Jamaica, not yet arrived, were in company
with the John Shand a day or two before the hurricane commenced -
Tullock Castle, Kingston, and Bath, for London; Lady Canning, for
Liverpool; General Wolf, for the Clyde; the Nymph for Belfast; and six
others, names unknown.
Wooden ship/brig Dee, built Chester 1813, 316 tons. Voyage Liverpool to Charleston, lost 24 December 1820, 20 miles south of Charleston LH, crew saved.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 05 October 1814]:
THE fine Brig DEE, Samuel Prenton, late Master, burthen per Register
316 tons, built at Chester last year, copper-fastened, and sheathed
with heavy copper only nine months since; she is remarkably stout
burthensome Vessel, well found in good stores, and suitable for the
West India or any Trade to which her size may be adapted; now in the West
India Import Dock, discharging a cargo from Havannah. Inventories and
further Particulars may had from the Captain on board; ...
[from Star (London) - Tuesday 30 January 1821]:
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28. The Dee, Dixon, from Liverpool to Charleston,
was totally lost on the 24th December, twenty miles to the southward
of Charleston Light-house. The crew, four boxes of specie, and the
letter-bag saved.
[from Commercial Chronicle (London) - Thursday 08 March 1821]:
CHARLESTON (AMERICA) PAPERS. Courier of Jan 22. .... It is a
singular fact, that this is the third vessel from Europe consigned to
the same address, which has been wrecked near to the port of
destination, within the last three weeks, viz: British brig Dee, from
Liverpool; Norwegian brig, Minerva, from Rouen; and Hamburgh ship,
Krone, from Havre.
Wooden brig Lisbon (also Lisbon Packet), built Chester 1813, 118 tons. Owned Heyworth, Liverpool. Traded to Mediterranean and Brazil. Later owned Adam, Aberdeen. Voyage Archangel to Aberdeen, stranded on Smolen [possibly Norwegian Island Smøla] on 4 December 1847, wrecked, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 19 February 1813]:
For Lisbon, The Beautiful New Brig, LISBON PACKET, Chester built,
copper fastened, and first voyage; burthen 123 tons per register,
laying in the Old Dock, a considerable part of her cargo being
engaged, she will be dispatched without delay. For freight or passage
(having good accommodations) apply to the Captain on board, or ORMEROD
HEYWORTH, ....
[from Glasgow Courier - Saturday 01 January 1848]:
Christiania, Dec. 14. The Lisbon Packet, of and bound to Aberdeen, from
Archangel, was stranded on Smolen, 4th inst and wrecked; crew saved; cargo
and materials landed.
Wooden galliot Clwyd, built Chester 1813, 101 tons. Traded Liverpool to Dublin, then from Wexford. Wrecked 7 -12-1828 at Dunmore when driven from moorings.
[from Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 13 December 1828]:
On Sunday morning, at three o'clock, during the gale, the schooner
Clwyd, of Wexford, Carle, master, was driven from her moorings in
Dunmore harbour, and totally lost, crew saved.
Wooden brig Amity, built Chester 1813, 191 tons. Owned Richardson, trading Liverpool to St Petersburg, then Brazil. By 1840 registered Whitehaven 27/1839, 188 tons. The storm in October 1850 caused the total loss of Amity, with some wreckage coming ashore on Anglesey.
[from Barbados Mercury and Bridge-town Gazette - Saturday 29 May 1824]:
FOR LIVERPOOL, THE Brig AMITY, N. VAUGHAN, Master, will sail on the 22nd Instant.
For Freight or Passage apply to HAYNES, LEE, & Co.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 24 May 1830]:
For PERNAMBUCO, The fine Chester-built Brig AMITY, 188 tons burthen per register, ...
[from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 15 October 1833]:
The brig Amity, which sailed from Liverpool for Pernambuco on the 10th
June, had not arrived out up to the 22d of August. [Captain Mather,
arrived back at Liverpool December 7]
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 15 October 1850]:
Beaumaris, 14th Oct. A cask of wine, marked, J HOPP. y No. 55, has been
picked up & landed here, and also one in Red Wharf Bay, marks not
known; and the fragment of a ship's long boat has been cast on shore near
Amlwch, marked Amity, of Whitehaven, on her stern. [also marked David Barrowdale]
[18 March 1850, Amity 188 tons was loading at Liverpool for Pugwash]
Wooden packet Countess Liverpool [also Countess of Liverpool], built Cortney, Chester, 1814, 90 tons. For use as a Holyhead - Dublin passenger packet, Captain Davies. When the Post Office introduced steam packets on this service in 1820, the sailing packets were redundant there and moved to other stations. Countess of Liverpool was registered at Dover 5/1839, 90 tons, subsequently at Yarmouth 77/1853 as 89 tons, then Newcastle 20/1854. She was lost 6 February 1856 on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle, with salt, on Carthure Rocks, Port St Mary, 4 crew saved, two lost. More history. See also Isle of Man heritage site for more details of wreck. Note that a brig of 132 tons called the Countess of Liverpool, was built at Maryport in 1824, she sank on the Skerries in January 1828, but was refloated and repaired.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 June 1814]:
Friday last, a fine new packet, for Capt. Davies, of the Holyhead
station, called the Countess Liverpool, was launched from Mr. Cortney's in
this city. It is one of the most beautiful vessels ever built, and
does great credit to Mr. Cortney's professional skill. The carvings are
fitted up with much taste.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 13 March 1818]:
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD The Countess Liverpool Packet.
On the 2d inst. she sailed from Holyhead with about 20 passengers, among
whom were Sir Wm. Roberts, Sir N. Colthurst M. P., Colonel Odell, M.
P., Major Vereker, M. P., Colonel Pepper, &c. She sailed at 11 a.m.; at
half-past 12 it blew a gale, and at half-past one a hurricane, which
continued until eight. About this time vivid lightning came on, with
peals of thunder, and a black compact cloud descended on the mast and
opened with a dreadful explosion and a large ball of fire issued
from it, took a diagonal direction, and sunk in the sea within forty yards
of the packet, throwing up the water to the height of forty
feet! Five out of seven of the crew that were on deck were knocked down, but
afterwards recovered. Part of the ball entered the cabin, and struck a
dog which lay at the stove. The wind, after this, became more
moderate.
[from Morning Post - Saturday 22 June 1822]:
WEYMOUTH, June 19. On Monday last arrived the Countess of Liverpool,
Post-office packet, R. White master, with mails and passengers from
the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The Tide Surveyor and his boat's
crew, in searching the above vessel, found concealed in the cable
tier, 40lbs. of tobacco, in consequence of which the packet is
detained, and the mate, steward, and six of the crew besides, are
committed to Dorchester gaol.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Wednesday 13 February 1856]:
SHIPWRECK AT PORT ST. MARY. - On Wednesday evening the schooner
Countess of Liverpool, Alexander Sidney, master, laden with salt for
Newcastle, was put on shore in Port St. Mary bay, and in a short time
became a total wreck. She left Liverpool on Tuesday morning, and
encountered a gale of wind when between Point Lynas and the Calf of
Man. During the night orders were given to take in the remaining
sails. The men, on account of the boisterous state of the sea,
hesitated to go aloft, the mate then offered to lead the way, but
while doing so, the poor fellow was thrown from the rigging and
drowned. In a very short time every sail except the foresail was blown
to ribbons. The vessel was steered for the island with the intention
of running into the best place that offered ere night had set in. About
four p.m. on Wednesday she was very close up to the land, and running
for Port St. Mary, with a good prospect of reaching the haven in
safety. She made for the bay as if navigated by a person acquainted
with the place, but having only a foresail remaining, and the wind
blowing strongly from the south-west. she was unable to come to
anchor, and drifted on to Cartha[sic] rocks after the anchor was thrown
out. As soon as it was known at the port that a vessel was making for
the bay, the first boat to hand was launched, but was not able to
render any assistance to those on board of the schooner, which had
drifted out of the comparatively smooth water inside and was rapidly
being carried on to the rocks. Larger boats then were got out but too
late; the sea was increasing every moment, and all that they were able
to do was to rescue a boy means of a life-buoy. A lad of about 18
years of aga, while endeavouring to grasp the life-buoy, was washed
into the hold of the vessel and drowned; his body was recovered the
following morning. The master and one of the hands swam ashore, and by
the exertions of those on the rocks were saved. One of the hands who
was still on board when the vessel began to break up came ashore on a
piece of timber, and was rescued by some persons provided with
lanterns, who remained on the rocks. Every assistance that possibly
could be given to those in distress was promptly rendered by the
persons on shore, in several instances at the risk of their own
lives. The want of a life-boat was much felt, the small boats
belonging to Port St. Mary, on account of their superlative heaviness;
being unfit for that service. ...
Wooden brig Sarah, built Cortney, Chester, 1814. In LR 1816 as 268 tons, owned Willson, trading Liverpool - New Brunswick. Not in LR 1820. Voyage Belfast to Liverpool, ashore near Ballywalter 26 December 1816, refloated and docked.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 June 1814]:
Ship Launches. Monday last, about half past twelve o'clock,
a beautiful brig, called the Sarah, burthen
about 500 tens, built for a house in Belfast, was launched from the
yard of Mr. Cortney, in this city, without the slightest accident.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 14 January 1817]:
The Sarah, Boyd, from Belfast for Liverpool, is on shore near Ballywalter,
if the weather continues moderate, she will be got off without damage.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 07 January 1817]:
The Sarah, Boyd, from Belfast for Liverpool, put back 26th ult., in
consequence of having been on a rock near Donaghadee, & discharged
part of her cargo, before she could be got off. She had put into Dock
to land the remainder.
Wooden brig Limerick Trader, built Mulvey, Chester, 1814. In LR 1816 131 tons, owned Williams, trading London - Gibraltar [sic]. Initially traded London - Limerick. Master Owen Griffiths. This is the earliest record of a Mulvey built sailing vessel at Chester. Voyage Bristol to Rotterdam, ashore on Goeree (coastal island in South Holland), and wrecked, 25 November 1822.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 June 1814]:
... At the
same time was launched from the yard of Messrs. Mulby [sic] & Co., a brig,
named the Limerick Trader, intended for the London trade. We are sorry to
state that, in knocking away the boult[sic] between the bottom of the
vessel and the cradle, a shipwright received an accidental blow from the
maul of a fellow workmen, which shattered his arm in a dreadful manner
above the elbow. He was immediately taken to the Infirmary.
[from Morning Chronicle - Saturday 30 November 1822]:
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 26. - The Limerick Trader, Griffiths, from Bristol to
this port, was lost yesterday near Goree. Crew and part of the cargo
and materials saved by boats which went to her assistance.
Wooden brig John Crowther, built Cortney, Chester, 1814. Owned Crowther, registered Liverpool, 178 tons, for trade to New York. Voyage Montreal to Liverpool, ashore Tongue Point [sic] and wrecked, reported December 1819; Tongue Point may well be Longue Pointe, which is on Montreal Island about 15 miles from Montreal centre.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 04 November 1814]:
Monday last, a fine brig was launched from Mr Cortney's yard, in this city,
for Mr. Crowther. It is called the John Crowther.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 18 November 1814]:
The John Crowther brig, launched here a few days ago, is announced in
Billinge's Liverpool Paper to sail for Oporto.
[from Royal Gazette of Jamaica - Saturday 24 April 1819]:
April 20 Sailed from Port-Royal: Brig, John Crowther, Rae Liverpool
[reported arrived Liverpool, 19 June 1819]
[from Morning Advertiser - Thursday 23 December 1819]:
The John Crowther, Oakley, from Montreal for Liverpool, was on shore
at Tongue Point, about 15 miles below Montreal, both vessel and cargo
were expected to be saved. [other reports: received considerable damage]
Wooden brig Abeona, built Chester 1814, 138 tons. Owned Thomas Lewis, traded from London to Brazil and Russia. [Abeona was the Roman goddess of travel] Voyage Liverpool to Wilmington, abandoned, leaky, 24 November 1832.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 20 April 1824]:
Sale: the SIXTEENTH SHARE of the BRIG Abeona, of Chester, built in 1814, now
lying in the Old Dock, Liverpool, loading for the Mediterranean, Thomas Lewis, master;
register 137 10-94 tons. This vessel has been lately coppered and
completely repaired.
[from Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 27 December 1831]:
The Abeona, Lewis, from St Petersburg at Newry on the 17th inst..
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 22 October 1832]:
Vessels sailed. ... Abeona, Cole, Wilmington.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 04 February 1833]:
Abeona, Cole, hence for Wilmington, was abandoned at sea 24th Nov.,
having sprung a leak. The crew arrived at Jamaica in the Spinster.
Wooden brig Tom, built Chester 1815, 165 tons. Traded to Oporto, Brazil, Canada, Baltic. From 1830 owned Whitehaven, though not in online Cumbrian shipping list. Voyage Whitehaven to Dublin, ashore on Lambay Island 6 September 1849 and wrecked.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 10 November 1815]:
For OPORTO, The remarkable fine new Chester built Brig TOM,
THOMAS HANCOCK, Master; Stands A 1 at Lloyd's; burthen 120 tons
per register, built expressly for the Trade, copper fastened,
and is in every respect a most desirable conveyance - will be
despatched as early as possible - now lying in George's Dock.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 14 July 1828]:
Succeeds the Jersey. To sail on the 14th July. For MONTREAL, and will
deliver Goods at QUEBEC, - The fine Chester-built Brig TOM, H. G. Pearce,
Master; 165 tons per register. For freight or passage, apply on board, Prince's
Dock; to Messrs. Holliwell & Highfield, or to J. NELSON WOOD.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Tuesday 27 October 1829]:
ON SALE, The Chester-built Brig; 165 tons; 14 years old, entirely of
English Oak; of heavy scantling, lengthened 12 feet in 1822, with same
material, all her copper bolts to the bends come through, shifts
without ballast and grounds well, carries 276 tons grain and is a vessel of
unusual strength, with heavy stringers above and below the beams ;
one chain and one hemp cable quite new, and otherwise well found in stores.
Price £900.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 24 December 1829]:
Liverpool Dec 21. Tom, Pearce, from Narva.
[from Carlisle Patriot - Saturday 15 September 1849]:
The Tom, Coulthard, of Whitehaven, ran on the rocks at the back of
Lambay on the 6th inst, and remained with her stern under the water up to
her main hatchway, and is likely to become a total wreck.
[Sailed 5 Sept from Whitehaven to Dublin, owned Coulthard]
Wooden brig Mary, built Chester 1814, 129 tons. Owned by her master, D Williams, for trade London to Dublin, then Liverpool to Humber. Later on with master Stevenson, owned Bloomfield, trading to St Domingo from Liverpool, then master Hudson, owned Dawson, registered Workington 14/1841, 115 tons. ON 8749, in MNL to 1871. Stranded at entrance to Workington harbour, with coals for Belfast, 7 October 1872, all 5 crew saved. Wrecked.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 22 February 1820]:
Sale... The Cargo of the Mary, Hudson Master, from Sundswall,
water-logged at Sea, to be sold for the benefit of the Underwriters.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 08 October 1872]:
Mary, from Workington for Belfast (coals), struck the outer pierhead
at the former place, and is likely to become a total wreck.
[from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Saturday 12 October 1872]:
The Mary, Hodgson, of and from this Port [Workington] for Belfast,
which beat up against the pier here today, had previously struck
about 200 yards west from the pier head. She is fast breaking up, and
the cargo washing out. Men have been employed to strip her and save
stores. Crew landed.
Wooden sloop Brothers, built Chester 1814, 32 tons, 41.1 x 14.0 x 5.4 ft. Registered Beaumaris.
[From IOM Heritage]:
On Tuesday night 9th October 1827, as the sloop
Brothers, of Beaumaris, Captain Owen Hughes, master, was on her
passage from Ardglass to Beaumaris, she sprang a leak off the Calf of
Man and soon afterwards went down. The crew took to the small boat and
landed at Port St Mary at 9.00 a.m. the next morning.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 30 October 1827]:
On the 16th inst., the Brothers, Hughes, on her passage from Ardglass
bound for Beaumaris, sprung a leak when off the Calf oof Man, and soon
afterwards went down. The crew took the boat and providentially landed at
Port St. Mary the next morning.
Wooden brigantine Wellington, built Chester 1814, 96tons; Initially owned Dixon for Liverpool - Dublin trade. Registered Maryport 8/1838, 84 tons, ON 12618, owned Hugh McCartney, Maryport. Voyage Derry to Maryport, in ballast, aground at Crammag Point, 23 May 1873. [Wellington of Chester, ON 16478, registered 6/1854, is in MNL to 1864, 53 tons]
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 27 May 1873]:
DRUMMORE, 23rd May. The Wellington (brigntne.), Off. No., 16,478 [sic], McCartney,
of and for Maryport, from Londonderry, without cargo, stranded at
Cromack point [sic, Crammag] this morning, and the bottom of the vessel sustained so
much damage that she filled with water; she will probably be a total
wreck crew saved.
Wooden brig Ellen (launched as Ellen & Ellis), built Cortney, Chester, 1815. 196 tons. Voyaged to Australia. Based London. Voyage from London to Newcastle, ashore on North side of Holy Island, 20 December 1830. 3 crew lost (and one a day later), 7 saved. [In LR to 1836, with minimal data]
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 31 March 1815]:
Saturday last, a fine brig, called the Ellen and Ellis, was
launched from Mr. Cortney's yard, in this city. It went off the
stocks in great style.
[from Globe - Friday 07 December 1827]:
For SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, with liberty to call at MADEIRA, the fast
sailing Chester built brig ELLEN, John Taylor, Commander. Coppered and
copper fastened. Burthen 300 tons. Lying in the London Docks. Her
Accommodations for Passengers are superior; for which or freight, early
application is requested to Capt Taylor, on board; ...
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 07 January 1831]:
On Monday, the 20th ult. the brig Ellen, Taylor, of London, hence
to Newcastle, with salt, was driven ashore near Swinney-Goat [not now so named], on
the north side of Holy Island, and has since gone to pieces. The crew,
consisting of eleven men, were so much exhausted from their
previous exertions that three of them perished in the vessel; the
remaining eight were got out on the ebbing of the tide; one died
the following day.
Wooden brig John, built Chester 1815, 108 tons. In LR owned Thomas, registered Chester, to 1847, 109 tons. Master Bythell latterly, coasting from Liverpool. Last reported voyage with master Bythell: Liverpool to Dublin 18 September 1846.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 22 July 1825]:
ON SALE, the well known Chester Built brig, JOHN, Burthen per Register, about 108 Tons,
stands A 1 at Lloyd's; Copper fastened, well found. Apply to John Myers,
John-street.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 July 1831]:
The Chester-built Brig JOHN, Burthen per register, 108 tons,
copper-fastened to the bends, well found in stores, and in every respect a
desirable Vessel. She is now lying at Connah's Quay, in the Chester River.
For particulars, apply to Captain Thomas on board.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 20 November 1832]:
The John, Bethell, from Antwerp, bound to Topsham, left Flushing the
12th instant, and reports that no embargo was then laid on English
shipping in the Scheldt.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 23 March 1840]:
Arrived at Runcorn: John, Griffiths, Dublin.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 18 September 1846]:
Cleared for sea. Dublin. John, Bythell, W Haskayne, cg. [no voyages
with master Bythell found after this]
Possibly this vessel: since date fits, but name of
master and port of regsitration are not quite right.
This could be, instead, John registered 23/1841 at
Whitehaven, 160 tons.
Voyage Whitehaven to Dublin, master Hill, aground entering
Holyhead Harbour on 22 October 1846, crew saved, vessel salvaged.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 30 October 1846]:
Holyhead Oct 22. The brig John, Hill, from Whitehaven for Dublin,
missed the harbour, and ran on shore at Puchgoman [sic, not now so
named; Duesgwan, Puehrgman, in other reports; possibly Borthwen/Porthwen which was
the area just east of the Old Harbour]; crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 26 October 1846]:
Salvage Reports: Holyhead. Oct 24. Relating to the John, Hill, from
Whitehaven to Dubin, on the rocks outside the Pier Head.
[She was
refloated on 4 November and taken in to Holyhead harbour, described as
John, Hill, of Whitehaven]
Wooden brig Worrall (Worrell in LR), built Chester 1816, 153 tons. Voyage Liverpool to Newfoundland 7 April 1832 and no further reports found.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 September 1828]:
In lieu of the Adventure. First vessel. For PERNAMBUCCO, The fine Chester-built Brig
WORRALL, Roberts Master; 150 tons per register, coppered and copper fastened,
sails fast, and in every respect a most desirable conveyance for goods
and passengers; Lying west side George's Dock. For terms, &c. apply to Messrs.
Harrisons & Latham; Mr. John Worrall, or to W. and J. TYRER.
[similar advert 9 April 1829, Meredith Roberts, master; returned
to Liverpool 6 Dec 1829
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 01 April 1831]:
Sailed: Worrall, Roberts, for Laguna.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 13 April 1832]:
Liverpool. Sailed 7th. Worrall, Dennis, Newfoundland. [no further listings]
Wooden ship Unknown, built Cortney, Chester 1815, 382 tons. [Calcutta launched 1817 has this tonnage]
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 17 November 1815]:
A remarkably fine NEW SHIP, of the following dimensions, now on the
stocks, in William Cortney's yard, Chester; which may be ready for
launching in a fortnight. Length from the fore part of the main stem
under the bowsprit, to the after part of the main stern post: 105 ft 8
in; Breadth per register 28ft 6in; Depth of hold 20ft 10in.
Admeasures, per register 382 67-94 tons. Copper-fastened, has a
quarter deck 39 feet long, the height of the main deck rail, and a
top-gallant forecastle, which takes in the foremast; her frame is of
timber fallen in 1812; she has been two years and a half on the
stocks, her frame was completed twelve months before she was planked;
she is a full built ship, and will carry a large cargo. For further
particulars, apply to William Cortney, Chester, ...
Wooden schooner Dee, built Chester 1815, 47 tons. In LR 1825, owned Winter, trading Liverpool to Baltic.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 31 August 1835]:
Coasters. the galliot Dee, Robert Wright, master, a regular weekly
conveyance to Glasson Dock and Lancaster, with goods for Kendal, etc.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 17 October 1836]:
Liverpool Thurs Oct. 13. Arrived: Coastwise. ... Dee, Wright, Ulverston,....
[last report of Dee with master Wight]
Wooden brig Susanna, built Chester 1815, 142 tons. Initially traded London to Dublin, owed Williams. Later reported as trading London to Sligo. Annotated as LOST in LR1843. Registered London. Voyage Bangor to London, struck on Kish Bank, 3 November, 1843, and sank nearby, crew saved,
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 06 November 1843]:
DUBLIN Nov. 4. The brig Susanna, Daniel, from Bangor for London,
struck on the Kish Bank, about 1.5 miles to the S.W. of the light
ship, on the 3rd inst., but got off and sank in deep water. Crew saved in
own boat and got on Lightship. [also reported as: of London; as lying
0.5 mile NNE of Kish LV, mast tops above water]
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 22 November 1816]:
REPAIRS OF VESSELS AT CHESTER. To Merchants & Others. WM CORTNEY, SHIP-BUILDER,
&c, informs Merchants and Others that in consequence of the total
stagnation of new building, and from a desire to employ the men now
continuing in his service, he undertakes to repair old vessels,
on moderate terms: Frame Timber 3s 6d; Plank and beam 4s; Plank, cut,
superficial, 2 inches thick 4s 3d; Men's wages (per day) 3s; Dockage, safe and
good GRATIS; Warehouse for stores GRATIS. Wages to be paid as soon as work is finished;
six months credit for materials, &c.
Vessels built 1816:
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 08 March 1816]:
Ship Launches, Saturday last, about one o'clock, two beautiful brigs
were launched, one from the yard of Mr. Troughton, and the other from the
yard of Mr. Cortney. The former is called the John Troughton, and was
ushered into the the waves fully rigged, top-gallant masts up; she is
intended for the East India Trade. The other is called the Lord
Nelson; and they both afford as fine specimens of the art as are found
in the world. We are happy to say that no accident occurred; but,
owing to the sudden swell of the water when the John Troughton went
off, several people got a sound ducking on the wharf under the Cheese
Warehouse. If we may judge from the number of vessels now on the
stocks in Chester, we may imagine the ship building business is in a
very prosperous state; there are nine fine vessels on the slips in Mr.
Cortney's yard, and three in Mr. Mulvey's yard.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 22 March 1816]:
Saturday last, a fine brig was launched from the yard of Mr Mulvey, in this
city, and on Monday, another beautiful vessel, from Mr. Cortney's yard.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 03 September 1816]:
On Wednesday last, three fine vessels were launched from Mr. Cortney's
yard, this city. The day was remarkably fine, and a very great number
of persons were assembled to witness the interesting sight. No accident occurred,
nor did any of the spectators experience (what is common on these
occasions) a refreshing ducking.
Lloyd's register has the following brigs built Chester 1816:
Hope(see below); Nancy(see below); Sarah & Marianne (see below); Shamrock (see
below), and Swift (see below, launched in June by Mulvey).
As well as the vessels described above,
the John Troughton [snow, 200 tons, see below], by Troughton and the
Lord Nelson [in Lloyd's as brig Nelson, 209 tons, built 1815 - see below] by Cortney.
So Mulvey must have built at least one of Hope, Nancy, Sarah &
Marianne or Shamrock, while Cortney built three of them.
Wooden brig (snow) Swift, built Mulvey, Chester,
1816, 214 tons, owned by her master, Herbert, of Liverpool.
Newspapers report voyages across the Atlantic, master E. Herbert,
until Dec 1823 when she was at Liverpool with timber from St. Domingo.
Swift was a common boat name, so subsequent voyages are not clear cut;
Lloyd's register includes her until 1831, voyaging from Shields to London. Newspapers
describe Swift, White, on the east coast from July 1824.
Vessel Swift sunk 12th
January 1830, between Scroby and Cross Sands, approx pos: 52°
39.05N, 1° 50.61E. with no survivors, is most probably this ship.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 14 June 1816]:
Ship Launch. Monday last, a fine brig, the Swift, was launched from
the yard Messrs. Mulvey's, of this city. She went off the stocks in
capital style, a happy presage, we hope, of her fortune. She is
intended by the Captain, Mr. Herbert, for the Brazil trade. In the
evening, the launch was celebrated by a handsome dinner, at the house
of Mrs. Leet, the Saracen's Head, which did great credit to her
culinary skill.
[from Berwick Advertiser - Saturday 23 January 1830]:
Jan.14. The papers of the Swift, White, of Newcastle to London have
been picked up at Winterton and it is supposed the vessel is lost with all on board.
It blew very strong last night from the east.
Jan. 18. The Salvage boats yesterday discovered the wreck of the Swift,
late White, from Newcastle to London, sunk between Scroby and Cross
Sands, and succeeded in saving ten chains and four anchors, and more
expected to be saved.
Wooden brig Ann, built Chester 1815, 136 tons. Trading from Bristol, then Liverpool, then Lynn. Latterly on east coast coal delivery. Voyage Lynn to Tyne, driven ashore on Herd Sand, 9 January 1854.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 12 January 1848]:
Hartlepool, January 10. The Ann, Bainbridge, of Lynn, arrived here
yesterday, having been in contact, at five a.m., with the Algerina,
Ringwood, also of Lynn, Hartlepool bearing W., distant about nine
miles, when the latter vessel sunk about two hours afterwards; the
crew were saved, and taken on board the Ann, and afterwards landed
here.
[from Newcastle Journal - Saturday 14 January 1854]:
THE STORM ON THE COAST. ...
Before long, however, the appearance of the Herd Sand, on the south
side, presented almost as painful spectacle as the rocks at Tynemouth on
the north side, with the exception that loss of life has not to be
added to the destruction of property. The vessel which succeeded the
Aurora as occupant of the Herd Sand was the Prussian brig Armida,
Rose, master, from Havre de Grace, which has since become total
wreck. The tide was now beginning to recede, and vessels in the offing
gave up the attempt to enter until about half flood the following tide,
when a number made the attempt. Some succeeded in doing so; others,
however, were not so fortunate, including barque Aurora, of
Sunderland, Hogg, master, in ballast; brig Ann, Bainbridge, of Lynn,
light; brig Jean, Macdonald, of Inverness, light; brig Breakwater, of
Shields, light; brig Conference, of Shields, light; schooner George,
of Whitby, light; Prussian brig Armida, of Stettin, from Havre, in
ballast, broken up; barque Sarah Midge, Grey, from London; schooner
Cresswell, Page, from Colchester, light; brig Jane and Margaret, of
Newcastle, light; schooner James and Ann, of and from Ipswich, since
become a complete wreck; a French vessel, Bon Virgine, from St. Malo,
in ballast, all which drove on the Herd Sand. The South Shields life-boats did
great service in this emergency. ...
Wooden brig Sarah & Marianne, built Chester 1816 [possibly by Mulvey or Cortney], 194 tons, initially owned Seymour, Liverpool and trading to Brazil. Later registered Maryport, owned Seymour, trading to Quebec. On 18th November 1843, inbound to Annan from Miramichi and Dublin, was sunk by collision with Quiz, bound to Leghorn, crew taken off the wreck by a steamer and saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 20 November 1843]:
LIVERPOOL Nov, 19: The Quiz, for Leghorn, has put back, much damaged,
having been in contact yesterday morning with the brig Jane, from
Annan, which sunk with all hands shortly after the collision.
[from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 25 November 1843]:
The vessel that was run down by the Quiz, was the Sarah Marianne, from
Miramichi and Dublin to Annan, and not the Jane, as reported 18th
inst. The crew were taken off the wreck by a steamer after the Quiz
left them, and landed at Greenock.
Wooden brig Hope, built Chester 1816 [possibly by Mulvey or Cortney], 179 tons, later 157 tons. Registered Belfast, then Colchester. Voyage Stockton to London, ashore and wrecked, near Lowestoft, 5 October 1845.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 11 June 1816]:
Chester, 10th June, 1816. Now loading at Cotton's Wharf, London, for this
city, and places adjacent, THE BRIG HOPE, THOS. HERBERT, master. All persons
who may have Goods to ship on board her are requested to give their orders to
their correspondents for that purpose, for this Vessel will sail
in about fourteen days. THOMAS GREEN, Broker.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 16 January 1835]:
Islay Jan 3. The Hope, Herbert, from Narva [Estonia] to Liverpool, was
got off the strand 31st ult. and moored in the harbour of
Lochindahl[sic] in a leaky state.
[from Newcastle Courant - Friday 15 September 1843]:
Arrivals at foreign ports. Hamburg, Sept 1. Hope, Brooks, from Stockton.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 12 December 1843]:
Cuxhaven, 7 Dec. The Hope, Tadman, from Hamburg to Stockton, has
put in here very leaky having been aground off the Ost.
[from Newcastle Journal - Saturday 11 October 1845]:
LOWESTOFFE[sic], Oct. 5. The Hope, Tadman, from Stockton to London, ran upon
the Holm Sand, this morning, and filled, and afterwards sunk at the
edge of the sand. Crew and part of the stores saved.
Wooden brigantine Shamrock, built Chester 1816 [possibly by Mulvey or Cortney], 104 nrt, length 69.1 ft. Owned Crowther, Liverpool, for trade to Gibraltar. ON 6556. Later owned at Hull, London, Gateshead and lastly Yarmouth. Voyage from Newcastle with coal, master Rice, struck on Scroby Sand on 19th January 1875. Crew saved.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 04 June 1819]:
Direct for MALTA and TRIESTE, without touching at GIBRALTAR,
The superior Chester built Brig, SHAMROCK , CHAS.
COURTENEAY, Master; Copper-fastened and coppered to the bends; A 1
at Lloyd's; two years old; now loading in the Old Dock, ... apply
John Crowther, ...
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 03 January 1866]:
Shields Jan 2. There is now no doubt of the safety the crew of the
Yarmouth derelict brought in here, the crew were passed on board a
barque, and directed the master of the steamtug Robert Scott in what
direction to go in quest of their vessel, the abandoned schooner
Shamrock. The Shamrock was built Chester in 1816, and is 96 tons.
[from Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Thursday 21 January 1875]:
The Shamrock brigantine, Rice, of and for Great Yarmouth, from
Newcastle (coal), struck on Scroby Sand on Tuesday night, and will
become a total wreck; crew saved.
Wooden brig(snow) Nancy, built Chester 1816 [possibly by Mulvey or Cortney], 194 tons, Captain Francis M'Cubbin. Owned Pitcairn, trading Liverpool to West Indies, described as of Maryport, though not registered there. Voyage Antigua to Liverpool, with sugar, foundered in a gale on 13th August 1825. Captain and crew of 9 took to their boat, one man having been lost, and were picked on 15th August by Wellington, which had been severely damaged, with loss of 9 lives, by the same storm.
[excerpt from Saint James's Chronicle - Thursday 15 September 1825]:
August 15. At dawn of day the crew [of Wellington from Jamaica to
London] began to bend a new fore-sail, all the canvas which had been
up during the storm having been utterly destroyed, when we saw a small
boat, with a long sail, rowing towards us, and by seven a.m. took on
board Captain Francis M'Cubbin and nine sailors, the crew of the brig
Nancy, of Maryport, of 194 tons, which sailed from St. John's,
Antigua, July 27th, laden with sugar, and bound for Liverpool. She had
sprung a leak in the gale of the 12th, and foundered in the evening of
the 13th, the men escaping into the pinnace, two of them by swimming,
not more than two minutes before the vessel went down; one person
only, a passenger, an old and infirm man, of the name of Harrison,
lately mate of the West Indian, of London, being drowned. They were
distant about 500 miles from Newfoundland, the nearest land, to which
they were steering, having only the clothes on their backs, with five
gallons of water, three gallons of brandy, a small trunk of biscuit,
and a bucket full of pork on board, when they providentially descried
our vessel.
Wooden brig John Troughton, built Troughton, Chester, 1816, 267 tons, initially owned Thompson, Liverpool, trading to West Indies and Mediterranean. Later owned Bowie, North Shields, trading to Baltic. On 18th October 1849, captain Newbold, from Vyborg to London, stranded on Gotland and wrecked.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 08 March 1816]:
Ship Launches, Saturday last, about one o'clock, two beautiful brigs
were launched, one from the yard of Mr. Troughton, and the other from the
yard of Mr. Cortney. The former is called the John Troughton, and was
ushered into the the waves fully rigged, top-gallant masts up; she is
intended for the East India Trade. ...
[from Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday 09 December 1849]:
The John Troughton, Newbold, from Wyburg to London, was stranded on
Gothland Oct. 18, and has become a wreck; part of materials saved.
Wooden brig Nelson (launched as Lord Nelson), built Cortney, Chester, 1816, 209 tons, owned Dixon & Co., Liverpool, trading to Nova Scotia. Voyage Cork to Boston, master Taylor, abandoned near Newfoundland Banks, 23 crew and passengers rescued by the Charles on 17 January 1819.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 08 March 1816]:
Ship Launches, Saturday last, about one o'clock, two beautiful brigs
were launched, ... and the other from the
yard of Mr. Cortney. ... The other is called the Lord
Nelson; and they both afford as fine specimens of the art as are found
in the world.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Friday 05 February 1819]:
COWES, FEB. 3.-. Arrived the Charles, Graves, from Boston, in 25
days, for orders; on the 17th ult. within two degrees of the Banks of
Newfoundland, fell in with the brig Nelson, Taylor, from Cork to
Boston, in a sinking stake, from which she saved 23 men, women, and
children, and landed them here. The Captain, crew, and passengers,
were ill with the scurvy and dysentery, but Captain Graves was
fortunate enough in getting them safe on board his vessel by two at a
time, while the sea was making a fair breach over the Nelson, and
he supposes she sunk soon after.
Wooden schooner St Winifred, built Chester 1816 [from Marwood 54],
Registered Chester 13/1840, 55tons, registered Liverpool by 1851, ON24029, in MNL to 1864.
Wooden brig Thomas, built Chester 1816, 95 tons. In LR to 1846,
when owned N Treweek, of Amlwch, registered Beaumaris.
Possibly ON19023, registered Beaumaris 1845, 80 tons, MNL 1865,
owned N Treweek, in MNL to 1870, 81 tons. Appropriation list states
"advice of loss 28-11-1870".
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 20 October 1837]:
Passed through the straits. ... Thomas, Griffiths from Mostyn to Pwllhely.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 22 November 1849]:
Amlwch: at anchor in the bay: The Brig, Thomas, Griffith, ..
[from Shields Daily News - Thursday 10 February 1870]:
On Sunday blew a heavy gale at Portrush from the SSE, with rain. and at
11 30 A.M., the Thomas, of Beaumaris, from Londonderry (in ballast) at
anchor in the Skerries Roads, began to drive, and a signal of distress was
hoisted on board, when Mr Jas. Caldwell, ship agent, with Capt Massey,
mustered a crew, and went off in a fishing boat and brought in the crew. The
Thomas, however, rode out it well, until the gale broke at about 4 P.M.
in a shift of wind to the westward, when it became moderate. The captain
and crew returned to the vessel this morning.
Wooden brig/schooner Hibernia, built Chester 1816, 102 tons. Owned Crowther, traded London to Dublin. Then owned Mortimer for trade to Newfoundland. By 1827, owned Preston. In LR to 1838. Last voyage found 1836.
[from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 23 July 1836]:
The Hibernia. (Scott master) from Dantzig, bound to Poulton, with
timber, deals, staves, and tree-nails for the Fylde Timber Company, is
put into Lytham and remains wind-bound. [last voyage report found
with master Scott]
Wooden brig/schooner John Craig, built Chester 1816, 102 tons. Owned Crowther for London - Newry trade, also trade to Brazil. Later owned Reid (her master) for Whitehaven - Ireland trade. Not in online CumbrianSR. In LR to 1838, of Whitehaven, with minimal information. Voyage Workington to Londonderry, 22 December 1838, ashore on rocks entering Lough Foyle, lost, crew saved.
[from London Packet and New Lloyd's Evening Post - Wednesday 12 March 1823]:
The John Craig, of Liverpool, Guy, was driven on shore at Buenos
Ayres, on 8th Dec. but expected to be got off.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 25
December 1838]:
Workington. Arrived, Dec 16. John Craig, Brown, Belfast. ...
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 28 December 1838]:
Londonderry, 24th Dec, The John Craig, from Workington to this port,
struck on the rocks in entering this River 22nd instant, and became a
total wreck; Crew saved.
Wooden ship (later barque) Calcutta, built Cortney, Chester, 1817, 380 tons, ON 26256, initially owned Gladstone, Liverpool, trading to the East. Later owned Rogers, London and trading across Atlantic. Voyage Quebec to Dartmouth, on 8 November 1857, Captain Goodwin, abandoned water logged, later seen 60 miles SW of Cape Clear. Crew and passengers saved by passing vessels.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 January 1817]:
LAUNCH. Monday last, about half an hour before high water, the fine
ship called the Calcutta, built by Mr. Cortney, of this city, was
launched from his yard into the Dee. It was a truly grand sight, and
notwithstanding the coldness of the day, a great number of spectators
assembled. The Calcutta will carry nearly 800 tons and is intended by
Messrs. Gladstones of Liverpool, the proprietors, for the East India
Trade. It is admirably calculated for the purpose.
[from Cork Constitution - Thursday 03 December 1857]:
The ship Roxana, Captain SPITTAL, which arrived in our harbour from
Callao on Tuesday, reported having, on Sunday, in latitude 50 30 N.,
longitude 11 40 W., 60 miles southwest of Cape Clear, passed the
barque Calcutta, of London, waterlogged and abandoned. Several pilot
cutters went out from Queenstown yesterday to look after her. From the
state of the wind it is supposed that she has by this time drifted
north of the Cape, and of course nearer to this port. The Calcutta,
Captain Goodwin, was bound from Quebec to Dartmouth, but becoming
waterlogged and was abandoned on the 8th ultimo in latitude 50 21 N.,
longitude 17 W. The captain and crew were taken off by the
Anglo-Saxon, of and from Liverpool for Melbourne, and subsequently, on
the 17th, transferred to the American ship Coronet, Captain COUSENS,
on passage from Chinchas, by which they, with the exception of the
second mate, were landed at Falmouth on Saturday. The second mate of
the Calcutta and Captain Cousens of the Coronet, while going ashore on
Monday morning [8 am on 28th November], were drowned, the boat, in
which they were, having capsized.
Wooden brig Unity, built Chester 1817, 98 tons, in Lloyd's register to 1844, owned Captain Williams, Beaumaris.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 18 December 1821]:
NOW loading at STANTONS WHARF London, for Chester direct, The brig
unity, JOHN DAVIES, Master, WILL SAIL about the 23d instant. For
Freight, apply JOHN MYERS, St. John-Street. Chester, Dec 18th 1821.
[also in 1822]
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 15 April 1823]:
THE Brig UNITY, 95 tons register built Chester, of tile best
materials, five years old, copper stows large cargo for her tonnage,
sails fast, sails without ballast, is well found in stores, and will
require nothing send her to sea except provisions. Also the Cheese decks of the
said vessel, which will be sold separately.
Wooden brigantine Mary Ann, built Chester 1817, 102 tons, owned Spedding, registered Liverpool. In Lloyd's register until 1846. She suffered several disasters in 1848: losing her master at Douglas in March, and then, with master Nelson, foundered near Lundy on 25th September 1848, crew saved.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 14 March 1848]:
The Mary Ann, Spedding, from Glasgow for Bristol, put into Douglas
the 4th instant, waterlogged, and cargo shifted. She had been in
Dublin bay on the 27th ult., but had been compelled to run off, and at
two o'clock on Monday morning sprung a leak. Both pumps were kept
going from that time, and to add to the disaster, the forestaysail and
foretopsail, and bulwarks washed away. When she reached Douglas she
had six feet of water in the hold.
Since the above was in type,
have received the Manx Liberal of Saturday last, from which we extract
the following:
It is reported that the Captain of the brigantine
Mary Ann, of Liverpool, which put into Douglas waterlogged, after the
late gale, and now lying in the harbour, is missing since Saturday
last. It is surmised that he might have fallen into the harbour Saturday
night, in attempting to go on board, and has been carried down by the
fresh of the river, the vessel is lying at the end of the Tongue, near
the current. A hat was found in the harbour on Sunday morning, which
strengthens the suspicion that the unfortunate captain is drowned. His
name was Matthias Spedding, and he belonged to Whitehaven, out of
which port he had been commander for many years.
[from Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and
Brecon Gazette - Saturday 30 September 1848]:
The brigantine Mary Ann, of Liverpool, Geo. Nelson, Master, 100 tons
register, laden with iron ore from Whitehaven for Cardiff, sailed
from Whitehaven on the 21st instant, and on the 25th sprung a leak
about ten miles to the north west of Lundy Island; in about four hours
afterwards, she went down. The captain's sister was on board
The captain and crew took to the boat, and were refused
to be received on board by an English vessel which bore away from
them, and they were ultimately picked up by the captain of a Dutch
galliot, bound down channel from this port, who very humanely bore up
and put them on board a Pill pilot-boat, which arrived here with the
party, all safe, on Tuesday last. There was nothing saved from the
wreck. She went down in about forty fathoms of water.
Wooden sloop Endeavour, built Chester 1817, 35
tons, 48 x 13.5 x 8 ft. Reported [by A Eames] as registered at
Beaumaris, 101/1836, owned John Price of Holyhead and others. Details of wreck in 1854, or here.
Wooden brigs built Chester 1818. Chester newspapers report 3 such brigs, built by Mulvey, and one built by Troughton.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 April 1818]:
Wednesday last, at half-past one, a fine brig was launched from the
yard of Mr. Troughton, in this city. The day being favorable to the
gratifying scene, a great number of spectators attended. Some four or
five years ago, we recollect not less than THIRTEEN vessels at one
time on the stocks on our river - at present there are only two.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 26 May 1818]:
On Tuesday morning last, a large brig was launched from the yard of
Mr. Mulvey, ship-builder, of this city. She glided into the river in
fine style. A great number of persons had assembled to witness the
interesting spectacle.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 18 September 1818]:
On Wednesday last [16 Sept 1818], at noon, a fine new brig was
launched from Mr. Mulvey's yard, in this city.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 04 December 1818]:
On Saturday morning last [29 Nov 1818], a fine brig was launched from
Mr. Mulvey's yard, in this city.
Lloyd's Register has 3 brigs built Chester in 1818:
Martha,
Belgrave and
Alice.
So one must be missing. Three built Mulvey; one built Troughton.
Wooden brig Martha, built Chester, 1818 [most
probably by Mulvey or Troughton: see above], 210 tons, for the Cheese Company.
Martha is in Lloyd's Register until 1846, owned Bold & Co., Liverpool,
snow, 204 tons, master Thompson, trading to Africa. Last newspaper
mention of brig Martha, captain Thompson, seems to be in March 1845,
reporting her off Cape of Good Hope in late 1844.
So either lost, renamed, or sold foreign.
Wooden brig Belgrave, Built Chester, 1818 [most
probably by Mulvey or Troughton: see above], 149 tons, initially owned
Thompson, Liverpool, trading to Brazil. Later owned at Workington. On
22nd October 1846, carrying coal from Workington to Dublin, master
Henry Wiltshire, went ashore in Holyhead Bay and was wrecked. Only
master and one seaman survived, 5 lost.
Location [from several newspaper reports] seems to be Porthwan (or
Penrhyn), 3 miles SW of Carmel Point, - so, near Carreg y Fran Rocks,
at 53° 21.25N, 4° 34.59W.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 14 August 1828]:
For PERNAMBUCCO, The fine A 1 fast sailing Brig, BELGRAVE, J.
Flemming, Master; Burthen per register 145 tons, copper-fastened and coppered; the
principal part of her cargo being engaged, will meet with quick despatch;
lying west side King's Dock. For freight or passage, having superior
accommodation apply Messrs A. and P. Lowe.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 31 October 1846]:
The brig Belgrave, Wiltshire, of and from Workington for Dublin, with
coals, went ashore on the morning of the 22nd instant, under Porthwen
[sic, Porthwan], in Holyhead Bay, and immediately afterwards
became a complete wreck. The master and one seaman, Charles Holliday,
were saved - all the others, five in number, perished.
Wooden brig Alice, built Chester, 1818 [most probably by Mulvey or Troughton: see above], 226 tons, first owner Porter, Liverpool, trading to Jamaica. Later trading to Valparaiso and then to Australia. In Lloyd's Register until 1841. Last recorded voyage, master Hepburn, to Hobart, returning via Calcutta, leaving Calcutta on 4th November 1836. So either lost, renamed, or sold foreign.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser, Thursday 26 June 1828]:
For Batavia and Singapore. The well-known fast-sailing Brig ALICE, G Powditch,
Master; A 1 at Lloyd's, 222 tons burthen, Chester built, coppered, and
in all respects a superior conveyance, lying west side Prince's Dock. For
freight or passage apply to Mr. W. F. Porter, to Messrs. Murray, Syne &
Co.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Friday 10 January 1834]:
SYDNEY DIRECT, to SAIL on the 20th of January, the well-known
fast-sailing British-built brig ALICE, JOHN HEPBURN, Commander, burden
230 tons, coopered and copper-fastened, lying in the St. Katharine's
Dock.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 24 February 1837]:
Calcutta: sailed for Liverpool, Nov 4, Alice, Hepburn.
Wooden schooner William and Helen, built Chester 1818, 88 tons, ON 24435, by 1869 owned, and offered for sale, at Newcastle. Stranded entering the Elbe, taking a cargo of herrings from Fraserburgh to Harburg, master M'Donald, crew saved. Left Fraserburgh on 7th September 1869.
[from Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 28 April 1869]:
SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, the Schooner WILLIAM and HELEN, 88 Tons
Register, carries about 7.5 keels of coals, sails well and shifts without ballast, has
recently had a general overhaul and caulking. This vessel, being strongly built,
would be suitable for any purposes where strength is required. Apply to Messrs Hopper,
North Shore Patent Slipway.
[from The Scotsman - Thursday 23 September 1869]:
FRASERBURGH. Vessel Lost. Intelligence has been received in Fraserburgh of the total
loss of the schooner William and Helen, of Newcastle, which sailed from
Fraserburgh on Tuesday the 7 th inst. with a cargo of herring for
Harburg. The vessel had all but completed her voyage; but having
encountered adverse weather in the Elbe, she there became a total
wreck. The cargo is also lost, but the crew were saved.
Wooden snow/brig Sarah, built Chester 1818. LR 1820 gives 137 tons, owned Williams, trading Liverpool - Leghorn. Later described as a brig. Voyage Gdansk to London, posted missing, last seen 5 August 1830, near Scaw (Skagen, NE Denmark).
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 06 March 1818]:
Sarah, Peters, hence to Trieste, at Studwell Roads on 25th ult.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Friday 26 February 1819]:
For LEGHORN and GENOA or GENOA and LEGHORN, The fine fast-sailing new
coppered Brig SARAH, A 1, Peter Peters, Commander. Lying at George's Stairs,
Horselydown. Burthen 137 tons.
For Freight Passage apply to THOS. LONGRIDGE, Sweeting's-alley; ...
LR has: Sarah, Peters to late 1825. Then master Diamond.
[from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 31 October 1830]:
The Sarah, Diamond, from Dantzic to London, passed the Sound 31st
July, was spoken with 5th Aug. near the Scaw, and has not since been
heard of.
Wooden ship Dee (launched as Deva), built Cortney, Chester, 1819, 380 tons. Initially owned Sandbach for Liverpool to Demerara trade. By LR1833 owned Tobin, Liverpool, trading to Africa. At anchor at Bonny, caught fire and lost, 12 June 1831.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 14 September 1819]:
A remarkably fine vessel, called the Deva, was launched from the yard
of Mr. Cortney, on Tuesday last. A great number of persons was present
to witness the pleasing sight.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 21 July 1831]:
The Dee, Fleming, hence at Bonny. [no later newspaper report found]
[from Morning Herald (London) - Saturday 03 September 1831]:
The Dee, Captain Moore, was totally destroyed by fire, while laying
at anchor in the river Bonny (Africa), on the 12th June.
Wooden ship Nottingham, built Chester, 1819, [most probably by Cortney, because of her large size and similar name to Manchester], 403 tons, initially owned Birch of Liverpool, later by Bold, to trade to Africa. Last Lloyd's Register entry 1839. Last recorded voyage: left Liverpool in November 1836, arrived Old Calabar, captain Lethbridge [arrival reported 22 April 1837]. Lethbridge is reported as master of Liverpool vessels trading to Africa: Lady Charlotte when attacked by a pirate in 1833; Lancaster, lost 1835 (see below), then Nottingham (last report 1837).
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 19 October 1829]:
For MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, The Ship NOTTINGHAM, NORMAN M'INTOSH Master, And
will deliver goods at any of the adjacent wharfs, or at Riobueno, Duncans,
Falmouth, Lucca, Davis's Cove, and Green Island. For freight or passage, having
excellent accommodations, apply to Captain M'Intosh on board in the Queen's
Dock, Or to Joseph Birch & Co.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 24 April 1835]:
DIED - On the 8th of November last, at Calabar, Africa, Captain
James Towne, commander of the ship Nottingham, of this port;
sincerely regretted by his relatives and friends.
Relevant since her master was Lethbridge [from Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 10 April 1835]:
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 Pwihelli. .... The stern of the Lancaster came on shore
on Tuesday. [Wooden ship Lancaster built Lancaster 1813, owned
Tobin, Liverpool, 353 tons; Wreck info. Full
details.]
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 27 April 1837]:
Liverpool April 22. Nottingham, Lethbridge, hence at Old Calabar.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 21 November 1837]:
DEATH. In the month of May, last, at Old Calabar, Africa, on board the Nottingham of Liverpool,
Mr James Delaney, eldest son of Captain James Delaney, of the brig Flora, of this port.
Wooden brig Manchester, built Cortney, Chester, 1819, 144 tons, for Captain Hancock, for the Liverpool - Oporto trade. Later advertised on Liverpool - Lima voyage - reported arrival at Lima in March 1830, master M'Cullock. No further reports found. Only in Lloyd's register to 1829.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 08 October 1819]:
On Wednesday a handsome brig called the Velocity, was launched from
Mr. Mulvey's yard, this city; and yesterday another brig, called
Manchester, was launched from Mr. Cortney's Yard.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 25 May 1829]:
To sail in a few days. For LIMA, Direct. The British-built armed Brig
MANCHESTER, Master [Andrew] M'Cullock; A 1, Burthen per register 150
tons, coppered and copper-fastened, a remarkably fast sailer, and in
every respect a superior conveyance, lying in George's Dock. Apply to
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co. OR ASHLEY BROTHERS.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 March 1830]:
Ship News: The Manchester, M'Cullock, hence at Lima.
Wooden brig Velocity, built Mulvey, Chester, 1819, 170 tons,
owned Stanton, London, for the London - Newfoundland trade.
Later owned Waterford, traded across Atlantic. Voyage Waterford
to London with oats, master Michael Condon, driven ashore in severe
gale near Porth Towan (Cornwall) on 27 October 1852. Crew able to walk
ashore at low tide, vessel broke up.
Possibly a different vessel [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 18 September 1818]:
Wednesday last [16 September], at noon, a fine new brig was launched from the Mr
Mulvey's yard in this city.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 08 October 1819]:
On Wednesday a handsome brig called the Velocity, was launched from
Mr. Mulvey's yard, this city; ...
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 29 February 1820]:
Direct for GIBRALTAR, remarkably fine, fast-sailing new Brig
VELOCITY, A 1, Copper-fastened and coppered. Moses Stanton, Commander.
Lying in the London Dock Burthen 130 tons.
... Has superior accommodation for passengers.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Monday 01 November 1852]:
WRECK OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA AND VELOCITY. ST AGNES CORNWALL Oct 29. On
Tuesday night last this coast (Cornwall) was visited with a tremendous
gale from the NW, and it seemed next to impossible that any vessel
could have survived it. Nevertheless, some that were well found did
manage to get into some port or part of Cornwall. On Wednesday, as
soon as the day opened, a vessel was observed labouring very heavily
in the bay at Porth Towan, about two miles from this place. It was
very evident to those on land, from the apparent unmanageableness of
the vessel, that she must come on shore, and this she did about seven
o'clock a.m. The crew most discreetly and providentially remained on
board, and as soon as the tide left her they walked on shore. She
proved to be the Velocity, Conrad [Michael Condon in deposition
statement], of Waterford, a brig about 250 tons; left Waterford on
Monday, about six a.m., laden with oats, for London. The master said
that he had never experienced such terrific weather; he had seen the
Longships Light the evening previous, but could not weather it, and
the vessel continued drifting to leeward until they got on shore. The
vessel went to pieces last evening's tide; some of her materials were
saved.
Wooden brig Liffey, built Cortney, Chester 1819, 151 tons, owned Murphy, Dublin, then others at Whitehaven and Dublin. Voyage to Gulf of Mexico from Liverpool, Captain France, ran aground on a reef N of Long Island, Antigua, 25th January 1840. Got off but sank in deeper water. Approximate position: 17°10N, 61°45.5W.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 19 November 1819]:
Last week, a fine brig, called Liffy, Patrick Murphy, Master, was
launched front the yard of Mr. Conner, in this city. intended for the
trade between Dublin, Belfast, and Liverpool.
[from Saunders's News-Letter - Friday 30 March 1827]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 30 March 1840]: Wooden flat/sloop Catherine, built Chester
1819. Registered Beaumaris by 1852, register is closed with
annotation 'Cancelled vessel foundered near Ormes Head in September
1852'.
Wooden schooner Oulton, built Cortney, Chester,
1820, 90 tons, 57.6 x 17.1 x 9.9 ft, ON 1561, coasting. Lloyds
Register for 1865 has owner Williams of Beaumaris, master J. Mathews,
with note WRECKED. Voyage Bangor to Bristol with slates, master John
Mathews, driven ashore at Dinas
Head, near Cemaes, January 13 1866. [also described as Llanlleiana, 3
miles west of Amlwch]. Crew saved. Approximate position
53°25.67N, 4°25.95W.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 04 April 1820]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 24 January 1866]: Wooden brig Douro, built Chester 1820, 147 tons,
71.6 x 21.8 x 10.5 ft, owned and registered at Whitehaven 5/1836, 147
tons. ON 9282. In 1879, 112 nrt, owned John Thornthwaite, Maryport, wrecked, with
all 4 crew lost, on a voyage Maryport to Belfast with coal on or about 30th March 1879.
[from Maryport Advertiser - Friday 04 April 1879]: Wooden smack Fanny, built Chester 1820, 56 tons,
by 1833 owned by Crocombe of Barnstaple, registered Bideford, ON
15304. Last MNL entry 1869, owned Lemon, Appledore, registered
Barnstaple, now 44 tons. In Lloyd's registers [1824-28] listed as
built Chester 1820, in later registers [to 1836] as built 1826. Later
voyages seem to be mainly bringing coal from S Wales to Devon. Crew
list for first half 1869 gives, registered Barnstaple, master Thomas
Williams of Appledore and 4 crew from Appledore. Appropriation list
states lost. Voyage Swansea to Bideford with coal, ashore, 15 April
1869, on North side of Channel into Taw/Torridge rivers, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 13 April 1867]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 01 December 1868]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 17 April 1869]: [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 16 February 1821]: Wooden schooner Unknown, built Cortney, Chester, 1821, 88 tons.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 28 August 1821]: Wooden ship Southworth (launched as Liverpool),
built Cortney's yard, Chester 1821, 350 tons. Voyage NSW via Madras
to London 1832/3, took convicts to Hobart, captain Maltby, 1833/4,
returning via Batavia to Rotterdam, wrecked on
Ooster Bank, off the coast of Holland, 4th November 1834 with loss of
all crew and 2 pilots from Goeree.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 05 June 1821]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Saturday 28 August 1824]: [from Dublin Observer - Saturday 08 November 1834]: Wooden brig Albion, built Chester 1821 from yard of Cortney,
101 tons, owned Wexford and then Belfast. Last Lloyd's listing 1851
with captain Morrison. Last newspaper report of Albion, Morrison was
arriving Belfast from Maryport, 29th January 1850. Not in MNL.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 21 August 1821]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 16 February 1850]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser
- Wednesday 27 February 1850]: Wooden schooner John & William, built Chester
1821, 70 tons. Registered Beaumaris 15/1843, 71 tons, in MNL,
ON18348, to 1868, latterly owned Elias Jones, Amlwch. Traded to
Ireland. Returning from Dublin, anchored in Bull Bay, driven ashore, 1
February 1868, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 24 November 1865]: [from Wexford People - Saturday 16 June 1866]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Tuesday 04 February 1868]: Wooden sloop Duchess of Leinster, built Chester
1823, 25 tons, ON9273. Registered Whitehaven 1837; registered Dumfries
1864, owned John Mollance, Kirkcudbright, 41 x 14.2 ft, 23.9 tons.
Voyage Maryport to Kirkcudbright, with coal, 25 January 1873, lost St Mary's
Isle, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 29 January 1873]: Wooden schooner Snowdon, built Mulvey, Chester,
1824, 78 tons, owned Thomas Jones, Plasgrono [near Wrexham], coasting.
On 7th November 1831, on a voyage to Bantry Bay, wrecked at
Hoylake. Not listed in Lloyd's register after 1831.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 December 1824]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Thursday 18 May 1826]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 14 November 1831]: Wooden ship John Welch, built Mulvey, Chester,
1825, 259 tons, owned Welch & Co., Liverpool, trading to Jamaica. Lost 29 July
1836, Wirral coast, 15 lost, 1 survivor.
Wreck details.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 09 December 1825]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 12 January 1826]: Wooden schooner Perseverance, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1825, 77 tons, initially owned T Jones, trading from Bristol.
Later owned Thomas Brennan, Wexford. Foundered near
Morriscastle Beach (between Wexford and Cahore Point), Captain Cullen,
on Saturday 31st December 1836 - with only one survivor out of a crew
of 6.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 06 May 1825]: [from Waterford Mail - Saturday 07 January 1837]: Wooden snow Camoens most probably built Wilson, Liverpool, 1824.
However, LR from 1835 records the vessel as built Chester, while prior
to 1835 the same vessel is listed as built Liverpool.
See here for more details of Camoens.
Wooden schooner Flint Castle, built Flint 1828,
by Thomas Eyton, first registered at Chester 1836, 80 tons, ON 21956, in MNL
to 1864. In Lloyd's register 1830s. For sale 1849, part owned Robert Eyton, for sale
again 1856 and 1858, owned Eyton family. Possible report of launch. [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 15 February 1828]: IMPORTANT SALE OF COASTING VESSELS, AT FLINT.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 31 May 1856]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 15 June 1858]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 23 November 1863]: [from Northern Whig - Tuesday 24 November 1863]: Wooden cutter Constantina, built Sluice, Flint,
1828. No further mention in Lloyd's Register, newspapers or MNL. So
possibly for private use, or renamed. Further vessels were reported
as built at "Sluice" which presumably is this location, also known as
Talacre, or the gutter alongside Point of Air Colliery. Between 1838
and 1842 (Sir Eward died 1841) at least seven vessels were built at
Sluice - financed by Sir Edward Mostyn and built by John Dawson.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 20 May 1828]: Wooden schooner Popplewell, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1826/1836, 67 tons, registered Chester, ON 16465, owned
Coppack, Connah's Quay. Probably the vessel Popplewell built Mulvey,
Chester, in 1826, which was re-built and re-registered in 1836. RCUS quotes built
1836. Voyage
Saltney to Newry with coal, leaky and abandoned 23rd
October 1861, off the coast of Ireland. Crew of 4 rescued.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Tuesday 27 October 1829]: [from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 02 November 1861]: Wooden schooner Maria, built Mulvey, Chester,
1826, 106 tons. Owned Hancock for coasting. By 1833 owned by her
master, Crookhall, registered Preston. Voyage Hamburg to Liverpool,
driven ashore
at Terschelling, 1 September 1833, 4 lost, 4 saved.
[from Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail - Saturday 28 September 1833]: [from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 21 September 1833]: Wooden flat Trefrew Trader (also Trefriw Trader), built Chester 1826,
Registered Chester 50/1836, 45 tons, ON13353. In MNL to 1864. Owned
William Jones, Llanrwst. Master Garratt 1833-49. Lost, and more detail, 29 January
1865, off Point Lynas, crew saved.
Chester - London Cheese Company vessels.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 20 March 1827]:
Line of superior fast-sailing Schooners, between London and Chester.
The merchants, cheese-factors, traders, and others, of the city of
Chester and its vicinity, are respectfully informed that FOUR VESSELS
of the above description are now laid down in the Yards of Messrs.
Wilson and Son, and Mulvey, of Chester, viz. two in each Yard, and
will be shortly ready for sea; one of which Vessels will leave each and
every fourteen days, full or not full; and for the convenience of
Shippers, until the above comes into operation, a regular succession of
Vessels will be constantly kept on the birth, at Cotton's Wharf,
London. [from Chester Chronicle, Friday 23 March 1827]: Wooden schooner London, built Mulvey, Chester
1827, 92 tons, ON 22466, initial service Chester - London, owned
Cheese Company. Later registered Rye 1845, lost 12 December
1883, at Filey
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 03 July 1827]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 13 December 1883]: Wooden schooner Chester, built Mulvey, Chester, 1827, 117
tons, for the Cheese Company. Trade Chester - London. For sale at
London 1847. Used for taking coal from NE England to Southampton;
damaged by collision off East Anglia, March 1850; last newspaper report
November 1850. Seems to have been repaired since advertised for
sale at Southampton in 1853.
Note that another Chester was built two years later.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 05 August 1828]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Friday 12 March 1830]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 08 July 1847]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Friday 29 March 1850]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 04 October 1853]: Wooden flat Sisters, built Chester 1827, 40 tons, ON 1982,
registered Chester 1850, then registered and owned Liverpool. Last MNL listing 1889.
Wooden schooner Halkin, built Mulvey, Chester,
1828, 100 tons, for trade between Chester and London. [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 02 May 1828]: [from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Wednesday 20 January 1836]: Wooden flat Chester, built Chester 1828, 41 tons, ON 2378,
registered Liverpool 1848, register closed 1913. Owned Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
This vessel was 85 years old when the register was closed.
Photo of Chester, loading stone for MDHB [from MMM].
Wooden schooner Chester, built at Chester, 1829,
61 tons, [from Lloyd's register 1850 on], owned J. Peers, registered
Chester, coasting. She was lost at Newquay in 13th January, 1854, master Peers,
bringing coal from Cardiff to Hayle, all 4 crew saved in own boat. See
details.
Wooden brig William Mulvey, built Mulvey, Chester, 1829, 161 tons,
traded to Mediterranean, West Indies and South America, owned Moss & Co.,
registered Liverpool.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 07 August 1829]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 22 March 1830] Wooden schooner Beresford, built Flint 1829,
105 tons, first owner (and builder) T. Eyton, registered Chester. On 15 July 1843,
from Wicklow to Flint, master J. Davies, struck Platters [NW Anglesey]
and sank near
Coal Rock. Crew saved. Most probable builder: Mulvey. though possibly Eyton at
Flint.
[from Morning Herald (London) - Wednesday 19 July 1843]: Wooden schooner Liverpool, built Chester 1830,
113 tons, 73.6 x 21.1 x 11.5 ft, ON 23324, owned east coast, in MNL
until 1883. Most probably built Mulvey. Offered for sale 1880, owned
Bessy, Yarmouth, - possibly for breaking.
[from Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser -
Saturday 17 January 1880]: Wooden schooner Lapwing, built Mulvey, Chester
1831, 122 tons, mainly owned Liverpool and traded to Lisbon and the
Mediterranean. On sale 1840 and taken to Australia. Lost 2nd October
1841 on east coast of North Island of New Zealand.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 04 August 1831]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 04 June 1840]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 20 January 1842]: Wooden flat Parkins, built Chester 1831,
registered Liverpool 10/1853, 49 tons. In Marwood 1854, owned John
Davies of Runcorn. ON8846. In MNL to 1864. Sank in Dee 28
September 1863, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 05 October 1863]: Wooden schooner Mariner, built Chester 1831, 70 tons, [from
Marwood 1854] Registered Liverpool 26/1836, 71 tons. Possible confusion with Mariner
built Winsford, 1831, schooner, ON12058
Wooden barque Laidmans, built Mulvey, Chester,
1832, 328 tons, for foreign trade, owned J. Laidman & Co. Later owned
Moore & Co of Liverpool, trading to Calcutta. By the 1850s, she was
mainly voyaging in the India - Burma - Singapore area. She is not
listed in MNL and only in Lloyd's Register to 1856 - so may have been
owned abroad. On 16 July 1858, she foundered off
Trincomalee when voyaging from Rangoon to Cochin [now Kochi].
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 30 December 1831]: [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 27 January 1832]: [from Liverpool Mercantile
Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 23 January 1832]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 26 July 1858]: Wooden barque Jane Prowse, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1832, 208 tons, owned Prowse, Liverpool. Lloyd's Register
1833 quotes: built Chester 1832, captain Cornish. Trading to S.
America. On 27th November 1853, driven ashore at
Arecibo [Puerto Rico] with loss 6 persons.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 04 August 1853]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Saturday 17 December 1853]: Wooden schooner Eaton, built Chester 1832, 46
tons, ON 22844, registered Caernarfon 1850; Beaumaris 1857-77 owned
Owen, Bangor; Wexford 1879-1919, 47 tons, owned Colfer, Wexford.
Register closed 1919. [from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 30 January 1919]: Wooden sloop Sarah, built Chester 1832, 47 tons, ON 24098,
registered Beaumaris 1857. In 1911, owned Evan Roberts, Tudweiliog, ketch, crew 5, master
Rees Williams. Last MNL listing 1911. Reported as wrecked at Porth Ferin 16 September 1911.
[from Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 03 March 1910]: Wooden flat Tower, The only entry in MNL that
fits is: Tower, 38 tons, ON 23904, reported built Chester 1832,
registered Chester 9/1836 and 5/1846, 48 tons, registered Lancaster by
1857, owned John Schneider, Ulverston, 1865; owned James Fisher,
Barrow in 1866, in MNL to 1866.
According to the
Fisher fleet list, however, built Chester 1852[sic], acquired 1855[sic], lost 1866.
Voyage Barrow to Mersey, abandoned off
Liverpool, 13 January 1866, crew rescued.
[from Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 01 January 1859]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 15 January 1866]: Wooden barque Mary & Ann, built Mulvey, Chester 1833, 212 tons,
Lloyd's Register 1834 gives: master R. Bartlett, owner Bartlett, trading Liverpool
to Buenos Ayres. Last Lloyds register entry 1852, owned Belfast, trading to Singapore.
Last newspaper report seems to be 22nd August 1848, master Nolan, loading at London
for Rio de Janeiro.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 15 January 1833]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 29 May 1843]: [from Glasgow Herald - Monday 07 February 1848]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 22 August 1848]: Wooden flat Smelter, built Chester 1833, 41
tons, ON 16493, registered Chester. Details of wreck in 1892.
Wooden smack Emily, built Chester 1833, 67 tons,
owned J Gabriel, registered Bridgwater in 1850, ON 10874, also in
Lloyd's Register 1854, 58. Foundered off
the Gower, at Porth Eynon Point, on 2nd October 1858, captain Gould
and 3 crew lost, one saved.
[from Dorset County Chronicle - Thursday 14 October 1858]: Wooden flat Fred, built Chester 1834, 39 tons, ON 16218, registered
Liverpool 1857, owned Liverpool, crew list to 1881, in MNL to 1885.
Wooden barque Bee, built Mulvey, Chester, 1834. Registered Liverpool,
owned Hadfield for service to west coast of S America. Registered Liverpool 72/1834, 283 tons,
and/or 66/1837, 233 tons.
Voyage Callao to Cobh, foundered, 21
January 1856, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 14 April 1834]: [from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Friday 28 March 1834]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 June 1849]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 06 March 1851]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 04 January 1855]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 28 January 1856]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 17 March 1856]: [from Royal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 21 March 1856]: Wooden schooner Glynne, built Mulvey, Chester,
1834, for the Cheese Company, 103 tons, ON 5780, 70.4 x 20.8 x 11.4
ft. On 9th June 1861, foundered off
the Longships, carrying rail iron from Newport to San Sebastian, owner
and captain Thomas Porter. Crew of 6 all saved.
[excerpt from Chester Courant, Tuesday 07 October 1834]: [Western Morning News - Tuesday 11 June 1861]: Wooden barque Elizabeth Radcliffe, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1834, 222 tons, ON 743, registered Liverpool. Later sold to
Sunderland: voyage Sunderland to Cronstadt, with coals, 5 May 1861, missing with all
7 crew lost.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 16 January 1834]: Wooden barque Matilda, built Chester 1835
(probably by Mulvey), 318 tons, ON 24385, Lost
1858 at Maceio [Brazil] with cargo of cotton - hull sold.
[excerpt from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 01 December 1836]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Monday 04 October 1858]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Saturday 06 November 1858]: Wooden schooner John Royle, built Mulvey,
Chester, January 1835, 82 tons, ON 5001, registered Chester, owned
Jones, Saltney. On 6th September 1883, aground on
Cartmel Wharf, with cargo of iron ore, wrecked, crew of 3 and
captain's wife rescued.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 02 January 1835]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser, Saturday 08 September 1883]: [from Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser - Tuesday 11 September 1883]: Wooden schooner Sir Edward, built Mostyn 1836,
59 tons, ON 8695, registered Chester. Name from local landowner, Sir
Edward Mostyn. Advertised for sale by Eyton 1856.
Later owned Jones, Nevin. Voyage Bangor to Silloth with slates, master
Parry, leaky and sank near Point
Lynas, 19th June 1875.
[from Liverpool Albion, Monday 20 September 1847] [from Western Mail, 28th June 1875]: Wooden Barque Francis Barkley, built Mulvey, Chester, 1836,
240 tons, 96.4 x 23.7 x 15.7 ft, owned Prowse, Liverpool. ON 7015.
Registered Liverpool as Frances Barclay. Also called Francis or
Frances and Barkley, Berkley or Barclay. Traded to India. Later based
at Maryport, trading to Canada, then coasting.
Wooden schooner Honora (launched as Honoratus),
built Boydell, King's Ferry, 1836. More about Boydell. Honora was registered at
Chester 9/1837, 76 tons. Then registered Aberystwyth 30/1849, 76 tons.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 15 November 1836]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 06 July 1841]: [from Monmouthshire Merlin - Friday 06 January 1871]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 02 January 1873]: Wooden schooner Susan, built Boydell, King's
Ferry, 1836. [See Honora above] Registered Chester 8/1837, 89 tons. ON
8861. In MNL to 1864. Voyage Plymouth to Dun Laoghaire, with granite
spar, struck the Manacles and sank, 15
September 1862, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 22 September 1862]: [from West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Friday 19 September 1862]: Wooden schooner Peggy, built Chester 1836. ON 16431.
Registered Chester 11/1836, 37 tons. By 1857, registered Cardigan, owned Thomas Edwards 1865.
By 1870 registered Cardiff, owned Richard John, Aberthaw. Build confirmed by RCUS.
Got ashore at Rhoose Point, wrecked 5
January 1871, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 17 January 1871]: Wooden schooner Lord Byron, built Mulvey, Chester 1837,
128 tons, ON 1089, owned Drogheda, in MNL until 1894, owned Barnes, Gloucester, 90
tons. After various mishaps, on voyage Plymouth to Beckton (Thames) on
18 October 1893 had to put in to Portland Roads, leaky, and to discharge.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 06 October 1837]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 22 March 1855]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 18 March 1857]: [from Northern Whig - Thursday 19 October 1893]: Wooden barque Queen Mab, built Mulvey, Chester
1837, 340 tons, registered Liverpool. Latterly owned by Samuel
Nicholson, NY, USA, but still registered at Liverpool. Voyage
Portland[Maine?] to Matanzas[Cuba], captain Walter, driven ashore on 22
October 1865 during a hurricane, on the Florida Keys. Crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 03 February 1837]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 13 April 1837]: [from Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 09 September 1863]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 01 December 1865]: Wooden schooner Anna Maria, built Queensferry.
Fflint, 1837, 77 tons [later 68 tons], ON 17241, owned Bennett,
Hawarden. Trading with master Bennets, until 1859. Last MNL listing
1879. Newspapers mention several vessels called Anna Maria trading in
the 1870s.
Wooden flat Dee, built Chester 1837, 31 tons, ON
28046, registered Chester 1860, owned Harden, Chester, 30 tons. Later
31 tons. Register closed 1897.
Possibly this vessel [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 February 1843]: For an account of a wreck of a flat Dee in 1843.
Wooden barque Margaret, built Mulvey, Chester, 1837, 253 tons.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 23 June 1837]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 March 1839]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 21 November 1839]: Wooden brig Margaret, built Chester (?) 1838, 178 tons.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 10 September 1838]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Wednesday 20 August 1851]: Wooden schooner Lady Harriet, built Eyton, Mostyn, 1838, 93 tons,
owned Eyton, for sale 1848 and listed as partly owned by Eyton in 1849.
For sale 1851, described as in constant employ.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 10 March 1848]: [from Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent - Tuesday 16 November 1852]: Wooden wherry (flat) Sluice, built Dawson, Sluice,
Flint, 1838, 42 tons, in MNL to 1885. Initially registered Chester,
for sale by Eyton 1856, later owned Griffith,
Bangor and registered Beaumaris, 41 tons, then later owned Amlwch. Latest newspaper
listing 1880.
Wooden sloop Primrose, built Chester 1838, 52 tons, ON 8853,
Registered Aberystwyth 1854, 51 tons.
Sunk 27 Nov 1870 south of Aberystwyth.
[from Shields Daily Gazette - Wednesday 30 November 1870]: Wooden smack Pilot Queen, built Chester 1838, 25
tons, ON 42567, registered Caernarfon 1861, owned Griffith. Voyage
North Wales to Dundalk with slates, master Griffiths, driven ashore near
Clogher Head, 11 January 1887. Crew of 2 rescued. Cargo salvaged
[from Dublin Daily Express - Wednesday 12 January 1887]: Wooden schooner Lucy, built Sluice, Chester
River, 1838, 110 tons. Registered Chester 1838, owned Dawson; then
Dumfries 1844. 67 x 18.3 ft. LR1840 reports built "Air" - presumably
Point of Ayr. In LR to 1846, latterly owned Hughan, registered
Dumfries. Reported, 29 September 1847, in Dumfries register as
wrecked at sea. Voyage Limerick to Preston, with wheat, wrecked 27 March
1845, near cliffs of Moher, 6 crew lost.
[from Liverpool Albion - Tuesday 25 September 1838]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 10 April 1845]: [from Limerick Chronicle - Wednesday 02 April 1845]: Wooden schooner (flat) Gronant, built Sluice,
Flint, 1839, 50 tons, ON 10634, registered Chester. Sluice refers to
one of the sluice gates used to keep the gutters navigable by
releasing impounded water at low tide. The best known was at
Ffynnongroew, which kept Point of Ayr colliery gutter open. For sale Eyton 1856, then owned by Roberts, Nevin,
registered Caernarfon. In MNL to 1879. [from The Rhyl Advertiser, Saturday, 21st December 1878]: Wooden schooner Cheshire Lass, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1839, 125 tons, ON 16406, for the Cheese Company. Listed in
MNL to 1864 only. For sale 1859. Voyage to Dunkirk from Liverpool,
off the Bishops, on 20th April 1859, sunk by
collision with Spanish barque Maria Louisa. Crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 08 February 1839]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 17 January 1859]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 26 April 1859]: Wooden snow William Prowse, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1839, 300 tons, owned Prowse, Liverpool. Registered
Liverpool, 168/1840, 357 tons. Trade to West coast of S. America, lost 22 Dec
1849.
Possibly this vessel, or Pickwick[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 11 June 1839]: [from Morning Herald (London), Tuesday 05 March 1850]: Wooden barque Pickwick, built Mulvey, Chester,
1839, 343 tons, ON 732, registered Liverpool, owned Cornish. Voyage
Swansea to Valparaiso with coal - lost 11th August
1859. Crew saved except first mate.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 02 August 1839]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 16 February 1852]: [from Greenock Advertiser - Thursday 06 October 1859]: Wooden schooner Maid of Mostyn, built Eyton, Mostyn
1839, 101 tons, ON 13082, part owned Robert Eyton of Mostyn, then for sale in 1849. Owned Barrow, by Fisher, in 1875,
last MNL listing. Voyage Britonferry to Belfast, left 22 Nov. 1874, and
posted missing.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 06 September 1839]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 21 September 1849]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 07 January 1875]: Wooden schooner Caroline, built Dawson, Sluice, 1839, 61
tons (later 53 tons), ON 8694, first registered Chester, part owned Eyton 1849, advertised for sale by Eyton 1856, then registered Beaumaris, owned Thomas,
Amlwch, then Owen, Holyhead. For sale at Bangor 1893. Register closed
1897.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 06 October 1876]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 28 January 1893]: Wooden flat Mersey, built Kingsferry [now Queensferry] 1839,
31 tons, ON 1470, registered Liverpool, crew list to 1874/5, owned Robert Lowe, Bagillt.
In MNL to 1875. Several flats were named Mersey. Some reports of them:
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 18 February 1870]: [from Liverpool Albion - Saturday 05 June 1875]: Iron schooner Princess Royal, built Rigby,
Sandycroft, 1841, 61 tons. First owner Rigby. For sale 1841.
Registered Chester 14/1844, for sale 1853/4, then registered Drogheda
1/1854, marked "lost". Not found MNL so lost by 1857. Quite a common
name of vessels.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 22 November 1841]: [from Northern Daily Times - Tuesday 02 May 1854]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Saturday 13 May 1854]: [from Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser - Tuesday 11 March 1856]: Wooden Ship Amiga, built Mulvey, Chester,
January 1840, 316 tons, owned Liverpool, trading to Valparaiso, China,
and from London to Algoa Bay. For sale 1848 and bought at Glasgow.
Voyage to Valparaiso and San Francisco. Last Lloyd's register mention
is 1852 with master Edington. Reported as leaving for San Francisco
from Valparaiso on 11 February 1853, and no newspaper reports found
subsequently. So either missing or sold foreign.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 14 January 1840]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 13 December 1848]: Wooden barque Malcolm, built Parry, Fflint,
1840, 244 tons, owned Captain Malcolm M'Farlane, Stranraer. Parry
was said to have employed as shipwrights, Daniel Ferguson, James Baird and John
McCallum, who were later to set out on their own. In LR1858
as owned M'Farland of Stranraer, master Brockbank. Voyage Rio de La
Hacha to Cobh, aground on
Florida Reef, 11 September 1858, crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 April 1840]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 18 September 1849]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 15 July 1850]: [from London Evening Standard - Wednesday 20 October 1858]: Wooden sloop (flat) Shifty, built Mulvey
Chester, first registered Chester 1840, 56 tons, ON 16448. Listed as
part owned by Mulvey in 1849. Later
owned Chester Fire Brick Co. Voyage Chester to Belfast, with fire
bricks and tiles, on 10th August 1865, struck Cannon
Rock, captain Vickers and 2 crew saved in own boat. Location
54°24.16N, 5°24.37W.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 14 August 1865]: Wooden flat Dee, built Chester 1840, registered Chester,
ON 28046, 30 tons, latterly owned Smith, Chester. Register closed 1897, in MNL to
1898.
Wooden sloop (flat) Trap, built Mulvey, Chester,
ON 16447, 40 tons, reported as part
owned by Mulvey 1848, in MNL to 1864. First newspaper mention May
1841, arriving Dublin from Chester. Voyage Chester to Dublin, master
Michael Hughes, leaving 12th March 1857, posted missing, her
boat came ashore near Drogheda 6th April.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 11 December 1852]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 30 March 1857]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Thursday 09 April 1857]: Wooden sloop/ketch Charlotte, built Chester
[possibly by Parry at Fflint, since first owner was Ann Parry], 1840,
41 tons, ON 17025. Owned at Connah's Quay, Saltney, Aberdovey and
then Barnstaple. Landing coal from Newport on 1st October 1895, master
Butler, at Mouth Mill, an open beach, near Hartland, she was driven
against the cliffs and wrecked. Crew
saved.
[from North Devon Journal - Thursday 10 October 1895]: Wooden schooner Edwin, built Eyton, Mostyn 1840,
124 tons, owned Eyton, Mostyn. Registered Chester 81/1840, 124 tons,
69.7 x 19 x 12.6 ft. Reported wrecked at Barmouth, bringing
coal from Mostyn, in 1843, with 5 crew and pilot lost, 1 saved. More history.
See also.
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 16 January 1843]: [from Sun (London) - Monday 23 January 1843]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 21 September 1849] [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 24 March 1851]: Wooden flat Collier, built Boydell, Queensferry, Flint,
1840, 56 tons, 59.3 x 15.4 x 7.0 ft, ON 16471, registered Chester. In 1872 owned Joseph
Rigby, Chester, 47 tons. MNL listing closed 1889, posted missing, owned
Davison, Connah's Quay. Ship's boat, found 22 January 1889, at Killean
[opposite Gigha Island], Mull of Kintyre. Crew of 3 lost.
[from West Cumberland Times - Saturday 29 September 1888]: [from IOM Heritage]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 23 January 1889]: Wooden schooner Fanny, built Dawson, Suice (Chester River), 1840,
115 tons. Registered Chester 12/1840. 65 x 19.6 ft. Registered
Dumfries 1845, described as built Chester. Registered Llanelly 1857.
ON 24018. In 1865, owned Thomas Davies, Llanelly, 109 tons. In MNL to
1868. Voyage Llanelly to La Rochelle, with coal, abandoned off the
Lizard, 22 August 1868, crew saved,
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 27 March 1857]: Could be this vesssel. [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 09 April 1858]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 31 August 1868]: Wooden schooner Annabella, built Parry, Fflint,
1841, 104 tons. Owned Parry, Flint. In Lloyd's Register until 1845.
Voyage Liverpool to Newfoundland, master W. Gardner, hit ice and foundered, 10th
May 1845, crew saved.
[from The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality, 6th April 1841]: [from Greenock Advertiser - Tuesday 17 June 1845]: Wooden ship Sycee, built Mulvey 1840, 402 tons, owned Rotherham,
Liverpool. First voyage Liverpool to Bombay, return to Liverpool
commenced February 12, 1841, master D. Jolly. No further mention of
vessel - presumed lost with all hands. Remains in Lloyd's Register until
1848. [Sycee is a Chinese term for silver treasure].
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 29 May 1840]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 June 1840]: [from Bombay Gazette - Friday 29 January 1841]:
FOR LIVERPOOL, The fine new Ship "SYCEE," D. Jolly, Commander, 500 Tons, will
have quick despatch. For Passage. Apply to HIGGINSON AND CALDWELL.
Bombay, 29th Jan. 1841. [sailed Feb 12, 1841]
Wooden ship Ann Bridson, built Mulvey, Chester 1841, ON
31487, 334 tons, Abandoned 1859
off Cape of Good Hope, all saved.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 23 February 1841]:
[excerpt from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 January 1841]: Wooden ship John Christian, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1841, 333 tons, missing 1848 on
voyage Liverpool to China, with all lost. Owned Prowse.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 03 September 1841]: Ship Launch.
Yesterday at twelve o'clock, a fine ship of 400 tons burthen, was
launched from the yard of Messrs. Mulveys, of this city. She was named
the John Christian, and is intended for the China trade.
Evidence of flat building by Mulvey [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 25 November 1842]: Wooden Smack Kitty, built Mulvey, Chester. Registered Chester 5/1842,
45 tons.
Newspapers quote Kitty, Foulkes, as coasting in the Irish Sea from
July 1842. Surprisingly both Trap and Shifty had masters named as
Foulkes - there were several mariners in the Connah's Quay region with
this surname. A 1847 report gives her tonnage as 44, which checks
with that reported when for sale by
Mulvey in 1848. By 1850 Kitty's master was Strickland, still
registered at Chester. On 13th November 1852, she was struck, off
Cape Cornwall, by the smack Emma Jane and sank. Her crew
were taken aboard the Emma Jane.
[from Liverpool Albion, Monday 20 September 1847] [from Royal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 19 November 1852]: Wooden schooner Ann Mulvey, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1842, 100 tons, later owned Treweek, Amlwch, registered
Beaumaris. ON 1929. Voyages: coasting and some to Mediterranean. Wrecked 7th
April 1887 on Crow Rock [off Linney Head near Castlemartin, Pembs],
carrying pig iron from Irvine to Newport. Captain William Parry and 6
crew, one AB, William Jenkins, b 1853, lost.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 10 February 1853]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Thursday 14 April 1887]:
Ann Mulvey schooner, of Beaumaris, from Irvine for Newport, with pig
iron, struck on the Crow Rock, April 6 and foundered shortly
afterwards; one man drowned. (Swansea, April 9.)
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 29 April 1887]:
Ann Mulvey. The schooner reported on April 7 as seen to sink off the Crow Rock
was the Ann Mulvey (previously reported). She lies in ten fathoms of
water, and her masts have been taken out by the Trinity steamer. (Milford,
April 26)
Wooden smack Sarah Davison, built Chester 1842,
25 tons, ON 27005, owned William Davison, then Charles Davison, Flint,
then by 1880 owned Bennett, Connah's Quay. MNL says built Chester,
possibly built by Rigby at Sandycroft. Voyage Conway to Traeth Bychan
quarry for stone, wrecked at
loading berth by waves 19th October 1881, captain William Jones, all
crew saved.
[from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 17 May 1844]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 03 November 1881]: Wooden schooner Ferret, built Chester 1842 [reported LR1858], 90
tons, owned Owens & Co., ON 10652, registered Liverpool, lost 1859, in
MNL to 1859. Marwood 1854 quotes built Tranmere. IOM Heritage quotes: built Tranmere, Cheshire.
Took shelter in Derbyhaven, Isle of Man, Master Owen
Owens, and in attempting to leave had to anchor, wind freshened, crew
abandoned her and she struck on the rocks at Murray's Point, near
Ronaldsway airport, and was wrecked [IOM
heritage], 14-3-1859.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 21 February 1846]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 18 March 1859]: Wooden full-rigged ship Templeman, built Mulvey,
Chester 1843, 345 tons, ON 4311. Voyage Nagasaki to Shanghai, stranded
near Nagasaki on 23 July 1860, all 12 crew saved, owned F. Prowse.
Liverpool registry closed 1860. The vessel seems to have been repaired -
voyages are reported to 1863 - and then sold foreign. She was most probably
eventually bought at Singapore in 1864 - and renamed "Harriet" - see below.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 29 August 1843]; [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 16 October 1843]: [from Wexford Independent - Wednesday 11 November 1846]: [from Morning Post - Friday 09 November 1860]: Wooden barque Harriet (possibly ex-Templeman),
built Chester, 1843 [from MNL 1875-80], 342 tons, first registered
Singapore 1864, ON 40837. From 1875, MNL states "foreign name Wm Prestace". Last
MNL listing 1880, owned Singapore.
Wooden schooner Dispatch, built Mostyn, 1843,
27nrt, 54.4 x 13.4 x 4 ft. ON 13580, registered Chester, owned Adam
Eyton of Llanerchymor. Listed among vessels part owned by Robert Eyton in
1849, and advertised for sale by Eyton 1856. Used
to transport cargo, off-loaded at Mostyn, further inland. In MNL
until 1872, where described as built Mostyn 1843. Sank off Mostyn
28 October 1866.
Here described as a flat. [from Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 15 June 1858]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 08 November 1866]: Wooden flat Brewers Hall, built Mulvey,
Chester, 1843, 20 tons, ON 25886, part owned Mulvey in 1849, later
owned Jones, Conway. For sale at Conway in 1886 "as she lies". Last
MNL listing 1887. Brewers Hall was the name of an estate near Chester.
[from The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality, 28th June 1884]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 05 June 1886]: Wooden sloop/dandy/ketch Fire Brick, built
Mulvey, Chester, 1843, 43 tons, ON 10580, partly owned Mulvey in 1848. Later owned
and registered in Caernarfonshire. Voyage Porthdinllaen to Swansea (in
ballast), wrecked on North
Bishop Rock in fog, 18th May 1879, Captain Richard Willimas and 2 crew
reached the rock and were later rescued by a passing steamer.
[from Lloyd's List - Saturday 24 May 1879]: [from Weekly Mail, 24th May 1879]: Wooden schooner Prince of Wales, built Chester 1843, 46 tons, ON 27016,
registered Chester 1845, owned H. L. Rigby, Hawarden. Last MNL listing 1885.
Wooden flat Rhuddlan Trader, built Chester 1842,
ON 24342. Registered Chester 1848, 26 tons. In MNL to 1874,
registered Beaumaris, owned Thomas, Anglesey, then owned Robert
Hughes, Red Wharf Bay. Crew list to late 1873, with master Robert
Hughes and 1 crew. Voyage Port Dinorwic to Liverpool, slates, sank off
Liverpool, 14 October 1873, master saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 15 October 1873]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 23 October 1873]: Wooden sloop Platina, built Parry, Flint, 1843,
36 tons. Owned Parry. Registered Chester 12/1844, 36 tons. Voyage to
Flint, with sulphur ore, sank near Puffin
Island, 2 April 1853, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 04 April 1853]: Wooden flat Experiment, built Parry, Flint, 1843,
51 tons. ON10633, in MNL to 1863, registered Chester. Voyage
Ardrossan to Saltney with pig-iron, driven ashore and wrecked near
Adrossan, 1 February 1859, master saved, 2 crew lost.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 10 February 1843]: [from
Glasgow Courier - Tuesday 08 February 1859]: [from
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald - Saturday 05 February 1859]: Wooden full-rigged ship Earl of Chester built
Mulvey 1844, 493 tons, ON 9136. Made one voyage to
Australia, 1856.
[from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 16 November 1844]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 29 October 1867]: Wooden schooner Gwenddolen, built Chester 1845,
84 tons, 65.7 x 15.5 x 9.3 ft, registered Chester. Later for sale
1847/8 and registered Fleetwood. Voyage Barrow to Newport with iron
ore, leaky and sank off
Bishops, 14th January 1850, crew saved. [position quoted as South
Bishop light bearing SW x S, 15 miles].
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 10 June 1847]: [from Swansea and Glamorgan Herald - Wednesday 23 January 1850]: Wooden schooner Jane, built Chester 1845, 64 tons, ON 1828,
registered Lancaster 1854, 57 tons. 1880 owned John Fisher, Ballymena, in MNL to 1882.
[from IOM Heritage]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 28 November 1881]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 07 December 1881]: Wooden flat Fume, built Walker & Parker,
Chester, 1846, 47 tons, owned by Joseph Walker & Parker [engaged in
the manufacture of lead], Chester, ON 9803, latterly 47 tons, in MNL
until 1916, [as Fame up until 1871] when owned Aberdovey & Barmouth Steamship co., Liverpool.
Chester registry closed 1916.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 11 September 1846]: Wooden flat Jane, built Chester 1846, 15 tons,
ON 21035, registered Chester, owned Isaac Key, Birkenhead. Broken up March 1874.
Wooden schooner The Sailors' Home, built Mulvey, Chester, 1846,
150 tons burthen, 86 tons in Lloyds. Owned Hunt & Co., Liverpool.
Registered as "The Sailor's Home", Liverpool 187/1846, 86 tons.
Sank 6 February 1850 in the Mersey bringing granite from Creetown, crew saved by
Magazines lifeboat. She is still listed in Lloyd's register until 1855.
Not in MNL.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 09 July 1846]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 14 September 1846]: [from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 09 February 1850]: Wooden flat Hematite, built Chester 1846, 25 tons, ON 6961, registered
Liverpool 1855; Preston, 1860; Dumfries, 1867. Register closed 1896.
Possibly this vessel [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 30 October 1846]: [from Northern Whig - Thursday 13 January 1887]: Wooden schooner Punch built (probably by Mulvey), Chester,
1847, 75 tons, captain Milburn, owned Beckwith, Douglas, registered
Douglas, 58nrt, 62.7 x 14.9 x 7.6 ft. Transferred to Preston 1855. ON
19801. Lloyds register lists to 1857 only - owned Beckwith. Later
transferred to Belfast, owned Larne. In MNL until 1883. Belfast crew lists to 1873 only.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 February 1847]: Maybe Punch [from Chester Courant - Wednesday 01 September 1847]: [from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 06 August 1859]: [from Preston Herald - Saturday 24 January 1863]: [from Belfast Morning News - Monday 18 November 1867]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 23 September 1873]: Wooden smack (also described as a sloop and a flat) Sarah
Jane, built Mulvey, Chester 1847, 52 tons, ON 16904, registered Chester.
Part owned Mulvey in 1848.
From 1895 owned Robert Evans, Caernarfon. In MNL until 1898
when register closed. Seems to have been abandoned in Caernarfon
Harbour.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 30 July 1847]: [from Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent, 5th May 1899]: Wooden flat City, built Mulvey, Chester, 1847.
Registered Chester 3/1847, 46 tons. ON 16468, in MNL to 1860. Voyage
Chester to Drogheda with slates and tiles, aground near
Port Oriel, 30 October 1859. Crew saved.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 12 May 1847]: [from Caledonian Mercury - Monday 31 December 1849]: [from Freeman's Journal - Monday 08 November 1858]: [from Chester Courant - Wednesday 08 June 1859]: [from Sligo Independent - Saturday 05 November 1859]: Wooden smack (later schooner, also described as a flat)
Fanny Truss, built Mulvey, Chester, 1848, 49 tons, ON 3148,
registered Chester, part owned Mulvey
in 1848, owned Jones, Saltney, and later Hughes, Connah's Quay. In MNL
until 1883. Destroyed by
fire in Holyhead New Harbour, 10th November 1883. Location near
Platters buoy.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald, Saturday 05 February 1848]: [from Evening News (London) - Monday 12 November 1883]: Wooden schooner Margaret, built Powell, Queens
Ferry, Flint, 1848, 69 tons, 72 ft long, ON 19022, in MNL until 1890.
Sank in the
storm on 7 November 1890 in
Mostyn Roads, crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 11 February 1848]:
Launch of the Margaret of Chester Schooner. On Tuesday last, there was
launched from the building yard of Mr John Powell, Queen's Ferry, a
beautiful Schooner, in the construction of which, the builder has had
an opportunity of shewing his fineness of form and fidelity of
workmanship. She is justly considered by competent judges a perfect
model of symmetry, and of peculiar strength. She is 72 feet in length
over all, with corresponding beam and keel: 9 feet 5 inches in depth
of hold, and her burthen 89 tons new measurement. The vessel glided
cleverly and majestically into her intended element, and there was
none the hurry and confusion generally observable on such occasions.
The name of the vessel was given with great spirit by the intended
captain, and the large assembly of respectable spectators left the
ground highly delighted with the sight.
Wooden schooner (wherry) Industry, built Evans, Flint
1848, 17 tons, ON 12398, registered Chester, then Lancaster owned
Ulverston. In MNL until 1885. Last voyages found in newspapers are Maryport -
Wigtown - Dumfries in November 1883, registered Lancaster, master
James Twentyman. Note that the list of vessels
partly owned by Robert Eyton in 1849 contains a smack Industry, so
presumably the same vessel.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 09 February 1848]: Wooden schooner Sir Edward, built Chester 1848, 98 tons, ON 24042,
Lloyd's register for 1866 gives 69.0 x 17.0 x 10.0, with note WRECKED. MNL lists to
1872, when owned Hancock, Flint. Ashore Point of Ayr, 10 August 1866, and towed to Saltney on
13th August. Name comes from local landowner, Sir Edward Mostyn, most probably.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 26 March 1864]: Possible cause of loss of vessel[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 15 August 1866]: Wooden schooner Sophia, built Eyton, Mostyn,
1848, 63 tons, ON 8772, initially registered Chester, part owned Eyton, for sale by Eyton 1856, then owned by Roberts of Porthmadoc,
registered Carnarvon. Voyage Thurso to Greenock with flagstones,
became leaky and foundered on 24
August 1884. Captain Jones and crew of two were taken aboard a
fishing vessel and brought safely to Peterhead.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald, Saturday 08 April 1848]: [from Peterhead Sentinel and General Advertiser for Buchan
District - Wednesday 10 September 1884]: Wooden flat Rose, built Chester 1848, ON 12396,
28 tons, registered Chester, latterly owned G. Whittle, Chester. In
MNL to 1881. Reported wrecked at Hoylake 1877.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 05 October 1857]: Wooden schooner Lady Fielding, built Jones &
Hughes, Flint 1849, 61 tons, ON 16470, registered Chester, owned
Hughes, Amlwch. Register closed 1910. Voyage Swansea to Menai Straits
[Llanidan/Brynsiencyn], with culm, aground on rocks,
12 August 1910, near Aberdaron, crew saved. More detail.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 09 June 1849]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 05 July 1849]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 18 September 1908]: [from Lloyd's List - Saturday 13 August 1910]: Wooden schooner Thomas Green, built Paton, Flint 1848,
21tons, ON 1939, registered Liverpool 1839, registered Dumfries 1857,
owned Kirkcudbright, 18 tons. Latest MNL listing 1885. Driven ashore at Hestan
on 26 September 1885, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 29 October 1849]: [from Northern Daily Times - Tuesday 01 May 1855]: [from Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser - Friday 02 October 1885]: Wooden sloop Eva, built Eyton, Mostyn, 1849, 34
tons, registered Chester, ON 21939, owned Eyton. Voyages Dee to Isle
of Man with coal: presumed wrecked on
Chicken Rock, February 1856, while making for Peel. In MNL until
1863, but no newspaper reports after 1856.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 30 June 1849]: [from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 02 October 1855]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Monday 11 February 1856]: Wooden wherry John & Jane, built Jones & Hughes, Flint 1849, 41
tons, ON 1145, registered Chester 1854, then Caernarfon 1867 as 37
tons, owned Ellis, Portdinorwic. Register closed 1894.
Last newspaper report was lying at Widnes in September 1894: "John & Jane 36 Ellis".
Wooden flat Lloyd, part owned
Eyton in 1849, described as 42.9 tons, involved in collision in
Mersey, May 1855. First registered Chester 24/1836, 43 tons, so date of build circa 1836.
Not in MNL as Lloyd.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 21 May 1855]: Wooden schooner My Lady, built Chester 1850, 60
tons, registered Chester, ON 21967. Reported built by Sir Edward
Walker. Owned Reney, Connah's Quay, and later Byrne, Arklow, 48 tons.
In MNL to 1910. Sunk by collision off Garston 11 May 1910. More details.
[from Irish News and Belfast Morning News - Saturday 14 May 1910]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 13 May 1910]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 18 May 1910]: Sailing vessels known to have been built by Wilson at Chester, (for those
built by other (or unknown) builders at Chester see here)
Wooden brig Belem Castle, built Wilson, Chester,
1824, 153 tons, owned Jones & Vianna, Liverpool. Inbound from Lisbon
wrecked on
Hoyle Bank 20 March 1832.
Details of Hoyle Bank wreck.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 27 August 1824]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 08 August 1831]: Wooden brig Ellen Clare, built Wilson, Chester,
1825, 174 tons, 80 x 22.2 x 14.6 ft, for Worral of Liverpool.
Initially trading to Leghorn, later to Americas. Lost 31st March
1846 on Alacranes Reefs [Scorpion Reef, north of Yucatan, near
22°58N, 89°41W] while on a voyage fro Vera Cruz to Liverpool.
One passenger drowned.
[from Chester Chronicle Friday 01 April 1825 ]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 06 November 1845]:
For VERA CRUZ, The fine Chester-built Brig ELLEN CLARE, Captain Reid, A 1 at Lloyds,
175 tons, newly coppered, a remarkably fast sailer, and in every respect a most desirable
conveyance. For terms &c, apply on board, west side George's Dock, or to
W. and J. TYRER.
[from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 16 May 1846]: Wooden brig Joshua, built Wilson, Chester, 1825,
177 tons, for owner Prowse of Liverpool. Trading to Mediterranean and
Americas. On 22 October 1830, wrecked 18 miles
from Vera Cruz [Mexico] while inbound from Liverpool.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 19 July 1825]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 28 June 1830]:
In lieu of the Zoe, For VERA CRUZ, The very fine Chester-built Brig
JOSHUA, J. Prowse, master, A 1, coppered, burthen 177 tons, well known
for fast sailing, and invariably delivering her cargo in good order,
has room disengaged for about 50 tons, and will have immediate
depatch. Apply to JAMES AIKIN.
[from Star (London) - Monday 27 December 1830]: [from Saint James's Chronicle - Tuesday 08 February 1831]: Wooden full-rigged sailing vessel Loretto, built
Wilson, Chester, 1826, 380 tons. Owned John Woodall, H Dutchman & Co.,
for the Jamaica trade. Listed in Lloyd's Register 1827 as Loretto, 370
tons, owned Dutchman.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 24 February 1826]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 03 March 1826]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 13 March 1826]: [from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Sunday 27 January 1828]: Wooden brig Mauney, built Wilson, Chester, 1826,
186 tons, ON 2608, owned Vianna Liverpool, then Muckford, Liverpool.
Later registered Plymouth, then Arundel. On voyage Southampton to
Sunderland, 8th April 1869, aground near
Dover and wrecked, crew saved. Last MNL entry 1870.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 14 July 1826]: [from Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 08 February 1827]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 01 January 1848]: [from Dover Express, Friday 09 April 1869]: Wooden schooner Trader, built Chester 1826 [most
probably by Wilson], 117 tons, ON 16982, initially owned Cheese Co.,
registered London. Later owned Buck, London. Voyage from Cardiff to
London with coal, sank 18 Sep
1858, off Padstow, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 22 May 1851]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser
- Wednesday 22 September 1858]: Wooden full-rigged sailing vessel St. George,
built Wilson, Chester, 1826.
Lloyds register 1831 shows: Ship, 604 tons, built Chester 1826, owned
Ackerman, Liverpool, trading to Calcutta.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 01 December 1826]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 03 October 1827]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Saturday 13 July 1850]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 29 September 1852]: [from Morning Chronicle - Thursday 17 March 1853]: Wooden schooner Factor, built Wilson, Chester,
1827, 91 tons, for the Cheese Company. Later owned Lovell, Weymouth.
Voyage Goole to Poole with logwood, captain Driver, on 14th November
1872, driven onto
beach at Pakefield [beach south of Lowestoft]. Crew of 5 and
Captain saved by beachmen.
[from Chester Chronicle, Friday 29 June 1827]: [from Norfolk News - Saturday 16 November 1872]: Wooden flats, built by and for Chester Lead Works, (originally at
Chester alongside the canal, but also at Bagillt, then called Dee Bank Lead Works), owned
Sir Edward S Walker, Parker and others. This Dee Bank factory at Bagillt was fully built
by 1841, with a wharf on the gutter.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 02 November 1870]: As well as the iron shipbuilding businesses of Cram [1851-7 Chester and Sandycroft] and Nathaniel Cox [1857-64 Chester],
alongside (in the area between the railway line and the Dee - known as
the Roodee or Dee Bank) was a wooden shipbuilding yard -
associated with William Bishton and with William Parkes. Bishton,
based at Wolverhampton, is first mentioned as building at Chester
around 1856.
From 1858, Bishton seems to have given control of his shipyard to William Parkes
whose name is recorded as builder in Lloyd's register, etc. Ownership of the
yard seems to have remained with Bishton, who took over again in 1863 when William Parkes
moved on (to Ellesmere Port). From 1865, his managing shipwright was Edward Sanders,
This yard built several schooners on speculation - so not for a specific
owner, and not definitively named until purchased and registered.
Note that Joseph Parkes [also written Parks, not known if related]
had a steel works and shipyard, from 1861, at Northwich, Cheshire, on
the Weaver Navigation. He built the iron screw steamers
Muriel, ON 78788, in 1876; and Liberator, ON 108634, in
1877.
Index. Smaller sailing vessels, reported as built at Chester, from 1850, builder
unknown:
Wooden schooner British Oak, built Chester 1855,
ON 27017, 79 tons, initially owned W Bishton [presumably the builder],
then owned Davison, Connah's Quay, registered Chester. Voyage
Dalbeatie (Solway Firth) to Bristol with stone (granite), master Peter
Croft. Collision with schooner Robert Brown of Newry, off Scarweather
Sands in Bristol Channel, 24th October 1876 and sank. Crew
saved.
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 28 October 1876]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 27 October 1876]: Wooden schooner Eliza Bond, built Bishton,
Chester, 1856, 70 tons, 68 x 18.5 ft, ON 18225, registered Lancaster
from 1856, owned at Ulverston, at Conway and then at Wexford. In MNL
to 1907, 56 tons. Anchored near Rosslare, but subsequently sank,
refloated, then sank again -
crew saved - 19 October 1907.
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 15 March 1856]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 23 October 1907]: [from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 28 February 1857]: Wooden schooner Hagar, built Bishton, Chester, 1857,
122 tons, ON 18862, registered Chester 1857, then Aberystwyth 1859-1879.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 16 May 1857]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 27 January 1879]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 14 February 1879]: Wooden schooner City of Chester, built Chester
1858, 87 tons, 77.0 x 20.0 x 9.4 ft, ON 21036, first registered
Chester 1858, owned Bishton, later Davison. Registered Beaumaris 1897,
owned Owens, Bangor.
[from Liverpool Weekly Courier - Saturday 09 April 1898]: Wooden schooner launched soon after March 1859, built
Parkes, Chester, advertised March 1859, 83 x 20 x 10.5 ft. Possibly the Eclipse,
below, launched in August, and initially owned by the builder, though
dimensions don't match well.
[from Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 15 March 1859]: Wooden schooner Eclipse, built Dee Bank Ship Building
Company (William Parkes), Chester, 1859, 101 tons, 75.5 x 18.0 x 9.4
ft, ON 27902, in 1872 owned Davison, Flint, registered Chester. In
1874 owned Sullivan, Holywood, Belfast, registered Belfast. In 1880
owned John Francis, Bangor, NI.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 03 August 1859]: [from Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 06 November 1886]: Wooden schooner Ocean Spray, built Parkes,
Chester September 1860, 70 tons, registered Chester, ON 28048,
initially owned Bishton (shipbuilder), then owned W Allsup, Preston.
Possibly this vessel reported for sale, partly built, in December 1859:
[from Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 06 January 1860]: [from Preston Chronicle - Saturday 06 April 1861]: Wooden schooner Hannah Coppack, built Parkes,
Chester, January 1861, 50 tons, 69.4 x 18.0 x 7.0 tons, ON 44041,
owned Coppack & Co. Wrecked 21
August 1877, on voyage Sunderland to Dartmouth with coal, crew saved.
Location quoted as 3 miles SE of Gunfleet Lighthouse [6 miles off
Frinton on Sea] Approximate position 51° 44.16N, 1° 17.42 E.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 28 August 1877]: Wooden schooner (also described as brigantine)
Cestrian, built Parkes, Chester, August 1861, 99 tons, 74.6 x
21.1 x 10.5 ft, ON 29490. Owned George Jones, Chester, then in 1870
Lomax, Chester, and in 1880 William Jones, Chester. Lloyd's register
described owner as Coppack & Co. Last MNL listing 1885. Voyage
Runcorn to Firth of Forth with salt, wrecked 2nd
March 1886 on rocks in Berwick Bay, with loss of all 4 hands.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 14 August 1861]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 04 September 1863]: [from Manchester Courier - Saturday 13 March 1886]: Wooden schooner Royle, built Parkes, Chester, December 1861,
76 tons, 73.0 x 18.6 x 9.3 ft, ON 44042, owned T Royle, Chester. Lloyd's register for
1867 is annotated "wrecked". MNL quotes 73 tons. Last MNL listing 1867.
Latest newspaper sailing is leaving Duddon for Cardiff on 30 January 1866 and
arriving Saltney from Duddon 1st February 1866.
Voyage Chester to Waterford, with bricks and tiles, struck rock near
Tuskar and sank, 21
February 1866, crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 07 December 1861]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 02 February 1866]: [from London Evening Standard - Saturday 24 February 1866]: Wooden barque Florie, (launched as Magnet),
built Parkes, Chester 1862, 273 tons, 117.0 x 24.0 x 15.0 ft. ON
44714. Described in Lloyd's Register as built Chester, Parkes, April
1862. For sale at Liverpool 1862. Owned Wylde, Runcorn, registered
Liverpool. Later owned T & W King of Liverpool. Last MNL listing
1875. Reported as arriving at East London 22 October 1874 and being
lost in gale
there on 15 December (along with many other vessels).
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 19 April 1862]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 19 April 1862]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 21 October 1862]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 27 June 1863]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Thursday 16 May 1867]: [from Altrincham, Bowdon & Hale Guardian - Saturday 09 January 1875]: Wooden schooner Emily Helena, built Parkes, Chester, August 1862.
64nrt, 72.0 x 18.2 x 8.2 ft, ON 44045, first owner James Reney, Connah's Quay, registered
Chester. 1880 owned Edward Owen, Bangor, still registered Chester. Reported in MNL
as wrecked 3-12-1891.
Wrecked
Ballyquintin Point [southern tip of Ards peninsula) Northern Ireland,
cargo slates from Bangor (Wales) to Belfast, 3rd December 1891.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 04 December 1891]: Wooden schooner Fanny, built Parkes, Chester
March 1863, 73 tons, 74.5 x 18.8 x 8.8ft. ON 44049. Owned Davison,
Chester. Last MNL listing 1885, 64 tons. Voyage Runcorn to Portrush
with coal - ashore near
Maughold Head, 5th October 1886, crew of 3, Captain Bennett, saved.
Position quoted as the rocks a little to the south of Cornaa beach,
near 54° 15.66N, 4° 20.71W.
[from Isle of Man Times - Saturday 09 October 1886]: William Parkes leaves Chester - for Ellesmere Port [from Chester
Courant - Wednesday 18 February 1863]: Wooden schooner Lily, built Parkes, Chester,
August 1863, 93 tons, 80.0 x 20.0 x 10.5 ft, ON 47218, owned James
Davison, Connah's Quay, and in 1880 Charles Davison of Flintshire.
Register closed 1895. Voyage Königsberg to Great Yarmouth with
wheat, became unmanageable in a gale and driven ashore at
Terschelling, 5th October 1895, crew saved.
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 05 September 1863]:
Ship Launch. On Monday last, a splendid built wooden vessel was launched from
the Roodee Wooden Ship Yard, before a considerable number of people.
The name of the vessel was "The Lilly,"[sic] and is built for Mr. Davidson[sic]
of Hawarden. [called Roodee Wooden Shipyard since William Parkes
had departed by this date]
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 25 October 1873]: [from Kerry Reporter - Saturday 09 November 1895]: [from Dundee Courier - Tuesday 19 November 1895]: Wooden schooner Constance, built Walker,
Chester, April 1863, registered Chester 1863, 70 tons, 70.0 x 18.5 x
10.1 ft, ON 44048, owned Walker, Chester, then Sloane, Chester. Later
56 tons. Voyage Danzig to Newcastle with wheat, sank from collision with
big Alecto, 14th October 1875, in North Sea. Crew: 2 saved, 3
(including Captain Morrison) lost.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 19 October 1875]: William Parkes at Ellesmere Port
Wooden schooner Lorn, built William Parkes,
Ellesmere Port, August 1864. 88 tons, 77 x 19.5 x 9.9ft, ON 51071.
Owned Roper, Ulverston. Registered Lancaster, later 80 tons.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph
and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 04 September 1865]: [possibly wooden schooner J.C.R., ON 52638, built Parkes, E'Port
October 1865, 60 tons, owned Reney, Connah's Quay; later to Castletown, IOM, wrecked 24
December 1907 near Wexford]
Wooden schooner Quickstep, built
Parkes, Ellesmere Port, 103 tons. Registered Liverpool 242/1865, 103
tons. ON 29924. In MNL to 1874, owned James Clarke, Buckley, 96 tons.
Voyage Kinvara (Galway bay) to Penarth with potatoes,
wrecked on
Puffin Island, SW Ireland, 13 April 1874.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 28 April 1874]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 10 February 1866]: In May 1866, the contents of his shipyard at Ellesmere Port were
for sale - as he was bankrupt. A partly built schooner, yard no. 5,
about 85 tons nm, 76 x 20 ft, was among the items for sale.
Dee Bank Shipbuilding - Roodee, Chester - Edward Sanders, but
financed by Bishton (who lived in the Midlands).
Wooden schooner Daisy [Rosina, pro tem] built
Sanders/Bishton, Chester, 1865, 91 nrt, 82.1 x 20.5 x 10.6 ft, ON
52637, owned Davison, Flintshire. Crew list to 1887, in MNL to 1888.
Wrecked on
Conister Rock, Douglas, Isle of Man, on 4th January 1888, Captain
George Edwards and crew of 4 saved. Later towed off rock, sank,
raised, beached and broken up.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 04 February 1865]: [from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 04 February 1865]: [from Runcorn Examiner - Saturday 07 January 1888]: Wooden schooner Pride of the Dee, built Sanders/Bishton, Chester, 1865,
73 tons, 74 x 19.1 x 9.7 tons, ON 52640, owned Craven, Flint, reg. Chester, later owned
Howard, Runcorn.
Lloyd's Register states launched December 1865. Register closed 1901.
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 16 November 1901]: Wooden schooner (later ketch) Excelsior, built Sanders/Bishton,
Chester, 1866, 90 tons, 75.0 x 20.0 x 9.8 ft, ON 52645, owned Henry Craven, Buckley, registered
Chester. Lloyd's Register quotes built December 1866 by Bishton at Chester.
Later owned James Coppack, and then Sinnott, Clonakilty, registered Chester.
Later described as a ketch, and 77 tons. Register closed 1917, last MNL entry 1917.
Last definite newspaper report is "Excelsior 76 Sinnott" in Garston Old Dock
in November 1912.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 24 July 1917]: Wooden schooner Imperial, built Sanders/Bishton,
Chester, 1867, 107 tons, 82.0 x 22.6 x 10.4 ft, ON 58205, for James
Fisher of Barrow, according to newspaper report, then owned Hancock of
Buckley. However MNL reports from 1870, owner as Davison of Flint.
Register closed 1895. Lloyd's Register gives Sr 107 tons, b Chester,
November 1867 by Bishton, owned Davison, reg Chester.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 02 November 1867]: [from Western Morning News - Monday 31 December 1894]: [from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 05 January 1895]: Bishton's shipyard, in name and practice:
[excerpt from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 14 March 1868]: Wooden Schooner Excellent, built Bishton, Chester, November
1868, 76 tons, 71.8 x 19.2 x 10.8 ft, ON 58207, registered Glasgow 1868,
last MNL listing 1885, owned Clavel, London.
The last seagoing vessel listed as built at Chester - the Balogun -
is a bit of a mystery. She was a larger than average vessel, and is
reported in Lloyd's Register as built by Allsup. William Allsup is a name
associated with iron shipbuilding at Preston. He is listed as owner
of Ocean Spray, wooden schooner, built by Dee
Bank in 1860; also in 1870-1, he launched, at Preston, two wooden
brigantines: British Seaman [ON 62768] and Belle [ON 65048] - so he
had the expertise to manage the completion of a vessel at Chester.
Wooden brigantine Balogun, built Chester
October 1870 by Allsup, 182 tons, 101.1 x 24.2 x 9.1 ft, ON 65893.
Lloyd's Register quotes the builder as Allsup. Registered Liverpool,
first owner Kidd, trading to Africa. Reported Missing - having
left Old Calabar for Falmouth with palm oil and kernels, master
Crosby, on 11 May 1885.
[from Shields Daily News - Tuesday 25 May 1880]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 19 November 1885]: Wooden lugger Governor Wodehouse, built
Chester 1856, 30 tons, registered Liverpool 1856, owned T Moss,
Liverpool. ON 16884. Last MNL listing 1885. [initially served to Demerara, later
possibly a fishing vessel, lugger] [Governor Wodehouse served British Honduras
1851-4,..]
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 06 October 1856]: Wooden sloop Melfort, built Chester 1856, 36 tons, ON 15195.
Registered Lancaster 1856, 36 tons. In MNL to 1883, owned Alexander Hull, Belfast.
Voyage Belfast to Mulroy, ashore in Lough
Swilly, 3 March 1881, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 04 September 1876]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 04 March 1881]: Wooden smack Ocean Queen, built
Samuel Mason, Runcorn 1854 [Chester 1858 from MNL in 1872; but registered
Liverpool 410/1854 and advert and launch report says built Runcorn
1854], 40 tons, 55.8 x 16.5 x 8.1 ft, registered Liverpool. ON 6997.
Owned by a fishing company. Later registered London (1858), Galway
(1859-68, now 51 tons), Dublin (1869-1874), Liverpool (1875 - 1911,
when closed). LL44. Last owner Joseph Foulkes, Port Dinorwic.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 16 June 1854]: [from Morning Herald (London) - Thursday 04 March 1858]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 03 May 1902]: Wooden barge Alice Burton, built Chester 1868, 48 tons,
owned T. H. Burton, Liverpool, ON 161098. Only registered at Liverpool 1929.
Sunk in Mersey 1939,
refloated, in MNL to 1947.
Also some sailing vessels built in the Dee estuary 1850
on [to 1860] in Flintshire (Saltney, Queensferry, Connah's Quay,
Fflint, Mostyn, Ffynnongroew/Sluice/Talacre).
Wooden schooner Ann & Mary, built Queensferry, Dee, 1851,
registered Chester, owned John Powell, who was a shipbuilder at Queensferry (called Kingsferry
earlier).
ON 2303, 72 tons.
More
history Voyage Cardiff to Holyhead, with coal, struck Skomer, 15
November 1876, sunk, crew
saved. See also here.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 17 November 1876]: Wooden schooner Success, built Jones & Hughes, Fflint 1851, 49 nrt,
ON 3382, registered Chester, then owned Amlwch. Register closed 1911.
In 1865 owned Parry, Fflint. Damaged at Amlwch 1889.
More history
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 12 March 1851]: [from Western Daily Press - Saturday 23 March 1889]: Wooden sloop Breeze, built Ferguson & Baird,
Fflint 1852, 19 tons, ON 1625, registered Chester, then 1910-23 at
Caernarfon, register closed 1923, but in MNL to 1933.
Wooden schooner Lady Helena, built Mathias, Fflint 1852, 45 tons,
ON 27525, registered Chester, then owned Bangor, County Down. Register closed 1896.
More history
Ashore near Annagassan, 7 April, 1894. Cargo discharged. Put back in service.
[from Northern Whig - Wednesday 14 January 1891]: [from Liverpool Mercury - Monday 09 April 1894]: She was put back in service: [from Glasgow Herald - Monday 01 April 1895]: Wooden brig Britius, built D Jones, Fflint 1853.
Registered Chester 1853, 243 tons, ON 420, registered Beaumaris from 1859, 219 tons.
Voyage New York to Cobh with grain, posted missing, all 10 aboard lost, 7 February 1862.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 20 November 1852]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 28 September 1854]: [from Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury - Saturday 24 May 1862]: Wooden schooner Miss Nightingale, built David Jones, Fflint 1854.
ON 27006. Registered Chester 1855, 101 tons.
Voyage London to Canaries, departed 22 October 1860, some wreckage, from
return voyage, recovered January 1861, off Yarmouth, all 7 crew lost.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 22 November 1856]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 29 August 1860]: [from London Evening Standard - Tuesday 23 October 1860]: [from Ipswich Journal - Saturday 05 January 1861]: Wooden brigantine Robin Hood, built Fflint 1854, registered
Beaumaris 15/1854, 155 tons. ON 1680. Owned Treweek, Amlwch, 132 tons.
Voyage Poole to Runcorn, with clay, ashore near
Durleston Head, 3 March 1870, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 24 January 1857]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 04 March 1870]: Wooden brig Mary Garland, built Ferguson & Co., Fflint 1854, 277 nrt,
ON 12920, registered Chester, Liverpool, Guernsey.
More history
19/11/1875: Abandoned off
Southwold/Cromer, on a voyage from the Tyne to Poole with a cargo of
coal.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 14 December 1854]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 22 March 1865]: [from Ipswich Journal - Tuesday 23 November 1875]: Wooden brigantine/schooner Sarah Ellen, built by Ferguson,
M'Callum & Baird, Fflint 1855, 121grt, ON 1398, registered Liverpool,
later Swansea then owned Morgan, Amlwch. Register closed 1908. More
history. Also described in MNL as a brigantine. Voyage Wicklow to
Swansea, driven ashore [with image of
wreck] in Holyhead Bay on Penrhos Rocks, crew of 4 saved, 22
November 1908.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 08 May 1855]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 12 December 1856]: [from Liverpool Echo - Monday 23 November 1908]: Wooden barque Sea Rover, built Rowlinson, Mostyn 1855,
registered Liverpool, 45/1855, 34 tons. ON 13583. By 1865, registered
London, owned Dymes, 213 tons. Last MNL entry 1868, owned Payne,
London. Voyage Liverpool to S Africa, driven ashore off East
London, cargo iron pipes, 27 July 1868, crew saved.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 25 June 1863]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 06 March 1868]: [from Liverpool Albion - Monday 07 September 1868]: Wooden schooner Isabella, built Jones, Fflint, 81 tons, ON 14381.
Registered Douglas, Chester, and Padstow, register closed 1902.
More history
Voyage Waterford to Penryn [Falmouth] with oats, struck Manacles, 9
March 1902, and sank, crew
saved.
[from North Devon Journal - Thursday 13 March 1902]: Wooden schooner Kattie Darling, built Jones, Fflint
1856, ON 12394, registered Chester, Cardigan, Swansea, then Dublin. Register
closed 1926, ketch 54 tons, owned Robert Conway of Wicklow, registered Dublin.
In 1865 owned David Jones, Fflint, who was a shipbuilder there. More
history.
From Wicklow with pit props, entering Liverpool, on 26 October 1925,
grounded on revetment and capsized. Crew
of 4 saved in their boat.
[from Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 27 October 1925]: [from Dundee Courier - Wednesday 28 October 1925]: Wooden schooner Flintshire Lass, built Jones, Fflint 1856, 97 tons.
ON 12395, registered Chester 6/1856, in MNL to 1869, owned Thomas, Flint.
LR1859 gives owned Jones & Co, built Flint 1856. So probably built by Jones.
Abandoned
21st July 1867 on Arklow Banks, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 13 July 1857]: [from Wicklow News-Letter and County Advertiser - Saturday 22 February 1868]: Wooden sloop Chester Trader, built Fflint 1857,
38 tons, ON 18860, registered Chester, Caernarfon then Beaumaris. Register closed 1899.
More history.
Anglesey archives: Vessel stranded at
Hells Mouth, Pwllheli, 27/6/1898, master David Hughes, b 1841, and
mate William Moore, b 1879.
[from Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 05 May 1895]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 07 June 1898]: Wooden schooner Cyril, built Fflint 1857, 59 tons,
registered Chester, register closed 1894. ON 18863.
More history
Voyage Dunmanus to Liverpool, leaky and abandoned near
Tuskar, 31 October 1894. Crew of 3 saved.
[from Cork Daily Herald - Saturday 03 November 1894]: [from Lloyd's List - Saturday 17 November 1894]: Wooden schooner Gipsey, built David Jones, Fflint 1857, 72
tons, ON 12400, registered Chester, then Belfast 1917-21. Reported
as built Jones. Register closed 1922. Possibly abandoned in Wexford harbour November 1921.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 29 May 1857]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 16 April 1921]: Wooden schooner Nina, built Allen [sic], Ferguson &
Baird, Fflint 1857, 65 tons, ON 12399, registered Chester, later owned
Liverpool. Registered Bridgewater 1897-8, owned Bridgewater, 59 tons.
Register closed 1898. Foundered off
Tintagel, 5 September 1898, crew saved. More
history
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 05 September 1898]: Wooden schooner Three Brothers, built Fflint 1857, 33 tons,
ON 14456, registered Liverpool. In MNL to 1882. Owned Ball, Hoylake.
Grounded at
Llanfairfechan, 18 January 1881, on voyage Penmaenmawr to Hoylake with
macadam.
[from Lloyd's List - Saturday 22 January 1881]: [from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 22 January 1881]: General information about some shipyards in Flintshire.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 17 February 1855]: Mostyn history [from Flintshire Observer - Friday 20 February 1857]: Wooden schooner Alice Isabelle, built Mathias, Mostyn, 1856,
registered Liverpool, 1857, 82 tons. Owned Pringle, Southport. ON 17840. In MNL to 1864.
Last recorded voyage Liverpool to Lisbon, departing 26 March 1891.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 22 November 1856]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 04 March 1861]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 27 March 1861]: Wooden barque Orion, built Mathias and
Richards, Mostyn 1857. ON20456, registered Liverpool 1857, 224 tons.
In MNL to 1868, owned Kelso, Liverpool, 224 tons. Reported burnt at
Paraiba, Brazil, on 3 October 1868.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 22 October 1857]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 11 June 1868]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 02 December 1868]: Wooden schooner Denbighshire Lass, built Jones,
Fflint, 1857. ON 20559, registered Beaumaris 18/1857, 73 tons, owned
Reney, Connah's Quay, then registered Dublin from 1885-1926, owned Tyrrell, Arklow,
latterly 61 tons.
Voyage from Cardiff to Duncannon, with coal, leaky, abandoned near
Smalls, 19 March 1926, crew of 3 saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 05 December 1857]: [from Wicklow People - Saturday 27 March 1926}: [from Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 22 March 1926]: [from Western Mail - Tuesday 23 March 1926]: Wooden schooner Mag, built David Jones, Connah's Quay, Fflint
1858. ON 18864. Register closed 1904. More
history.
Severely damaged while at anchor in Mostyn Roads, 19 May 1887. Towed in, derelict.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 05 March 1858]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 25 May 1887]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 13 July 1887]: [from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 28 May 1887]: Wooden schooner Mary & Jane , built Jones, Fflint
1858, 68 tons, ON 21038, registered Chester. Later owned Ulverston,
and then by Gregory, Wicklow; register closed 1899. In 1865 owned
David Jones, Fflint, who was a shipbuilder there. More
history
Voyage Liverpool to Wicklow, with coal, abandoned off
Holyhead, 15 December 1899, crew saved.
[from Glasgow Herald - Monday 18 December 1899]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 16 August 1851]: Schooner launched 30th August 1859. This checks with John James, below.
[from Cheshire Observer - Saturday 23 July 1859]: [from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 03 September 1859]: Wooden schoooner Charles Edward, built
McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Connah's Quay, 1858, 65 tons, ON21037.
Voyage Duddon to Cardiff, with iron ore, was struck by SS Aleppo and
sunk, 30
August 1865, about 8 miles west of Bardsey Island. All hands lost,
including Captain Hewitt, 2 men and 1 boy.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 29 May 1858]: [from Morning Post - Saturday 23 September 1865]: Wooden sloop John James, built McCallum,
Ferguson & Baird, Connah's Quay, Fflint 1859, ON 27904, 30 tons,
registered Chester, owned David Jones, then registered Aberystwyth, latterly owned
Williams, New Quay, register closed 1902.
[Ferguson & Baird moved from Fflint to Connah's Quay around 1858 to have more space to build].
Voyage Newquay to Swansea, in ballast, 13 February 1901, struck rock
in Jack Sound and sank, crew
saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 03 September 1859]: [from Illustrated London News - Saturday 01 January 1870]: [from Western Mail - Wednesday 25 July 1900]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 15 February 1901]: Wooden sloop Price Jones, built McCallum,
Ferguson & Baird, Connah's Quay, Fflint 1859, ON 27903, 23 tons,
registered Chester, then Cardigan 1861 on. In MNL to 1884, owned
Jenkins, Newport, Pembs.
Voyage Saundersfoot to Newport, Pembs, with culm, ashore off Newport
and wrecked,
27 April 1873, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 29 April 1873]: Wooden sloop Mary, built Fflint 1859, 68 tons,
ON 27901, registered Chester, then owned Dilworth, Ulverston. Register closed 1897.
Reported lost 29 January 1897.
More history
Wooden sloop Pride of the Lake, built Fflint
1859, 30 tons, ON 27942, registered Liverpool, Fleetwood, Liverpool, LL69,
latterly owned Cooper, Hoylake. Probably a fishing vessel (see below).
Register closed 1899. More
history
[from Birkenhead News - Wednesday 02 May 1894]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 25 August 1896]: Wooden sloop Sarah Beck, built Fflint 1859, 34
tons, registered Liverpool, ON 27445, LL13, until closed 1906. Crew lists to 1903. Latterly
owned Mrs Beck, Hoylake. Despite not being listed in MNL after 1906,
a Hoylake fishing vessel named Sarah Beck is reported in newspapers until
foundering in 1934. Possibly the second Sarah Beck was less than 15
tons - so not in MNL or Olsen's.
The Lifeboat Journal reports that: Beaumaris Lifeboat, on 16 November 1895,
landed 4 crew of the cutter Sarah Beck of Liverpool.
[from Liverpool Evening Express - Friday 21 December 1934]: Wooden schooner Industry, built Jones, Fflint,
1860, 72 tons. "Ships built on the river Clwyd" lists this vessel
as built at Rhuddlan, Flintshire. ON 28045. More
history. Broke from her moorings off Abersoch and sunk on
Porthmadoc Bar, 7 December 1891.
[from The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard, 11th December 1891]: Wooden schooner Wepre Lass, built Fflint 1860, 44 tons,
ON 28049, registered Chester 10/1860, 44 tons, owned Fox, Fflint. From 1873-9 registered
Caernarfon, owned Williams, Bryngwynedd.
More history.
Voyage Silloth to Dundalk with coal, leaky and abandoned near
Silloth, 30 September 1879, crew of 2 saved. Court case to establish
whether she was scuttled intentionally.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 13 January 1880]: Wooden schooner Caerwys Castle, built Ferguson, McCallum, and Baird,
Flint, 1861. ON29489, 69.0x 18.4 x 8,3 ft. 59 tons.
Voyage Laxey to Saltney with lead ore, 13 November 1875, posted missing, 3 crew
and a passenger lost.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 04 May 1861]: [from Isle of Man Heritage]: Report of 17 vessels built by David Jones up to 1862.
[of these only Lady Fielding, Success, Miss Nightingale,
Mag, Gipsey, Denbighshire Lass, Industry and Jane Porter are definitely identified
from newspaper reports]
Wooden schooner Jane Porter, built Jones, Fflint, 1862.
ON 44044, registered Chester 1862, 110 tons, in MNL to 1864.
Voyage Bordeaux to Greenfield (Dee estuary) with wheat, left 2
December 1863 and posted missing.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 19 July 1862]: [from Glasgow Saturday Post, and Paisley and Renfrewshire Reformer - Saturday 30 January 1864]: [from Liverpool Mail - Saturday 13 February 1864]: Sailing vessels built at Rhuddlan and Rhyl, in Flintshire. A railway bridge was
built at Rhyl in 1848, over the river Clwyd - and a road bridge in 1861 - opening
to allow ships to get further upriver. The mouth of the Clwyd at Rhyl - called the Foryd -
is still in use as a harbour.
Later vessels - from shipbuilder site:
As well as most of the above, the article, Ships of the River Clwyd, lists the following:
Wooden brig John & Betty, built Rhuddlan 1785
[from sale advert]. Cumbrian shipping register gives built Conway,
1785, registered Whitehaven 133/1787, brigantine, 133t, reported lost
off Malahide 10-1-1803.
[from
Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 05 December 1787]: Wooden sloop Barbara, built Rhuddlan 1825 [from
Eames book]. Registered Beaumaris 74/1837, 47 tons, also 41/1853, ON
18318. in MNL to 1871, owned James Jones, Amlwch, 47 tons. Loss
advised November 1870.
[from Royal Cornwall Gazette - Friday 13 January 1860]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 08 November 1866]: Wooden schooner Mary & Elizabeth, built Rhuddlan 1826,
registered Chester 1847, 49 tons, ON 10650, registered Beaumaris by 1868, in MNL to 1886,
owned Thomas, Amlwch, 42 tons.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 14 May 1827]: [from Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 13 November 1880]: Wooden schooner Susanna & Anna, built Rhuddlan
1827, ON 8136, registered Belfast 1844, 59 tons, in MNL to 1874,
listed as built 1827, owned Tweed, Belfast, 52 tons. Voyage Troon to
Larne, with coal, leaky and sank, near the
Maidens, 13 August 1873, crew saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 11 July 1828]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 28 August 1873]: Wooden flat Lady Mostyn, built Rhuddlan 1841
[from Ships of the River Clwyd]. Registered Chester 3/1841, 29 tons.
Reported broken up 1847 - but see below. Not in MNL. Voyage Dee to
Clwyd with coal, foundered off
Rhyl 9 May 1853. Reported, however, in collision with Mersey Ferry, November 1853.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 14 May 1853]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Friday 08 July 1853]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday
14 November 1853]: Wooden flat Elizabeth, built Rhuddlan 1842, ON
16422, registered Chester 1842, 30 tons. By 1860 registered Beaumaris,
in MNL to 1880, owned Williams, Aberffraw, 25 tons. Voyage Holyhead to
Widnes, with fire clay, foundered in Rock
Channel, 27 December 1879. [also described as 1 mile NW of Horse Channel Fairway buoy]
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 31 December 1879]: [from Liverpool Echo - Saturday 03 January 1880]: Wooden schooner Lord Mostyn, built Rhuddlan
1844, registered Chester 10/1851, 56 tons. ON 25026. Registered
Beaumaris from 1863, in MNL to 1893, owned Thomas, Amlwch, 46 tons.
Voyage Liverpool to Amlwch, with scrap iron, ashore near
Moelfre and wrecked, crew saved, 6 November 1890.
[from Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette - Monday 10 November 1890]: [from Liverpool Weekly Courier - Saturday 08 November 1890]: Wooden schooner Betsey, built Rhuddlan 1847,
Registered Chester, 1847, 97 tons. ON 13215. Registered Beaumaris from 1857;
then Caernarfon, 1887, owned Parry, Caernarfon, 76 tons.
Voyage Bangor to Hull, with slates, leaky and abandoned in
Cardigan Bay, 13 November 1887, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 18 November 1887]: Wooden sloop Abbey, built Rhuddlan 1851,
registered Chester 9/1851, 47 tons; then Caernarfon 34/1855; then
Cardiff 1883-91. ON9855. In MNL to 1891, owned Richard John, Aberthaw.
Voyage from Aberthaw, with limestone, leaky and foundered off
Briton ferry, while being beached, 31 October 1891. 3 crew, one lost.
[from Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser - Saturday 07 November 1891]: Wooden brig Elwy, built Rhuddlan 1853, ON
22904, registered Liverpool 1854, 177 tons, registered Colchester 1862
- 1867, owned Mills, Colchester, 147 tons. Voyage London to
Sunderland, in ballast, sunk by
collision 17 March 1867, off the Gunfleet, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 23 October 1860]: [from Newcastle Courant - Friday 22 March 1867]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Monday 25 March 1867]: Wooden schooner Joshua, built Rhuddlan 1853.
Registered Liverpool 399/1854, 77 tons. ON 1489. In MNL to 1864.
Voyage to Mersey, with stone, sank on north
side of Hoyle Bank, 31 August 1863, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 28 September 1863]: Wooden flat Gwynedd Frances, built Rhuddlan
1853, registered Chester 1855, 43 tons. ON 16426. By 1857 registered
Beaumaris, 38 tons. In MNL to 1864. Voyage to Rhuddlan with coal, wrecked off
Rhyl, 3 November 1857, crew saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 07 November 1857]: Wooden schooner Anglesea Lass, built Rhuddlan,
1854. Registered Beaumaris 1855, 99 tons, ON 3246. By 1865 owned
German, Amlwch, 100 tons. In MNL to 1866. [Eames quotes built Rhyl]
Voyage Runcorn to Wick, with salt, ashore on
Maidens, 22 July 1866, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 25 July 1866]: [from Banner of Ulster - Tuesday 31 July 1866]: Wooden schooner Margaret & Elizabeth, built Rhuddlan 1855,
registered Liverpool, 333/1856, 77 tons, ON 2392, in MNL to 1912 as schooner, then as a flat,
latterly owned Kyffin, Liverpool.
Reported leaky, coal laden, and beached at Cemlyn, 13 September 1911.
[from Lincolnshire Echo - Friday 08 February 1895]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Thursday 14 September 1911]: Wooden schooner Margaret & Ann, built Rhuddlan
1855, registered Liverpool 124/1855, 85 tons. ON 26716. Registered
Barrow 1899, in MNL to 1899, owned Poole, Barrow, 55 tons. Voyage
Dalbeattie to Liverpool, with granite chippings, departing 1 October
1899, posted missing.
[from South Wales Daily News - Thursday 14 December 1899]: Wooden schooner Catherine Maria, built Rhuddlan 1856,
ON 13356, registered Beaumaris 1856, 90 tons. In MNL to 1863.
Voyage Plymouth to Boulogne, departing 17 January, 1863, and posted missing.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 15 March 1856]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 08 February 1862]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 23 March 1863]: Wooden schooner Twin Sisters, built Jones & Roberts, Rhuddlan, 1856.
ON 17779, registered Liverpool 1856, 99 tons. By 1865, registered Hull.
More history.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 04 October 1856]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Thursday 29 August 1872]: Wooden flat Pennington, built Rhuddlan, 1856, ON 15395.
registered Liverpool 1856, 55tons. In MNL to 1900 when
wrecked in Liverpool Bay.
[from Northern Whig - Saturday 25 January 1896]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Thursday 12 March 1896]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 18 October 1900]: From Wrecks of Liverpool Bay, Vol II.[from BOT wreck register for 23 Oct. 1900] Wooden schooner Elizabeth Anne (also Elizabeth
Ann), built John Roberts, Rhuddlan, 1857,
ON 20458 registered Liverpool 1857, 101 tons, registered Caernarfon 1864-1901,
latterly owned Foley, Wexford. From 1903, registered Liverpool, owned James, Liverpool,
77 tons, until 1904.
Voyage Bristol to Dublin, with stone, ashore Ramsey
Bay, 7 December 1903, crew of 4 saved.
[from Wrexham Advertiser - Saturday 31 October 1857]: [from Liverpool Evening Express - Monday 07 December 1903]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 12 January 1904]: Wooden schooner Elizabeth, built Rhuddlan, 1857, ON 16673.
registered Lancaster 1857, 42 tons, owned Berry, Walney. In MNL to 1885.
More history.
Wooden schooner Baltic, built Robert Jones, Rhyl, 1857.
ON 19574, registered Liverpool, 1857, 82 tons.
Register closed 1930. Registered Dublin, owned Conway, Wicklow, 1926-30,
More
history.
Struck South Stack, in fog, and sank, 18 June
1930, crew and passengers saved.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 10 July 1857]: [from Liverpool Echo - Thursday 19 June 1930]: Wooden schooner Elizabeth Martha, built John
Roberts, Rhuddlan, 1857. ON 18455, registered Beaumaris 1857, 69
tons. In 1871 owned Williams, Amlwch, 70 tons. Voyage from Duddon
with iron ore, RCUS states stranded 12
February 1871, crew of 4, 1 lost.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 24 July 1857]: [from Morning Advertiser - Wednesday 15 February 1871]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 24 February 1871]: Wooden brigantine Neophyte, built Robert Jones,
Rhyl, 1857, ON 19970, registered Liverpool 1857, 95 tons, in MNL 1858
only. On Voyage Sierra Leone to Liverpool, lost off River
Pongas, before 21 September 1858, master died. Note this vessel had 3
masters lost in just two years!
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 04 September 1857]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 22 October 1857]: [from Sun (London) - Friday 27 November 1857]: [from Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier - Thursday 09 September 1858]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Thursday 14 October 1858]: Wooden smack Elizabeth, built Rhuddlan, 1858, ON 21268,
registered Beaumaris 1858, 47 tons. In MNL to 1919.
Wooden smack/schooner Elinor (also Eleanor),
built John Roberts, Rhuddlan, 1858. ON 21272, in MNL as as Eleanor in
1859, then Elinor; registered Beaumaris 1858, 51 tons. In MNL to 1888,
latterly as schooner, 48 tons, owned H Davies, Bangor. Voyage Bangor
to Ayr, with slates, ashore near
Strangford Lough, 4 January 1888.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 26 November 1858]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 05 February 1877]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 22 September 1881]: [from South Wales Echo - Wednesday 04 January 1888]: Wooden flat Catherine, built Rhyl 1858, ON 20768,
registered Liverpool, 1858, 62 tons, register closed 1896, 63 tons.
Wooden brig Mary Maudline, built Robert Jones, Rhyl, 1859,
registered Liverpool 1859, 42 tons, ON 26186. In MNL to 1860.
Voyage River Danube to Britain, left on 18 November 1859, posted missing in Black
Sea, all crew lost.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 04 February 1859]: [from Morning Post - Friday 10 February 1860]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 18 February 1860]: Wooden schooner Charlotte built Roberts,
Rhuddlan, 1859. ON 27333, registered Beaumaris 1859, 93 tons, owned
Baty, Liverpool. Voyage Londonderry to Cardiff, struck rock off
Porthclais, 18 February 1865, wreck, crew
saved.
[from Flintshire Observer - Friday 29 April 1859]: Advert in 1862 for shares in this vessel.
[from London Evening Standard - Saturday 18 February 1865]: Wooden schooner Jameson, built Rhuddlan 1859,
registered Liverpool, 255/1859, 68 tons. ON 28172. Register closed 1896, when
owned Mrs Glenny, Liverpool, 69 tons.
Voyage Liverpool to Conway with timber, ashore in Colwyn Bay, 10
October 1896, and wrecked, two
crew lost, two saved.
[from Lancaster Guardian - Saturday 24 February 1894]: [from North Wales Weekly News - Friday 16 October 1896]: Wooden flat Annie, built Rhyl 1859, 60 tons, ON 27640,
registered Liverpoool 121/1859, in MNL to 1867, owned Allen Green, Liverpool, 61 tons.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 20 March 1863]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 24 November 1866]: Wooden brigantine Harry Herbert, built Robert Jones, Rhyl, 1860.
ON 28186, registered Liverpool 1860, 131 tons. In MNL to 1947, owned Bellamy & Co., Plymouth,
124 tons.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 11 February 1860]: Reports of boat building at Prestatyn, Flintshire.
[from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 25 March 1854]: Note that a small steam vessel Archibald
was built at Prestatyn in 1853.
Wooden schooner Prestatyn, built Prestatyn, 1840, 111 tons,
owned T Hill. Registered Chester. In LR1841-5. Another sailing vessel named Prestatyn
was built at Northwich in 1845.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 03 April 1844]: Wooden sloop Elizabeth, built Prestatyn, 1853,
registered Chester 1854, 16 tons, ON 24395, latterly owned Bennett,
Connah's Quay, 17 tons, In MNL to 1882. More
history.
Wooden flat Victoria, built Llandrillo, 1837, 15 tons, ON12392.
Registered Chester 1843, 15 tons. In MNL to 1886, owned Thomas Jones, Rhuddlan.
More history.
Llandrillo-yn-rhos - now Rhos-on-sea - is at the west end of Colwyn bay.
Sailing vessels built on Cheshire shore of Dee.
Parkgate was an important port for
communication with Dublin, until 1815. The sailing vessels used were
often built at Parkgate. Most probably smaller fishing vessels were
built until the 20th century - but few records exist. More
history, Yet
more history, and
more history. Here some info mainly from LR and newspapers.
There is a report of a vessel, Experiment of Liverpool, registered
1699, having been built at "Dawpool by the river near Chester". More
about Dawpool.
Parkgate-built vessels described below.
Wooden brigantine Kildare, built M'Cullough, Parkgate, 1758, about
140 tons, for sale at Parkgate 1770s.
[from Pue's Occurrences - Tuesday 18 July 1758]: [from Pue's Occurrences - Tuesday 01 August 1758]
... arrived at Skerries, 1 Aug 1758: Kildare, Captain Mc'Collogh,
from Parkgate.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 20 September 1774]: Wooden brig Pretty Polly, built Parkgate circa 1768.
Traded to Dublin from Chester. Stranded on South Bull (Dublin) and refloated
with difficulty on 27 October 1772. Not found in newspapers subsequently.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 21 February 1769]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 03 November 1772]: LR 1790 has: built Parkgate, 1787 Ferret Sr 24t; 1788 Active Hoy 100t, Charlotte Bg 167t;
1789 Elizabeth Bg 156t, Sisters S 158t.
LR 1795 adds: 1790 Bg Oporto 147t, has no Ferret.
While LR 1800 has: built Parkgate, 1787 Dublin Bg 66t, 1788 Active Ga 101t, Charlotte Bg 168t;
1789 Elizabeth Bg 156t.
The same 4 vessels are also recorded in LR 1810.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 13 July 1792]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 13 November 1804]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 17 June 1806]: On 14 September 1806, the Pargkate Packet, King George, was wrecked
in the Dee estuary with considerable loss of life. Details. This vessel
was owned by the Parkgate Company - but not built there.
[from Sun (London) - Wednesday 12 October 1808]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Friday 26 May 1809]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 06 February 1810]: Wooden brigantine King, built Parkgate 1785. Circa 100 tons.
Parkgate - Dublin packet service from 1785. Offered for sale 1807. LR
1811 has: King Bg J Reed 106t Parkgate 25yrs Brisbrown, li.Belfast.
Voyage Drogheda to Londonderry, struck the Otter Bank in river Foyle
and wrecked,
3 January 1811.
Report of maiden voyage of King in October 1785.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 17 April 1807]: [from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Saturday 05 January 1811]: Wooden SV Queen, built Parkgate 1786. Circa 100 tons. For Parkgate - Dublin
Packet service. Queen was wrecked in 1799
at Dublin.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 07 March 1786]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 21 March 1786]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Wednesday 14 June 1786]: Wooden snow Princess Royal, built Parkgate 1787. Circa 134
tons. For Parkgate - Dublin Packet service. Still in service 1809 (see
above). LR 1811 has: Princess Royal Sw W Philips 133t Parkgate 24yrs H
Mullen Li.Fyal. This entry continues to 1815. Voyage Liverpool to
Fayal, owned Mullen, lost off Fayal,
reported 3 April 1810.
[from Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 23 July 1787]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 31 July 1787]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Monday 17 September 1787]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 03 April 1810]: Wooden brig Dublin, built Parkgate 1787, 67.5 tons. In LR
1800 as registered Leith (or Lerwick), 66 tons, owned Smith. Voyage Leith to
Newcastle, ashore Ross, S of Holy Island, 13 March 1805, wrecked, crew
saved.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 01 October 1790]: [from Caledonian Mercury - Monday 26 March 1804]: [from Sun (London) - Wednesday 20 March 1805]: Wooden schooner Ferret, built Parkgate 1787, 24 tons, in LR 1790,
but not 1795, owned captain Park, trading Liverpool to Africa. Reported "sold
on the coast of Africa".
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 22 May 1789]: [from Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 29 March 1790]: Wooden brig Charlotte, built Makin, Parkgate, 1788, 168 tons. In LR
to 1810, owned Gadsu, trading London - Cork, master Bacon, 168 tons.
Wrecked St
Alban's Head (SW of Swanage), voyage Portsmouth to Cork, reported 26
December 1810, 4 crew lost.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 08 July 1788]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Wednesday 26 December 1810]: Wooden galliot Active, built Parkgate 1788, 100 tons. Registered Workington
58/1791 and 14/1805, 100 tons. In LR
to 1810, owned Brown, trading London-Dublin, master Carr. Voyage
Antigua to Dublin, captured and burnt by French
warship Veteran, reported 17th August 1806.
[from Westminster Journal and Old British Spy - Saturday 30 August 1806]: Wooden ship Sisters, built Parkgate, 1789, in LR 1790 to
1798: 157 tons, trading Liverpool - Oporto, owned Tomlinson. Latterly
master named as T Parker. Not in LR 1799. Reported taken by the
French off Scilly and burnt, January 1797.
[from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 28 May 1795]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday January 13, 1797]: The only Parkgate built vessel listed in MNL 1872 is
Elizabeth, built 1789, brig of 135 tons, ON 8764. LR has her
registered Dublin, trading to Liverpool by 1800. She was registered at Whitehaven
123/1824, 155 tons. Last MNL listing is 1882, owned Kearon, Dublin, 136 tons.
Voyage Liverpool to Dundalk, with coal, ashore at Baldoyle, 2 April
1882, wrecked, crew
saved by lifeboat. This vessel was 93 years old when lost.
[from Bray and South Dublin Herald - Saturday 08 April 1882]: [from Manchester Courier - Saturday 08 April 1882]: Wooden brig Oporto, built Parkgate 1790, 147 tons, owned Broster, Liverpool.
In LR 1795 and 1798, but not 1800. Reported captured by the French
May 1798.
[from Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 05 April 1796]: [from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 05 June 1798]: Wooden SV Dreadnought, built Parkgate, 1790s.
[from Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 03 January 1792]: [from Sheffield Register - Friday 30 July 1790]: [from Saunders's News-Letter - Saturday 08 March 1794]: Vessels built River Conwy, at Conwy/Conway, Deganwy,
Llansantffraid/Glan Conwy, Caerhûn, Tal-y-Cafn, Trefriw, etc.
The River Conwy had ferries across it at Conwy and at Tal-y-Cafn.
A road bridge was built at Conwy in 1826, with an embankment on the east side which
modified the river channels - so that the upper river became less accessible - vessels built
there had their masts fitted below the bridge. A railway
bridge was added at Conwy in 1849. Tal-y-Cafn bridge was built 1897.
See Hen Longau Sir Gaernarfon by David Thomas for more history.
Historically Caernarvonshire included the Great Orme area - so
Llandudno and the Afon Ganol at Llandrillo were included, but Llansantffraid (Glan Conwy)
was not. For background on shipping in the Conwy, see a series of
articles by Ivor E Davies, published in the North Wales Weekly News,
between 1948 and 1971.
[a snapshpot from Chester Chronicle - Friday 17 July 1818]: Some early history [from North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 25 August 1949]: Wooden brig John & Betty, built Conwy 1785, 133
tons, registered Whitehaven 133/1887, lost with all
hands, 22 November 1801, off Ribble.
[from Carlisle Journal - Saturday 09 January 1802]: Wooden brig Utility, built Conway 1785, 127
tons. ON9267. Registered Whitehaven 30/1786, then transferred to
Workington 1871. In MNL as a brig, owned Robert Graves, Workington.
Voyage to Porthcawl with iron, described as a barque, wrecked under
Baggy Point, Morte Bay, 16 December 1874. Crew of 5 saved.
[from North Devon Journal - Thursday 17 December 1874]: Wooden snow/brig Indefatigable, built Trefriw, Conwy, 1801, 154 tons.
Registered Drogheda 2/1855, ON25045. In MNL to 1891. Reported broken up at
Workington 1891.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 06 July 1812]:
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 08 July 1857]: [from Glasgow Herald - Monday 16 September 1878]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 05 September 1890]: [from Northern Whig - Thursday 27 November 1890]: Wooden sloop Trefriw Trader (also Trefrew
Trader), built Conway 1809, 21 tons. Registered Beaumaris 33/1811, reported 1823 as 21 tons, of Conwy, then sold 1837 to
Caernarvon owners.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 08 February 1847]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 04 May 1847]: A later summary. [from North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 15 May 1947]: Wooden brig Endeavour, built Conway 1812, 123 tons.
In LR 1824 owned Orford, Liverpool, trading to Baltic, master Price.
Later owned Cole, Newhaven, trading Liverpool - Newhaven, in LR to 1841, master Brook.
For sale 1838 at London, then Sunderland. Not traced after late 1838:
Endeavour was a common ship name - so hard to explore.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 20 June 1823]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 13 July 1824]: [from Bell's Weekly Messenger - Monday 29 October 1838]: [from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Tuesday 30 October 1838]: Wooden sloop Jane & Betty, built, Thomas Roberts, Conway 1813, 67 tons.
Owned Liverpool. For sale 1833. Driven on shore at Church Bay, 8 December 1834, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 13 May 1833]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 11 December 1834]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 12 December 1834]: Wooden sloop Union, built Conway 1815 [from LR1824uw, so],
67 tons, ON10659, registered Beaumaris 1850. In MNL to 1870, when owned Treweek, Amlwch, 58 tons.
Wooden brig Reynolds, built Robert Williams, Conway 1819, 94
tons, owned Reynolds, registered Liverpool [in LR1824]. Voyage Dublin
to Liverpool, with grain, foundered off
Castletown, 29 September 1824, all 10 aboard lost.
More detail of wreck.
[from Dublin Mercantile Advertiser, and Weekly Price Current - Monday 01 September 1823]: [from Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Wednesday 06 October 1824[: Wooden cutter/smack Caerhun, built Caerhûn 1819, 24 tons, ON16401.
Listed in MNL as built Caerhun.
Registered Beaumaris 1845, later registered Caernarfon, last owner G Davies. In MNL to 1889, 20 tons.
Driven from mooring in Porth Ysgaden in WNW storm and wrecked ashore,
7 October 1889.
More detail.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 18 June 1819]: [from Chester Courant - Tuesday 18 May 1824]: Wooden sloop Varchwell (also Farchwel), built Caerhun 1820,
16 tons, ON13352 registered Beaumaris 15/1853, 19 tons. In MNL to 1886, owned
Darius Green, Cemaes, 16 tons. Reported [in Hen Longau] as broken up 15 May 1886.
[from Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 19 November 1844]: [from Chester Courant - Wednesday 22 October 1845]: [translated from Herald Cymraeg - Thursday 27 April 1882]: Wooden sloop Llansaintffraid Trader (also Llansantffraid), built
Conway 1825, 28 tons, ON10255.
Registered Beaumaris 60/1839, 29 tons, and 14/1852. Last newspaper report was at Port Penrhyn June 1861.
RCUS lists: wrecked 11 December 1861, voyage "Old Quay" [sic, Runcorn?] to Conway, with coal, foundered
near Bell Buoy (entrance to Mersey), crew of 2 saved, owned David Williams.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 29 March 1831]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 25 March 1848]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 29 June 1861]: Wooden schooner Union, built Robert Roberts, Conway, 1826, 70 tons.
In LR 1830 owned by her master, H Perry [sic, Parry in newspapers].
Voyage Falmouth to Liverpool, ashore at Cymyran, 4 December 1852, wreck, crew
saved.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 08 December 1852]: Wooden schooner Five Sisters, built Conway,
1828, for Robert Williams. In LR 1830, 96 tons. trading from Dublin.
Voyage Le Havre to Dublin, with wine, wrecked near
Runnelstone, 9 November 1843, crew saved.
[from Dublin Evening Mail - Friday 17 November 1843]: Wooden sloop Conovium, built Robert Roberts,
Conway, 1832, 34 tons, ON9853. Registered Beaumaris 20/1837, 34 tons,
then Aberystwith 8/1851. In MNL to 1868. In LR1854. Aberystwyth
records state lost 3 January 1867, owner and master William Jones, crew of 4.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 05 November 1866]: Wooden schooner Lady Willoughby, built Robert,
Roberts, Conway 1833. Registered Beaumaris, 70/1836, 47 tons, then
10/1846. Reported trading with copper ore from the Great Orme to
Swansea, until 1841. In LR 1840. For sale 1843 as a smack. Not in MNL. Seems to
have ceased trading February 1853, at Liverpool.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 23 November 1833]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 29 April 1843]: [from Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian - Saturday 11 July 1846]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 01 February 1853]: Wooden schooner Sarah Anne, built Conway, 1835, 69 tons, ON8838,
Registered Beaumaris 13/1853. In 1875 owned John Lloyd, Port Penrhyn, Bangor.
Voyage Caernarfon to Belfast, with slates, foundered 15
miles N of Calf of Man, 26 April 1875, crew of 3 saved.
[from Carmarthen Journal - Friday 03 July 1835]: [from Ulster Echo - Thursday 29 April 1875]: Wooden flat Jane & Catherine, built Richard
Thomas, 1837, 41 tons ON13357. Registered Beaumaris 17/1837, 41 tons,
later 11/1847, 35 tons. In 1866 crew list gives owner Thomas Roberts
of Trefriw, master Moses Parry of Conway. For sale 1867. Registered
Cardigan 1868-9, owned Thomas Roach, Newport (Pemb), 29 tons.
Anchored in Ramsey Sound, driven off and wrecked on E
side of Sound, 13 September 1869.
[translated from Herald Cymraeg - Saturday 02 February 1867]: [from Commercial Daily List (London) - Wednesday 15 September 1869]: Wooden sloop St Ffraid (and variants), built
Richard Thomas, Conway, 1839, 29 tons. Registered Beaumaris 59/1839,
29 tons, as Saint Ffraid. Traded from Conway to Mersey and Dee. Last
voyage found 1848.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 18 December 1843
Conway. Arrived. St Ffraid, Roberts, from Liverpool.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 09 August 1844]: [from Chester Courant - Wednesday 08 October 1845]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 07 February 1848]: Wooden schooner Centenary, built Conwy 1839, 63
tons. ON23914. Registered Beaumaris 1839, 69 tons (as Centenary of
Conway). From 1870 registered Liverpool. In MNL to 1884, 63tons, owned
Allen Green, Liverpool. Voyage Gourock to Liverpool, with road metal,
foundered
after driven ashore at anchor in Holy Loch, 27 January 1884, crew of 3
saved.
[from Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette - Thursday 31 January 1884]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 01 February 1884]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 07 February 1884]: Wooden schooner La Jolie Fille (also Jolly
Filly), built Caerhun, 1839, 54 tons. Also described as a yacht.
Not found in MNL. Lost by fire in port on 13 October 1840.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 01 September 1840]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 20 October 1840]: Sailing vessels Unknown, built John Jones, Conway, 1840.
The 59 ton vessel is probably Lady Erskine; the later, larger, vessel is a mystery:
Palanquin and Mystery are both even larger..
[from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 25 May 1840]: Wooden schooner Lady Erskine, built Conway, 1840, 59 tons.
Registered Beaumaris 23/1840, 59 tons. Probably built John Jones - see above.
Last voyage found arriving Liverpool January 1850.
Hen Longau states lost 1851.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 08 March 1841]: [from Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser - Thursday 24 August 1848]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 19 January 1850]: Wooden schooner Lady Champneys, built Richard Thomas, Conway,
1840, 67 tons. ON17232. Registered 69/1840 Liverpool 67 tons, then,
94/1845.
In MNL to 1886, owned A Rennie, Inverness, 55 tons, from at least 1865.
Seems to have stopped trading in 1860.
[from Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent - Tuesday 24 January 1860]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Monday 10 September 1860]: Wooden smack Connivum (also Connivium), built Richard Thomas,
Conway 1840. ON10259. Registered Beaumaris 1856, 26 tons, captain
Parry. Used to bring cargo to Conway and Llandudno. Then later
registered Cardigan, owned John James, Dinas Cross. On 2 November
1872, driven from her mooring in Pwllgwaelod (near Dinas Cross) and wrecked. [note:
the Roman fort guarding the crossing of the River Conwy was called
Canovium]
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 07 November 1872]: Wooden schooner Lord Willoughby, built Richard Thomas, Conway, 1841, 72 tons, ON3102.
Probably built by John Jones - see below.
Registered Beaumaris 11/1841, 72 tons, in MNL to 1878, owned Elizabeth
Davies, Conway, 63 tons.
Voyage Bangor to Silloth, with slates, aground and abandoned, near
Maryport, 20 January 1878, crew saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 11 June 1842]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 23 January 1878]: Wooden schooner Ann, built Richard Thomas, Conway, 1841, 20
tons, ON10655. Registered Beaumaris 12/1841 then 1/1847, and 19/1849,
20 tons.
More history.
Registered Chester around 1863-80; then Beaumaris again. Crew
list to 1906, when owned David Luke, Newport (Pemb), master Samuel Griffiths, 26 tons.
Voyage Milford to Newport (Pemb), with culm, foundered in
Cardigan Bay, 21 October 1906, crew saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 22 October 1906]: Wooden barque Palanquin, built Jones, Conway,
1841, 258 tons, owned Beaumont, registered Liverpool, for trade to
East. Voyage Liverpool to Bombay, aground, 21st December 1844, on
Nelson's Island [Chagos, uninhabited, also called Ile Legour] and wrecked, crew of
16 left in 3 boats - one of which arrived at the Maldives with 9
survivors.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 07 December 1841]: [from Liverpool Mercantile Gazette and Myers's Weekly Advertiser - Monday 29 August 1842]: [from Morning Post - Thursday 24 April 1845]: Wooden schooner Leitrim, built Conway, 1847, 73 tons, ON10343.
Registered Dublin 32/1847. Owned Captain Doolittle, Wicklow, mainly taking coal
to Wicklow.
Voyage Wicklow to Liverpool, ashore at Church Bay, Anglesey, 27 September, 1875,
wrecked, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 14 November 1848]: [from Gorey Correspondent - Saturday 22 August 1863]: [from Liverpool Weekly Mercury - Saturday 27 November 1875]: Wooden schooner Phoebe, built Watkin Lewis, Trefriw, 1844, 66
tons, ON10656. Registered Beaumaris 1855, 65 tons, later Belfast, in
MNL to 1881, owned G Gilpin, Co Down. Voyage Maryport to Belfast,
leaky, and failing to get a tug into Maryport, grounded at
Crosscannonby, 6 February 1880, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 12 September 1859]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 12 February 1880]: Wooden smack Taliesin, built Llansantffraid [Glan Conwy], 1841, 15 tons,
ON13355. Registered Beaumaris 7/1841, 16 tons. In MNL to 1885, from 1874, owned Jessie Williams, Pentraeth,
Red Wharf Bay, 15 tons.
[There was also a smack Taliesin, registered Caernarvon, 31 tons, built Aberystwyth 1853. ON11196]
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 08 August 1871]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 03 August 1872]: Wooden sloop Abbey, built Richard Thomas, Conway, 1842, 37 tons,
ON1870.
Registered Beaumaris 7/1842, 40 tons, register closed 1900, when owned Henry Hughes, her master,
of Dulas, 37nrt. Last voyage found: Port Dinorwic to Liverpool, June 1897, presumably
then broken up.
[from Lloyd's List - Saturday 08 May 1897]: Wooden brig Mystery, built John Jones, Conway, 1843.
Registered Beaumaris 4/1843, 140 tons. Voyage Braila to Galway,
stranded at Tramore, 16 December 1847 and wrecked. Crew of
9 rescued.
[from Dublin Evening Post - Thursday 23 December 1847]: Wooden sloop Vale, built Richard Thomas,
Conway, 1843, 43 tons, ON24030. In MNL to 1871, owned Owen Edwards,
Caernarfon. Voyage Portdinorwic to Irvine, with slates, sunk off
Whithorn, 4 May 1871, crew of 3 rescued by lifeboat.
RNLI magazine, August 1872: [from North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 16 January 1947, page 3]: Wooden sloop Anne & Margaret, built
Llansantffraid, 1843 (??), registered Beaumaris 1/1843, 18 tons.
ON25034. Crew list names owner as James Hughes of Llansantfraid and
master as Thomas Evans. Voyage Woodend [Widnes] to Conwy, with coal,
waterlogged and abandoned SE of Point Lynas, 29 January 1865.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 27 November 1843]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Monday 12 May 1862]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 31 January 1865]: Wooden sloop Ordovia, built Caerhun 1844, 67
tons, by Davies Griffiths, the local landowner. Registered Beaumaris
18/1846, 67 tons, and Liverpool 277/1848. Not in MNL. Voyage Denia to
Malaga, then Liverpool, with oil, ashore SW of Torremolinos, 24 February
1849, and wrecked.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 14 March 1849]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 12 March 1849]: Wooden sloop/ketch Elizabeth built Watkin
Lewis, Trefriw 1847, 38tons, ON12386. Registered Beaumaris 1847, 47
tons. Later registered Caernarfon, owned Richard Owen, Nevin, then
James Williams, Moylegrove, 38 tons. Register closed 1908. Described
as a ketch. Voyage Cardigan to Newquay, with bricks, foundered 3
October 1908, near Cardigan Island.
[from Lloyd's List - Saturday 03 October 1908]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 05 October 1908]: Wooden flat Ann, built John Jones, Conway, 1847, 45 tons,
registered Liverpool 138/1847, 44 tons, then
Chester 1/1855, 44 tons, ON8884, registered Caernarvon by 1857, 35 tons. Crew
list (and MNL listing) to 1864.
Wooden sloop Ann, reported in Hen Longau as: built Conway 1847, 36 tons,
and as lost 1864 "opposite Maen Mellt".
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 11 February 1863]: [from
Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 24 February 1863]: Wooden sloop/schooner Adieu, built Samuel Roberts, Conway, 1847, 21 tons,
ON21264.
Registered Beaumaris 6/1858, 21 tons. Stranded off Hoylake, 15
September 1886 when owned John Hughes, Red Wharf Bay, schooner, 22
tons. Refloated but seems not have been put back in service.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 15 January 1848]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 17 September 1886]: Wooden schooner Ann & Catherine, built Tal-y-Cafn 1849, 79 tons, ON 10611.
Registered Beaumaris 16/1849, 79 tons. Crew
list to 1879, when owned Humphrey Williams, Bangor, master John
Williams, 68 tons.
Voyage Bangor to Leith, with slates, aground near
Leith, 18 February 1879, crew saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 07 July 1849]: [from Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 19 February 1879]: Wooden sloop/flat Palendar, built Richard
Thomas, Conway, 1850, 33 tons, ON24331. Registered Liverpool 1850, 34
tons. By 1857, registered Caernarfon. Voyage Drogheda to Barmouth,
with oats and flour, wrecked 11 March
1861, Bardsey Sound, 3 crew, 2 lost, owned Richard Williams. [from
RCUS, lost Porthor, crew of 3, none lost]
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 23 March 1861]: Wooden sloop Ann & Ellen, built (?) Llansantffraid, Conwy, 1851.
Registered Beaumaris 5/1851, 40 tons. Reported (though with date 1857 not 1851)
as launched 27 October by John Jones, able to carry 60-70 tons of slate.
Not in MNL, so lost, or sold foreign, before 1857.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 19 June 1852]: Wooden brig St Tudno, built Thomas Jones,
Conway, 1853, 53 tons. Voyaged from Conway, to London, to the Tyne.
Left Tyne for Plymouth, 22 April 1853, and posted missing with all
hands (10) lost, master Garrett.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Saturday 26 March 1853]: [from North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser - Friday 20 May 1853]: Wooden sloop Margaret & Elizabeth, (also
Margaret Elizabeth) built Conway, 44 tons, ON8614. Registered
Beaumaris 1853, 44 tons. Register closed 1908, as Margaret Elizabeth,
when owned Griffith Jones, Cemaes, 38 tons. Note: another Margaret & Elizabeth of Beaumaris, ON2392, flat,
72 tons, was also trading at that date.
Wooden schooner Penelope, built Thomas, Conway,
1855, 87 tons, ON10644. Registered Beaumaris 1855. In MNL to 1884,
owned Mrs Elizabeth Davies, Conwy, 87 tons.
More history.
Voyage Bangor to Newcastle, with slates, in collision with SS Princess
Alice, 24 May 1884, in fog, off Peterhead, and sank, 4 crew
saved.
More detail of wreck.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 21 April 1855]: [from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 26 May 1884]: Wooden schooner Henry & Catherine, built Caerhun, 1855,
80 tons, ON4236. Registered Caernarfon 27/1855, 79 tons. In 1866 owned Henry Roberts, Nefyn,
80 tons.
Voyage Dublin to Portmadoc, driven ashore at Porth Neigwl [Hellsmouth],
7 December 1866, captain Henry Roberts and 3 crew lost, mate only
survived.
[Translated from Baner ac Amserau Cymru - Wednesday 12 December 1866]: Wooden sloop Lady Augusta, built Conwy, 1856,
45 tons, ON13359. Registered Beaumaris 1856, 45 tons. In MNL to 1870,
latterly owned Owen Jones, Conwy, master Hugh Parry, usual
crew: master, mate and a boy.
Voyage Mersey to Amlwch, with coal, abandoned at sea
22 December 1869. Crew of 3 saved.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 24 December 1869]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 27 December 1869]: Wooden schooner Edward Moore, built Conway, 1857, 77 tons, ON18453.
Registered Beaumaris 7/1857. In 1892, owned Griffith Roberts, Portdinorwic.
Voyage Portdinorwic to Southampton with slates, abandoned in Mounts Bay, March 1892.
Crew saved. Later found afloat and towed to Southampton. Thereafter, several owners,
listed in MNL until 1905, when owned Hugh Jones, Porthmadog, 69 tons. However
no voyages found reported in newspapers.
[from South Wales Daily News - Saturday 05 March 1892]: [from Cornishman - Thursday 17 March 1892]: [from Cornishman - Thursday 31 March 1892]: Wooden schooner Emma, built Conwy 1857, 63 tons, ON17848.
registered Liverpool 1857-88, then registered Faversham 1890-3.
Voyage Portland to London, with stone, damaged by collision with an
American barque, and abandoned off
Hastings, 2 November 1888, crew saved.
Salvaged and repaired, then registered Faversham, register closed 1903.
[from South Eastern Advertiser - Saturday 03 November 1888]: [from Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 12 January 1889]: Wooden schooner Mary, built Conway 1857, 59
tons, ON19572. Registered Liverpool 1857, 70 tons. In MNL to 1883,
owned Kneeshaw & Lupton, Liverpool. Voyage Llandulas to Weston Point [Widnes]
with limestone, 2 February 1883, leaky, capsized NNE of
Llandulas, master lost, 2 saved.
Wooden schooner Ellen, built J Roberts, Conway 1858, 129
tons, ON21326. Registered Caernarfon 1858. Voyage Amsterdam to
Cardigan, with timber, wrecked on
Grassholm Island, 8 December 1893, 2 lost, 5 saved. More
history
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 06 March 1858]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 16 December 1893]: Wooden brigantine William Ockleston, built
Caerhun, 1857, 122 tons, ON8451. Registered Beaumaris 1857, in MNL to
1873, brigantine, built Caerhun 1857, 123 tons, owned Humphrey
Williams, Bangor.
Voyage Bangor to Hamburg, with slates, lost on Texal
Island, 4/4/1873. Crew (6 in crew list) saved. Master Rowland
Williams.
[from Lloyd's List - Monday 07 April 1873]: Wooden smack Curlew, built Conway 1858, 36
tons, ON20562. 58 x 16.5 x 6.4 ft. Registered Beaumaris 2/1858.
Owned Bangor. In MNL to 1898, when owned Thomas Evans, Glan Conwy, 36
tons. Abandoned,
waterlogged, off Great Orme, 19 August 1898, crew saved.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 20 August 1898]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 06 September 1898]: Wooden sloop General Havelock, built Conway
1858, 50 tons, ON21265. Registered Beaumaris 8/1858. Owned
Kirkcubright area from 1878. Registered Dumfries, from 1910 as motor
vessel. In MNL to 1936, owned Annan, schooner, sail, 30 tons.
Master died of carbon monoxide poisoning on 13 March
1926 while on a voyage Whitehaven to Dumfries with coal, vessel and mate saved.
[from Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 15 March 1926]: Wooden schooner Henry, built Conway 1858, 78
tons, ON22038. Registered Liverpool, 1858. Register closed 1897,
owned Henry Lupton of Liverpool. Abandoned, on
fire, off Bar Light, 27 October 1897, crew saved.
[from South Wales Daily News - Friday 29 October 1897]: Wooden schooner John Pegg, built Watkin Lewis,
Trefriw, 1858, 97 tons, ON21267. Advertised for sale at Trefriw.
Registered Beaumaris 10/1858, 103 tons. In MNL to 1876, latterly owned
J M Jones, Portdinorwic, 97 tons.
Voyage Porthmadog to London, with slates, at anchor, sank by collision
of steamer Finchale, off the Nore, 16 February 1876, crew of 6 all
lost.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 06 March 1858]: [from Runcorn Guardian - Saturday 26 February 1876]: Wooden smack Unknown, built Tal-y-Cafn (?), 1859, 49 tons,
carpenter's measure.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 11 June 1859]: Wooden sloop Jane & Margaret, built Llansantffraid, 1859, 24 tons,
ON27337. Possibly the vessel, above, offered for sale, built May 1859, lying at Tal y Cafn.
Registered Beaumaris 7/1859, built for John Hughes of Llansantffraid.
Crew
lists to 1878 when owned William Evans, Newport (Pem), master Benjamin Davies.
In MNL to 1879.
Driven ashore in Newport (Pem) Bay, 16 August 1879, wrecked, crew
saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Wednesday 02 October 1872]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 04 October 1872]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 02 July 1878]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Tuesday 19 August 1879]: [from South Wales Daily News - Monday 25 August 1879]: Wooden sloop Glan Conway, built 1859,
Llansantffraid (? or Tal y Cafn 1858); Registered Beaumaris 2/1859, 41 tons, ON27331.
Place of build guessed from name. In MNL to 1869. Registered
Caernarfon 1863-9, latterly owned John Owen, Nevin, 41 tons. Voyage
Liverpool to Pwllfannog, with coal, leaky and foundered off
Great Ormes Head, 17 November 1869.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 29 March 1859]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 20 November 1869]: Wooden sloop Conway's Pride, built Conway 1859, 49 tons, ON27336.
Registered Beaumaris 1859, register closed 1897, when owned John Jones, Llangwnedle [Llangwnadl?].
Voyage with coal, Runcorn to Porth Colmon, driven ashore at Llandulas,
16 June 1897, and wrecked,
described as a ketch.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 12 February 1859]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 11 June 1897]: Wooden schooner Three Janes, built Roberts &
Jones, Conwy, 1859 96 tons, ON27334. Registered Beaumaris 5/1859, 101
tons. From 1863, registered Caernarfon. Latterly owned David Morris,
Porthmadog, 88 tons. In MNL to 1895. Voyage Portmadoc to Germany with
slates, sank
by collision with SS Peter Graham off Lands End, 18 September 1895,
crew of 5 saved.
[from
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Tuesday 28 January 1862]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Friday 20 September 1895]: [from Western Mail - Saturday 21 September 1895]: Wooden schooner Ellen, built Conway 1860, 54 tons, ON29222.
Registered Beaumaris 1860, 54 tons. Then registered Caernarfon 1868 to 1900. From 1901
registered Liverpool, steam 5hp, screw, 66.2 x 17.7 x 7.1 ft, 32/54 tons, as a
crane barge. Register
closed 1937, owned John Marmion, Liverpool.
Wooden schooner Mary Ellen, built Luke Roberts, Conwy, 1860, 64.5 tons,
ON28901. Registered Preston 1860, 74 tons, later registered Wexford.
BoT
report of wreck.
Voyage Wexford to Newport, in ballast, master John Roach, anchored
near Sully Island, 18 February 1894, struck by SS Innesmoor and foundered, with
one of crew of 3 trapped and drowned. Blame attached to master of
Innesmoor.
Wooden schooner Three Janes, built Luke Roberts, Conway, 1863, 99 tons, ON45669.
More history.
Wrecked on
voyage London to Liverpool, with cement, at Barneville, France, 17
November 1893. Crew saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 19 December 1863]: Wooden schooner Seven Brothers, built Llansantffraid [Glan Conwy], 1867,
53 tons, ON56213. Registered Beaumaris, 1867, 53 tons, register closed 1910.
By 1908 crew
list gives owned Hugh Williams, Borth-y-Gest, who was her master, crew of 2.
More
history. Wrecked entering
Aberayron harbour, with coal, 27 November 1909, crew saved.
History: [from North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 03 October 1946]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 25 August 1908]: [from Lloyds List Tuesday 30th November 1909]: Wooden sloop Annie Elizabeth, built Trefriw, 1869, 54 tons,
ON63353. Registered Beaumaris 1869. In MNL 1870 to 1881, owned Robert Roberts, Trefriw, 54 tons.
However, reported sunk by collision
in Crosby channel 10 March 1870. No report by MDHB of raising wreck.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 03 April 1869]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 31 March 1870]: Sailing vessels built at Bangor (North Wales) and
nearby. See Bangor, Port of Beaumaris, by M. Elis-Williams for more
history. The main builders John Parry (died 1855), succeeded by T.T.
Parry; Edward Ellis (located where Dickie's Yard was until the 2010);
and later John Roberts. The Yards were at Hirael and Garth - facing
where Port Penrhyn is now. [Pages under construction]
Vessels were also built nearby at Menai Bridge, Beaumaris, Red Wharf Bay and
Traeth Bychan.
Wooden snow Penrhyn Castle, built Bangor 1807, 122 tons.
Voyage London, via Halifax, to Quebec, with soldiers' clothing, wrecked Cape
Ray, SW corner of Newfoundland, 4 September 1823, 1 man lost.
More history.
[from Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Monday 04 March 1822]: [from London Packet and New Lloyd's Evening Post - Monday 23 June 1823]: [from Morning Advertiser - Friday 21 November 1823]: Wooden sloop. Bangor and Liverpool Packet, built Bangor 1808.
Registered Beaumaris 25/1808, 25 tons. Owned Bangor. Last reported voyages in early 1818.
[from Chester Chronicle - Friday 27 June 1817]: [from Chester Chronicle - Friday 02 January 1818]: Wooden brig Jane Ellin, built Bangor, 1820, 113
tons, registered Beaumaris. Traded to Mediterranean. Voyage Bangor to
London, struck St Helen's Island, when entering an anchorage on
Scillies, 27 February 1840, and wrecked.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 14 March 1840]: Wooden smack Eliza Goddard, built John Jones, Bangor, 1824,
43 tons, ON13613. Registered Beaumaris. In MNL to 1887, from 1865 MNL has owned William Williams, Chester.
Voyage Bangor to Ireland, with slates, in heavy sea in distress off
Howth, crew picked up by steamer Duke of Sutherland, July 28th 1868.
Vessel sank.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 04 August 1868]: Wooden snow Abel, built John James, Bangor,
1827. 113 tons, ON10613. Registered Beaumaris 38/1827, then 5/1854 94
tons. In 1863, owned Thomas Parry, ship-builder, Bangor. In MNL to
1878, when owned Samuel Roberts, Bangor, brigantine, 94 tons. Crew
list to 1874. No newspaper report of voyages found after August 1874.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 11 November 1871]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Saturday 23 May 1874]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Wednesday 19 August 1874]: Wooden sloop Thomas & Anne, built Bangor 1824,
61 tons, ON10668. Registered Beaumaris 13/1824, owned Bangor. By
1876, owned Thos.T.Parry, 45 tons, crew of 2. Voyage Bangor to
Runcorn, with slates, leaky and foundered near
Brazil bank, 6 December 1876, crew of 2 saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Thursday 07 December 1876]: [from Lloyd's List - Thursday 14 December 1876]: Wooden schooner Margaret, built Bangor, 1828,
90 tons. ON13882, issued at Southampton. MNL quotes built 1828. From
1824 - 1855, the Beaumaris registers list the builder (this could be
the financier rather than the shipwright). Most probably built by
John Jones, on spec, as his last vessel, although listed as built by
Jas Harris. Registered at Cardiff 1846. Registered Caernarfon
6/1850, 90 tons. Owned Portmadoc and then Caernarfon, 84 tons.
Voyage Liverpool to Scotland, sunk by
collision with steamer, off Anglesey, 2 July 1885, crew saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Thursday 17 April 1828]: [from South Wales Daily News - Monday 06 July 1885]: [from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 11 July 1885: Wooden schooner Ann & Catherine (and various
spellings), built John Parry, Bangor, 1832, 84 tons, ON10605.
Registered Beaumaris 1836, 70 tons. In MNL to 1882 (as Anne and
Catherine), owned John Williams, S Penrallt, 69 tons. Voyage Port
Dinorwic to Paisley, with slates, leaky and abandoned, 11
December 1881, off Point Lynas, crew saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Friday 16 December 1881]: Wooden sloop Ann & Susan, built John Parry,
Bangor, 1835, 60 tons, ON13360. Registered Beaumaris 1836, in MNL to
1865, owned Owen Hughes, Llandudno, 42 tons. Voyage Bangor to Ayr,
with slates, sank by a
steamer, off Point Lynas, 9 December 1865, crew of 3 saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 16 December 1865]: Wooden sloop Eliza & Catherine (also Eliza
Catherine), built Edward Ellis, Bangor, 1837, 54 tons, ON10660.
Registered Beaumaris 16/1837, then 1850, 43 tons. In MNL to 1881,
owned John Parry, Port Penrhyn. Shipping register states lost 1881
Driven ashore in Bull Bay, refloated and taken to Bangor, January 1881.
Presumably condemned and broken up.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 27 November 1879]: [from Liverpool Weekly Mercury - Saturday 10 January 1880]: [from Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 05 October 1880]: [from
Lloyd's List - Wednesday 26 January 1881]: Wooden schooner Anne (also Ann), built John Parry, Bangor, 1839, 88 tons.
Registered Beaumaris 22/1839, 88 tons, called Ann. 63 x 18 x 10 ft.
Register reports lost 1853, so not in MNL. Set out 10 December 1853 from Port Penrhyn.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 20 April 1839]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 10 December 1853]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 01 November 1856]: Wooden schooner Maria & Elizabeth, built Edward Ellis, Bangor, 1841, 77 tons,
ON1121. Registered Beaumaris 1839, then Liverpool from 1861, Newry by 1868. In MNL
to 1875, owned Arthur Morgan, Kilkeel, 65 tons, but listed as built Runcorn.
[from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Thursday 02 September 1875]: Wooden smack/schooner Mary Grace, built John
Parry, Bangor, 1841, 49 tons, ON11819. Registered Beaumaris 6/1841.
Lengthened by T.T.Parry, Bangor, in 1856 to 70 ft, schooner, 65 tons.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 20 March 1841]: [from Liverpool Albion - Saturday 29 August 1874]: Wooden schooner Douglas Pennant, built Edward
Ellis, Bangor, 1841, 100 tons, ON10663. Registered Beaumaris 8/1841,
79 tons. Registered Caernarfon 1864. from Crew list for 1867 gives
registered Caernarfon, owned by her master William Evans, of Port
Dinorwic; with mate, 2 seamen and a cook, wrecked on Dulas
Rock 22 January 1868, crew saved. Newspaper reports crew of 4
rescued.
[from Chester Courant - Wednesday 29 January 1868]:
AMLWCH SHIPWRECK. On the morning of Wednesday last four men were seen
on Dulas Island, when a messenger was sent from Llysdulas, the seat of
the Hon. Lady Dinorben, to Moelfra for the lifeboat, to try and save
the shipwrecked seamen, which was manned at once, and succeeded in
landing them safe in Dulas. It proved that their vessel (the schooner
Douglas Pennant of Beaumaris, from Ramsay for Bangor) struck on Dulas
island, and soon became a total wreck. The men saved themselves by
swimming ashore on the island, and remained there all night, but were
safely rescued at noon on Wednesday, and kindly invited to Llysdulas,
where they remain, and all their wants are kindly attended to by her
ladyship.
Wooden smack William & Richard, built (for?)
William Williams, Bangor, 1841, 46 tons. Registered Beaumaris 18/1841
47 tons. Register reported closed 1860. Not in MNL. Voyage Gloucester
to Cork, in collision with Fanny Truss, off St Govan's Head, 5
February 1853, both vessels abandoned, but
crews saved. Fanny Truss salvaged.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 02 August 1849]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Friday 03 September 1852]: [from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Tuesday 15 February 1853]: [from Cork Constitution - Saturday 12 February 1853]: Wooden schooner Benjamin Williams, built Edward Ellis, Bangor 1841.
Not identified in MNL. Possibly sold away, or name changed.
A Benjamin Williams, Liverpool and Margam tin plate works and Maesteg
iron works, merchant; was declared bankrupt in early June 1841 - so maybe the
ownership and name was changed.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 01 May 1841]: [from Lloyd's List - Tuesday 01 June 1841]: Wooden schooner Mary, built Treweek, Bangor, 1842, 74 tons.
Treweek is associated with ship-building at Amlwch - so possibly he had too
many orders to fulfil there and built another at Bangor. Possible confusion
among the many vessels named Mary: in 1857 3 registered Beaumaris; 8 registered Caernarfon.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 01 October 1864]: Wooden brigantine Three Susans, built John
Parry, Bangor, 1843, 118 tons, ON25385. Registered Beaumaris 1848, 97
tons. 63 x 19 x 11.1 ft. In MNL to 1864. Owned John Parry of Bangor.
More history.
Driven ashore by a gale at Porthdinllaen on 3 December 1863 and wrecked.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 05 December 1863]: Wooden schooner Emma Laura, built Humphrey
Roberts, Bangor, 1843, 55 tons, ON18390. Registered Chester 1844.
Later registered Ramsey 3/1868, 49 tons. In MNL to 1883, owned Daniel
Messenger, Maryport. Voyage Maryport to Gatehouse of Fleet, with coal,
dragged anchor and abandoned, wrecked 19
January 1883, in Carrick Bay, crew saved.
[from Maryport Advertiser - Friday 26 January 1883]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 24 January 1883]: [from Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser - Friday 26 January 1883]: Wooden smack Port Penrhyn, built John Parry, Bangor, 1844, 24 tons.
Registered Beaumaris 1844, 24 tons. ON16416. In MNL to 1877, owned Thos. T. Parry, Bangor.
Voyage to Liverpool, with limestone, ashore on N Wirral coast, 7
December 1877, and wrecked, crew
saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 15 October 1844]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Saturday 08 December 1877]: Wooden sloop Beatrice Catherine, built Edward
Ellis, Bangor, 1845, 34 tins, ON10892. Registered Caernarfon 21/1848,
34 tons. From 1757 registered Pwllheli. In MNL to 1864. Lost in Royal Charter storm,
at Porthor, Llŷn, October 1859, all 4 aboard lost.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 28 January 1845]: Wooden schooner Lady Louisa Pennant, built John Parry, Bangor,
1847, 73 tons, ON10713. Registered Beaumaris 1847, 73 tons. Register closed 1902,
when owned John Ellis, Bangor, 59 tons.
Voyage Menai straits to Ayr, with slates, departing 14 October 1902,
possibly sighted in distress east of Bahama Bank where wreckage was
observed. Crew of 3 presumed lost. Note Formalhaut sailed in company
with the Lady Louisa Pennant, and was also lost.
IOM Heritage.
[from Millom Gazette - Friday 31 October 1902]: [from Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 12 November 1902]: [from Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette - Thursday 11 December 1902]: Wooden schooner John Parry, built John Parry, Bangor, 1850, 56 tons.
ON19005. Registered Beaumaris 1850, 56 tons. Register closed 1901, when rigged as a ketch,
owned Richard Jones, Bangor, 44 tons.
Voyage Belfast to Bangor, in ballast, 9 December 1901, wrecked on Dulas
Island, crew of 2 saved by Moelfre lifeboat.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday 30 April 1850]: [from Peel City Guardian - Saturday 14 January 1899]: [from Peel City Guardian - Saturday 18 February 1899]: [from Shields Daily News - Tuesday 10 December 1901]: Wooden yacht Ordovic, built Griffiths/Davies,
Menai Bridge, 1852. 80 tons burden. Described as a schooner, cutter.
Not found in MNL. Not in 1854
Marwood Liverpool register.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 10 April 1852]: Wooden schooner Ifor (also Ivor); built Ellis,
Garth, Bangor, 1854. 120 tons, ON13186. Registered Aberystwyth 1854,
owned New Quay. In MNL to 1909, when owned P Quenault, Exmouth, 80
tons. Voyage Rochester to Oban, with cement, abandoned and sank, under tow,
off Eddystone, 13 July 1909, crew of 4 saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 16 September 1854]: [from Silurian - Saturday 06 October 1855]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 14 July 1909]: Wooden brig Glanogwen, built John Parry, Bangor, 1855,
143 tons, ON10608. 82.6 x 22 x 12.8 ft. Registered Beaumaris 26/1855.
By 1915 used as a hulk by Wallasey Ferry service.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 24 February 1855]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Friday 18 September 1874]: [from Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 September 1880]: Wooden schooner Marion built John Roberts,
Hirael, Bangor 1856, 53 tons, ON 10980. Registered Ramsey 1/1856.
Owned Ramsey, Isle of Man. In MNL to 1881, Ashore Burbo
Bank, cargo salt, 2 December 1880, crew saved. Position listed by MDHB.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 12 April 1856]: [from Lloyd's List - Friday 03 December 1880]: Wooden schooner Idwal, buit Edward Ellis,
Bangor, 1857, 69 tons, ON18454. Registered Beaumaris 10/1857. In MNL
to 1868, 70 tons. MNL reports owned Owen Pritchard; crew list reports
owned Thomas Jones, Llaneigred [sic, now Llaneugrad]. Anglesey.
In harbour at Mullaghmore, loaded with sawn timber for Liverpool, but
driven out by swell and wrecked near
Tullaghan, 24 January 1868, 3 drowned, 1 saved.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 02 May 1857]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 03 February 1868]: [from Sligo Champion - Saturday 08 February 1868]: Wooden schooner City of Bangor, built John
Roberts, Bangor, 1857, 91 tons, ON20560. Registered Beaumaris 17/1857,
99tons, 76.3 x 19.4 x 10.4 ft. Briefly registered Carnarvon, then Belfast in 1870s. Then
at Beaumaris again. In MNL to 1894, latterly owned Richard Marks, Llanbedrog.
More history.
Voyage Teignmouth to Drogheda, with bricks, sunk by
collision with steam trawler Triton, 21 August 1894, 20 miles W [also SW] of
Eddystone, near Dodman Point, crew of 5 saved.
BoT inquiry report.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 26 September 1857]: [from Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Thursday 23 August 1894]: [from Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 12 September 1894]: Wooden schooner Arthur Wyatt, built T.T. Parry,
Bangor, 1858, 96 tons, ON21272. Registered Beaumaris 1858. Register
closed 1903, when owned William Jones, Amlwch, 78 tons. Newspapers
report sold late 1903 to Evan Evans of Liverpool. Foundered off
New Quay, 10 September 1903, crew saved.
[from
Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Saturday 12 September 1903]: [from Western Evening Herald - Saturday 12 September 1903]:
The Newquay Wreck. Difficult Rescue of the Crew. Additional information
is to hand respecting the loss of the Liverpool [sic] schooner off Newquay.
The vessel (the Arthur Wyatt, of Liverpool) leaked so badly that the
master and crew abandoned her, and took to a boat, which, in being
lowered, was partly stove in against the vessels side, and became
waterlogged. The crew drifted in a boisterous sea, but maintained
their terrible struggle in the raging waters. As the tide set
inwards, the boat was carried shorewards. As far as was known, the
schooner foundered about eleven o'clock. When within a couple of
hundred yards of the shore, the boat was completely upset, and the men
were flung into the boiling surf. Help was afforded from the shore.
Members of the Perranporth rocket brigade, with Edward Veal, Frederick
Jenkins, G. F. Healy, Captain Richards, of the Duchy Office,
Liskeard, plunged into the surf and siezed hold of the drowning and
exhausted crew. The rescuers were repeatedly swept off their feet by
huge rollers. But they persevered in their task, and succeeded in
dragging the poor fellows inshore. Help was also rendered by
Lieutenant Ayscough, divisional officer of Coastguard, who entered the
water up to his neck, and assisted in supporting the all-but-drowned
mariners, afterwards driving them in a landau to the Perranporth
Hotel. The rescued were in a terribly exhausted condition after their
awful experience. Only on Tuesday last the master bought the vessel
for £430, and she was not insured.
[from
Rhos Herald - Saturday 19 September 1903]: Wooden schooner Sarah Bridget, built Edward
Ellis, Bangor, 1858, 126 tons, 86.4 x 22.5 x 11.8 ft. ON21672. Registered Aberystwyth 1858.
Later registered Caernarfon. Register closed 1936, when owned Abel,
Liverpool, 99 tons. Broken up at Runcorn. More
history.
[from Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald - Saturday 20 March 1858]: [from Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Monday 06 April 1914]: Wooden schooner Blue Jacket, built T.T. Parry,
Bangor, 1859, 66 tons, ON27335. Registered Beaumaris 9/1859, 60 tons.
Registered Ramsgate from 1894. In MNL to 1898, registered Ramsgate,
owned J Greenstreet, Sandwich. Voyage Amble to Northfleet, with fire
bricks, leaky and abandoned near
Outer Dowsing, 23 November 1898, all 5 aboard saved.
[from Lloyd's List - Friday 25 November 1898]: [from Canterbury Journal - Saturday 10 December 1898]: Wooden schooner Jane & Elizabeth, built Hirael,
Bangor 1859, 60 tons, ON27340. Registered Beaumaris 13/1859. In MNL to
1883. Voyage Rochester to Dumfries, with cement, got aground on
Dumroof Bank attempting to enter River Nith, 18 August 1883, and
wrecked, crew saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 19 March 1859]: [from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 09 April 1859]: [from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Thursday 30 August 1883]: Wooden cutter (yacht), built Menai Bridge, 1859.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 28 May 1859]: Wooden brig Grampus, built John Roberts,
Bangor, 1859, 132 tons, ON27725. Registered Beaumaris 22/1859.
Registered Caernarfon 1866-72. Voyage Middlesborough to Cardiff, with
pig iron, struck Sunk Sand and abandoned 18
December 1872, crew of 7 saved.
[from Shipping and Mercantile Gazette - Monday 23 December 1872]: Wooden barque Heather Bell, built Edward Ellis,
Garth, Bangor, 1859, 258 tons. ON27870. Registered Aberystwyth 1860.
In LR1860, owned Thomas, Newquay. Later described as a brigantine,
and as a 3-masted schooner. In MNL to 1892, owned William Davies,
Portreath, Cornwall. Voyage Blythe to Bremerhaven, with pit coal, aground near
Wangerooge, at entry to river Weser, 18 April 1893, crew of 7; 5 lost.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 06 August 1859]: [from Commercial, Shipping & General Advertiser for West Cornwall - Saturday 25 April 1891]: [from Shields Daily Gazette - Tuesday 28 April 1891]: [from
Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 13 October 1891]: Wooden schooner Matthew Owen, built Menai
Bridge, 1859, 69 tons, ON27339. Registered Beaumaris 12/1859, 68 tons. In
MNL to 1890, owned Hugh Owen, Menai Bridge.
Voyage Liverpool to Rosscarbery, with timber, 17 July 1890, near
Skerries, Anglesey, vessel leaky and abandoned. Crew
of 3 saved.
[from North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 17 July 1875]: [from Lloyd's List - Monday 11 August 1890]: Wooden schooner Cambria, built T.T. Parry,
Bangor, 1860, 56 tons, 66.5 x 19.3 x 7.7 ft. ON27730. Registered
Beaumaris 18/1860. Registered Carnarfon 1875. In MNL to 1904, owned
Francis Evans, Criccieth, 56 tons. Voyage Portmadoc to Cardiff, with
slates, leaky and abandoned off
the Bishops, 20 December 1903, crew of 3 saved.
[from Liverpool Daily Post - Monday 19 October 1903]: [from Lloyd's List - Wednesday 23 December 1903]: Wooden smack Pamela Pennant, built John Roberts, Bangor, 29 tons,
ON29221.
Registered Beaumaris 21/1860, but not sold until 1862. Owned by her master, Francis.
[from Star of Gwent - Friday 28 September 1894]:
Antigua, Jan 26.
The Liffey, France, from Liverpool to the Spanish Main, ran on the
reef N of Long Island, 25th instant, and bilged. Vessels have gone off to save the cargo.
Antigua, Feb. 3. The Liffey, France, from Liverpool for Tobasco [Tabasco, Mexico], that
was on the reef north of Long Island the 25th ult., was got afloat,
but sunk, soon after, in five fathoms water: cargo and materials
saved.
Launch. On Thursday list, a new brig was launched from the yard of Mr.
Cortney, in this city. This vessel, in compliment to Sir J. G. Egerton,
is called The Oulton. She is registered for 90 tons, and for a general trader: Captain
Jones, master.
Report of Captain John Matthews, late Master of the Schooner Oulton,
61 tons, of Beaumaris, from Bangor for Bristol (slates), foundered (as
previously announced this Journal): Left Bangor Jan. 12. At 4 30 p.m.,
wind S. W., with rain, and increased to gale, and when about one mile
S.W. of Carnal's[sic, now Carmel] Point, the jib and foresail were
carried away, and in about 10 minutes the mainboom and foreyard, which
quite disabled ship, and compelled us to put back for some place of
safety in Cemaes Bay, but failed. On 13th, at 3 30 a.m., weather very
thick, wind S. W., strong gale, endeavoured, for safety of our lives,
get her round Dinas Point, and run her on Llanlliana Beach, but before
we were able to get her round the point, she struck on the rocks, and
soon foundered. We saved our lives with great difficulty in our own
boat. Ship's papers were lost with the vessel. Ship and cargo are
likely to become a total loss, only a few sails and spars being saved.
LOSS OF A MARYPORT VESSEL:
The brig "Douro" belonging to Capt. Thornthwaite, of this port,
left here on Friday last with a cargo of coal for Belfast. On the evening
of the day mentioned it commenced to blow and continued increasing in
violence during Saturday until on Sunday it blew a complete gale, in
which the ill-fated vessel is supposed to have been caught and
foundered. Part of the vessel's stern, taffrail, planking &c., bearing
the name "Douro" of Whitehaven, to which port she formerly belonged,
have washed ashore in Port Spittal Bay, near Stranraer. The crew
consisting of Patrick Smith, captain; J. Wiley, mate; and two seamen
named John Smith, and G. F. Marincovich, are supposed to be lost. The
vessel we believe is not insured. The following telegram was
received by Mr R. Brisco from the Receiver of Wreck, Stranraer, last
night : "There is nothing known respecting the crew of the 'Douro.'
It is quite a small portion of wreck that was found." This gives some
hope that the crew may yet be safe.
Appledore Sailed 12 April: Fanny, Williams, Porthcawl.
[later 1867 reports: Swansea. Arrived 21 May. Fanny, Williams, from Bideord;
Padstow. Arrived 22 June. Fanny, Williams, from Cardiff;
Swansea. Arrived 29 Nov. Fanny, Williams, from Bideford]
Porthcawl, arrived 20 Nov. Fanny, Williams, from Highbridge.
APPLEDORE April 15; SW, strong, and overcast. The Fanny, polacca schooner,
Williams, of and for Bideford, from Swansea (coals and timber), got
on shore during thick weather on the North Tail, and has become a
total wreck; crew saved in their own boat.
Deaths. .. at the age of 56, .. Mr William Cortney. Mr Cortney's eminence
as a ship-builder is well known to mercantile interests in this part of the
Kingdom, and to the public at large; his establishment was on the most
extensive scale, and the workmanship of a very
superior description...
TO SHIP-BUILDERS AND OTHERS. To be Peremptorily Sold by Auction, BY
MR. JOHN BROWN, In the Ship Building Yard, in the city of Chester, on
Monday, the 17th September, 1821, and following days, THE REMAINING
PART of the STOCK, the whole of the BUILDING MATERIALS, Moulds,
Stores, Tools, &c. of the late Mr. William Cortney, full
particulars of which will appear in a future paper. Also, at the same time
will be offered FOR SALE, a NEW SCHOONER, of about 88 Tons burthen, with
Masts, Spars, and BOAT, complete. ...
A vessel launched at Chester in 1821 - possibly from Cortney's
yard, after his death. A vessel of 400 tons burthen was described as launched from that
yard in June 1821, - named Liverpool. Since no such Liverpool appears in
Lloyds Register, she was probably renamed Southworth.
Launch. On
Thursday morning, a fine ship, burthen about 400 tons, was launched
from the yard of the late Mr. Cortney, in this city. She is intended
for the London trade, and is called the Liverpool.
THE Ship SOUTHWORTH, 350 53-94 tons per register, built at Chester,
under particular inspection, launched in 1821, copper fastened and
sheathed with very heavy copper, woman figurehead and sham quarter
galleries; adapted for the East and West India Trades, or any other
her size will suit. The stores are abundant, and, with the hull, in
excellent condition. Robert Ross, Commander. For Inventories and
Particulars, apply on board or to John & Thomas Dawson, 9, Billiter
square.
The loss of the Southworth, Maltby, from Batavia to Rotterdam, has
to-day (Tuesday) been recorded on the books at Lloyds. She was a fine
ship of 350 tons burden, and went down with the whole of her crew and
the pilots near the Oosterbank on the coast of Holland.
A brig, Albion, is reported to have grounded near Harrington, on
11th February 1850, and suffered damage to her keel.
Thursday was launched from the yard of the late Mr. Cortney & Co. in
this city, a brig, the Albion, Cambleton, burthen about 150 tons. She
went off the stocks in great style.
HARRINGTON. Feb. 14: The brig Albion, Scarrow, from Dublin, in attempting (on the
11th inst) to take the harbour during a gale from the south, drove on
shore to the north of the wood work, and was got off the next day with
great difficulty, and the vessel is supposed to have sustained
considerable damage in her bottom; to-morrow she will be put on the
slip to be overhauled.
HARRINGTON Feb. 23. The brig Albion, reported on shore here, has been taken on the slip,
and upon being surveyed, is found to have sustained considerable chafing in the keel
and sheathing, and the hull considerably shaken.
Beaumaris Nov 23. Windbound, ...John & William, Jones, for Wexford,...
Wexford. Arrived. 12 June. John and William, Jones, Amlwch, manure
Amlwch, Feb.1. The schooner John and William, Jones, last from Dublin
(ballast), was riding heavily yesterday with both anchors down in Bull
Bay, and this morning both chains parted, and she drove into our bay
and got on the rocks to the eastward of the entrance of the harbour, and
became a total wreck; crew saved.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, 27th Jan. The Duchess of Leinster (smack), of Dumfries (Off.
No., 9,273), Stitt, from Maryport to this place, with coal, struck a
rock on the South side of St. Mary's isle, three miles from the harbour
here, 25th Jan., and went to pieces; crew saved; cargo lost.
Tuesday last was launched from the building yard of Mr Mulvey, in this
city, a fine schooner called the Snowdon built for Thomas Jones Esq of
Plasgrono.
The fine new Schooner SNOWDEN, 78 tons per register; copper-fastened;
built at Chester last year, of the best materials, for the present
Owner: she has excellent sailing properties, and carries well for her
tonnage; is amply fitted with stores of the best quality, and ready
for immediate service: is well adapted to the Mediterranean, African,
Fruit Trades, and general pvpotes. Now lying at the Lower Tier,
Horselydown. For Particulars, apply WILLIAM WOOLCOMBE,...
Tuesday 8th November, Snowdon, Jenkins, for Bantry Bay, was totally lost yesterday;
the boat and part of the wreck have been washed up at Hoylake.
Launch. A fine vessel, of about 400 tons, will be launched to-morrow forenoon,
about half-past eleven o'clock, from Mr. Mulvey's yard, in this city.
It is intended for the Jamaica trade.
For KINGSTON, Jamaica, And will deliver goods at Port Maria, Annatto
Bay, and adjacent Ports. The new armed Ship JOHN WELCH Captain Thomas Woodhouse,
Burthen 230 tons, has very excellent accommodations for passengers;
for terms of which, or freight, apply on board, in George's Dock basin; to Mr Wm Ker; or to
Welch & Hudson.
In the early part of the day, much company were attracted to the
river, to witness the launch of a beautifully modelled brig from Mr.
Mulvey's yard, it was called the Perseverance, and the scene was
animated and beautiful.
SHIP NEWS. Shipwreck. It gives us much pain to state that on Saturday night last
the schooner Perseverance of this port [Wexford], Captain Cullen, was lost near
Morriscastle, and five of the crew, which were six in number, perished.
The survivor, a boy named Cousins, escaped almost miraculously, but he
is so weak from the effects of cold and fatigue that he is unable to
come to town. The vessel having made much water, from striking on the
Rusk bank, the crew were preparing to leave her, and while attempting
to get out the boat, she suddenly went down. The Captain and the
remainder of the crew, amongst whom was his brother, James Cullen,
endeavoured to reach the shore by swimming, but we lament to say,
perished in the attempt. The boy who has been saved, perceiving that
her masts were not entirely covered by the water, swam back to the vessel
and lashed himself the rigging, where he remained till morning, when the
persons from the shore put off to his assistance and took the most
humane care of him.
Voyage Chester to
Belfast with bricks and tiles, ashore Green Island Rocks, near
Cloughey Bay [Ards Peninsula] on 19 November 1863 and sold as a wreck. Green
Island is at 54°26.96N, 5°26.24W.
Launch at Flint. Yesterday week, a fine schooner was launched from the
new ship-yard at Flint, which is intended for the coal trade, so
extensively carried on between that port, the coast of Wales, and
Ireland. Thomas Eyton, Esq. the proprietor of the Flint and Mostyn
collieries, has lately established ship-building in the ancient town
of Flint, by which several hundred men are employed, and enjoy the
staff of life. A most numerous and respectable company assembled on this
occasion, and a sumptuous dinner was given, at the Oak Inn, to a large
party of friends.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
by Mr. JAMES WILLIAMS, at the Royal Oak Inn, Flint on Monday, the 16th
of June, 1856, at 3 for 4 o'clock in the afternoon precisely, the
following or such other Lots as may be fixed at the time of Sale, and
subject to conditions.
THE UNDERMENTIONED COASTING VESSELS, Which were built
principally by the owners for their own trade, in the most substantial
manner and of the best Welsh Oak and foreign timber and materials.
They are in excellent repair, and well found in sails, rigging, cables,
anchors, and stores, and ready for sea at the shortest notice. The
Sale takes place in consequence of the decease of the senior partner.
Name and Description of Vessels. Register Tonnage. Stowage.
1. Schooner Sophia 79 110
2. Ditto Sir Edward 59 110
3. Ditto Flint Castle 80 130
4. Ditto Caroline 61 96
5. Flat Conway 43 70
6. Ditto Betsey 51 80
7. Ditto Sluice 47 73
8. Ditto Gronant 54 90
9. Ditto Dispatch (Schooner rigged) 27 45
10. Sloop Unity 8-64ths
11. Ditto Marquis of Anglesey 8-64ths
The Vessels, with the
exception of the two last, which belong to Amlwch, may be inspected
fifteen days prior to the day of Sale, on the beach at Flint, where
there is a first-class Station on the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
Mr. Thomas Edwards, Flint Colliery Office, will shew the Vessels, and
for further particulars apply James Eyton, Esq. Flint Collieries,
Flint.
TO BE SOLD, BY PRIVATE TREATY, The undermentioned COASTING VESSELS,
which are in excellent condition and well found in stores, and are
ready for sale at the shortest notice;
Name; Register; Tonnage; Stowage.
Lot 1. Schooner FLINT CASTLE. 80 130 tons.
2. Flat CONWAY 43 70
3. Ditto DESPATCH 27 45 (schooner rigged flat)
4. Ditto MARIA 47 70
Apply to Mr. Adam Eyton, Llanerchymor Lead Works, Holywell, Flintshire.
BELFAST, Nov. 19. The FLINT CASTLE, of Chester, with bricks and tiles, is
ashore outside Green Island Rocks, Cloughy Bay.
SHIPWRECK AUCTION. To be sold by public AUCTION, TWELVE o'clock
THURSDAY next, the 26th inst., PORTAVOGIE, County Down, THE HULL AND
MATERIALS OF THE Schooner FLINT CASTLE, of Chester, 130 Tons Register,
lately wrecked on her voyage from Chester for Belfast. £400 has
been laid out on this vessel's sails and rigging within the last 12
months.
Ship Launch. The sluice-house near the Point of Ayr Light-house was
honoured with the presence of Sir Edward and Lady Mostyn of Talacre, and
a numerous attendance of the surrounding gentry, on Wednesday last, to
witness the launch of a very fine cutter, called the "Constantina," to
which Lady Mostyn stood godmother. When the word to let go was given,
she went off the stocks in fine style and entered her future element
amid the shouts and cheers of the spectators.
Holyhead: Popplewell, Chester for Drogheda,....
Foundering of Chester Vessel and Saving of the Crew. The schooner Popplewell,
of Chester, Captain John Coppack, laden with coal from Saltney and
bound to Newry sailed from the River Dee on the 22nd ult. and sprung a leak, and was
abandoned on the 23rd, off the coast of Ireland, crew all saved by the
ship Monita, Captain Ridley, from Liverpool bound to China, when they
were transferred to the brig James, of Maryport, Captain Sickle, who
safely landed them in Dublin on the 26th instant. This vessel was built in
Chester by the late Mr. Mulvey, March, 1826 [sic: see above; RCUS states built 1836]
Lost. The Maria, Crookall, belonging to Preston, from Hamburgh to Liverpool,
was stranded, the first inst., at Terschelling and all hands, except
three seamen, have perished.
Deaths: Lately, Captain Thomas Crookhall, of the Maria, of Preston, highly
respected as a gallant seaman and a worthy man. He had sailed from
Hamburg, bound for Liverpool, and being overtaken by the late
tremendous and fatal gale, on the coast of Holland, himself, two of
his crew, and a passenger perished. Four persons were saved.
The new Schooners will be of a superior-class, and well found,
and particularly adapted for the Cheese Trade and the Chester River;
every attention will be paid to the stowage of the same, in the Ship and
the Wharf, where a Warehouse is preparing for its reception. Persons
desirous of dispatch will find this a speedy mode of conveyance: all
Goods must be sent to Mr. Thomas Green, and the Cheese to Mr. Peter Evans,
who are the Company's appointed Agents for the same and in London, to Mr.
Jeffery Smith, Wharfinger, Cotton's Wharf.
Lloyd's Register 1832 gives London, Chester and Trader as owned by the Cheese Company; Factor, built Wilson, is the fourth.
The first of
the four Cheese Schooners, which we mentioned some time ago building
in Mr. Mulvey's timber-yard, for trading between this port and London,
will be launched in the course of the ensuing week, as will also two
smaller vessels on the same day. [London seems to be the first Cheese
Schooner launched]
Chester and London Traders. The new Schooner, London, Capt. Samuel Curtis, sailed
from Dawpool in this river on Saturday the 2nd of Jane, and arrived Cotton's
Wharf, London, on Friday the 8th; sailed again on Thursday the 21st,
and arrived the Crane in this city on Tuesday last the 25th inst.; thus
making her voyage to London and back in 28 days, 14 of which were spent in
unloading and taking in freight. The establishment of this line of
traders (of which the London is the only one yet built) is likely to prove a
great accommodation to the public. It will be seen by the advertisement
that the London sails again from this port on the 9th
inst.
LONDON. Filey. Dec. 12, 1 18 pm. The schooner London, of Rye, Robinson
master, from Hartlepool for Rye (coals), has gone ashore on Filey
beach. Crew saved by Scarborough lifeboat. Blowing a gale from
NNW.
LONDON. Scarborough. Dec 12, 4:40 pm The schooner London is a total wreck.
Salvors saving stores.
Deal Aug 2. Came down the river - Chester, Thomas, for Chester....
Liverpool. Arrived,... Chester, Thomas, London, with sundries, ...
PRIVATE SALES. The well-known Schooner CHESTER, built and fitted at
Chester expressly for the cheese trade, now delivering a cargo of
cheese at Cotton's Wharf; 117 tons O.M. and 100 tons N.M. For
Inventories and further particulars apply to R. BRENAN and SON, 5,
Great Tower-street.
Yarmouth: March 28. The schooner Chester, Tewksbury, of and from Southampton for
Sunderland, was towed into the harbour to day, with considerable
damage, having been run on board of last night, in the Wold, by a
light schooner (name unknown) who proceeded on without stopping
to ascertain what damage she had done.
At Southampton, the Schooner Chester, 100 tons register, built at Chester for
the Cheese Company, well found in stores, delivers 150 tons dead weight at 11 feet.
Voyage
Londonderry to Runcorn with grain and meal, captain Pugh, got ashore
at Ballywalter, refloated, leaky, sank in Ramsey
Bay, 14th January 1836.
Ship Launch. An elegant schooner of
about 100 tons was at noon launched from the yard of Mr. Mulvey, intended
for the trade between Chester and London. She is named the Halkin,
and went off the stocks in beautiful style, amidst the cheers and
smiles of a large concourse of spectators, embracing several fair beauties of
the city and neighbourhood. The proprietors afterwards entertained a
party of friends on board to a cold collation.
The schooner Halkin, of Chester, Pugh, master, was got off the rocks,
near Ballywalter [Northern Ireland], on the evening of the 13th
instant, and proceeded on her voyage to Liverpool, (wind about S.W.
blowing strong). One pump kept constantly going.
The Halkin, of Chester, Pugh, laden with grain and
meal, from Londonderry to Runcorn, sunk in Ramsay Bay, on Thursday,
14th Jan. Crew saved by the Eagle steamer.
On 15th June 1837, Captain George Cheveley, while at anchor off
Mazatlan [Pacific coast of Mexico] was damaged by a huge swell and sank. Crew saved
in own boat and that of Morayshire.
Launch. On Saturday last, about one o'clock, a fine brig, called the
William Mulvey, for the Mediterranean trade, was launched from the
building-yard of Mr. Mulvey, of this city.
Will be despatched on an early day, full or not full. For MESSINA & PALERMO,
The fine Chester-built Brig WILLIAM MULVEY, Thomas Jones, Master; 100 tons, A 1,
and coppered; built under inspection, expressly for a PACKET VESSEL, and to combine security
with fast sailing and is in all respects a superior conveyance for goods and passengers.
Apply on board, in George's Dock, or to MOSS & HAMPSON.
[from Liverpool Mercury - Friday 23 February 1838]:
You doubtless will have heard of the loss of the William Mulvey,
under my command, in the port of Mazatlan, Gulf of California.
As garbled and incorrect accounts invariably reach home of these
unfortunate disasters, I can but deem it both prudent and
wise to lay a plain statement of the facts as they occurred
before a public body, out of whose port I have sailed for
seventeen years, and whom, I conceive, most entitled to question
or judge my professional character.
In the first place, I will
observe, that the port or anchorage of Mazatlan is between two
islands of about a mile each in circumference, named Creston, to the
west, and Vienda to the east, open to the wind and sea from the
S. E. to S. W. across which, to the northward, is a bar of sand,
on most parts of which breaks a high surf, with the exception
of a narrow part for vessels of about ten feet draft into the
inner harbour. This bar is not always passable, as the small craft
often strike in passing it, if there is any sea on. The inner
harbour is in the form of a long crescent, abreast of the town,
and at low water spring tides has not more than fourteen feet,
the rise and fall about six feet, that in the outer anchorage
four or five; the holding ground is nowhere good, chiefly consisting
of sand.
I now proceed to state the manner in which the
William Mulvey was wrecked. On the 16th of May, 1837, I arrived
off the port of Mazatlan, when a Government pilot came on
board and took charge of the vessel in, brought her up, and moored
her, with thirty fathoms of cable each way, in four fathoms,
the island of Creston bearing about W. 0.5 S. a quarter of a
mile, which has been considered the best anchorage, being most
protected from north-west winds. Up to the 15th June the
weather had been remarkably fine, when at 8 p.m., with a light
wind from the southward, an extraordinary long rolling swell
came setting into the harbour, the vessel riding to the ebb, and
consequently with her stern to the sea. At 10 p. m. the
sea increased to an alarming height and breaking, striking the
counter and stern, when, from the violent patching of the vessel,
she struck heavily aft on the ground, and unshipped the rudder,
which was instantly torn away. Finding it impossible to unmoor the
ship, or to run out a hawser in such a sea, the depth of water
alongside being four fathoms and the least twenty feet, the vessel
drawing twelve feet, I now fired guns of distress, and commenced heaving the
cargo overboard, and every thing of weight from the decks, in hopes,
by lightening the vessel, still to save her, but without effect,
the sea rising rapidly, and breaking over her in rollers as high
as the tops, equal to the boa [sic: tidal bore] of Calcutta. At this time the whale
boats of the barque Morayshire, Captain W. H. Lamotte, of
London, manned by old whalers, were using every exertion to
come alongside, when one of them was struck by a tremendous
roller, driven against the side of the vessel, stove in and
capsized with all hands. The Mulvey's long boat was at this time
half-full of water, beating against the side of the vessel with
great violence, and at times nearly hove in upon deck. Had she
not been a boat of great strength, and moored to a stout
grasswarp, she must have stove or broken adrift. The gig was
washed from the quarter, davits and all. At 11 p.m., finding the
vessel striking with redoubled violence, that she had started
the stern-post and transomes, and had from six to eight feet
water in the hold, that she was beginning to settle down
fast, and that to slip would be certain destruction to life, by
her going on the rocks, and that nothing further could be done
towards saving the vessel, I determined to take to the long
boat, and endeavour to escape. I then gave the word to
abandon, which was accomplished with the utmost difficulty and
exertion, without a man saving a single article, save the
clothes he stood in: I had not time to save even the ship's
papers.
After being nearly swamped twice, we got alongside
the Morayshire, grateful to God for our escape, and to find
their second boat had picked up the first boat's crew, all but
two, and joyful were they to find them with us. I had hove all
the running gear over the side when their boat was stove, which
fortunately the only two men who could not swim caught hold of
and were hauled on board. In half an hour after leaving her,
the William Mulvey swung round to the flood, dragged, and
sunk. On the night in question there had been a tremendous gale
in the gulf. There was also a Mexican schooner lost in a similar
manner to the Mulvey, and all hands perished.
Such,
gentlemen, is the manner in which the above vessel was wrecked.
I cannot, however, in justice, close this without a word of
commendation for my officers and crew for their conduct on this
trying occasion. My commands were obeyed and executed with
the utmost cheerfulness and exertion, - not a word was spoken
but in obedience to orders, nor did any one exhibit a desire
to abandon the vessel till the command was given to do so.
I briefly observed that I was the only one who received bodily
hurt, which was done by one of the guns breaking adrift, and
so injuring me about the legs and feet as to confine me
entirely to a sofa while at Mazatlan, and for two months on
board the Morayshire, in which ship I took passage to
Valparaiso. My pecuniary losses were severe, namely, all I
possessed, including upwards of £100 in specie and British money,
besides numerous articles for sale uninsured. - I am, Gentlemen,
yours, &c., GEO. CHEVELEY, Belfast, Feb. 13, 1838.
HOLYHEAD, July 16. The Beresford, Davis, from Wicklow to Flint, struck on
the Skerries Platters, last night, and sunk near the Cole Rock an hour
afterwards; crew saved.
TO SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, MONDAY, January 26th, 1880, at two o'clock
precisely, the substantially built, classed 12 years A 1 Lloyd's,
SCHOONER LIVERPOOL, oak-built and copper fastened; register tonnage
109, n.m.; together with her Sails, Stores, &c. A sum of nine
hundred pounds was expended on above in 1875, together with the fact
of the "Liverpool" having been classed 12 years, cannot fail to
commend itself to intending purchasers. It is purposed offering first
the Hull, Masts, and Bowsprit; following in lots, the Sails, Stores,
&c. The "Liverpool" and her belongings, now lying in the Canal Basin,
may be viewed seven days previous to sale.
Launch. On Monday next, the 8th instant, at twelve o'clock, will be
launched from the yard of Mr. William Mulvey, at Chester, a fine
schooner, full rigged, to be called the Lapwing, intended for the
Smyrna [sic, now Izmir] trade, and belonging Messrs. White and Phillips, of this town.
ON SALE. The fine fast-sailing coppered and copper-fastened
Schooner LAPWING, A 1. Chester built, burthen per register 122 tons, old
measurement; lying in the King's Dock, Liverpool; well known in the
Smyrna trade, and adapted for the Sydney, New Zealand, or any other
part or trade where despatch is wanted; will shift without ballast, and
is well found in stores, and can be sent to sea with trifling expense.
Apply, if in London, to John Rogers, White Hart-court, Lombard-street, or
WILLIAM ROSE and Co. Tower-garden. Liverpool.
Aukland[sic] 2nd Oct. The schooner Lapwing is lost in Hawke's Bay.
[East coast of N Island]
The flat Parkins, of Chester, with copper ore, sank on the night of
the 28th Sept., in the River Dee; crew saved in their boat.
Launch. On Tuesday next, at eleven o'clock, two vessels, one 210, the
other 260 tons register, will be launched from Mr. Mulvey's ship yard in this
city. They are both intended tor the foreign trade.
SHIP LAUNCH. On Tuesday week, a beautiful new ship, 250 tons register,
was launched, full rigged, from the building yard of Mr. Mulvey, of
this city, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. She
is called The Laidmans (after the owners, J. Laidman and Co. of
Liverpool); is commanded by Capt. Thos. Hughes, and is intended for
the West India trade.
In consequence of deficiency of ballast, and the immense number of
persons on board (upwards of 200) being on one side deck, she heeled over
on becoming fairly afloat, and her larboard gunwale was about 6 feet
from the water's edge when she struck on the opposite bank of the river. The only
damage sustained was a slight injury to the rudder.
We think the practice of permitting so many persons to be on board
on these occasions is highly dangerous, and hope will not be persevered
in for the future.
For Kingston, Jamaica, the fine new British-built barque, LAIDMANS,
Thomas Hughes, commander, 250 tons register, coppered and copper-fastened,
now on her first voyage, and built expressly for quick sailing. For
freight or passage (having superior accommodations) apply to the master on board,
No 4 Graving Dock, J Laidman & Co., or W Clay, Broker.
July 16 Laidmans, from Rangoon to Cochin, foundered off Trincomalee.
For ST. THOMAS. The A 1 fast-sailing Barque JANE PROWSE. Captain Bell;
Registers 208 tons, coppered, and sails fast. For terms apply IMRIE
and TOMLINSON.
ST. JOHN'S (Porto Rico), Nov. 29. The Jane Prowse, at Arecibo, from St.
Thomas's, in ballast, loading molasses, was driven on shore on the
27th of November, and went to pieces; master, his wife, and two daughters, the
mate, and a boy drowned.
Sunk by
collision with SS Glenorchy near the Breaksea Lightship, 29 January
1919, crew of 3 saved.
Lloyd's Cardiff agent telegraphs that the schooner Eaton, laden with
timber, was sunk in the Bristol Channel, off Breaksea Lightship, early
yesterday morning, after collision with the British steamer Glenorchy
from Barry with coal. The crew [of 3] was saved. The Glenorchy
returned to Barry Roads.
At sea, a severe gale raged. Two Ramsey pilot boats narrowly escaped being
swamped in the bay on Tuesday night while going out assist the disabled
Welsh ketch Sarah with canvas gone. Both crews had perilous experiences and
there was much anxiety in the town as to their safety. Neither boats were able to
reach the ketch, and one was picked up the steam trawler Lady Loch and
the crew taken aboard. The other boat was driven around by the rocks, and after
a night of considerable jeopardy arrived safely at port in a pitiable plight.
Morecambe Harbour. During the heavy gale on the 22nd inst., the flat, Tower of
Lancaster, Richard Ditchfield, master, with a cargo of iron ore from
Barrow, when opposite the harbour, was struck by a heavy squall, which
threw her on her beam-ends, her cargo shifted, and she became
unmanageable and drove on shore below Hest Bank, the coast guard and
some Poulton fishermen promptly went round by the shore to render
assistance, when one of the crew in attempting to get ashore in a
small boat, was upset in the heavy surf, the boat turning right over
and resting across his back, and had not the coast-guardsmen and
fishermen dashed through the breakers running breast high, he would
have been drowned; when brought ashore he was unconscious, but
through the attentions of his rescuers, assisted by the kindness of
Mr. Stewart, of Morecambe, (who divested himself on the spot of some
under-clothing, to clothe the half-drowned and helpless sailor, and
also ran to Hest Bank for brandy for him), he was brought to
consciousness, and under Mr. Stewart's directions was removed from
that bleak place and taken to the Morecambe Hotel. The vessel, it is
expected, will have to be launched after her cargo has been
discharged.
WRECK OF TWO VESSSLS - On Saturday, as the Southport trawling boat
Alice, master Wm. Robinson, was sailing homewards, and when about nine
miles from Liverpool banks, she picked up a boat, in which were two
men. They proved to be the crew of the sloop Tower, 70 tons, owner
James Fisher, master Thomas Rimmer, which foundered on Saturday
morning near Formby lightship.
Half-an-hour after performing the humane act, the crew of the Alice
discovered another small boat, on which was hoisted a signal of
distress, and on nearing the craft they found it contained
two men, in an almost perishing condition; They were the crew of the schooner
Bans Vale of Ulverstone, owners, Roper & Co.; master, Christopher Hutchinson, who
left Barrow for Garston, with a heavy cargo of iron ore, early on
Friday morning, and struck on Taylor's Bank on Saturday morning.
[ON 16457, reg Lanc., 44t owned Wm Ashburner, Barrow, voyages from 1847, MNL to 1866]
SHIP LAUNCH. On Tuesday last, a most elegant barque, destined for the South
American trade, 212 tons burthen, was launched from Mr. W. Mulvey's
yard, in this city, in the presence of several hundreds of spectators.
She glided most beautifully off the stocks into the water, and did not
lurch in the least degree. Mr. James Bartlett is to command her.
For HOBART TOWN & LAUNCESTON, The superior British built Barque,
MARY and ANN, Captain WHITEWAT; A 1; 212 tons; copper fastened and
coppered; has excellent cabin accommodations, and is in every particular an
unexceptionable conveyance.. Apply to JOHN HAMILTON, or COTESWORTH & WYNNE.
AT GLASGOW FOR TRINIDAD. THE A 1 coppered Barque MARY & ANN, 212 tons
register, Captain MICHAEL NOLAN, will be pointedly despatched as above
[no later than 15th inst.]
Loading, Port of London: Mary & Ann, Nolan, to Rio Janeiro, broker Jones.
Fatal Shipwreck in the Bristol Channel - The sloop Emily, of
Bridgwater, 67 tons burden, Capt. Gould, with a crew consisting of
three men and a boy, foundered off Oxwich Point on Saturday afternoon
the 2nd inst., about half-past five o'clock. There was only one person
saved; this was the mate, John Probert, who kept himself afloat by
securing part of the bulwarks, which were broken. After buffeting the
waves for more than seven hours, he was washed ashore on Porth Einon
Point. The captain left a widow and a family of six young children,
who are entirety destitute. The vessel was the property Mrs. Mary
Gabriel, of Bridgwater, and was partially insured.
LAUNCH. On Thursday last was launched, from the yard of Mr. Mulvey, Chester,
a beautiful barque, called the Bee, belonging to Messrs. Hadfield,
Wood, and Co., of this town. She is built expressly for trading to
the western coast of South America, and is to be commanded by Capt.
Joseph Cornish.
For Valapraiso ..... Succeeds the above, the fine new English Barque BEE, Capt. CORNISH,
built expressly for the trade.
For Buenos Ayres, the fine Chester-built barque Bee, captain Dunley, A 1 twelve years,
233 tons, coppered,...
On Sale. The well-known British-built Barque BEE; 233 tons per
register, o.m; built at Chester, under the immediate inspection of the
present owner, in 1834; original class A 1 eleven years; continued in
1845 A 1 four years; she is a strong faithfully-constructed vessel,
copper fastened and sheathed with yellow metal; is well adapted for
the Brazil, West India or Mediterranean trades; carries a large cargo;
sails well, and has been always kept in good repair, and will bear the
most rigid inspection. Dimensions: length 81ft 4 inches, breadth 23
feet 7.5 inches, depth 15ft 8 inches; lying in Harrington Dock. For
further particulars and inventories apply to Cornish, Esq or to TONGE,
CURRY and Co. Brokers. [for sale again October 1854]
LINE of PACKETS for RIO DE JANEIRO. Warranted first vessel. Has room for a
few packages, and will clear to-morrow. The well known remarkably fine
British-built Barque BEE, Captain R. Jarvis; 233 tons, A 1 at Lloyd's eleven
years, restored in 1851 for seven years, and for speed, and in all
other respects, is a most desirable conveyance. ..
Bee, Jarvis, from Callao, at Stanley. [Nov 13]
FALMOUTH, 16th Mar. The BEE, of Liverpool, Jarvis, from Callao to
Queenstown, sprang a leak during a violent gale, and foundered on the
21st Jan. in lat. 41 N. lon. 26 W.; crew saved by the Hannibal, of and
for New London, from France; master, mate, and a boy afterwards
transferred to the Christa Carroll, and landed here.
Falmouth: The Christiana Carnel [sic: Carnall, ON 14707, brig, 222
tons], Brokenshire, from the Persian Gulf, arrived here on Friday
bound to London; she has on board a handsome lion and lioness (the
latter is quite tame) and a male zebra for Prince Albert. She landed
here Captain Jarvis, the mate, and a lad, late of the barque Bee, of
Liverpool, from Callao for Cork for orders, abandoned Jan 21, lat
41° 20 N., long. 26° 30 W. The people were taken out of her by
the American whaler Hannibal; and on Feb. 11, in lat. 22 N long. 21
W., the three mentioned were trans-shipped to the Christiana Carnel,
the remainder of the crew continuing on board the whaler.
On Wednesday last, a beautiful schooner of about 130 tons register, intended for the cheese and
carrying trade, in command of Capt. Curtis, was launched from the building-yard of Mr
Mulvey, in this city. ...named "Glynne" in honour of Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart, of Hawarden Castle.
FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL AT SEA. The schooner Glynne, of Chester,
Captain Thomas Potter [sic, Porter], having sprung a leak, foundered on Sunday
morning, about 15 miles S.W. of the longships. The crew took to the
boat, and were picked up by the Carrara, of Shoreham, and landed at
Penzance. The Glynne belonged to Chester, was of 103 tons measurement.
She was laden with railway iron, from Newport, for San Sebastian. She
foundered shortly after she sprang the leak.
Launch. On Wednesday morning, a beautiful barque, of upwards of two hundred
tons burthen, called the Elizabeth Radcliffe, intended for the Lima
and Valparaiso trade, was launched from Mr. Mulvey's shipyard, in Chester.
She will be commanded by Capt Radcliffe.
Line of Packets for Havana. ...
The fine Barque MATILDA, Captain Rowe, 318 tons, will be the succeeding Packet.
The British barque Matilda, of Liverpool, was totally lost at Maceio
during the late bad weather, her cargo of cotton also lost, and two
Brazilian vessels wrecked at the same time.
Pernambuco, Oct 15, The hull of the British barque Matilda has been sold at Maceio for
1500 milreis (about £165)
Launch. A new schooner was launched from the yard of Mr. Mulvey, in
this city, yesterday at noon, amid the cheers and the plaudits of a
numerous body of our fellow-citizens, who had assembled (many of them
on board) to witness the sight. As she glided majestically off the
stocks, and landed her bosom in the waters of the wizard Dee, her
baptismal font, a youth deeply interested in her future welfare, broke
a bottle of cognac on her prow, and named her The John Royle after the
principal owner, our respected fellow citizen; she is a beautiful
specimen of naval architecture, and built with that regard to strength
and durability throughout for which Mr. Mulvey's yard has obtained
well merited celebrity. She is 98 tons register, and is intended for
the coasting trade. She will be commanded by Capt. Joseph Jones, who
is part owner, and whose experience as a skilful mariner, and general
character as a man, cannot fail to inspire universal confidence. Her
first trip will be to Cork.
WRECK OF A SCHOONER. On Thursday the John Royle (schooner), of
Chester, from Duddon for Chester River, with iron ore, sunk on Cartmel Wharf.
The Piel lifeboat, with the assistance of the steamtug Ajax, took the
crew of three and the master's wife from the rigging, and brought them
to Barrow in an exhausted condition.
Auction. WRECKAGE. Immediate Sale. MR. CHARLES LOWDEN will Sell by
Auction, at the Cavendish Arms, Cartmel, to-morrow, (Wednesday), the
SCHOONER John Royle, of Chester, with the chains, anchors, warps, and
all the wreckage which may be recoverable on the beach or elsewhere, as
she now lies on the sands at or near Cartmel Wharf. The John Royle was
built at Chester, of English oak, and had new bottom planks inside
and outside put in her about three years ago, at Belfast. Sale at Half-past
twelve o'clock prompt.
[note another schooner Sir Edward was built
at Chester in 1848, of 98 tons, ON 24042]
The sloop Kitty, Captain Foulkes, from this port to Chester, and the
schooner Sir Edward, Captain Porter, from this port to Mostyn, both in
ballast, were driven on shore on Thursday morning, near Leasowe,
yesterday, and both received considerable damage. Crews saved.
Report of Hugh Parry, master of the schooner Sir Edward, of Chester,
59 tons, from Bangor on the 19th of June, for Silloth, slates:
Proceeded until about 12 noon same day; the weather became very thick,
with rain, and blowing hard. At 1 p.m. came to an anchor at Bull Bay,
near Amlwch. At 8 p.m. weather cleared up, with moderate breeze; tried
the pumps; ship making no water. At 9 p.m. weighed anchor and
proceeded on our intended voyage. On the 19th, at 10 30 p.m., the tide
at the time nearly high water, weather clear, and the wind W.S.W., a
light breeze, the said schooner, when about six or seven miles S. S.
W. of Point Lynas, suddenly sprung a leak; called all hands to the
pumps, but the water gaining so fast that in a very short time it was
all over the cabin floor, put her head toward the land, in order if
possible to save the ship and cargo, but they would not work, and
became quite unmanageable. Finding that nothing further could be done,
the vessel sinking fast, we got into the boat and remained by the ship
for half an hour, when she suddenly disappeared; then we made our way
towards Amlwch, and landed here safe about 2 30 a.m. this day
(Sunday), the 20th inst.
Voyage Maryport to Dublin with coal, on 21 October 1864, aground
on a bank north of the Isle of Man and became leaky. She anchored in
Ramsey Bay, and was driven ashore and sank. Crew
rescued by a boat from the shore.
[from Chester Courant - Tuesday 09 February 1836]
Launch of a Ship.-- On Wednesday last, a vessel, called "The Frances
Barkley," of 240 tons burthen, built for Mr William Prowse, of
Liverpool, and intended for the South America trade, under the command
of Capt. Wm. Prowse, son of her worthy owner, was launched from the
building yard of Mr Mulvey, of this city. She is fine stout built
vessel, and adds an additional laurel to the many which Mr Mulvey has gained for his
skill in naval architecture. Naturally a great concourse of people
assembled to see the gallant vessel launched in the rugged embrace of
Neptune, and about half-past twelve o'clock, it slid from the stocks
amid the shouts and huzzas of the people who thronged her deck. We
wish Mr Prowse every success.
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial
Advertiser - Monday 24 October 1864]:
SHIPWRECK IN RAMSEY BAY. Captain Fell, of the steamer Mona's Queen,
which arrived yesterday morning, after 9.5 hours' passage from Ramsey
reports that the brig Francis Barclay, of this port, from Maryport for
Dublin, with coals, struck during the gale on Friday, on the Bahama
Bank, and sank. The crew took refuge in the round top, where,
notwithstanding the heavy sea running, they managed to hold on during
the whole of a tempestuous night. On Saturday morning the poor fellows
were rescued by a small boat which put off to their assistance.
[IOM heritage information]: After striking the Ballacash
Bank, the vessel became leaky and was anchored in Ramsey Bay. Captain
Joseph Wilkinson. The anchor dragged and she was driven ashore just
north of the breakwater. The crew of 10 were rescued by a Ramsey
fishing boat.
In MNL, the only Honora is registered Aberystwyth 1849, owned
Davies, ON 1739, schooner of 26 tons [sic, in Appropriation List];
trading with ore to Fflint. In MNL to 1873 when described as built
Douglas 1837. This vessel is described as loading 115 tons at Skull in
June 1863 - so seems to be larger than the 26 tons reported in MNL.
Also reported as 76 tons when lost. RCUS reports: stranded at
Aberystwth, 31-12-1870, with coal from Newport to Aberystwyth, owned
Morgan Davies. This stranding is reported in newspapers, but the
vessel was repaired and put back in service. Newspapers give: voyage
Runcorn to Aberystwyth, in ballast, stranded
30-12-1872. So MNL/RCUS seem to be inaccurate about tonnage and build.
Ship Launch. On Saturday last, a very fine schooner, of about 140
tons, called the Honoratus, was launched at King's Ferry from the
building yard of Mr James Boydell jr. This is the third
vessel, including the one used at the Ferry, that has been launched
from the above yard, and we understand that there is another schooner,
of similar size to the one launched, in a state of forwardness.
VALUABLE SHARES IN MINES, FOUNDRY, AND VESSELS, in the counties of
Cornwall, Cardigan, and Flint. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ...
Six 64th Shares in the two newly-built schooners, the Susan and
Honora, of Chester, from 110 to 120 tons burthen each, built for
carrying ore from the mines to the River Dee.
The Honora, schooner, of and for Aberystwith, from Newport, with
coals, got on the bar at Aberystwith on the 31st ult., and has driven
further in every tide; is stranded and makes water, and is being
dismantled.
Honora. Report of John Williams, master of the schooner Honora, of and for
Aberystwith, from Runcorn, 76 tons (in ballast): Left Runcorn Dec. 19,
at 1 P.M., wind S.E., light, fine. Proceeded until the 22d, when from
head winds the vessel was run into Caernarvon Harbour for shelter with
sails split and a little leaky. Put the vessel on the ground and stopped
leak, also repaired sails. Sunday, the 29th, at 7 am. the tide high,
weather clear, and wind N.E., light, the ship left Caernarvon Harbour.
Got off Aberystwith Harbour at 6 30 p.m., but finding the lights hauled
down, brought the ship up in 3.5 fathoms water. Weighed anchor 6am. of the
30th inst. Stood close to the harbour, but there being no assistance, was
hailed to keep off. Anchored, and cruised about until 5 30 p.m. Same
day, came on the bar, wind S.S.E., but the vessel, from the swell,
drifted to the ground on the east side. There being too much sea for
a boat to take a rope to the pier, the vessel drove up high, and is
likely to become a wreck.
Maritime Extracts. ... The schooner Susan, Evans, of Chester, which struck
the Manacles during the night of Sept. 15, and sank, was from Plymouth
for Kingstown (spars); crew saved.
Vessel Foundered off the Manacles. On Tuesday night the crew of the
schooner Susan, of Chester, Evans, master, 70 tons register, with a
cargo of granite from Plymouth to Kingston [sic], arrived at Falmouth,
which vessel foundered off the Manacles early in the morning of
Tuesday. From the statement of the crew, it appears that having taken
her cargo on board, the Susan left Plymouth on Monday morning and
continued her voyage with safety until about half-past eleven p.m. on
Monday night, when she struck on one of the outer rocks of the
Manacles, the weather at the time being very thick and hazy. Shortly
after the vessel struck, the crew, four in number, got out the boat
and remained by their vessel for about a quarter of hour, when she
went down by the head. The crew then went to Coverack and landed there
at about two a.m. They then proceeded to Falmouth, and immediately on
arriving at that place went to Capt. Bradfield, the hon. secretary of
the Shipwreck Mariner's and Fishermen's Society. Capt. Bradfield at
once procured lodgings for the men, and they will be sent to Liverpool
by the first steamer for that port. [Captain Thomas Evans]
The Peggy, schooner, of Aberthaw, ran ashore near Roos Point [sic] on the 5th
inst., and has since become a total wreck. Crew saved.
Ship Launch. On Saturday last, a fine schooner, "Lord Byron" was launched
from Mr. Wm. Mulvey's yard, in this city, for the Drogheda trade. She
registers 129 tons, copper fastened, and is a beautiful vessel. The day
being very fine, a vast concourse of spectators was assembled witness the
launch. She glided majestically into the briny deep, whilst Captain Skelly.
her commander, had the honour of being sponsor.
Holyhead, 21 March; Arrived. Lord Byron (of Drogheda) with jibboom
carried away, and upper works much damaged, having been in contact in
a the night with a ship.
BALLINA. 16th Mar. The LORD BYRON, of Drogheda, Owens, bound to
Liverpool, with oats, drove from her anchors in the River during the
gale of 14th Mar. and went ashore in a dangerous position, & will
probably have to be discharged before she can be got off; at present
she makes no water.
The schooner Lord Byron, Drogheda, from Plymouth for Beckton [east London], is in
Portland Roads, leaky, and must discharge.
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Ship Launch. We understand that beautiful vessel of 400 tons burden, intended for the
East India trade, built by Mr. Mulvey, of this city, for William
Rotherham, Esq. of Liverpool, will be launched to-morrow, at ten o'clock.
She is said by competent judges to be a first-rate vessel, and, we are
informed, the largest ever built in this city.
LINE of PACKETS for CALCUTTA, To sail on the 20th of every Month. To
sail the 20th April. The fine new Chester-built Ship QUEEN MAB,
Nathaniel Ireland, commander; A 1; 394 tons; coppered; expected to
sail very fast; a very superior vessel, having been built under
particular inspection, and of the very best materials. For terms, &c.
apply on board, west side Georges Dock; or to Mr ROTHERHAM, the owner.
Destruction of Two Liverpool Vessels by Fire. The Glasgow from New York has brought
information of the total destruction of the barque Gulterus, Captain Kreeth
of 300 tons, bound from Montreal to Liverpool, and laden with a cargo
of coal oil. It appears that this vessel ran into an iceberg on the 5th
August, and the crew, after working incessantly at the pumps for
upwards of 40 hours, were about to abandon her, when a lamp was upset,
which, coming into contact with some of the cargo, caused its
ignition, and the crew were compelled to hasten their departure from
the barque, which was immediately in flames. The crew were
fortunately picked up by the schooner Prince, of Jersey, and safely
landed at Gaspe.
The other unfortunate vessel is the well-known barque
Queen Mab, of 400 tons, built in Chester, and formerly trading from
Liverpool to China. She arrived from Liverpool at New York on the 19th of last
month, came to anchor in the North river, and was discovered to be on
fire in her forward part the afternoon of the 21st of July. Her ensign
was placed union down, and many of the harbour steam-tugs, observing
black smoke issuing from her, were soon in attendance, streams of
water being poured into her. The barque was subsequently towed near
Jersey city, scuttled, and sunk, her masts showing about half-way
above water low tide. She was laden with a general cargo.
The barque Queen Mab (Br.), Walter, from Portland for Matanzas, went
ashore Oct 22 at 10:30 am; during the late hurricane, about 20 miles W
of Carysfort Reef, and is a total loss; crew saved, and arrived at Key
West, whence Captain Walker took passage for this port in the United
States steamer Memphis, which arrived here on Wednesday. The Queen Mab
was 340 tons register, and sailed from Liverpool. Captain Walker
returns his sincere thanks, and also those of the wrecked seamen with
him, to the commander and officers of the United States supply steamer
Memphis, for the great kindness manifested towards us, for which we
all feel grateful.
FREE FROM DUTY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. JAMES WILLIAMS, on
Tuesday the 14th day of February, 1843, at two in the afternoon, on
the Beach, near Ormiston's Stage, at Flint, where she near now lies,
the Wreck and Materials of the sloop DEE, burthen per register 43
tons, (new measurement); consisting of the Hull; Main-mast and
Shrouds; Foresail and Bowsprit; Jib-stay; Boom, Gaff; Sails, Rigging,
Anchors; Chain Cable; purchase Winch; Windlass, Chains, Blocks, Ropes,
&c. The Dee will carry 70 tons; is strong-built, and may be made fit
for sea at a moderate expense
Lloyd's Register of 1839, 1840 gives barque of 253 tons, built Chester
1837, owned W. Prowse, Liverpool, trading from Chester to America. Not included in Lloyd's 1841.
Last newspaper mention was voyage Liverpool to Valparaiso, Captain Prowse, leaving 6th April 1839.
[see below for another Margaret built Chester]. Mulvey's wife was called Margaret [Peggy].
A beautiful vessel, schooner-built, was launched from the yard of Mr.
Mulvey of this city on Monday, without accident, amidst the huzzas of
a large assemblage. She went off in gallant style, and was named The
Margaret, with the usual honours, by Mr. Mulvey, jun.
To sail 2nd April For VALPARAISO, Direct. The A 1 British-built Barque
MARGARET, Captain Prowse; 270 tons; in George's Dock. Apply to IMRIE
and TOMLINSON, or JOHN HOLLIWELL, Brokers.
[sailed 6 April; no further newspaper reports of Margaret, Prowse, although report of
a fatality on the voyage out suggests safe arrival; however the new vessel
William Prowse, master Prowse, left Liverpool for Valparaiso on 30 July 1839, so perhaps
Margaret was sold foreign at Valparaiso]
On the 16th July last, while on his passage out to Valparaiso, (fell
overboard and was drowned.) John James Aston, aged 18, of the barque
Margaret, of this port, eldest son of Mr. W. P. Aston, of Manchester.
Lloyds from 1840 on has also a brig of 178 tons, built Chester 1838, owned
Schaw, Leith, then Rankine, Glasgow then Barr, Ardrossan. Liverpool
newspapers describe this vessel as "Liverpool-built". Possibly built
on the Cheshire side of the Mersey? Lloyd's
register of 1852 has this vessel marked "missing". Last newspaper
mention found is when spoken on voyage Greenock to Porto Rico, master
M'Kenzie, on 17 July 1851.
For ST. THOMAS. The fine new Liverpool-built Brig MARGARET, James
Hunter, Master, registers 170 tons, coppered and copper-fastened, expected to sail fast.
For freight or passage, apply to William Rose & Co.
Report of Brig Vigilant, Hibart, for London. Spoken.
July 17 - The brig Margaret, M'Kenzie, of Ardrossan, from Greenock for Porto
Rico, lat. 23 49, long. 34 15.
Wrecked
12 November 1852, at Greystones, Irish coast, all 5 aboard lost. On 5
November, she had put in to Holyhead with mainsail split, on a voyage
from Flint to Waterford, cargo coal, master, Evans.
ON SALE. The Schooner LADY HARRIET; 93 39-100th tons burthen, new
measurement, per register; 100 86-94ths, old measurement; 63 9-10th
feet length from the inner part of the main stem to the fore part of
the stern post; 17 1-10th feet breadth, midships; 9 6-10th feet depth
of hold, midships. Launched 21st July 1838. She was built by her
present owners expressly for their own use; her framing is stronger
than common; shifts from port to port without ballast; carries 146
tons of coal; draws 10 feet water with the above load. She is a fast
sailer and in every respect a desirable vessel. For price and
particulars apply to Eyton & Co, Mostyn, Holywell.
EFFECTS OF THE GALE. The rumours which were rife on Friday evening with respect
to the vessel, which had been lost on Bray Head, unhappily proved to be
too true. On Friday morning, at about half past three o'clock, the coast
guards on duty near Greystones, discovered a vessel which
subsequently proved to be the Lady Harriet, schooner, of Chester, close
to the shore. When first seen at low water, her masts were standing, and
her crew, five in number, were seen lashed on them; the waves, however, broke
over them with great force, and no effective assistance could be
rendered them. She knocked about from that until high water, 10 o'clock,
when her foremast went overboard, carrying with it four of the
sailors. The captain, however, still clung to the mainmast, and was
somewhat sheltered by a portion of the sail which he had managed to fasten
to the weather side of the mast so as in some measure to break the force
of the waves which were at this time sweeping over wreck with terrific
violence. He must evidently have been a man of great coolness and
determination, for he was plainly seen to cut away a portion of the
rigging which was in danger of falling on him, and also to kick away a spar
with his foot. At length, however, the sail gave way and he was dragged away
with it, but managed by means of the lashings with which he was made fast to the
the mast to regain his former position, which he held on for some minutes
longer. The mainmast, however, was finally carried away, dragging
with it the gallant sailor, who disappeared from the sight of all on
shore. To their great astonishment, however, he was some minutes again
seen close to the shore walking stoutly on the sand, but a terrific wave
overtook him and swept him again amongst the surging billows. Again he
managed to regain his feet, and a man with a rope round his waist, the end of
which was retained by those on shore, made desperate but fruitless
efforts to reach the brave mariner, who had by this time nearly
succeeded in gaining the shore, when a second wave, far more terrific than the
former one, and which appeared as if specially sent for the purpose,
swept him off his feet, and he was no more seen until picked up in some
hours afterwards, a lifeless corpse amongst the rocks near the shore. One
of the ill-fated crew was picked up with the life scarcely in him, and
removed to the house of Mr. Scallins, where was treated with every
kindness, and was placed under the care of a medical man, under whose
treatment he rallied a little, but sank again, and died at ten o'clock the
same night, as was supposed of the effects of several internal
injuries.
Crew when lost (all saved):
James Jones, master, 37; William Williams, mate, 42; David Doughton, OS, 17; all
born Aberystwyth.
FOUNDERING OF A SCHOONER ON THE WELSH COAST. The Primrose,
of Aberystwith, Jones, sprung a leak and sunk seven miles to the
southward of Aberystwith, on the 27th inst. The crew were landed at
Newquay, Cardiganshire, by the screwsteamer Prince Cadwgan, on Monday
morning, and were picked up in their own boat in an exhausted state,
having been exposed to the wet and cold for some hours.
SHIPWRECK NEAR CLOGHER HEAD - GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE COASTGUARDS.
Drogheda, Tuesday. The smack Pilot Queen, of Carnarvon, laden with a
cargo of slates, consigned to Mr Williamson, Dundalk, and with two men
of crew, was caught by the gale off Rockabill last night. The vessel
was driven along before the wind, and the two men were lashed in the
rigging. All night the little vessel and her unfortunate crew were
tossed about at the mercy of wind and waves. At length the look-out at
Clogher Head Coastguard Station early this morning descried the
vessel. The rocket apparatus was tried, but in vain, as she was out
too far. The coastguards then launched their longboat, and, after a
tiresome and dangerous pull of over four miles they reached the
vessel, rescued the two men, who were nearly dead from cold and
exposure The vessel lies three miles to the north of Clogher Head, and
will become a total wreck.
Arrived. Coastwise: Lucy, Owens, Newport, iron, tinplate, &c
Lucy, Anderson, from Limerick for Preston, was totally wrecked 27th
March, near the cliffs of Moher, crew drowned.
The schooner "Lucy," Anderson, master, last from Newcastle with coals
to this port [Limerick], sailed again last week hence with 1,360 brls.
wheat, T. Worrell, shipper, for Preston, but on Wednesday night she
encountered a rough gale from the south west, off the cliffs of Moher,
Clare, with a tremendous swell of the sea; and unfortunately sunk with
the master and five of the crew, within 500 yards of the shore. Part of
the wreck drifted into Liscannor on Friday. The cargo was sold on
shipment, but the vessel was uninsured.
Voyage Caernarfon Bay to
Chester with paving stones, leaky and, in attempting to find shelter
at Rhyl, ran agound and was wrecked, 18
December 1878. Crew of 2, captain Richard Jones, saved in own boat.
WRECK OF A SCHOONER AT RHYL. About one o'clock on Wednesday last, a
Signal was fired from the gun at Voryd Station, when it was observed
that a vessel was showing signals of distress. It appears that she was the
schooner Gronant, 49 tons register and 89 tons burthen, and owned by
Mr John Roberts, Nevin, Carnarvonshire. She was bound from Carnarvon
Bay to Chester with a Cargo of sets (paving stones), having on board
a crew of two - Richard Jones (captain) and Robert Jones (mate), who
were brothers. When a few miles off Rhyl the vessel sprung a leak, and
seeing that, the captain made for the river, but she struck on the
flats a short distance west of the Pier, where she became
unmanageable. The crew then hoisted the distress signal, and after
waiting over an hour for the Rhyl boat, they took to their own boat
belonging the vessel, and after battling hard with the breakers, they
reached the land in safety - just as the life-boat was putting out. It was the
general opinion of those on the shore that some better arrangements
should be made for launching the life-boat; and we sincerely
trust that something will be done in that direction. The Vessel is not
insured, and she is likely to become a total wreck.
Launch - On Saturday last a fine vessel was launched from the yard of Mr.
Mulvey, ship builder, of this city. She went off the stocks in gallant
style, and was christened The Cheshire Lass
THE fine fast-sailing Schooner CHESHIRE LASS, 125 tons per register,
built at Chester, of the very best materials, under particular
inspection, and classed twelve A 1; in 1856 she was specially surveyed,
and classed AE1 (in red) has always been kept in excellent repair, and has
been employed in the London and Chester cheese trade, for which she was
built; she carries 200 tons on 12 feet 9 inches water, shifts without
ballast, and is abundantly found in good and useful stores. Now lying in
the Surrey Canal. For Inventories apply GEO. BAYLEY and WM. RIDLEY.
2. Cowper's-court, Cornhlll.
Liverpool, April 25. The Cheshire Lass, from this port to Dunkirk,
was run into on the 20th, off the Bishops, by the Maria Louisa
(Spanish barque), and totally lost; crew saved. [Lloyd's List gives
master as Bawditch]
Ship Launch. We understand that a fine barque, 500 tons burden, will
launched to-morrow, Wednesday, from Mrs Mulvey's building yard, in
this city, where two vessels of a much larger less[sic] are nearly
completed.
VALPARAISO, Dec. 29. The William Prowse, San Antonio to Valparaiso, was
wrecked on a sunken rock off Point Foro[sic, Faro?]. Dec. 22; crew, materials, and part
of cargo saved. [going into Valparaiso, cargo copper ore and flour]
On Monday [30 July] was launched, from Messrs. Mulvey's ship-yard, a beautiful vessel
called the Pickwick, of 350 tons burthen; the day was splendid, and
she glided into the water most majestically. [for Hadfield, Wood & Co., of Liverpool]
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. At an early hour on Friday morning,
information reached this port that a collision of a very serious
nature, (inasmuch as it was then supposed that, in addition to the
loss of a very fine ship, several lives had also been sacrificed), had
occurred on the previous morning between two ships which sailed from
the Mersey on Wednesday. It is now ascertained, however, that the
consequences are not so disastrous as was at first feared. The
particulars of the unfortunate affair, so far as we have heard, are as
follows:- The Pickwick, Captain Graves a fine British-built ship, of
386 tons, and the Chimera, Captain Bangs, an American ship of about
700 tons, sailed from the Mersey on Wednesday morning, and proceeded
down Channel safely until three o'clock the following morning, at
which time they were about thirty miles to the N.W. of Holyhead, the
wind blowing pretty strong from S.W. The Pickwick was under
close-reefed topsails, reefed main-sail, and on the starboard tack,
and the Chimera on the port tack, when the collision took place. The
Chimera struck the Pickwick amidships, and such was the violence of
the shock, that the captain and all who were on the Pickwick's deck at
the time instantly jumped on board the Chimera, as it was not then
supposed that the Pickwick would recover from the blow. The Pickwick
had a passenger and a stowaway on board; the latter individual,
however, did not make his appearance from his hiding-place until after
the collision took place. The passenger succeeded in gaining the deck
of the American ship, but the stowaway, and the steward and one
seaman, who were also below, were left on board. The Pickwick lost
bowsprit, foretop mast, mizenmast, mainrigging. &c., and the Chimera
had her bowsprit, cutwater, &c. carried away. Captain Graves wished
the captain of the American ship to remain alongside the disabled
vessel, but he did not think it prudent, in consequence of his vessel
being severely damaged in the bows, and leaking badly, and at once
determined to put back to this port. In returning, when near the
Northwest Lightship, the Chimera unfortunately ran into a schooner,
but it was thought at the time that the latter had sustained little or
no damage, and no notice was taken of the circumstance. A few hours
afterwards, however, a coal-laden schooner, named the Isabella, was
picked up and taken to Beaumaris, and it is supposed she is the same
the Chimera ran into. It is not known what has become of the crew, but
it is probable that they have been picked up by an outward-bound
vessel. The men on the Pickwick were taken off by a schooner, name
unknown, and conveyed to Donaghadee, and the ship left to the mercy of
the wind and waves. On Saturday morning, she was boarded by the Agnes,
of Wicklow, and taken in tow, with the intention of making for Douglas
Bay; but, when about ten miles north of the Calf of Man, she was
fallen in with by the steam-tug President, which had been sent out in
search of her, and she was safely towed back to this port, where she
arrived about five o'clock, yesterday morning. The fortunate captain
of the schooner who took her in tow remained in possession, and will
receive a handsome salvage for himself and crew. Shortly after her
arrival at this port she was safely moored at the north end of the
Prince's Dock. It is believed that her cargo is uninjured.
Valparaiso, August 16.- The barque Pickwick, Harley, from Swansea for
this port (with coals), was totally lost on Quintero Shoals, about
twenty-six miles north of this port, the 11th; crew (excepting first
mate) saved, and arrived here the 12th.
Wednesday last, a fine sloop of 160 tons burthen was launched at
Mostyn, when all the usual ceremonies were gone through; but a
lamentable accident occurred. It appears that two persons were holding
the rope to ease her into the water, when she buoyed up, and they lost
their balance, and were precipitated into the hold. One them had his
skull fractured, and is now considered as improving, but not yet out of
danger. The other received some severe bruises, of which he is fast
recovering.
ON SALE. The Schooner MAID OF MOSTYN, 127 tons o.m., 101 tons n.m.,
length, 74 feet 9-10ths; breadth, 17 feet 6-10ths; depth, 9 feet
8-10ths; built for, and under the inspection of, the present
owners in 1839. She is well found in stores, and admirably adapted
for the coasting trade, in which she has been constantly employed. In
King's Deck - Apply to TONGE, CURRY, & CO.
Britonferry. Jan. 6: The Maid of Mostyn, of Barrow, Macauley, sailed
from here for Belfast Nov. 26, and has not since been heard of.
MARITIME DEPOSITIONS. Report of Owen Owens, Master of the schooner
Caroline, of Beaumaris, 52 tons, from Amlwch, on Sept. 22, for Penmon,
near Beaumaris (old timber and iron): On Saturday, Sept 30, at 4 P M., tide
at the time first quarter's flood, weather stormy, and the wind in the east,
blowing a whole gale, with a very heavy sea from the east, ship lying
at her moorings at the Penmon Quarry, the tide beginning to flow, and the
storm increasing, I thought it prudent to cut a hole in the vessel to
prevent her labouring when the tide came, and doing as little damage as
possible. As far as can at present be ascertained, there is no damage done,
with the exception of two planks started from the stern post. Penmon, Oct.
2.
BANGOR, IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS AND OTHERS. MR. J. PRITCHARD will
SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION on the Beach, at HIRAEL, BANGOR, under the
Ship-building Yard of Mr John Thomas, on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1893,
at TWO p.m., 64-64ths share in the SCHOONER "CAROLINE," of Beaumaris,
of 52 Tons Register and about 95 Tons Burthen, together with the whole
of her Materials (an Inventory of which will be furnished) and an
EXCELLENT BOAT. The Vessel, which has just returned to Bangor from
Belfast, is well worthy of the attention of Buyers, is easily handled and
shifts without ballast. Bodhyfryd, Bangor.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 17: The flat Mersey, which fouled the Marathon (s), at anchor in the
river, 15th inst., and sank, subsequently rose to the surface bottom
up, and was towed into the Low-water Basin at Birkenhead.
BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS. THE FINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP.
...., repairing steamer Cheshire, damaged by flat Mersey, April 27th, 1874, £5. 0s.
11d.;
THE fine new Schooner PRINCESS ROYAL, built of iron, at Hawarden, in the
county of Flint; burden per register 61 tons, now lying at Hambro' Tier,
off the Tower. Ths vessel is admirably adapted for the coasting trade,
carrying a large cargo for her tonnage on a very light draught of water. ..
Sale... The fine Coasting Schooner, PRINCESS ROYAL, 61 tons per register; built
at Sandycroft, in 1841, of iron; is well suited for the
coasting trade; carries 81 tons on 7.5 feet of water. Dimensions Length, 61
feet 2-10ths; breadth, 14 feet 3-10ths; depth, 7 feet 5-10ths; lying
in Canning Dock, ... [also for sale July 1853]
King's Dock. Princes Royal, 61, Long, J Walsh.
Arrived: Princess Royal, Drogheda, Flour.
SHIP LAUNCH. On Tuesday last was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
Mulvey and Co, of this city, a Ship, of about 400 tons, to be called
the "Amiga", intended for the trade to the West Coast of South America. We
understood she is a beautiful model of naval architecture, and
finished in an elegant style. She is owned by some parties in
Liverpool, in connection with Captain Dalrymple, who is to be her
commander, and is an able and experienced navigator. We wish the "Amiga"
every success, and hope she may be the means of bringing other orders
to the builders, who are well deserving of every encouragement.
THE fine Ship AMIGA, 350 tons; built at Chester (by Mulvey 1840);
classed 12 years A 1, has only made a voyage to Algoa Bay on the
yellow metal. This desirable vessel is exceedingly well found in
stores of every description, and ready for immediate service. Now
lying in St. Katharine Dock.
[Note that a Whitehaven barque, also called Malcolm, on voyage
Antigua, with sugar, etc, to Liverpool, became leaky and foundered, 2nd
Sept 1855, with Antigua about 30 miles SW. Crew and passengers saved
by another vessel].
Ship Launch at Flint. ON MONDAY 4th of May next, at 12 o'clock,
precisely, a beautiful BARQUE, 400 tons burthen, the property of
Messrs. Parry and Co, will be launched from their extensive ship-yard
adjoining Flint Castle, after which the friends of Messrs. Parry and
Co. intend giving the proprietors a dinner,....
THE fine Barque MALCOLM, burthen per register 238 tons N.M., and 223
tons O.M., built at Flint, in Wales, 1840, and classed for twelve
years, coppered and copper-fastened; is a firm and substantial vessel,
well suited for general purposes; requires little but provisions to
send hei to sea. Lying in the West India Dock. ,,.
For VALPARAISO, The fine first class Chester built Barque MALCOLM,
Benjamin Jay, Commander; (who is well acquainted in the trade); 240
tons register; A 1 at Lloyd's for twelve years, and coppered. This
vessel has invariably proved herself a safe and quick conveyance, and
delivered her cargoes in good order, and will be found in every
respect a first rate conveyance. For terms of freight, &c. apply to
JAMES M'COSKRIE, or KELSO & DOWIE.
Benjamin Jay is listed as dying at Guayaquil [Ecuador], reported
April 1854.
Loss of the Malcolm. The following extract of a letter from Captain Brockbank, of
the Malcolm, which sailed from Rio Hache to Queenstown, and was lost on
French Reef, on the 11th September, was on Monday posted up at the
Underwriters' Rooms:
"I am sorry to advise you of the loss of the
Malcolm, on Florida Reef, on the 11th instant, crew saved. We left
Rio Hache on the 18th of August, and fetched Cumberland Harbour,
Cuba. We were there five or six days endeavouring to get round the east end
of Cuba, but lost ground every day. So we then squared away for the
Gulf, and should have got through very well, if we had not seen
Carysfort Reef Light. This light has always been a fixed one until
lately, and it now revolves. I took it to be Gan Coy Light. Several
vessels have been lost on the reef since the light has been changed.
Twenty-four hours after we struck an American barque, the Eglantine,
of Thomas Town, got on the reef about two miles to the northward of
us. The master was deceived by the light just as I was".
[cargo mainly fustic, and divi divi, some recovered by wreckers and sold at Key
Largo]
STRANGFORD. Aug. 12: By a letter received from Mr. W. Redmond, chief
boatman in charge of Cloughey Coastguard Station, we learn that the
sloop Shifty, Vickers, of and from Chester for Belfast (fire
bricks and tiles), struck on the Cannon Rock, near South Rock
Lighthouse, at 9:30 on the night of the 10th inst. The crew, three in
number, succeeded in reaching the lighthouse in their own boat, and
remained there all night, and landed at Cloughey next morning. The
vessel has become a wreck.
CHESTER. Dec. 10: The sloop Trap, Davies, of Chester, from Barrow for this
port (with iron ore), grounded on East Hoyle in coming up the
Swashway, on the night of the 8th, and sunk; crew saved bv the Hoylake
life-boat. The cargo is partly discharged, and is expected to be got
off this day's tide, if the weather keeps moderate.
CHESTER. March 26. The sloop Trap, Hughes, of Chester, which sailed from this port for
Dublin, was last seen near the Skerries on the evening of the 12th
instant, and has not since been heard of.
NANNY WATER. Near Drogheda, April 6. Last night, at 10 p.m., a boat came on
shore, about 17 feet keel (clincher built), near Benhead; she is
marked "Trap, of Chester, Michael Hughes."
LOSS OF A BARNSTAPLE VESSEL AT HARTLAND. Struck at Hartland by a
heavy gale on the night of Tuesday in last week, the ketch Charlotte,
of Barnstaple, has since become a total wreck, and gone to pieces. The
Charlotte had only arrived at Hartland from Newport with cargo of 68
tons of coal a few hours, when the gale unexpectedly sprang up.
Composed of Captain John Butler, of Braunton and three hands, the crew
had discharged about 66 tons of coal on the beach, and it was their
intention to complete the discharging operations before they retired
for the night. About one o'clock, however, a heavy north-west gale
burst over the ship, and for their own safety, the crew had not only
to abandon work, but to make for shore. The Charlotte remained in a
perilous position until high water, when, as a result of the heavy
seas, she was driven right against the cliffs. Here the seas played
great havoc with the vessel, but being strongly built, it was not until
Thursday evening that she broke up. Almost from the outset it was seen
that it was useless to endeavour to save her, and the only things
recovered from the wreckage are a few sails, ropes, and spars.
Practically rebuilt about three years ago, the Charlotte was a good
seaworthy vessel. Inasmuch as she was wholly uninsured, the loss is a
serious one for the owner, Captain W. Lemon, of Barnstaple.
However, seems to have been salvaged (she was only 3 years old)
and repaired. For sale 1849 and later. See Sale advert. Posted missing on voyage
Nantes to Liverpool, early 1851.
Barmouth 14 Jan. The schooner Edwin, Burrow, bound to this port
with coals got on shore to the North of the Bar, yesterday, and almost
immediately upset, and it is feared will become a total wreck. Only
a boy saved.
BARMOUTH. Most truly awful were the effects of the tremendous gale of
Friday and Saturday last in Cardigan bay; four vessels having been
wrecked within the compass of a few miles of coast, attended with
great loss of life, and destruction of property. Vain would be the
attempt to describe the distressing scene witnessed by hundreds of
persons during the evening of Friday, on the schooner Edwin driving on
shore, close under the town of Barmouth. The following account, from
an eye-witness, may be depended upon, and will best convey an idea of
what took place. The schooner Edwin, of Chester, Hugh Burrow, master,
with a cargo of coals for Barmouth, left the St. Tudwell's [Roads] on
Tuesday morning, and arrived off Barmouth bar early in the afternoon,
but could not cross, owing to the insufficiency of water. The pilot
boat went out, and put a man (Owen Lloyd) on board, and the vessel
stood out to sea for the night. On Friday it blew a terrific gale,
and, towards evening, it was evident that the schooner must come on
shore, and her course was watched with the most intense interest by
hundreds of spectators. The vessel gradually neared the beach, and as
the gale increased, with the tide, which was high, about six o'clock,
she came on shore half a mile north-west of Barmouth in a tremendous
sea. The vessel rolled most awfully, and, about eight o'clock, the
mainmast was carried away, and along with it, it is supposed, three or
four of the crew. About nine o'clock, after the most praiseworthy
exertions, the vessel was boarded, when one boy (Hugh Hughes, a native
of Llanegryn), was found on deck alive, being the only one saved.
There were two dead bodies in the rigging. The boy stated that he had
been asleep for some time. The vessel is a complete wreck. The event
has thrown a gloom over this little town, such as has not been before
witnessed, the relatives and friends of the deceased being very
numerous. [from Carnarvon Herald.]
ON SALE The substantially-built Schooner EDWIN, 143 tons om., 124 tons
nm., built at Mostyn, for private use, in 1840. Length 69 feet
7-10ths; Breadth 19 feet; Depth 12 feet 6-10ths. She has just been
thoroughly overhauled, and now stands AE 1 in red at Lloyds. This
vessel is particularly well adapted for the Baltic trade, as she
carries a very large cargo, and shifts without ballast. In King's
Dock. Apply to TONGE & CURRY.
CHESTER, MARCH 19; The schooner Edwin (124 tons register), of
Chester, which sailed from Nantes for Liverpool about eight weeks ago,
has not since been heard of, and great fears are entertained regarding
her safety.
Workington, arrivals.
The flat Collier also brought a cargo of about eighty tons of tiles from Chester for Mr Jas. Whitfield.
The latest listed voyage was from Chester to Belfast with tiles,
arriving 25 October 1888, master Davison. [from Northern Whig -
Friday 26 October 1888]
The Collier, Captain Thomas Davison, master, bound from Connah's Quay for
Ramsey, was last seen off Rhyl on Monday 7th January 1889 and was
presumed to have foundered on her way to Ramsey. The master's son Thomas and
the brother of the master, Josiah Davison, also lost their lives.
Campbeltown. Jan. 22, 8 31 p.m. A small ship's boat, 11 feet 9 by 5 feet 3,
name "Collier, Chester," was picked up 20th inst., on Killean shore,
West Coast of Kintyre.
FOR SALE, The Schooner "FANNY"; 115 tons register, and carries 185
tons dead weight on a moderate draft of water. This fine schooner was
built in Chester River, for private use, in 1840, of nearly
all English oak, and has been well kept up; in 1855, at Runcorn, she received a
new keel, new mainmast, part new decks, and a very general overhaul,
at a considerable coat, and is now in excellent order and fit for any trade
where the size may suit. For further particulars, apply to STRONG & REID.
Arrived at Kingstown. The Hazard from Bordeaux. The schooner Fanny slipped her
cable yesterday, ran for Old Harbour, and drove on West Point,
where she received considerable injury.
The schooner FANNY, of and from Llanelly for Rochelle, with coals, was
abandoned in a sinking state on Aug. 22, 40 miles southwest of the
Lizard. Crew saved by the Mariqueta, which has arrived at Falmouth.
Flint. A new schooner [Annabella, listed Lloyds Register as built
Flint 1841, 104 tons, owned Parry & Co. of Flint] is likely to be
launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Michel, Parry, and Co.,
being the third vessel (including a steamer [most probably Unity])
completed by this firm in a very short period. One of them, the
Malcolm [barque, 224 tons, built Flint 1840, owned Stranraer], is now
in the China or Indian trade.
Halifax (N.S.). June 3. The Annabella, Gardner, from Liverpool for St.
John's (Newfoundland), got in contact with the ice, and became a perfect
wreck, thirty days after leaving port, and was abandoned 10th ultimo,
lat. 49, long. 47, crew saved by the Alert, Mackie, from Liverpool,
arrived at Country Harbour.
Ship Launch. We understand that a fine vessel of about 600 tons burthen, will be
launched from the building yard of Messrs. Mulvey & Co. of this city,
on Monday next, at half-past eleven o'clock. She is a beautiful frigate built
ship, and intended for the China trade by Wm Rotheram, Esq. Liverpool.
For BOMBAY. The new Ship SYCEE, - Commander. For
freight or passage apply to Messrs Barton, Irlam & Higginson; or to Mr Rotherham,
or to W N Moore, 4 India-buildings.
[arrived Bombay Jan 1 1841]
Ship Launch. We understand, the Messrs. Mulvey intend launching a splendid
ship from their yard, this day, at half past twelve o'clock. She is
450 tons burthen, copper-bottomed, and intended for the China trade,
by William Prowse, Esq. Holt Hill, Cheshire.
For Singapore and China... Beautiful new British barque Barque SAGHALIEN....
The splendid new British-built Barque ANN BRIDSON will succeed the above.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. WILLIAM FOX, at the Royal Oak Inn, in the town Flint,
Wednesday, 30th day of November at Six o'clock in the evening precisely,
subject to conditions then and there to be produced.
LOT I. A New
Round-sterned FLAT, now lying at Messrs. T. and W. Mulvey's yard, Chester, (not yet
named), ready for sea - measuring new, 38.09 tons, old, 59 58-94 tons.
LOT II. A New Round-sterned FLAT, ready for launching, at Messrs. T. and W.
Mulvey's yard, Chester, length 51 feet; breadth 11 feet 2 inches; depth 4
feet 7.5 inches; old tonnage, 29 tons.
LOT III. Same as Lot 2.
The sloop Kitty, Captain Foulkes, from this port to Chester, and the
schooner Sir Edward, Captain Porter, from this port to Mostyn, both in
ballast, were driven on shore on Thursday morning, near Leasowe,
yesterday, and both received considerable damage. Crews saved.
The smack Kitty, of Chester, Strickland master, from Charlestown for
Birkenhead, was in collision on the morning of the 13th inst., at 5
a.m., sixteen miles N.E. of Cape Cornwall, with the smack Emma Jane,
Woods master, from Swansea, of and for Jersey. Whilst alongside, the
crew of the former got on board of the latter soon after which the
Kitty foundered. The crew were landed here [Falmouth] on Saturday, at 10 p.m., by
the Emma Jane.
The very desirable Schooner ANN MULVEY; 133 tons o.m., 110 tons
n.m.; built at Chester in 1842 and classed A 1 twelve years at Lloyd's. She is
in excellent condition, and stows 160 tons of coal at 12 feet draft aft and
11 feet forward. Now discharging in Coburg Dock. For further particulars
apply TONGE, CURRY and Co. Brokers.
Runcorn, Arrived. Sarah Davison, Davison, from Wepra
Sarah Davison. Report of William Jones, Master of the smack Sarah
Davison, of Chester, 24 tons, from Conway, Oct. 18, at noon, for
Traeth Bychan near Moelfre. Proceeded, all well, and came to anchor
in Moelfra Bay, about 8 pm the same day, and left at 6 am on the
19th, with a light breeze from the W., for Traeth Bychan, our
destination. Arrived and anchored off there about 8 pm, to see how
the weather would turn out, and about 11 30 am proceeded to our
loading berth. At 4 pm, tide being first quarter flood, weather very
squally, wind E., a moderate gale (force 7 to 8), with a heavy sea
from the east, the vessel being at our loading berth, and, having
loaded about 30 tons, and just as we were floating, it came on to blow
harder from the E., with a very heavy sea running in. We tried to get
her off, and when we had got her about her length off, our winch
broke. We then tried the windlass, but that went out of order, and the
wind increasing to a strong gale, we had to leave off. In the
meantime our boat went to pieces. The vessel then commenced to thump
very heavily against the rocks, and immediately sunk, and at the time
of my leaving the wreck (Saturday morning, the 22nd) she had become a
total wreck, and there was nothing saved from her. The only services
rendered were by men belonging to the quarry where we were loading,
and who helped us in trying to get her off. Conway, Oct. 22.
Bangor Police Court. Owen Owens, master of the schooner schooner
Ferret, was charged with being drunk and riotous at ten o'clock in the
morning. He was bailed out and on making his appearance at twelve
o'clock was drunk again and behaved very indecorously before the magistrate.
He was ordered to be locked up until he was sober. In the evening he
was fined 5s and discharged.
DOUGLAS, MARCH 15. The brig Hebe, for Dublin, with coals, and the schooner
Ferret, of Liverpool, for Mull, got on shore yesterday, in working out
of Derbyhaven, and went to pieces. [crews saved]
Ship Launch. Yesterday (Monday,) at high water, the ship
Templeman, 400 tons, was launched in the presence of a large
concourse of spectators from the yard of Messrs. Mulvey,
ship-builders, in Chester. She is the finest specimen of marine
architecture which has been launched for some years from this port
and has been built to the order of J. Prowse & Co. of Liverpool, for
the South American Trade.
LINE of PACKETS to the WEST COAST of SOUTH AMERICA, For VALPARAISO,
every three weeks, ARICA, ISLAY and LIMA, every two months. LIMA, first of
every month. For VALPARAISO, The very superior Chester built Ship
TEMPLEMAN, R. S. Prowse, Commander; 351 tons; A 1 twelve years; copper
fastened and coppered; built expressly for fast sailing and for the
West Coast trade; has excellent cabin accommodations, and is a most desirable
conveyance for goods and passengers: lying in George's Dock. Apply to
COTESWORTH and WYNNE, Brokers.
The Templeman, Prowse, Master, of Liverpool, of 500 tons burden,
wrecked on Ballyteigue Bay, 10th ult., and considered at the time not
worth the expense and risk of getting off, was, on Saturday morning,
at day light, towed into the new Pier of Kilmore, where she now lies
in perfect safety. This has been achieved by our respected townsman,
Mr. Sparrow, under the directions of Captain Mackey, Agent to the
Liverpool Underwriters, whose admirable arrangements were so complete,
that the vessel glided off the dangerous sharp rocks (on which she was
on shore) into her native element, as if off the patent slip. The
plan taken was by building inside the vessel a water-tight chest that
sustained her weight; and we should say from our slignt knowledge of
such matters, that this plan would be admirably adapted, and is by far
the best method yet devised that could be adopted, to float the Great
Britain.
THE WRECK OF THE SHIP TEMPLEMAN. The following report has been
received by the Board of Trade relative to an inquiry held at
Nagasaki before Mr. G. S. Morrison, her Majesty's Consul, president
and Lieutenant C. B. Templar, RN and W. D. Cloete, Master Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Nautical Assessors, into the
circumstances attending the striking of the ship Templeman, of
Liverpool, upon a rock at the entrance to the Port of Nagasaki:
Captain G. Balmanno, Master of the Templeman: I was yesterday
(July 23) towed out of the anchorage by Japanese in two boats, having
engaged them to tow me clear of the islands. The officer in charge of
them told me that was a second stage, and the men demanded more than
the double fare. They asked 15 dollars, to which I consented.
However, they stopped towing the ship about a mile this side of
Papenburg [western name for a hill], when she was drifting on shore,
so I set the fore-topsail and wore the ship round. My only alternative
was to run back into the anchorage or work out, which I determined to
do, as a breeze had sprung up. I was working out of the passage
according to my chart, with no danger marked near, except the
Barracouta Rock, of which I was keeping well clear, when the ship
struck. This was about noon. The chart I used was Richards' corrected
chart of Siebold's Nagasaki Port, 1855, corrected to 1858. There is
only a narrow channel out of which to beat, and I was obliged to stand
close to the shore. I had been heaving the lead from time to time. I
had just hove three or four minutes before striking, and no bottom at
15 fathoms. The chief officer was looking out ahead. The second
officer was at the lee gangway, looking out for the Barracouta Rock.
When the ship struck I threw all aback, and thinking there must be
room ahead, I filled again, but she did not move. I got a boat out and
an anchor, which took about an hour. By that time the tide had fallen
considerably, and it was useless. The second mate had pointed out a
white patch, on the water, about the beam. I was just putting down the
helm to go about. The wind was light. She touched the rock when her
head was up in the wind. I took bearings, marked on my chart, of where
the ship lay on the rock. The ship was on the port tack, wind light
and variable from W. to S.W. The ship lay N.W. on the rock.
James Bird, chief officer of the Azoff (st.), said: I know the
place where the Templeman struck. I have seen four times while sailing
in and out of the port, a rock, which we supposed to be the Barracouta
Rock, the middle of a 6-gun battery bearing N.E. by N. I was on board
the Templeman when she was on the rock, and took her bearings as
follows: Bluff, south end of Papenburg, E. by S.; Tree Rock, N. E.,
taken by the Templeman's compass. The charts were examined by the
court, and it was apparent that the ship was clear of Barracouta Rock,
as laid down.
It is the opinion of the court that the ship Templeman struck upon
a rock not marked or erroneously placed in the chart; that there is no
reason to attribute negligence in the navigation of the ship; but
there seems little doubt that the calamity was entailed upon the ship
by the misconduct of the tow boats supplied by the Japanese officials.
G. S. Morrison, Consul; C. B. TEMPLAR, Lieut. R.N., and Agent for
Transports; W. DUNDAS Cloete, Master. P. and O. S. S. Cadiz.
Evidence that Templeman was repaired, though Liverpool registry ceased.
[from Liverpool Albion - Monday 17 June 1861]:
Friday 14 June: Templeman from Nagasaki at Shanghai.[and similar
voyages to 1862]
Vessels of this size, eg Templeman,
ship of 345 tons, built by Mulvey 1843, were built at Chester at this
date. Templeman was stranded at Nagasaki in 1860, and her Liverpool
registry cancelled. There is evidence indicating that she was
salvaged, and repaired. Plausibly she was foreign-owned after repair,
named Wm Prestace, and then later sold to Singapore in 1864 - where
she was registered as Harriet. This would be a very rare case of a vessel
having two different Official Numbers.
Another
schooner Dispatch of Chester [ON 16449, 60 tons, built Carlisle] was also
listed - and was lost at Port
Logan on 27 September 1874.
TO BE SOLD, BY PRIVATE TREATY, The undermentioned COASTING VESSELS,
which are in excellent condition and well found in stores, and are
ready for sale at the shortest notice; - Register Tonnage. Stowage.
Lot 1. Schooner FLINT CASTLE. 80 130 tons.
2. Flat CONWAY 43 70
3. Ditto DESPATCH 27 45
4. Ditto MARIA 47 70
Apply to Mr. Adam Eyton, Llanerchymor Lead Works, Holywell, Flintshire.
FLINT. Nov. 5: The Dispatch, fore and aft wherry, of Chester, Bennion, for
Pentre, with sulphur ore discharged at Mostyn from the Jane, of Arklow,
sprung a leak in Mostyn Roads Oct 28, and went down; crew saved.
ON SALE. The BREWERS' HALL, a Small Vessel of small draught, carrying 32
tons; of the following dimensions: - 40 feet long, 9.2 feet breadth,
4.5 feet depth in hold, has only very lately been repaired. - For
further particulars apply to Thomas Jones, Wheat Sheaf, Glan Conway,
near Conway.
CONWAY. SALE. The Flat "BREWER'S HALL," about 32 Tons, draws 5 feet, with Spars,
Sails, Standing Rigging, Anchor, &c., as she now lies at Glan Conway,
close to the Station.
BRISTOL. May 22. Firebrick. The steamer Severn, which arrived here
this morning, brought three shipwrecked seamen whom she took off a
rock called North Bishops, near the Pembrokeshire coast, where they
had been for three days and two nights, with no other sustenance than
three gull's eggs which they found among the rocks. The rescued men
were the entire crew of the sloop Firebrick, of Caernarvon, which was
wrecked upon the rocks at 5 o'clock on Monday morning in a dense fog.
The men when rescued were in very exhausted condition from want of
food. On landing they were sent on the Shipwrecked Mariners Society.
BRISTOL, May 22. [Another account]: Fire Brick, dandy, Williams, of
Carnarvon, from Portinllaen (Carnarvon), for Swansea (light), struck
the North Bishop Rock, May 18, and 15 minutes afterwards foundered in
deep water; crew landed here.
GALLANT RESCUE OF A SHIP-WRECKED CREW OFF MILFORD. At about five
o'clock on Monday morning the Fire Brick, sloop, bound for Carnarvon,
struck on the rock South-west of Milford, turned over, and foundered
immediately. The crew, consisting of Mr. Richard Williams (owner and
captain), Wm. Williams (his son), and Griffith Owen, got on the rock
and remained there until two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when they
were taken off at considerable risk by Captain Mills and the crew of
the steamer Severn. They had suffered considerably, their only
sustenance during the time they were on the wreck being three gull's
eggs. They were brought on to Bristol, and on Thursday morning entered
the Sailors' Home, where they received every attention.
Liverpool Oct 14. The Rhuddlan (? Rhuddlan Trader), of Beaumaris, for
this port (slates), went down this morning at no 147 per chart. A man,
who turned out to be Robert Hughes, master, was seen in the rigging at
8 15 a.m., and the Point of Ayr lifeboat went out to his aid and
brought him ashore. [147 per chart would be further west than the
usually reported areas - 127 per chart is more plausible - near the
entrance to the main channel to Liverpool]
RECEIVERS REPORTS- Chester, 14th Oct. Rhuddlan Trader (flat), of Beaumaris,
from Port Dinorwic to Liverpool: deposition of R. Hughes, master.
BEAUMARIS April 2: Platina smack, of and for Flint (with sulphur ore),
was driven on the Causeway, in entering the Menai Straits, struck
heavily, drifted out, and sank about three
miles north of Puffin Island; crew saved.
A NEW VESSEL FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. JAMES WILLIAMS,
in the Ship Building Yard, bellonging to Mr Michael Parry, adjoining
the Castle, at Flint on Tuesday, the 14th day of February 1843,
(immediately after the sale of the Dee).
A NEW AND WELL-BUILT
FLAT, Now on the Stocks in the above yard, and intended to be launched
on the 15th instant; register per old measurement 72 tons, new 51. She
will be fully equipped with suitable boat and materials ready for sea.
Further particulars may be known by applying to the said Mr. Michael
Parry, at Flint; ..
SHIP NEWS. Experiment, of Chester, from Ardrossan for Saltney, with
pig-iron, went on shore on the west end of Horse Isle, 1st inst., and
filled; two men drowned; the decks are washed out, but the cargo may
be saved.
The most serious casualty, however, occurred on Tuesday evening last.
The smack Experiment, of Chester, Letham, master, left the harbour,
loaded with pig iron, for Saltney. She had scarcely reached Lamlash
when the foresail split, and she endeavoured to put back to Ardrossan.
In trying to take the harbour she went on the rocks on the west side
of the Horse Isle, about nine o'clock in the evening. The mate and boy
got into the boat, but the master's feet got entangled in the ropes,
and before he got disentangled the boat was washed away. He managed,
however, to get upon the rigging, and succeeded in maintaining his
hold, in spite of storm, lightning, and thunder, until 8 o'clock next
morning, when he was taken off by the pilot boat, much exhausted. The
body of the mate was got on the rock on the Horse Isle on Wednesday,
but that of the boy has not yet been washed ashore. The mainsail and
gaff has been secured, but the vessel will be a total wreck. It is
seldom, indeed, that we have two such disasters to record as occurring
on the coast here, and it is felt the more severely on account of the
loss of life in connection with them. The man's name is Hugh Letham,
aged 22, unmarried, and the boy's Thomas Warrington, aged 17, both of
Chester, in England.
She was wrecked at Rhosneigr in 1867,
with all 18 aboard (captain, his wife and 16 men) lost.
On Tuesday last, a large vessel, called the Earl of Chester, belonging
to Captain Prowse, of Liverpool, and built by Messrs. T. and W.
Mulvey, of Chester, was launched into the Dee; one of the workmen
employed was seriously hurt through the falling of a piece of timber.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF ANGLESEY. SUPPOSED LOSS OF FROM 14 TO 20
LIVES. In the Daily Post of yesterday we briefly adverted to a
dreadful shipwreck on the coast of Anglesey, with all lives lost. To
understand properly we will briefly recapitulate what we vouched
yesterday. The Earl of Chester, 517 tons register, left the Mersey on
Friday, and must have experienced severe weather from that time until
her loss. As to the details of her short voyage, the anxiety and
probable sufferings of the crew (the number is not yet known, but it
must have been from 14 to 20) we have no means of knowing - all hands
have perished.
For SALE, The A 1 Schooner GWENDDOLEN, 84 tons register, built Chester
in 1845, Length 65 feet 7-10ths, breadth 15 feet 5-10ths. depth 9 feet 3-10ths; is
fully found and quite ready for immediate use. For inventories and further
particulars apply HENRY CURRY and Co. Brokers. 11. Rumford-place.
[sale advert also to June 1848]
SHIPWRECK. The schooner "Gwenddolen," of Fleetwood, Capt Shepard [sic,
Robert Webster in Lloyds List], bound from Barrow to Newport, laden with iron
ore, sprung a leak on the morning of Monday the 14th; making a
considerable quantity of water, the crew were continually kept at the
pumps until entirely exhausted; and not being able to keep the water
under, it was determined to run her ashore; she was consequently
steered towards Ramsey Island, but which place she was unable to
reach, as nearly abreast of the Bishop's Rocks she sank. The captain
and crew took to the boat, and landed safely on Ramsey Island. As the
vessel sank in deep water, no portion of her cargo will be saved.
The Jane, Captain John Acton, master, sailed from Connah's Quay for Belfast,
laden with 50 tons of bricks, on Thursday 24th November 1881, and
disappeared, assumed foundered with the loss of her three
crewmen. [This source reports built Thomas Malloy, Chester - presumably
Thomas Mulvey].
Connah'S Quay Nov. 26. A large fleet of vessels are still detained in the roads. The Jane,
Acton, left here to-day for Belfast.
CONNAH'S QUAY, Dec.5. Jane, schooner, Barrow, Acton, which sailed from the roads
on Friday, the 25th Nov., bound from here for Belfast, has not since
been heard of. Her crew consisted of captain and two others.
Launched on Thursday last from the building yard of Messrs. Walker,
Parker, and Co., a new Flat called the "Fume." She is intended for the
coasting trade, and registers 47 tons, nm.
For SALE, A New SCHOONER of the following dimensions: length of keel
for measurement 67 feet 10 inches; breadth 18 feet 8 inches; depth 9
feet 2 inches; 103 tons old measure; will carry about 145 tons
at 9.5 feet draft, and sails fast; to class 9 years. Apply to THOMAS
MULVEY, Chester.
A beautiful round-sterned schooner, of about 150 tons burthen, was
launched from Mr. Mulvey's yard, Chester, on Saturday week, a young
lady connected with the owners, from Liverpool, bestowing upon her, as
she glided into her destined element, the appropriate name of the
Sailors' Home.
At eight clock on Wednesday, a fore and aft rigged schooner, named the Sailor's
Home, and laden with stone, on account of the corporation, hove round
the Rock Perch, having on her mast a flag of distress. The Magazine
lifeboat put out to her assistance, seeing her sinking, and succeeded
in rescuing those on board. She was from Creetown, and was laden with
granite for the dock works.
Launched: A new sloop registering 27 tons, from the buildingb yard of
Messrs Mulvey, intended for the coasting trade
The Hematite has stranded at Isle of Whithorn and must discharge.
Note: a larger schooner, Punch, ON 13179, was wrecked off
Caister in 1875.
ON SALE. A round-sterned SCHOONER, the following dimensions, Length 63
feet, breadth 16 feet 5.5 inches, depth 7 feet 7 inches; carries from 95 to
100 tons; could be launched and ready for sea in a month. Apply to THOMAS
MULVEY, Chester.
On Saturday last a new schooner, burden about 100 tons, city. was
launched from the building yard of Mr Mulvey, of this city.
On sale, the schooner Punch, apply to George Richardson of Freckleton.
Shortly before nine clock on Tuesday morning several vessels at the
New Quay [at Preston], in consequence of the force of the wind, broke from their
moorings, amongst others being the schooner Punch, about 50 tons
burthen, owned Mr. George Richardson, of Freckleton, and containing a
large quantity of oats and oatmeal, consigned to Mr. Richard Carr,
corn merchant, Back-lane. She arrived in this port on Sunday morning
from Newry, and arrangements had been made for at once discharging
her cargo, but unfortunately no portion of it had been removed
when she broke adrift. Being driven about by the wind, the vessels dashed
against each other, and the Punch, on coming in contact with one of
them, had a hole made into her bow by the anchor, which had been left
hung over her joist. At this time there were three hands on board, and
all haste was made to get the small boat into the river, so that they
might thus saved, it being apparent that the schooner would soon
become a total wreck. Just as they succeeded getting out the boat and
jumping in, the schooner capsized and became a total wreck. The
oats, which constituted a part of the cargo, not being in sacks, washed
out and gave the water the appearance of a barn floor. Of course; but poor
efforts could be made to prevent the whole of the cargo from being
destroyed, but up to the time we visited the spot, 8 or 9 loads of the
oatmeal had been recovered.
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, The CHESTER-BUILT SCHOONER "PUNCH," of the following dimensions,
as per register:
Length, 63.3 ft; Breadth, 16.5 ft; Depth, 7.6 ft; 52 29-100ths Tons Register. Carries
about 100 Tons on 7 feet 9 inches of water; sails fast, and is now in the most
perfect order, and it carry Iron Ore, Pig Iron, or other deadweight
Cargoes. For particulars apply to PHILLIPS & MOORE, Brokers, 101,
Victoria Street, Belfast, Nov. 13, 1867.
AYR, 20th Sept. Owing to the recent heavy rains in this locality, a heavy
fresh came down the river suddenly this morning, and did considerable
damage to the shipping in the harbour. The following vessels received
injury: ...
PUNCH (schooner), of Belfast, lost rudder, and had mainrigging cut
up. All the vessel's bulwarks were more or less smashed.
Launched. On the 27th instant, from the building yard of Messrs. Mulvey, in this
city, a fine new Cipper Sloop, rigged, called Sarah Jane of Chester, to carry about
100 tons, she is intended for the Foreign and Coasting
trade.
CARNARVON HARBOUR TRUST. COEDHELEN SHORE. The Surveyor reported as
follows. In compliance with your orders at the last meeting, I beg to
report that I have made an inspection of the Coedhelen shore in the
inner harbour, and found that the following old hulks and tackle were
lying, thereon: "Aurora," Henry Hughes, owner; "Napoleon,"
Griffith Thomas, owner; "Sarah Jane," Robert Evans, owner; steam
launch, Evan Williams, owner. There was also a quantity of spars and
other material belonging to Pritchard Brothers and Robert Evans and
others. The three vessels may all be classed as hulks, although
the "Aurora," lying alongside the gridiron tenanted by Mr H. Hughes
from the Trust, is stated to be there for repairs, and I understand
that this work is to be taken in hand at once. I fear that unless
immediate steps are taken there will later on be a difficulty in
floating some of the vessels, and the expense of breaking up on
the other side of the harbour would hardly pay the cost. If it is the
opinion of the Trust that this part of the harbour should be cleared,
I submit that a month's notice be given to the owners to that
effect, and failing compliance therewith that orders be given to the
harbour master to remove all hulks, launches, boats, or any other old
tackle and material which might tend to disfigure the appearance of
the shore.
Launched last week from the building yard of Messrs. Mulvey, of this
city, a fine new flat, called the City, measuring 63 tons O.M.; she is intended
for the coasting trade.
Dublin Dec 27. The flat City of Chester which was aground at Kingstown,
has been refloated and towed up here to be repaired.
Court case ... William Roberts, master of the ship City, Flat, of Chester ... [about
unpaid bill]
Port of Chester: Arrivals: City, Roberts, Barrow, iron ore. [no further voyages found -
there was a severe storm in October 1859]
The late storm - casualties on the NE coast. ... Sloop drifted
yesterday evening on our rocks, and threatens with a veer of the wind
to break up completely. She is called the City and belongs to
Chester. The name of the master is William Roberts, and it appears she
had left Chester with slates and tiles for a Drogheda establishment.
She put into Holyhead at 2 o'clock am, on yesterday during the
hurricane. On coming to Clogher Head, where she made for shelter, the
anchor was let go, the chain burst, and the ship drove on a ledge of
rocks about a quarter of a mile west of Port Oriel, where she now lies,
full of water. The master and crew are saved, and the cargo is being
removed ...
Chester. On the 3rd instant was launched from the building yard of Mr
Thomas Mulvey at this city a handsome smack of about 90 tons burthen
named the Fanny Truss. She is intended is for the foreign and coasting
trade.
DESTRUCTION OF A SHIP BY FIRE. During the height of the gale which blew
with great severity at Holyhead on Saturday, the inhabitants of the
town were alarmed by the intelligence that a vessel was on fire in the New
Harbour, which was crowded with shipping, and a great number of people
rushed excitedly to the beach bordering on the harbour. The lifeboat
was launched and put off to the burning vessel, which proved to be the
schooner Fanny Truss, of Chester. The crew made every endeavour to
extinguish the flames, but finding all attempts useless, and that in a
short time they would be unable to secure the boat, they reluctantly
lowered it, being almost suffocated in the act, and proceeded on board
the schooner City of Chester, which was lying near. A steam launch was
despatched from H. M. S. Defence. and offering to give assistance, was
requested by the master of the doomed vessel to fire a shot into her
and sink her, but the officer in charge declined, and returned to the
Defence without complying with the request. The vessel was not
insured, and the crew were unable to save any of their personal
property.
FLINT. A new schooner has been launched from the building yard of
Messrs Evans, at Flint, of 25 tons burthen, called the Industry of
Chester.
The Schooner "SIR EDWARD" of Chester. Messrs CHURTON AND ELPHICK
respectfully announce that they have been favoured with instructions
from Messrs. Walker, Parker and Co., (the owners) to SELL BY PUBLIC
AUCTION at the WHARF near the Canal Basin, River Dee, Chester, this
this day, Saturday, the 26th day of March 1864, commencing most punctually
at 12 for 1 o'clock p.m. The Schooner "Sir Edward," of Chester, 98 tons
register, length 69 feet, breadth 17 feet, depth in hold at midships
10 feet; she is classed A 1 at Lloyd's for four years from 1859,
together with the whole of her outfit and appurtenances as per
inventory, which will be produced at the time or sale. She may be
viewed at the wharf as above, is well worthy of the attention of buyers, and
is admirably suited for the Coasting and Foreign trade. Further
particulars may be obtained applying to Messrs. Churton and Elphick,
Auctioneers, Chester.
On the 10th the schooner Sir Edward got on shore at the Point of Ayr,
the mouth of the Chester river. On the 11th the ship was bore off,
after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and came to anchor in the
deep at 1 a m., the 12th. The vessel in a dangerous state moved to the
Wild Roads, the pilots knowing at the time the vessel required
assistance, no pilot appeared. The following day, the 13th, the said
vessel was towed to Saltney by the tug Cymro, and had to be guided by
the pilot on board of another ship that was in tow of the some tug. I hope
the River Dee Committee will look into this gross piece of neglect on
the part of the pilots, as, I believe, there are about thirty branch
pilots, and many vessels of late have had to run the risk of coming
up the Dee without them, when they have not been attending to their
business.
On the 3rd instant was launched from the building yard of Messrs Eyton
and Co at Mostyn a new schooner called the Sophia of Chester, register
about 79 tons. She is intended for the coast and foreign trade.
SHIPWRECKED CREW LANDED AT PETERHEAD. On Wednesday
afternoon a Gourdon fishing boat landed at Peterhead the crew - three
in number - of the schooner Sophia of Carnarvon, which, according to
the narrative of the men, foundered on 24th August last between
Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The Sophia, which was laden with
Caithness flagstones for Greenock, left Thurso on 24th July, but
having met with adverse winds, lay in Longhope for a fortnight. After
leaving Longhope they were blown out of their course, and the vessel,
which was forty years old, sprang a leak and became waterlogged. For
five days they showed signals of distress and pumped night and day to
keep the ship afloat, and, the provisions running short, for several
days their food was restricted to a biscuit a day each. Ultimately, on
24th August, they sighted a French fishing lugger between the Faroes
and Iceland, were taken on board, and kindly treated. All three of
them were greatly exhausted, and the skipper - an old man named Thomas
Jones, belonging to Carnarvon - had lost his reason under the strain
to which he had been subjected. The other two - Kenneth Campbell,
Stornoway, mate, and Michael Price, Liverpool - were less seriously
affected. They remained on board the French vessel till Wednesday,
when they were taken off by the Gourdon boat about twenty miles off
Kinnaird's Head. On landing at Peterhead they were taken charge of by
Mr A. Robertson, agent for the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, and
sent to their homes. The Sophia, which was a schooner of 68 tons
register, was insured.
[Welsh mariner's web-site] In 1881 census Thomas Jones, age 44,
born Llanfrothan, was master of Sophia, at Milford Haven.
A silver medal from the Board of Trade was presented to a fisherman
named William Heckles of Hoylake. On the 13th of April last, the flat
Rose, from Chester to Liverpool, struck on a sandbank during a storm,
and the crew were forced to take to the rigging. Seeing that there was
no other way of saving their lives, Heckles gallantly dashed through
the surf into deep water, swimming to the flat with a rope, which he
tied round the men, who were hauled ashore by two other fishermen,
William Sherlock and William Cooper. Heckles himself swam back to the
shore. In addition to the medal, £10 was given to Heckles, and
£1 each to the other fishermen. [Eccles in another report]
Launch at Flint. On Thursday, the 24th of May, a beautiful schooner,
the property of Messrs Jones and Hughes, ship builders, Flint, was
launched from their yard. The ceremony of baptising was performed by
Miss A Lloyd, the amiable daughter of John Lloyd Esq Pantgwyn near
Holywell, who struck her with a bottle of good old port and named her
Lady Fielding. Upon the blocks being removed, she glided to her future
favourite element, amidst the acclamations of hundreds of the friends
of the builders and owners of this most splendid work of naval
architecture, she being considered one of the best built vessels that
ever left the Chester river. At 3 o'clock a most sumptuous and
elegant dinner comprising all the delicacies of the season, was
prepared, under the superior management of the worthy hostess, Mrs
Edwards of the Oak Hotel, for about 30 of the friends of the builders.
The chair was taken by Mr Michael Parry of Flint and by Mr J Williams,
porter agent, Rhyl, supported by Adam Eyton Esq and others. While the
male sex were regaling themselves, the fair sex were not forgotten by
the liberality of the Messrs Jones and Hughes of Flint. About 25
ladies sat down to partake of that delightful beverage "infusion of
the Chinese plant" prepared for them by Mrs P Sanders of Flint. We
understand that it is intended to replace her with another large
schooner and we wish the enterprising firm success.
For SALE, The new Schooner LADY FIELDING, Lying in Queen's Dock; built
at Flint, and launched in May last; 61 tons register and carries 110
tons; classed for eight years, sails well, and a very suitable vessel
for the coasting trade. For further particulars apply James HUNT, 4,
Hanover-street.
LADY FIELDING. Bangor, Sept. 17, 4 8 p.m. Schooner Lady Fielding, of Chester.
from Amlwch for Beaumaris, for sand, parted cable off Dutchman Bank, Menai
Straits. Captain considered position dangerous, signalled distress.
Penmon lifeboat landed crew of two and four workmen at Beaumaris, 7 30
last night. Vessel still riding by one anchor SE of Puffin Island,
apparently undamaged.
LADY FIELDING. - Brynsiencyn, Aug. 12, 1 10 p.m. Crew Lady Fielding,
arrived at Aberdaron to-day, left vessel on rocks, whereabouts unknown,
making search. Further particulars later.
Brynsiencyn, Aug. 13. 10
a.m., Lady Fielding Aberdaron: Sub-agent reports vessel complete wreck.
Spars and wreckage floating, very little value.
Sale. 56-64ths of the Schooner Flat THOMAS GREEN, of Liverpool; 21 tons register; will
carry 38 to 40 tons; built at Flint, in 1848, of the best materials; at present
trading between this pert and the river Dee. ...
SALE. The Schooner, THOMAS GREEN, 21 66-100ths tons; length 45 feet
4-10ths, breadth 11 feet 0-10ths, depth 4 feet 8-10ths.
DALBEATTIE. On Saturday evening last, the schooner Thomas Green left Silloth with a
cargo of coals for Dalbeattie, and arrived off the water of Urr, but
was unable to beat into the mouth of the river, and came to an anchor
at the anchorage ground on the east side of Heston. The anchor failed
to bring her up, and the wind and tide sent her on to the south-east
point of Heston, where she sat high and dry until an hour's flood of
the following tide, when she suddenly fell on her broadside and
quickly filled, exposing her hatches to the sea. The vessel afterwards
became a total wreck. The following day the spars and sails were
stripped and taken away, and nothing of her now remains, part of her
broken timbers having been washed as far as Kippford. When she heeled
over, the captain, John Moffat, was thrown overboard, but fortunately
received no further damage than a wetting. The vessel was owned by
Messrs George Wilson & Son, and neither vessel or cargo were
insured.
Launched from the building yard of Messrs Eyton & Co of Mostyn, a new
vessel, to carry about 60 tons, named the Eva of Chester. She is
intended for the coasting trade and is the property of J P Eyton Esq
of Llanerchymor.
THE sloop, Eva, of Chester, the property of Mr. Eyton, Llanerchymedd
Lead Works, Holywell, J. P. Jones, Flint, master, sailed from
Liverpool on the 19th ult., for Douglas, Isle of Man, and arrived
there in twelve hours, having on board 15 tons ballast,
discharged it, loaded 50 tons lead ore, and arrived at Greenfield, in the
river Dee, after having accomplished the round trip from Liverpool to
Douglas, returning to the Dee, in 48 hours. This is said to be the
quickest passage on record accomplished by a coaling vessel.
A small boat, said to resemble one belonging to the sloop Eva, of
Chester, which left for Peel a short time back, has been washed on
shore, but it is feared the vessel was wrecked on the Chicken Rocks.
(Note Lloyds of Liverpool, ON
21607, 21 tons, is listed in MNL with Liverpool registry 430/1852, and comment in
Appropriation list: wrecked December 1855. Possibly this is sloop
Lloyds of Wick (ex Kirkwall) master Mackay, lost 23 December
1855, in Ackergill Bay, on a voyage Culloden to Wick with bricks
and tiles, 3 crew saved).
The flat Lloyd, from Llandudno, in beating up the river, got across the bows of the Robert
Carnely, for Malta.
SCHOONER SUNK: In Collision With Belfast Steamer. The ss. Balniel II,
from Belfast for Garston, has been in collision in the Mersey with the
schooner My Lady, of Chester, which was coming down the river in tow. The
My Lady was struck on the starboard side, and sank, the crew of four
being rescued by the Balniel II, which sustained no damage. The
collision took place near Garston. The Balniel II. is engaged in the
coal carrying trade to Belfast, and is owned by the Wigan Coal and
Iron Company.
PUBLIC NOTICES. MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD. NOTICE TO MARINERS.
WRECK of the Schooner "MY LADY." NOTICE is hereby given that the
Schooner "MY LADY lies SUNK about 665 yards about W. by N. 1/2 N.
(magnetic) of the North Pierhead of the GARSTON NORTH DOCK ENTRANCE.
Vessels should give the Wreck a wide berth. By Order, MILES KIRK
BURTON. General Manager and Secretary. Dock Office. Liverpool. May
11th, 1910.
Last Wednesday afternoon, the schooner My Lady sank in the Garston Channel
after collision with the steamer Balniel II. The Dock Board salvage
steamer Salvor with Lieut. Mare, the marine surveyor and water baliff,
proceeded to the spot, when divers examined the schooner. It was
considered that she was not worth the expense of salving, consequently
it was decided to blow her up. This was done on Friday last, and the
channel cleared.
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Belem Castle,
Ellen Clare,
Joshua,
Loretto,
Mauney,
Trader,
St George,
Factor.
LAUNCH. On Wednesday last about 20 minutes past eleven o'clock, a fine Brig called the
Belem Castle was launched from the ship yard of Mr Wilson of this city. The
vessel is about 160 tons burthen and is intended for the Mediterranean trade.
LINE of PACKETS for LISBON. To sail on the 16th August.
The BELEM CASTLE, John W Dennis, master, 100 tons, A 1, and coppered, for freight
or passage apply to the owners, Vianna & Jones.
Launch To-morrow morning, about a quarter before 11 o'clock, a fine
brig, burthen about 200 tons, to be called the Helen Clare [sic: Ellen
Clare], will be launched from Mr. Wilson's ship-yard, in this City.
This vessel is built for Mr Worrall of Liverpool and will be towed
from hence to that port by the St. David steam packet.
The Ellen Clare, Reid, from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, was lost 31st March, on
the Alacranes. Crew and small part of the cargo saved. A passenger
(Mr. Lamont) drowned.
On Saturday morning, a fine vessel was launched from Messrs. Wilsons Yard,
near this city, which was christened the Joshua, and is 178 tons burthen per
register.
The Joshua, Prowse, from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, was wrecked on the
22nd October, about six leagues from her destination. Part of the cargo
expected to be saved.
THAMES POLlCE. Joseph Jackson, chief mate of the schooner "John Pirie," now
lying in the London Docks, Charles Kiel, James Wallis, and John
Williams, seamen, and William Hughes, a boy, employed in the same
vessel, were charged with stealing, from the brig Joshua, of
Liverpool, which was lost at Vera Cruz, a great quantity of property.
On Sunday evening, as the John Pirie was about to enter the London
Docks, Judge, a Thames police officer, observed the crew busily
engaged in putting several bags of goods into a waterman's boat,
consisting of sheeting, and other articles of clothing, which some of
the prisoners said they had stolen from the Joshua. On searching the
John Pirie, the officer found some more goods of the same description
in the prisoners' berths. It appeared, that when the Joshua was
wrecked, near Vera Cruz, the John Pirie and an American vessel went to
her assistance. The crew of the latter plundered her, for which they
were afterwards punished, and the prisoners, unknown to their captain,
obtained possession of the goods above mentioned. The magistrates
fined the Mate £3, and the other prisoners 30s. each. The property
was ordered to be restored to the underwriters.
Aground and abandoned 31st
July 1827 near Carimata on voyage Singapore to London, all crew saved.
Position to NW of Karimata Island - approx 1° 35 N; 108°
44.3E.
A fine vessel, the Laretto [sic], of 380 tons register, was yesterday
launched from the building-yard of Mr. Wilson, in this city. She went
off the stocks in prime style, amidst the shouts of the workmen and
assembled multitude. She is the property of John Woodall, Esq; -
Barker, of Scarbro'; and Mr. Hewson Dutchman, purser, Royal Navy,
Liverpool, and is intended for the Jamaica trade.
The Loretto, a new ship of 350 tons burthen (built for Mr. H.
Dutchman) arrived on Sunday last, from Chester, having being towed
round by a steam-boat.
For KINGSTON, Jamaica, Direct. And will deliver Goods at OLD HARBOUR
and SALT RIVER. The fine A 1 Chester-built Ship LORETTO, W. THOMSON,
Commander: burthen 379 tons, on her first voyage, and will be found in
every respect a very superior conveyance; expected to sail very fast,
and has excellent accommodations for passengers; lying in George's
Dock. Apply to DOVER & DALE, or F. ASHLEY, Brokers.
Singapore Aug 30. The Loretto, Thomson, sailed from this port 22nd July for London,
and on the 31st, grounded on a shoal near Carimata, in lat 1 35 S, and all endeavours
to get her off proved fruitless. On the 13th, she had 13 feet water in her hold
when the master and crew took to their boats, and arrived here 20th last. She was
immediately afterwards taken possession of by six piratical vessels.
Ship Launch. A fine brig of 160 tons burden, was launched from Mr.
Wilson's yard, in this city, yesterday week. She is called the Mauney,
and is destined for the Mediterranean trade, under the command of
Captain Kettle.
Line of packtes for Genoa and Leghorn. ...
the Ellen Jenkinson, Mary Ann, George the Fourth, Bispham, Amelia,
Joe, New Schooners Fanny Connell, and Ann Paley, nearly ready for
Launching; Mauney, Washington, Manchester, and Levant Star; together
with occasional Voyages of the Lisbon Packets Lancashire Witch,
Hardware, Bootle, Belem Castle, and Tagus,
..... To sail on the 16th of February, the fine Brig MAUNEY, Thomas Kettle,
Master A 1, Registers 186 Tons, built under particular Inspection, and
sails remarkably fast; the Accommodation for Passengers will befound
very superior. For further Particulars, apply to the Owners, Vianna
and Jones, or JOHN BIBBY and Co.
To be Sold immediately, by order of the Executors, as she now lies.
The Brig MAUNEY, of Plymouth, 186 tons O.M., built Chester, and now under
restoration for first class, in Bull-Head Dock, Rotherhithe; carries a
large cargo, and sails well. She will be sold in her present state,
she now lies, with her mast, sails, rigging, and stores, and the dock
bill paid up to date. For further particulars apply to JOHN CHAPMAN
and Co., 2, Leadenhall-street.
Thursday morning:
About three o'clock the same morning, the brig Mauney of
Littlehampton, Captain Topper, from Southampton, bound to Sunderland,
in ballast, also went ashore near Shakespeare Cliff. The vessel is full
of water and must become a wreck, but her stores and materials may be saved.
PRIVATE SALES. THE fast-sailing Schooner TRADER, 100 tons N.M., and
117 tons O.M.; carries dead weight 150 tons; built for the Chester
trade; length, 68 feet 3 inches; depth, 10 feet 8 inches; breadth, 17
feet 5 inches; particularly well found in stores, and also requires
provisions to be sent to sea. Now lying East-lane Terr. For further
particulars apply to R. BRENAN and SON, 5, Great Tower-street.
[also Jan 1852]
PADSTOW: Sept 18. The schooner Trader, Buck, of and for London from Cardiff in
a sinking state, was abandoned this evening about eight miles off this
harbour; the crew have arrived here in their own boat, all
well.
Later owned Bristol (trading to Calcutta), then at London trading
to Australia. Listed in Lloyd's register until 1853, when captain R.
Davison, owned by R. Marshall, London. St. George was a common name,
so there is some uncertainty, but a report in 1853 states that the
entrance channel to Melbourne is narrow with rocks on either side - on
which the "fine ship St George" was wrecked. This is presumably the
reported grounding on Dec. 28, 1852. The vessel was refloated but
later used to construct a quay nearby.
FINE SHIP LAUNCH. On Wednesday last, a fine vessel, capable of carrying
1000 tons, and the largest that was ever built this city, was launched from
the building yard of Mr. Wilson, near the Crane. Considerable doubts had
been entertained by several persons, whether the capabilities of old
Dee were sufficient to float a vessel of such immense dimensions, but
the event showed that all fears on this ground were entirely unfounded,
not the slightest difficulty or inconvenience were experienced. The
morning was fine, and by the time appointed for the launch, a very large
concourse of people had collected together to witness the imposing
sight. Before she went off, a considerable number of persons were
aboard, where the Union Jack and several other colours were already
floating. About eleven o'clock, every previous arrangement having
been made, the signal was given, and the stays which held her in the
cradle being removed, she majestically glided into the bosom of the
water, the ceremony of christening "The St. George," as she moved along,
being performed by Mr. Thomas Green, timber merchant, who, upon this
occasion, at least, succeeded in obtaining the honours, the air being
rent with acclamations from the multitude aboard and on shore. The
concussion in the river, where the water is comparatively confined,
was tremendous, but we are happy to say, that during the whole operation
not the slightest accident occurred and perhaps there was never a
finer launch beheld in any part of the kingdom. This vessel was laid on the stocks
on the 5th of July, last year; she was intended for the South American
trade; but the merchant for whom she was originally designed, having
failed, we believe she is now for sale. The St George was yesterday towed
by the Ormrod, bound for Liverpool, where she will be rigged and
fitted, for sea.
THE new and beautiful Ship ST.GEORGE, 694 60-94 tons; built at Chester,
under particular inspection; has two flush decks, a long quarter deck,
and forecastle, and is copper-fastened to the lower bindings. For
Particulars apply to EWART, MYERS, and Co. Brokers, Liverpool; ...
AUSTRALIAN LINE of PACKET SHIPS, To SAIL punctually the 10th August.
As this packet is invariably dispatched on the appointed day, all
goods must be alongside and cleared three days prior to that date. For
SYDNEY Direct, the well-known frigate-built armed first-class Ship ST.
GEORGE, 900 tons, coppered and copper-fastened, JOHN JONES, Commander;
lying at the Jetty, London Dock. This splendid ship has a full poop,
with first-rate accommodations for cabin passengers; her 'tween decks
are seven feet high, and offer a most excellent opportunity for a
limited number of intermediate passengers. For terms of freight or
passage apply to MARSHALL and EDRIDGE, 34, Fenchurch-street.
DEAL. 28th. Arrived from the river and sailed for Port Phillip:
St. George, Davison.
The St. George from London for Port Phillip, struck on a reef at Port
Phillip Heads, Dec. 28, and was put on shore. The water was flowing in
and out of her; crew and passengers saved.
Chester Ship Building, Another of the cheese schooners intended
for coasting between this port and London, built by Mr. Wilson, was
launched from his yard on Tuesday afternoon last, about one o'clock. She was
named the Factor, and is to be commanded by Mr. Herbert, of Crane-street.
On Thursday morning, the schooner Factor, George Diver, of Weymouth, from
London for Poole (logwood), was driven from both anchors and stranded
the beach at Pakefield. The crew (five hands), were rescued by Pakefield
beachmen by means of a hawser and life-buoy, and were taken to the Sailor's
Home.
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Important Sale of Four Valuable FLATS, the whole of which are in
excellent condition. MESSRS. CHURTON and ELPHICK respectfully
announce that they have been favoured with instructions from Messrs.
Walker, Parker, and Co. (the owners), to SELL BY AUCTION, at the
Canal Basin, Chester, on Saturday, the 19th November, 1870, at 12
for 1 o'clock p.m., most punctually, the undermentioned valuable
FLATS, viz.:
Lot 1: The PELTER, 45 tons register; length, 62 feet; breadth of
bean, 14 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 6 feet; with sails, standing
and running rigging, complete. [ON 16492, reg Chester 29/1836, built 1834, MNL to 1870,
then used inland]
Lot 2: The MINER, 38 05-100ths tons register; length, 54 feet.;
breadth of beam, 13 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 5 feet; with sails,
&c., &c., complete. [ON 16497, reg Chester 6/1840, built 1840, MNL to
1870, when used inland]
Lot 3: The LEADWORKS, 45 92-100ths tons register; length, 62
feet; breadth of beam, 14 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 5 9-10 feet;
with sails, &c., complete. [ON 27007, reg Chester 7/1841, built 1841,
MNL to 1870, when used inland]
Lot 4: The DEE BANK, 45 73-100ths tons register; length, 61 1-5
feet ; breadth of beam, 14 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 5 9-10 feet;
with sails, &c., complete. [ON 16467, reg Chester 10/1845, built 1845,
MNL to 1870, when used inland]
N.B. The above were built by the owners
for their own use, are of oak, and very strong. They are in excellent
condition and complete repair, and are sold in consequence of the
owners having made arrangements for transit of goods with the railway
companies. They may be seen at the Canal Basin any time previous to
the Sale, and an Inventory of their fittings and appurtenances will be
produced at the time of sale.
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British Oak 1855
Eliza Bond 1856
Ann Sumner 1857
Hagar 1857
City of Chester 1858
X 1859
Eclipse 1859
Ocean Spray 1860
Hannah Coppack 1861
Cestrian 1861
Royle 1861
Magnet/Florie 1862
Emily Helena 1862
Fanny 1863
Lily 1863
Constance 1863
William Parkes at Ellesmere Port
[Lorn,
Quickstep,
J.C.R., Fanny Durant,
Triumph]
Rosina/Daisy 1865
Pride of the Dee 1865
Excelsior 1866
Imperial 1867
Excellent 1868
Balogun 1870
Governor Wodehouse 1856
Melford 1856
Ocean Queen 1858 (probably built Runcorn 1854)
Alice Burton 1868
A Chester Schooner Run Down. The schooner "British Oak," of Chester, Peter
Croft master, with stones, from Dalbeatie, Firth of Forth, for
Bristol, was run into and sunk by the "Robert Brown," of Newry, from
Workington to Penarth, in the Bristol Channel on Sunday night. The
"British Oak" sank in three minutes. One man was taken down with the
vessel, but was fortunately rescued. Captain Croft and the crew have
landed at Cardiff.
CARDIFF Oct. 24: The schooner Robert Brown, of and from Newry, for
Cardiff, and, British Oak, of Chester, from [sic] Bristol, with stone,
came into collision off the Scarweather sand, at 9 p.m., on the 22nd
Oct, when the latter vessel sunk in about three minutes after being
struck; the crew were saved and landed at Cardiff by the Robert
Brown.
[Dalbeatie upriver of Kippford, known as a granite town ]
Launch at Chester. On Saturday last a new
schooner, called the Eliza Bond, was launched from the yard of Mr.
William Bishton, of this city. The vessel has been built for the
well-known firm of Messrs. Roper and Co., of Ulverstone and is
intended for the iron-ore trade between Ulverston and Saltney. The
length of her keel is 68 feet, her extreme breadth 18 feet 6 inches,
and depth in hold 8 feet. She will carry 130 tons. After the launch, a
number of gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at the White
Lion Hotel. The chair was occupied by Mr. Bishton, and the vice-chair
by Mr. Blaney, of the Shropshire Union Canal. The usual loyal toasts
having been drunk, the health of Mr. Bishton was given, coupled with
success to the shipbuilding trade of Chester. Other toasts followed,
and a most agreeable evening was spent. The carpenters and others
employed in the construction of the vessel, to the number of
thirty-five, were liberally entertained on the same afternoon at the
King's Head Inn, Crane-street. We understand that Mr. Bishton has
received orders for a vessel of much greater capacity than the Eliza Bond, and
that it will be placed on the stocks immediately.
ELIZA BOND Wexford, Oct. 21. The schooner Eliza Bond, of Lancaster,
from Swansea for Port Talbot, parted chain and drove ashore during a
strong gale, near Rosslare Harbour Pier, Oct. 18. The crew landed in
their own boat, but returned to their vessel, which afterwards floated
off and was anchored in South Bay. The water, however, gained on the
pumps and, the wind changing, the crew again left her. The next day
she was seen to founder (as before reported [Oct 19]). Position WNW of Rosslare
Harbour, distant 1.5 mile. [So near 52° 15.89 N, 6° 22.56 W.]
Serious Accident at Bishton's Ship Yard. On Wednesday last, an
accident of a very serious nature occurred at Bishton's ship-building
yard in this city, by which several persons received severe, and some
almost fatal injuries. Soon after returning from dinner, 15 men and
boys were engaged in carrying a piece of timber, weighing 6 cwt, called
a "pall bit," up the gangway to a schooner now building in the yard, and
had got nearly on board when one of the men thought the gangway was
cracking under him. He cried out, and all hands swerved to the other
side, when the "pall-bit" fell off their shoulders, and the sudden
movement of the men shifted the gangway, and they all tumbled to the
ground in a heap. All of them got up but two, Edward Price and Thomas Gibson,
who were seriously injured, but most of the persons were hurt more or
less - Price and Gibson were taken to the Infirmary where the extent of
their injuries has scarcely yet been discovered. Price fell with his
head in contact with a lump of iron, and has dangerous laceration of
the skull and concussion of the brain; and Gibson has received an
internal hurt, the nature of which has not yet been ascertained.
Several others are out-patients at the Infirmary suffering from
sprains, cut, bruises.
Voyage London to Landerneau (near Brest) with manure - foundered on
Roches de Portsall, on 20th January 1879. Crew of 5 all saved. Crew:
Master and owner, David Daniel, 48; mate, Davis E Daniel 21; AB,
William Pritchard 25; AB, Hugh Williams 23; OS, William Williams 17.
Captain and mate born Aberystwyth, remainder Anglesey.
Ship Launch. A few days ago, a handsome schooner of 135 tons register was
launched from the yard of Mr. Bishton, this city. Serious doubts were
entertained as to the safety of launching, owing to the height of the
ground above the river, but the skilful arrangements of Mr. Henry Ball,
the foreman of the yard, enabled the vessel safely to plunge into her proper element.
She was christened the Agar [sic], by Mr. Bishton, younger, and as she sits in the
water, she looks a remarkably trim and handy craft. Her real burthen is
about 230 tons, length 36 feet[sic 86?], beam 21 feet 8 inches, depth of hold 12 feet,
copper bottomed and fastened, drawing 7 feet aft and 5 feet 2 inches
forward. After the launch, the hands of the establishment, with several
friends, dined together at the White Lion Hotel, and we trust that
shipbuilding under such circumstances may long flourish in Chester.
CAMARET, Jan. 22. The English schooner, Hagar, [of Aberystwyth] 122
tons, from London for Landerneau (manure), foundered, 20th inst., at
about six miles off Portsall; crew (five men) saved schooner Marie, of
Pontrieux, from Boulogne for Bordeaux, which entered Camaret
windbound, 22nd inst, where they were landed.
THE HAGAR. The Board of Trade inquiry, before the same court, as to
the loss of the schooner Hagar, on the Porsal Rocks [sic Roches de
Portsall], near Ushant, terminated yesterday. In delivering judgment
the court found that the disaster was due to the vessel having been
navigated by a chart 20 years old, which led to one light being
mistaken for another; under all circumstances, however, they returned
the captain his certificate.
Voyage Swansea to Mostyn with iron ore, 6th April 1898, ashore in
Church Bay, Anglesey. Crew of 5 saved, master James Owens, born 1827.
Wrecked.
The City of Chester, schooner, ran ashore at Cemlyn on Wednesday night.
She was from Swansea to Mostyn with iron ore. The crew of five all
saved by taking to their boats. A thick fog had hung all day and night
over the sea coast. The Cemaes life-saving apparatus and life-boat were
summoned at 2 am., and proceeded with great difficulty to the scene. The vessel
become a total wreck.
ON SALE and nearly ready for launching, a 12 years A1 class SCHOONER.
Will carry from 180 to 190 tons at an easy draught. Dimensions: length
83 feet; breadth 20 feet; depth 10 feet 6 inches. Will move any
distance without ballast, and is well adapted for heavy trade, her
frame being considerably larger than required by Lloyd's committee for
a vessel of this size. She is worthy of the attention of intending
purchasers, as she will be found on inspection to be a superior craft.
Apply to W. PARKES, Dee Bank Ship Yard, Chester
Voyage Maryport to Bangor (NI) with coal - foundered off
Copeland Islands, Donaghadee, 6 November 1886. Two men lost, 2 saved.
SHIP LAUNCH AT CHESTER. On Monday last, a fine ship called The Eclipse was launched
from the yard of the Dee Bank Ship Building Company, which is adjacent
to the Roodee Railway Bridge. There were upwards of 700 people
assembled to witness the launch. The vessel was christened by Miss
Parkes. The vessel has been built for Messrs. W. and W. Bishton, of
Wolverhampton. Directly after the launch, some cannon that were in the
yard were fired in honour of the event. The men were cautioned about
loading them, nevertheless they very imprudently poured over the
touch-hole of one of the cannon an immense quantity of powder, which
when fired scorched three men very severely. One of the injured men,
Thomas Doughty, was dangerously burnt about the face, his eyes are
severely injured, and his sight will be impaired; Harry Ball was
burnt about the wrist of one hand; and Henry Sconce was burnt about
the face and hand. Notwithstanding these accidents, we were informed
that a fourth mishap took place in the course of the afternoon, when a
man, whose name we have not learnt, had a portion of one of his thumbs
blown off.
WRECK OF A BELFAST SCHOONER. LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN AND MATE. At a late
hour this morning, the Liverpool boat Optic picked up two sailors named
William Bell, of Carrickfergus, and H. O'Higgin, of Belfast, who were
clinging to some wreckage, which was floating off the Copeland
Islands. Captain Green, of the Optic, happened to be standing on the
bridge and saw the two men named and another in their dangerous
position, and ordered his vessel to be reversed. Having sailed round
the unfortunate men, the vessel was brought up as convenient to the
wreckage as possible, and three life-belts were lowered. Bell and
O'Higgin were safely hauled up, but Capt. Oliver, who was the other
man, let go when being hauled over the poop and was lost. The story
told by one of the rescued men is as follows: - The Eclipse, of Belfast, coal
schooner, property of Mr. Francis, set sail on her return journey to
Belfast from Maryport with a cargo of coal, on Friday night about
seven o'clock. The crew consisted of Captain Oliver, mate, Alexander Patterson,
and two men, William Bell and H. O'Higgin. All went well until the
Mull was reached. The sea at this point was very rough, and the wind
blowing hard. From 12, however, it was found necessary to keep the
pumps working, the schooner had begun to make water. Quite suddenly,
having been overcome by a heavy sea, she heeled over on her broadside
and sank, leaving all hands struggling in the turbulent waters. The
mate clung to the rigging, and the captain and the two sailors held on
by the hatches which were floating about. Scarcely had they been
thrown in this dangerous position upon the mercy of the waves when the
Liverpool steamer Optic sailed up, lowered their life-belts, with the
result given above. The Optic then sailed on to Belfast, it would have
been impossible for her to have gone in far enough inland to the
anchorage. Nothing has been heard of the mate since. Everything was done
by the crew and captain of the Optic for the two survivors, who were
brought into Belfast about eleven o'clock this morning.
Voyage Preston to Belfast with coal, foundered near
Mull of Galloway on 28th March 1861. Captain Richard Hesketh and all
3 crew lost. RCUS states 5 crew, owned William Bishton.
SCHOONER. Now building, and near completion; 125 tons b.m.; will carry
135 tons dead weight at a light draught. Length, 74 feet; breadth, 18
feet 3 inches; depth in hold, 9 feet 6 inches. Classed A 1 at Lloyd's
for nine years, and built under special survey. Her frame is of the
best description, being English oak throughout, and considerably
larger in scantling than required by Lloyd's rules for a vessel of
this size. She well adapted to any heavy trade, being exceedingly
strongly fastened and secured with iron in her hold, extending from
beams to the lower edge of bilge. Any party seeking a handy little
ship will find this a good opportunity, She will be sold complete for
sea, or hull and spars only, and ready very early in the New Year. For
further particulars apply to WILLIAM PARKES, shipbuilder,
Crane-street, Chester. Dee Bank Ship-yard, Dec. 13, 1859
FOUNDERING OF A SCHOONER AND LOSS OF ALL HANDS. - A lamentable
shipwreck occurred yesterday morning week, about three o'clock, off
the Mull of Galloway, by which four unfortunate seamen lost their
lives. From what little information we can glean, we learn that the
schooner Ocean Spray, commanded by Richard Hesketh, of Fleetwood, and
manned by three other sailors, left Preston on the day previous, with
a cargo of coal, for Belfast, of about 120 or 130 tons. All went
well until the vessel neared the Mull, when she encountered a fresh
breeze and a heavy sea, besides the strong "race" of the tide
thereabouts, which runs very rapidly. The schooner was sailing with
single-reefed sails; but the master, perceiving danger, let go all
his canvass, after having shipped a deal of water over the bulwarks,
which, we understand, were very high, and did not permit of a free
escape of water from the deck. The captain, however, could not save
his vessel, and she soon went down, all hands perishing. The Mavis,
of Belfast, was within a short distance of the Ocean Spray at the
time, but could render no assistance, and the crews of the other
vessels also saw the wreck, but they, too, were powerless to aid. The
master, Richard Hesketh, was a resident of Fleetwood, and had been
married only about two months, his widow residing now at that port,
and she is heart-broken with her untimely loss. Another of the crew, a
boy named John Mulligan, also lived at Fleetwood. It is said that the
vessel was too heavily masted to sail safely. She was quite new, this
being only her second trip. She belonged to Mr. Alsop, iron
merchant, of this town, and hailed from Chester.
SCARBORO. August 24: The schooner Hannah Coppack, Jones, from Sunderland to
Dartmouth, with coal, ran on shore on the Link sand, 21st August and,
commencing to fill with water, the crew took to the boat, and
succeeded in getting on board the Diana, of and for Aberdeen. The crew
were afterwards transhipped to the fishing lugger Ino, of Flamboro,
and were landed here to-day
SHIP LAUNCH. On Saturday afternoon a brigantine wooden ship was launched from
the yard of the Dee Bank Shipbuilding Company, which has been built
for Captain Jones and the Chester cheese factors. She is named the
Cestrian of Chester, registered 99 tons, A 1 12 years at Lloyd's, and is
intended to trade between Chester and London. In the evening the men
in the yard were regaled with a substantial dinner.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. A reward of £7 was also granted
to the crew of the Newhaven lifeboat (the Thomas Chapman) belonging to
the society, for saving the crew of five men of the schooner Cestrian,
of Chester, which had grounded on the bar off Newhaven Harbour in a
gale of wind and heavy sea on the 31st ult. The lifeboat and her crew
were reported to have behaved admirably on the occasion.
WRECK OF A CHESTER VESSEL. Full details have reached Chester of the
loss of the schooner Cestrian with all hands [Tuesday March 2]. The vessel was loaded
with salt, and bound from Runcorn to Fisherrow, in the Firth of Forth.
She put into port at Long Island, one of the Hebrides, where letters
were despatched home, announcing all was going well. Resuming her
voyage, the vessel was caught in a blinding snowstorm, and, losing her
reckoning, she drifted on a dangerous part of the coast near Berwick
Bay, and, despite every assistance from the coastguardsmen, went to
pieces on the rocks. The Cestrian was manned by Captain Dodd, Connah's
Quay, near Chester; John Catherail, mate, Queensferry, Hawarden; and
two able-bodied seamen. The body of Captain Dodd was washed ashore,
and has been brought to Connah's Quay for interment. The Cestrian,
which was built in 1861 for the coasting trade, was only partly
insured.
Ship Launch the 2nd Instant. On Monday was launched from our second yard, near
the River Lock, a clipper schooner, with clipper stem, called the Royle, of
Chester. She is intended for the general coasting trade. She was
christened by Miss Royle, of Hough Green, whose brother, T. R. P. Royle,
Esq, is owner.
Royle, Bennett, Feb 1, arrived Saltney from Duddon [also described as intended voyage
to Cardiff]
Liverpool. Feb. 22. ... The Royal [sic], schooner, of and from
Chester for Waterford, struck on a rock yesterday, Tuskar bearing ENE,
distant 1.5 mile, and shortly afterwards sunk; crew picked up and
landed here by the Joan, barque, of Hull. [master Bennett, cargo bricks and tiles]
Ship Launch on the Dee. The Dee Bank Ship-building Company launched from
their extensive yard on Wednesday last, a beautiful vessel called the
"Magnet," of 550 tons burthen. There was a very large attendance,
and the launch was in every respect a most successful one, except that
from the alleged negligence of the pilot in not letting go the bow
anchor which had been prepared for the purpose of bringing the vessel
up, she came in contact with the opposite bank of the river and broke
her rudder. The ceremony of christening was gracefully performed by
Miss Mary Ann Parkes. The Magnet is intended for the West India trade,
and is classed A1 at Lloyds for ten years.
FOR SALE. A beautiful new Clipper barque, named (pro tem) MAGNET.
Just launched. about 340 tons b.m., and about 300 tons register, class
10 years A 1, copper-fastened, and sheathed with yellow metal to 14
and 15 feet. Her frame, deadwoods, transoms, deckworks, &c., are all
English oak, thoroughly seasoned; is well kneed with iron lodging, and
hanging knees to upper and lower beams; will carry upwards of 500 tons
dead weight on an easy draught of water; has an 18-inch quarter deck
30 feet long. This fine vessel has all the recent improvements as
regards windlass, winch, pumps, and Cunningham's patent topsails ; her
sails are all of long flax canvas of the first quality, and the
anchors, chains, boats, &c., are the best that can be made.
Dimensions: Length, 122 feet; breadth, 24.5 feet; depth, 16 feet. For
the Brazil, Mauritius, or West India trade a more desirable vessel
cannot be obtained. Apply to TONGE and CO.. Brokers, 1,
Rumford-street.
FLEETWOOD Oct. 17.
The barque Florie, Fyffe, of and from Liverpool for Monte Video
(general cargo) was towed into this harbour in a disabled condition
to-day. She left Liverpool at 4 a m. on the 16th inst., and
experienced heavy gales with sudden squalls and thick rain. At 2am on
the 17th the foretopmast was carried away by the cap, taking with it
yards, sails, and all gear attached, also jibboom, afterwards laboured
heavily, filling the decks with water, straining much, also making
water. Arrived at Wyre Lighthouse about 1 pm. to-day, and after
slipping anchor and chain, was towed into Fleetwood by the steamer
Wyre.
FOR BUENOS AYRES DIRECT. The new Clipper Barque FLORIE, James Fyffe. Master.
A 1 ten years and coppered, will be despatched in a few days. Superior
accommodation for a few cabin passengers at moderate rates. Apply to
STRONG, REID. and CO.
On THURSDAY next, the instant, at one o'clock, at the Brokers'
Sale-room. Middleton-buildings, 1, Rumford-street, unless previously
disposed of by private contract. The fine Chester-built A 1 clipper
Barque FLORIE of Liverpool, 273 tons per register, built in 1862 under
special survey for present owners, and classed 10 years A 1 at
Lloyd's; she is entirely copper fastened, and was thoroughly
overhauled, caulked, and re-sheathed with yellow metal last year;
sails remarkably fast, and has delivered at this port 444 tons
nitrate, from West Coast; is most abundantly found in all stores, and
quite ready to proceed on any voyage. Length 117 feet, breadth 24 1
feet, depth 16 65 feet. Now discharging her cargo from Buenos Ayres in
perfect order, in Queen's Dock. For inventories and further
particulars apply to Strong, Reid, & Co., Chapel-walks; or to Tonge
and Co., Ship Valuers. &c., 1, Rumford-street.
Capetown, Dec 15, Severe gale in Cape region: The British barque Florie was also lost at East
London. She had also a general cargo on board, partly discharged.
EMILY HELENA. A telegram from Portaferry reports that the schooner Emily
Helena, from Bangor, Wales, for Belfast (slates), is ashore at
Ballyquintin Point, full of water, and in a bad position. (Belfast Nov 3)
Schooner Wrecked. On Tuesday morning last, about three o'clock, three men came
into the harbour in their ship's boat and reported that the schooner
Fanny, of Chester, Bennett master, with coals from Runcorn to
Portrush, had struck on the rocks a short distance south of Maughold
Head, and had become a total wreck. There was a dense fog and a heavy
sea at the time of the disaster, and at daybreak nothing was
discernible of the schooner except a portion of the mast.
DEE BANK COMPANY, SHIP BUILDERS, &c. CHESTER. NOTICE. A DISSOLUTION of
PARTNERSHIP, so far as regards WILLIAM PARKES, has taken place in the
above Company, from this date, and Mr CHARLES JACKSON, 24,
King-street, Chester, Manager (pro. tem.), will receive and pay all
accounts belonging to the Firm. All letters to be addressed to the Dee
Bank Company, Ship-builders, &c., Chester, as before. Chester, 11th
Feb., 1863.
Strange Disappearance of a Captain. On Wednesday morning a report was
circulated that the captain of a vessel now lying in the new harbour
at Holyhead had suddenly disappeared during the night. The missing
mariner is Joseph Leatham, master of the schooner Lity, of Chester,
from Workington, bound to London. The following statement was made by
John Garrott, the mate of the said vessel, who, in company with
Captain John Bennett, started for Connah's Quay by an early train on
Thursday morning to break the tidings to Leatham's family, a wife and
three children. Garrot "I am mate of the schooner Lily, now lying in
the harbour. We put into Holyhead on Tuesday morning owing to stress
of weather. Nothing of importance occurred until one o'clock on
Wednesday morning, when just as we were going to rest, the captain
complained of a pain in the head. I gave him a glass of gin, and we
both retired into the same berth. In consequence of the heavy weather
we had encountered I felt tired and weather-beaten, and quickly fell
to sleep. About two o'clock in the morning I awoke, and to my great
surprise found the captain missing, I at once got up, and on looking
round perceived that he had taken with him his best suit of clothes
and his money. The appearance of the washing-stand led me to the
conclusion that he had washed himself and combed his hair. The
captain was about 37 years old, and as good a fellow as one would ever
wish to see." Subsequent inquiries enabled a correspondent to add that
the missing captain was ashore on Tuesday with several seafaring
companions, and that he did not appear to be in his usual cheerful
spirits. His face was somewhat swollen, and he went to a druggist's
shop for medicine. The vessel shows no traces of this mysterious
disappearance beyond what is above related, and the mate and others
affirm that it was blowing too hard at the time he was first found
missing for a boat to set out. Hence the supposition that he fell into
the sea. Efforts are being made to ascertain his fate.
WRECK OF A BRITISH VESSEL. THRILLING NARRATIVE OF ONE OF THE CREW.
Through the kindness and urbanity of Mr John Bourne, of Skibbereen,
who was chief mate of the schooner Lily of Chester, England, which
ill-fated vessel was wrecked on the Dutch coast recently, and who has
just arrived home, I am enabled to furnish your readers with the most
thrilling and interesting narrative of the wreck, and the providential
escape of her crew. Mr Bourne, who, though a young man, enjoys a
pension from the British Navy, is well known in the English and Irish
coasting trade, having been for many years captain of several
cross-channel coasting vessels, and is a man of superior intelligence,
which, combined with his experiences of travel all over the globe,
makes him a most interesting narrator and conversationalist. But
during all his peregrinations either at home or abroad, neither he
nor the others of his crow ever underwent such terrible peril and
suspense as they did on the scene of this disaster. It was in every
detail exactly similar to the memorable wreck of the Port Yarrick in
Brandon Bay not long since, save that, happily, there was no loss of
life in this instance, while so many valuable ones were forfeited to
the angry waves at Brandon. The situation of the present disaster
being so distant and comparatively remote, its particulars have not
been up to the present, laid before English or Irish readers, pending
most probably a Board of Trade inquiry, and I therefore proceed to
give them in detail. I should not omit mentioning that Mr Bourne
speaks in the most graceful and flattering language of the bravery,
hospitality, kindness and honesty of the Dutch people, more especially
those who rescued them at the risk of their own lives, and where it
not for the intrepidity of an old veteran of 70, who dashed through
the waves on horseback, in trying to rescue them, none of them could
possibly be alive to-day to tell the tale. The Lily, which was in
command of her owner, belonged to a young Scotchman, named Captain
Kenneth Douglas [corrected], and left Konigsberg, in Prussia, on the
10th September with a cargo of wheat, in bulk, bound for Great
Yarmouth, in England. They left the port of Pillau next day, the
latter place being to the former what Queenstown is to Cork, and
experienced very bad weather after being a few days at sea, so much so
that the vessel shifted her cargo, and when they got as far as
Elsinore, in Denmark, they cast anchor, while a westerly gale was
raging, and righted their cargo. On the 23rd they again resumed their
homeward voyage in fine weather, and experienced nothing further until
about 50 miles off Flamborough Head, having had splendid weather in
crossing the North Sea. When off Flamborough a terrible gale set in
from the north west, and after bravely struggling with the waves for a
considerable long time, and her cargo again shifting, she lay down at
8 p.m. on the night of the 3rd of October with very little canvas on,
and got filled with water. All the crew being on deck at the time,
they managed to get her before the wind to keep her from foundering,
and ran the vessel across the North Sea, passing many crafts at the
time but all were like themselves, struggling with a high sea and a
fierce gale, and were unable to render any assistance. On the morning
of the 5th October they sighted Terschelling Island light, Holland,
and when making for the north east Gut of the Hook of Holland, the
vessel struck a sand bank at 8 a m., a mile from the shore. A
mountainous sea was running at this time, and the crew had to take
themselves to the rigging, as the vessel listed over, and everything
moveable on deck was being washed away, while the greater portion of
the cargo was also being washed out of the hold and all the effects
belonging to the captain and crew. After being some considerable time
clung to the rigging; and not knowing the moment they would be washed
into eternity, everything being blowing seaward, they observed the old
veteran, already mentioned, riding towards them on horseback. A raging
sea and white foam was running far in overland on the bank at the
time, but, nothing daunted, the gallant steed faced the waves, the
horse mounting clear over them, swimming, except when the breakers
washed over them. The gallant old Dutchman, who carried a heaving line
and staff, came within about 70 yards of the wrecking ship and made
several ineffectual attempts at casting the staff, and when he found
his efforts hopeless, he faced the horse for land, and having swam
safely back on terra firma he rode towards the lifeboat station of the
islands, keeping the anxious crew in great hopes. About eleven o'clock
the lifeboat was observed nearing them, but, much to their
disappointment, she got upset and her crew thrown into the water at
the first attempt at rescue. Nothing daunted, they tried again when
the boat righted, and by twelve o'clock, the brave fellows had
manfully rescued the captain and crew from the rigging.
Mr Bourne states that when he saw the lifeboat being upset he ran
the knife through the trousers which he had on on the rigging, so that
he may have the chance of doing something at swimming should it
re-happen, and that he got into her, and both he and all the others
were landed almost in a state of nudity on Terschelling Island. On
being safely landed they were all taken in a waggon fifteen miles off
to the nearest farmhouse, which was owned by the coxswain of the
lifeboat, where they received the most kindly and hospitable
treatment, having got a change of clothes, hot drinks, gin, tobacco,
etc. They were next taken to the nearest consul's agency, on the
island, in West Terschelling, from which they were sent to the
mainland of Holland, the town of Harlingen, and thence to Hull, where
they were taken charge of by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society and
forwarded to their respective homes; but they can never forget their
perlious adventure, nor the extreme kindness, bravery and hospitality
of their Dutch rescuers, to whom they owe their present existence.
THE LOSS OF THE LILY. Sheriff Brown, who was accompanied by Captains
Erskine and Wood, nautical assessors, gave his decision, in Aberdeen
Sheriff Court yesterday, in the inquiry into the circumstances attending
the loss of the schooner Lily, of Chester, on the Dutch coast on the 5th
October last. The Court found that the stranding of the vessel was
due to the weak condition of the vessel operating in very severe weather,
which rendered her unmanageable, and drove her on a lee shore. The
vessel had been properly navigated. The master was in fault in having
exceeded the load-line prescribed, but it had not been proved that he was
at fault in the sense of the vessel having been lost on account of his
action. In the circumstances, the Court did not feel justified in
dealing with the master's certificate, but admonished him to be more
careful in the future.
Lloyd's Register gives builder, at Chester, as Walker.
Walker was owner of the Chester lead works - initially sited at Chester
and later at Bagillt. He had built small vessels (flats) [pre 1846: Fume, Pelter, Miner, Leadworks and Dee Bank]
at Chester. Perhaps he was involved in completing a vessel, after William Parkes
had left, in February 1863, for Ellesmere Port.
LEITH. Oct. 17th The Constance (schr.), of Chester, Morrison, from Danzig to
Newcastle, with wheat, foundered, 14th Oct., two days after passing
through the Sound; two of the crew were saved by the Alecto, arrived
here from Norway; rest drowned.
The Swedish brig Alecto, from Sundsvall to Rotterdam, with timber,
has put in here with two of the crew of the schooner Constance, of
Chester, from Danzig to Newcastle, with grain. The two vessels were in
collision in the North sea, when the schooner sank; captain and two of
crew drowned; the Alecto had jibboom, bowsprit and cutwater carried
away.
Voyage Connah's Quay to Belfast with fire bricks and tiles. Driven
ashore near
Jurby (IOM) on 7th November 1890. Crew of 3 saved.
SHIPOWNERS having vessels not suitable to their requirements, or
eligible for continuation, may dispose of them in exchange for new
craft. Now building, a vessel 98 x 22.5 x 12.5, 225 tons net nm; Apply
to WILLIAM PARKES, Ship Yard and Repairing slip, Ellesmere Port, on
the Mersey, near Chester.
QUICKSTEP. Report of Robert Griffiths, master of the schooner
Quickstep, of Liverpool, 96 tons, from Kinvara, March 24, for Penarth,
potatoes: Proceeded until the third day, when she encountered a strong
gale from south-westward, and had to bear up for the Shannon, and
anchored in Tarbet Roads the same day. Nothing unusual occurred. On
the 11th April at 11 am., tide hgh water, weather fine, wind variable,
light, schooner sailed from Tarbert Roads the same day, for her
intended voyage. On Sunday evening, at about 6 p.m., wind increased
from SW, and had to shorten sail to mainsail and reefed standing jib,
edging to the NW for an offing. At 9 30 p.m. same night, had to furl
standing jib. Vessel hove to, at 11 30 a.m., wind veered to NW, a
hurricane. At 1 a.m. 13, wore ship to the SW and hove to until 5 30
p.m. supposed position Great Skelligs bearing SSE, about 3 miles.
Ran for north entrance of Valentia, and in about ten minutes shipped a
heavy sea, carried away wheelhouse and steering gear, and filled
cabin. Fixed tempory gear and made for south entrance of Valentia.
Found I could not reach south entrance. Wore and tried for
Bailinskelligs Bay, but being too far to leeward got inside Puffin
Island, and let go one anchor at 8 30 a.m. Chain immediately parted,
and vessel went on shore, and in about five minutes afterwards, the
ship sank close to the cliffs, where she now lies in 10 fathoms water.
Cahersiveen April 17. [crew saved]
FOR SALE, - Building, A SCHOONER, to carry about 150 tons, a fine model; will be
fast, and shifts without ballast. For further particulars apply to WILLIAM PARKES,
Shipbuilder, Ellesmere Port, near Chester.
[most probably schooner Fanny Durant, built Parkes March 1866,
60tons, ON 54958, registered Liverpool 1866, then Berwick from 1883.
Wrecked by
collision 10th January 1895, Firth of Forth]
[Possibly this wooden schooner: Triumph, built Parkes/Reney, Ellesmere
Port, 1867, 74 tons, ON 55082, 74.8 x 19.8 x 10.0 ft, owned J Reney, Connah's Quay.
Registered Chester.
I. Voyage Queensferry to Dundalk with coal, sunk by
collision with steamtug Warrior off Cemaes Bay on 17th February
1872. Master John Hewitt. All saved. Steamtug held responsible. Later refloated.
II. The Triumph, Captain Edward Hughes, master, manned by a crew
of three men and laden with 130 tons of tiles shipped by Castle Brick
Co, Buckley, left Chester at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday 11th March 1880
bound for Belfast. On Friday 12th March 1880, the weather became
thicker and The Triumph was near the shore, but she missed stays and
struck on a
projecting reef of rocks opposite the Herring Tower on Langness. Crew
saved. ]
A rather uncommon event took place, at Chester, on Monday, viz. a ship
launch. Since the breakdown of the Roodee Iron Shipbuilding Company,
this branch of trade has been rather at a discount, although the Dee,
undoubtedly, offers facilities for shipbuilding. The launch on Monday
was from the yard of the Dee Bank Shipbuilding Company and the vessel
is a handsome schooner of 153 tons burthen destined for the foreign
coasting trade. She was built with a special design for stowing and
carrying capacity, her measurement being: length 84 feet 6 inches;
breadth 20 feet 6 inches; depth 10 feet 8 inches. The schooner, which
is classed A 1 twelve years at Lloyd's, has been constructed under the
superintendence of Mr. Edward Sanders, late of Cardiff, manager of
the company, and her build shows that the art of shipbuilding has not
been forgotten on the Dee Banks. Notwithstanding the wintry weather, a
large number of persons assembled to witness the launch, which was
successfully performed in the midst of loud hurrahs, the vessel being christened
the Rosina (pro tem), by Mrs. Sanders, wife of the master shipwright.
In addition to this vessel already launched, the company are laying
down another schooner of 150 tons, and clipper brig of 300 tons; so
shipbuilding may yet flourish on the banks of the Dee.
Ship Launch at Chester. On Monday an occurrence, now, unfortunately,
rather rare on the Dee, took place in Chester, at the yard of the Dee
Bank Shipbuilding Company. The event was the launch of a handsomely
modelled schooner of 153.5 tons burthen, built for the foreign and
coasting trade. The dimensions of the new vessel, according to
builders' measurement, are, length, 84 feet 6 inches, breadth, 20 feet
6 inches; depth, 10 feet 8 inches. The schooner was designed by Mr.
Edward Sanders, late from Cardiff, and now manager at the company's
yard, a gentleman who has had considerable experience in the
construction of vessels of all shapes and tonnage, and was built with
special reference to stowing and carrying capacity. The launch took
place shortly before high tide on Monday, and a large number of people
assembled to witness it. The yard was gaily decorated with flags, and
although the day was of the most chilly description, presented quite
an animated sight. At two o'clock the word was given by Mr. Sanders,
and the dogshores having been knocked away, the vessel glided
gracefully into her native element, amid the hurrahs of all assembled.
She was christened the Rosina, pro tem, by Mrs. Sanders, who performed
her task with precision. The river at the time was crammed with
floating ice, through which the vessel rushed to the opposite bank,
where she was well brought up by her stays. The Dee is rather narrow
for a ship launch, but the one we are speaking of was most
successfully accomplished. The Rosina is classed for twelve years at
Lloyd's, and from her build is likely to prove a good sailor. The Dee
Bank Shipbuilding Company have another schooner of 150 tons [Pride of
the Dee presumably] in progress of framing, intended for general
purposes, and to be classed twelve years at Lloyd's. The design is
also prepared for a clipper brig of 300 tons, in which it is intended,
as far as possible, to combine carrying capacity with very fast
sailing properties. The vessel already commenced will be finished with
all possible despatch. There is no doubt that the Dee offers
considerable facilities for shipbuilding, and we anticipate that the
Dee Bank Company will, to some extent, restore the Dee to the position
it formerly occupied in this branch of commercial enterprise.
STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. A heavy westerly gale blew over the Isle of
Man on Tuesday night. The schooner Daisy, of Chester, was running into
Douglas Bay, for shelter, when she struck on the Conister Rock. The
lifeboat was launched, and the crew of three men and a boy rescued. At
high water the schooner was towed off the rock, but sank almost
immediately. The lives of nine men on board her at the time were
seriously imperilled, but all were eventually rescued.
Voyage London to Portsmouth with cement, in collision with schooner Claremont,
off Dungeness, 12 November 1901, and sank, crew saved.
CHESTER SCHOONER SUNK. A Dover correspondent telegraphs: During the
heavy gale the schooner Pride of the Dee, belonging to Chester, bound
from London to Portsmouth with cement, was in collision [12th November] with the
schooner Claremont, off Dungeness. The Pride of the Dee was struck
amidships and quickly foundered. The crew clambered on the Claremont,
which brought them to Dover. They lost all their effects. The Claremont
is now lying in Dover Harbour, and is badly damaged.
The Pride of the Dee, which was managed by a crew of four or five
men under a foreign shipper, belonged to Mr. Howard, a well known ship
owner, of Runcorn. She was built at Chester about forty years ago at a
cost of £2,000, but she had naturally greatly depreciated in
value, and the owner's loss is estimated at £600. The vessel was
partially insured with the Dee Shipowning Association at Connah's,
Quay, but as it is feared the Pride of the Dee was at fault in the
collision, the association will probably be asked to compensate the
owners of the Claremont for the damage she has sustained.
Several sailing vessels called Excelsior are reported as lost in
1916/7: the most likely is the ketch which sprung a leak and foundered
near Waterford, 21-7-1917, 3 crew saved. Reported as lost off Ardmore
Head.
MARINE DISASTERS. EXCELSIOR. -- A Lloyd's telegram says ketch
Excelsior sprang a leak and foundered at about midnight on July 21.
Crew of three men saved. (London. July 23).
Voyage London to Saltney with manure, 29th December 1894, in gale
driven ashore at Perranporth and wrecked. Crew of
4 saved.
Ship Launch. On Tuesday last fine schooner 190 tons burthen was launched from
the Dee Bank Shipbuilding Yard, the presence of goodly number of
spectators. The vessel was named the Imperial, the ceremony of
christening her being performed by Miss Sanders, the daughter Mr. Edward
Sanders, manager of the yard. The Imperial is intended for foreign and
coasting trade, and she has been purchased by James Fisher, Esq. Her
dimensions are as follows: Length, for measurement, 81ft 4in.; extreme breadth,
20ft. 7in.; depth hold, 10ft. 6in. The launch was a most successful
one.
During the gale on Saturday, the schooner Imperial of Chester, with manure from London
to Saltney, was driven ashore at Perranporth, and the crew of four rescued
with difficulty by the rocket apparatus.
CONNAH'S QUAY. Another heavy gale was experienced at the port
throughout Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by hail and snow. Late
on Saturday night a telegram was received conveying the unfortunate
news that the schooner Imperial had been driven ashore near New Quay,
Cornwall, and was expected to become a total wreck. Further
intelligence received on Sunday announced that the ship had gone to
pieces, the Imperial was a fine schooner of 180 tons burthen, owned by
Messrs. W. Hancock and Co., Buckley, and was bound from London to
Saltney with a cargo of manure. She was commanded by Captain Samuel
Coppack. Ships lying back at the port and Mostyn Deeps have again
encountered the full fury of the gale.
The foreman (who was Mr. Sanders' son) directed the apprentices in
the absence of Mr. Sanders. There was no one else to give orders but
Sanders and his son. Had only seen Mr. Bishton once in 12 months. Had
been an apprentice four years, and during that time had seen Mr.
Bishton at the works but five times. The business of the yard was
conducted by the Mr. Sanders who had given his evidence, and by his
son, who was the foreman. There were fifteen apprentices under
indentures, and five who had not been bound.
The area on the banks of the Dee at Chester, where the shipyards
were located, became used for the gas company, increasingly from 1865.
The gasholders were conspicuous until the 1960s.
FEVER STRICKEN SHIP. The Liverpool brig Balogun, from Brass River,
West Coast of Africa, ran into Falmouth Roads on Sunday, for orders,
and reports that during the voyage four of the crew had died from
fever, and had been buried at sea. Fresh hands will be shipped to
enable the vessel to proceed to her port of discharge.
MISSING AND OVERDUE VESSELS. The following vessel, not having arrived
at its port of destination since date specified, is considered
overdue: The Balogun, Crosby master, which left Old Calabar for Scilly
or Falmouth, [with palm oil and kernels] for orders, May 13.
[26 November - posted Missing]
Friday Oct 8. Sailed Governor Wodehouse, Wright, Demerara.
Workington. Sailed. Melfort, Hudson, for Belfast. [Last voyage found
with master Hudson, August 1879]
LONDONDERRY, March 3, 9 30 p.m. The smack Milford [sic], from Belfast, bound
for Mulroy, went ashore this morning in Lough Swilly, off Knockallow [also reported
as Knockallen - now Knockalla].
Crew saved. Will be total wreck.
LAUNCH OF A VESSEL. - A beautiful little vessel, named the Ocean
Queen, was launched from the yard of Mr. Samuel Mason, Belvidere,
Runcorn, on Tuesday, in the presence of a crowd of spectators. She is
built after a new and much admired model. Her registered tonnage is 60
tons. She is of great strength, and is intended for the Liverpool
fishing trade, having been built for Mr. Isaacs, fish dealere, of
Liverpool. She is expected to be an unusually quick sailer.
[Note: Liverpool Mail - Saturday 17 June 1854: has same information, but states
built Garston]
SALE: by the Liquidator of the London and West of Ireland Fishing and Fish Manure Company.
Trawler OCEAN QUEEN, 51 90-100 tons per register; built at Runcorn in 1854,
Length, 55 8-10 feet; breadth, 16 5-10 feet; depth, 8 1-10th feet.
Lying in the Floating Dock, Galway.
A Stray Pigeon. Captain W. Laugharne writes that on the 28th ult.,
when at sea with the fishing smack Ocean Queen, a pigeon flew into the
cabin. On its leg was a ring marked 23. W. H. S. 1901., he believes
this information may be important to someone. The pigeon is now at
43, Breeze-hill, Walton, Liverpool.
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see Also vessels built in Flintshire at Rhyl and Rhuddlan;
and boats built at Prestatyn.
Wave 1850 built Talaen?/Sluice
Ann & Mary 1851 built Queensferry
Success 1851 built Jones, Fflint
Breeze 1852
Lady Helena 1852
Britius 1853 built Jones, Fflint
Miss Nightingale 1854 built David Jones, Fflint
Robin Hood 1854, built Fflint
Mary Garland 1854
Sarah Ellen 1855 built McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Fflint
Sea Rover 1855 built Mostyn
Isabella 1856
Kattie Darling 1856 built Jones, Fflint
Flintshire Lass 1856
Alice Isabelle 1856 built Mathias, Mostyn
Chester Trader 1857
Cyril 1857
Gipsey 1857 built Jones, Fflint
Nina 1857 built Ferguson, Baird, Fflint
Three Brothers 1857
Orion 1857 built Mathias & Richards, Mostyn
Denbighshire Lass 1857 built Jones, Fflint
Mag 1858 built David Jones, Connah's Quay
Mary & Jane 1858
Charles Edward 1858 built McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Connah's Quay
John James 1859 built McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Connah's Quay
Price Jones 1859 built McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Connah's Quay
Mary 1859
Pride of the Lake 1859
Sarah Beck 1859
Industry 1860 built Jones, Fflint
Wepre Lass 1860
Caerwys Castle 1861, built McCallum, Ferguson, Baird, Fflint
MILFORD. Nov. 16 (By Telegraph) The Ann and Mary schooner, of Chester, Hughes,
from Cardiff for Holyhead (coals), struck Skomer Island last evening
at 5 p.m., and went to pieces immediately. The crew landed on the island,
and were brought to Dale this morning at 10 a.m.
Launch at Flint. On Tuesday, a beautiful schooner, the Success, was
launched in the most pleasing manner, in sight of hundreds of
spectators. The vessel is the property of Micheal Parry, Esq., and
Messrs Jones and Hughes, shipbuilders, Flint. She is built of the best
oak, and is to be employed in the cheese trade between Chester and
London. On the occasion about 40 of the leading men of the town and
neighbourhood sat down to a repast, at the Royal Oak Inn; and 32 of
the carpenters and labourers were regaled below. The party up stairs
was presided by Richard Gardner, Esq.; the Mayor and Edward Bates Esq,
as vice-presidents; and the workmen, by Mr Edward Williams, master of
the Hope trader.
SEVERE GALES. Severe gales swept over portions of the country on
Thursday, the effects being chiefly felt on the coast. At Amlwch the
tide was hurled into the harbour with such terrific force that it
broke away the great timber barriers at the mouth and smashed them in
pieces. The vessels in the harbour were then left in a terribly
perilous position; they strained their anchors, and ultimately the
cable of the schooner Emperor parted and she was carried out of the
harbour on the swell and hurled against the quay and was broken to
pieces, while great portion of the lighthouse has been carried clean
away. The vessels inside the harbour then began to drift, and were
blown up to the far end. The smack Elizabeth and Ellen got jammed
between the schooners Success and Mary Ann, and was crushed, her crew
experiencing a providential escape. The Martha schooner, with coal,
collided with another schooner, and had her bow, stern, and sides
crushed in, and foundered. The schooner Success was then forced
against another vessel and got her masts carried away and her bulwarks
and sides staved in. The British Queen, a large three-masted iron
vessel, had her bowsprit taken away, and then, running into the
schooner Alnwick, smashed her bow in, and also did other damage. The
schooner Renown had her bowsprit taken away.
Sale ... Bangor ... Bangor Lime Works ...
LOT 2. The SCHOONER LADY HELENA, about 90 tons burthen, and engaged in
conveying Coal and Limestone. She is a safe boat and in splendid condition.
Dunany Point (dated: Castle Bellingham, April 7). Schooner Lady
Helena, from Ayr for Newry, coal, arrived Annagassan yesterday.
Parted one cable and slipped another. Probably discharge.
[Dunany Point. April 9. The cargo of the Lady Helena has been sold at Annagassan]
Ayr. sailed. Lady Helena, Bangor, coal.
FLlNT. Launch. On Saturday last, a fine new brig, of ahout 400 tons burtheo, was
launched from the buildinr-yard of Messrs. Jones and Hughes. She was
christened the Brutus [sic], by the lady of John Lloyd, Esq., of Bryn
Madryn, and glided gallantly into her future element amid the cheers
of the spectators. In the afternoon a numerous company of the leading
gentry of the town and neighbourhood sat down to an excellent repast,
at the Royal Oak Inn, in honour of the occasion, while the workers were also
regaled at the George and Dragon by the liberal owners. The above is
the fourth vessel Messrs. Jones and Hughes have built
here.
THE very superior Brig BRITIUS; built at Flint, in North Wales, 1853, and
classed in Lloyd's A 1 twelve years. This desirable vessel is most faithfully
constructed of the very best materials, sails well, carries a large
cargo on an easy draught, and, with her stores, is in excellent order. The
dimensions per register are - length, 90 feet; breadth, 22 7-10 feet;
depth, 14 5-10 feet. Now discharging cargo in the St. Katharine
Dock. [also for sale December 1852; January 1853; July 1861]
On Monday, three ships were posted at Lloyd's missing - a notification
implying that all hopes of their being heard of is past - namely, the Britius,
Isabella, and Tiberius, all homeward bound from New York to Liverpool.
They were, with their cargoes, insured at Lloyd's.
TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, by MR. JAMES WILLIAMS, at the Royal Oak
Inn, in the town of Flint, on Thursday, November 27th, 1856, at three
o'clock the afternoon, subject to conditions, 38-64 SHARES of and in that
first-rate new Clipper VESSEL, Miss Nightingale, built and launched at
Flint in September, 1855, will carry 180 Tons, is copper-fastened up to
the bends, classed A 1 at Lloyd's for 12 years, sails fast at an easy
draught, is well found in every respect, and in perfect order. She now
lies at Yarmouth, with a cargo of oats from Limerick, and is insured
against total loss to the sum of £2,000. The above Vessel is well worthy of the
attention of any party requiring such a tonnage. For further
particulars apply to Mr. David Jones, Ship Builder, Flint; to the
Auctioneer, at his Office, Maes-y-dre, Holywell.
GREENOCK Aug. 25: John Williams, mate of the schooner Miss Nightingale, of
Chester, was drowned in the river, at Glasgow, on Thursday, having
fallen from the railing of his vessel, where he had been sitting. The
occurrence was observed by a seaman on board, who gave an alarm, and
soon several men jumped into a boat to rescue him. He never came to
the surface, and his body was not recovered for half-an-hour
afterwards. He was in a state of intoxication when the accident
occurred. He was 21 years of age, and a native of Chester.
Deal Oct 22, Arrived from the river, .. The Miss Nightingale, for the Canaries.
YARMOUTH
... On Wednesday last, sundry papers [boxed] of oranges were washed
ashore near this place, from the schooner "Miss Nightingale", Garret,
of Chester, which is supposed to have foundered in the late gales.
Sale. ... The desirable A 1 British built Brigantine ROBIN HOOD, 155
tons old register, 132 tons new system, built at Flint in 1854 and
classed Al twelve years. She is a strong faithfully built vessel,
copper fastened, abundantly found in stores, shifts without ballast,
and delivers 220 tons at twelve feet water. Lying in Husskisson Dock.
...
SWANAGE. March 3: Easterly, light, fine. The schooner Robin Hood, of
Amlwch, Pritchard, from Poole for Runcorn (clay), got on shore at
Durlestone Head about 2 p.m., and is likely to become a total wreck;
crew saved. [another report: The men launched the long boat, and
saved themselves and a portion of their goods. The vessel shortly
afterwards broke up.]
Liverpool. Entered for Loading: Mary Garland, James, Lima.
Sale. The Brig MARY GARLAND, 227 tons N.N.M; built at Flint, on the River
Dee, in 1854; carries 340 tons weight on a light draught, takes the ground,
shifts without ballast; was yellow-metalled and continued three years
A 1 in December, 1862; is well found. Lying tn Prince's Dock. Apply
to J. GLYNN and SON, LiverpooL
Harwich: The master and crew of nine hands belonging to the Mary
Garland, a vessel of 227 tons register, of Guernsey, were landed here
on Saturday from the fishing lugger Gratitude, of Lowestoft, which
picked them up about twelve miles distant from and abreast of Southwold,
at 7 o'clock in the morning. They were then in an open boat in
which they had been since 10 o'clock on the previous night, their
vessel having sprung a leak, filled, and sank. The boat in which they
were found was floated off the desk of their ship by a heavy sea.
Ship Launch. On Thursday last, the 3rd instant, was launched from the building yard of
Messrs. Ferguson, M'Callum, and Baird, Flint, a magnificant A 1
twelve years medium Clipper brigantine, called the Sarah Ellen,
of Liverpool, of 142 tons, n.m., register. This little vessel is
now in the Queen's Dock.
Fleetwood, Dec. 10. The schooner Sarah Ellen, of and from Liverpool for
Swansea, with copper ore, was towed in here last night, with loss of foretopmast
and other damage, and two men killed by falling from aloft.
EXCITING LIFEBOAT RESCUE. SMART WORK AT HOLYHEAD. The Holyhead
lifeboat succeeded after a severe struggle with the wind and waves, in
reaching the Sarah Ellen, a schooner, and taking off her crew. The
rescue, carried out by coxswain Owen Williams, was a marvellous
triumph of seamanship, and doubtless saved the four lives of the crew,
for early this morning the Sarah Ellen, which had been straining all
night, broke away from her anchors, and was carried at a terrific rate
towards the Penrhos Rocks. No human effort could save her, and she
struck with dreadful force on the point, and speedily became a total
wreck, the huge breakers grinding her against the jagged rocks until
her hull was in splinters.
The lifeboat herself was out for four
hours and had an awful experience. Failing to prevail against the
enormous seas and hurricane, she had to run ashore on Penrhos Sands
where she now lies embedded, and the task of removing her will be a
difficult one. ...
[Voyage Wicklow to Swansea, master Michael Kinsella]
The very superior British-built Barque SEA ROVER, 228 tons NM, 212
tons register, length 111 feet 8-10ths; breadth 20 feet 8-10ths; depth
12 feet 8-10ths; built of most carefully selected materials, at
Mostyn, in 1855, and classed A 1 thirteen years; is copper fastened
throughout; and sheathed with yellow metal, is now in good cundition,
having just been examimed on the grid-iron; she is a strong and well
finished vessel; carries a large cargo for her tonnage, having
delivered 428 tons weight and measurment on thirteen feet water. Her
inventory is most abundant, and she will be found on inspection a
superior vessel. Lying in Queen's dock. ...
For CAPE TOWN, Direct, Will sail positively on
the 7th instant. The fine clipper Barque, SEA ROVER, A 1 thirteen years; has
the whole of her dead weight engaged, and has only room for a few tons of
light goods. Apply to CARGILL & CO.
Three fine barques, the SEA ROVER, the SHANTUNG, and CONSTANTIA,
were wrecked in a gale off East London on July 27. The crews were
saved. [another report: cargo, iron pipes, saved]
BIDEFORD. The schooner "Isabella," of Padstow, was wrecked on the
Manacles on Sunday. The crew saved themselves in their boat. The mate,
John Cottell, belongs to Bideford. [Waterford for Penrhyn, making for
Falmouth, with oats]
The New Brighton and Hoylake lifeboats were called out early yesterday
morning to a small schooner, the Kattie Darling, bound from Wicklow to
Garston, which had run on to the revetment or stone wall in the Mersey
Channel. Flares were sent up by the captain and four members of the
crew, who took to their boat and were rescued by a passing schooner,
the services of the lifeboats not being required. Before being
launched, the Hoylake lifeboat had to be taken three miles across
sandbanks, as the tide was out. The Kattie Darling, loaded with pit
props, was sunk.
Liverpool telegraphs that the schooner Harry Herbert [ON 28186, b Rhyl
1860, owned Courtmacsherry] stranded on the revetment early on October
26, and the schooner Kattie Darling when going to her assistance also
went ashore on the revetment. The crew of the latter went aboard the
Harry Herbert which was floated and brought safely to anchor off New
Ferry. The Kattie Darling refloated and was placed on sand near the
beach. She is being moved higher up the beach, when it is anticipated
that she will dry sufficiently by October 28 to enable an examination
to be made. It is understood that the vessel is very badly damaged.
[Kattie Darling - master Robert Conway]
Arrived July 11. Flintshire Lass, Jones, Dunkirk.
REPORT of the Arklow Life-Boat, for the year 1867. The Committee of
the Arklow Branch of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution in
presenting their Report for the past year have every reason to be
satisfied with its operations, more particularly with reference to
casualties in the neighbourhood, but two having taken place wherein
the services of the Life-Boat were demanded, the first being a
schooner, the Flintshire Lass, of Chester, which was observed in the afternoon of
the 21st July on Arklow Banks; having proceeded thither the Coxswain
found the vessel abandoned and immersed to the gunwales, preventing
her name being observed, but on enquiry her name was ascertained as
above, and that the crew landed at Wicklow in their own boat; the vessel
became a total wreck on the same night.
Manchester Ship Canal. ... in addition, there floated outward the sloop "Chester Trader"
for Connah's Quay, ... [had brought slates in from Conway]
Holyhead: Arrived. Chester Trader, Hughes, Point of Air.
A RESCUED CREW LANDED. Newport, Friday. The steamer, Corso, from
Dublin, reached Newport, Monmouth, to-day, with the crew of the
Anglesey schooner Cyril, whom they rescued in as exhausted condition
from their sinking vessel fourteen miles [SE] from the Tuskar. The sea was
so rough that the work of rescue occupied five hours.
CYRIL. Report of Robert Hughes, master of the schooner Cyril, of
Chester, 44 tons, from Dunmanus, near Crookhaven, Oct. 19. 8 am., for
Liverpool, with 500 barrels of mackerel. Proceeded, and was wind
bound at Crookhaven, leaving there Monday, 29th. On the same day,
weather wild, wind S.E. to S.S.W., blowing hard, with a heavy sea from
the S.E. to S.S.W., the vessel was beating hard to try and keep off
the Irish coast, but our sails, topsails, fore and aft foresail, were
blown to pieces, and the vessel commenced to make water badly on the
Wednesday night when outside Kinsale. At 4 p.m. on Thursday, the water
was over the cabin floor about one foot. We got the cabin clear once,
but one of the boxes of the pump broke and rendered that pump useless.
We could not keep the vessel free with the other pump. We hoisted
signals of distress, which were answered by the steamer Corso, which
bore down abreast of us. I told the master that my vessel was in a
sinking condition, and asked him to save us. I got on board first by
means of a life-belt, and then the long boat was lowered to save the
two men, but it capsized and was lost. The master then lowered
another boat, and rescued the two men. The weather was too bad to
think of taking the vessel in tow. When we left her, the bulwarks were
under water on the port side, and I think she foundered soon
afterwards. Newport, Nov. 2.
Flint. The ship building trade has of late been extensively revived in this
port, and now bids fair to be a permanent source of benefit to the
town and neighbourhood. On the 8th inst. a flat, intended for the
Chester trade, [Chester Trader?] was launched, and on the following Monday, a very
beautiful clipper-built schooner, the "Jipsie,"[sic] nearly 160 tons
burden, belonging to Mr. J. V. Harrison and others, was launched from
the yard of Mr. David Jones. On the same day, another schooner of
similar dimensions to the Jipsie, called the "Nina," also glided into
the silvery deep, from the yard of Messrs. Allen, Ferguson, and Beard.
Each of the builders we have named have other vessels now on the
stocks.
GIPSEY (schooner), of Belfast. Dundalk to Connahs Quay, cargo
potatoes, burst cable during gale yesterday in Mostyn Deeps and
drifted above Llanerchymore. Tug Taliesin offered assistance and took the
ship in tow, but broke ship's rope entering Mostyn Gutter, afterwards
succeeded getting ship safely into Mostyn with tug's rope. (Connahs
Quay, April 15)
NINA. Boscastle, Sept. 5, 10 52 a.m. Schooner Nina, of Bridgewater, foundered
off Tintagel. Crew saved.
LLANFAIRFECHAN, Jan. 19. Three Brothers schooner, of Liverpool,
Dennis, from Penmaenmawr for Hoylake (macadam), slipped from her anchor
yesterday and was ran on the beach here; crew saved. It is expected that
the vessel, which is apparently very little damaged, will be got off next
springs.
The schooner "Three Brothers," of Chester [sic, owned Cheshire but
registered Liverpool], drove ashore at Llanfairfechan on Tuesday. The
crew, consisting of two men, were rescued through the gallantry of
William Hughes, a boatman, and two other young men, who manned a small
boat, and after struggling bravely, managed to reach the ill-fated
vessel in the face of a tremendous sea, a strong gale from eastward
blowing at the time.
SALE: A SHIPBUILDER'S YARD, most conveniently situated, at Talacre Harbour, in the
river Dee, Flintshire, and well adapted for the building of large
vessels; together with the STOCK-IN-TRADE, comprising valuable Oak,
Ash, Elm, and other Timber, expressly selected for the trade, on
Thursday, the 6th of March next, at the King's Head Hotel, at
Holywell,
Mostyn. In a commercial point of view Mostyn at the present moment stands
pre-eminently high. The gigantic Colliery of James Thomas Cookney,
Esq., renders it, as a coal-getting neighbourhood, of great importance.
The collieries are now, we are happy to state, in a thriving condition,
and are of the greatest benefit to the neighbourhood, the number of
hands employed amounting to several hundreds. The modern and
ornamental buildings, including the engine house and other offices
connected with the colliery afford a pleasing contrast to the dingy
aspect collieries generally present. The facilities for the transfer
of coal are such that few if any other colliery can boast of. The
wharf and dock recently constructed by the spirited proprietor, are
within but a few yards of the pit's mouth, and railway communication
is equally as convenient, the Chester and Holyhead line, running in
close proximity. The Mostyn coal mine is considered a model colliery,
and the entire management and workings of it are so admirably
performed that it ranks as one of the first collieries in the United
Kingdom. The extensive collieries and Foundry of Messrs. Eyton & Co.,
also greatly contribute to the well-being of the locality and confer
many advantages upon the community at large. The ship-building trade
has of late been revived and is now being carried on with energy by
Messrs. Mathias and Richards. Amidst the other advantages possessed by
Mostyn, the daily communication per Steamer to and from Liverpool, is a
considerable boon, and must necessarily be attended with many
advantages. Its picturesque Railway Station, and commodious Hotel, are
also objects which here should be mentioned. Mostyn during the summer
months not only presents inducements to the man of business but to the
pleasure seeker also. The richly wooded and stately parks and mansions
of Mostyn, Downing, and Talacre, present charms as a landscape, which
can hardly be surpassed, and we trust that ere long it will be our
pleasure again to notice the improving condition of this important
village. We should be happy to see a little more inducement offered by
landowners for house-building, houses being remarkably few, and much
sought for. If leases were granted we doubt not that neat cottages and
villas would be immediately erected.
Launch at Mostyn Quay. A fine vessel of 170 tons burden, the property
of Messrs. Pringle and Co., Southport, and built by Mr. Thomas
Mathias, Mostyn, was launched on Thursday, the 13th inst. Being the
first vessel ever built on the Quay, the novelty of the launch brought
together a large assembly to witness the event. Amongst the company
were the Lady Mostyn, of Mostyn, and family, the gentry generally of
the neighbourhood. At high-water time, 11 o'clock, several cannons
were fired; and the removing of the "daggers" took place
simultaneously; whilst, amidst the most vociferous cheering, the Alice
Isabelle, very beautifully and gracefully glided into her future
element. The Alice Isabelle received her appellation at the hands of
Mr. John Davies Jones, wine merchant, St. Asaph, who is a part owner.
She is of a most beautiful model, clipper built, and is to be
schooner rigged. During the proceedings. the vessels in the harbour
hoisted their colours, and the day generally assumed the character of
a general festival. ...
Two other vessels for the same firm are now on the stocks, by the
same builder, at Mostyn Quay, of 350 [Orion probably] and 160 tons
respectively. A brigantine and a schooner are also about to be erected
by the same enterprising gentleman, the former at Rhyl [possibly Neophyte] and the latter
at Rhyddlan [possibly Elizabeth ON16673, schooner, 43 tons, reg. 1857, or Elizabeth Martha]
LINE of PACKETS tor LISBON. ...
The beautiful clipper Schooner, ALICE ISABELLE, Captain Hughes, 130 tons
burthen; A 1 at Lloyd's, and coppered. Shippers will find her in all respects a
superior conveyance: now loading west side George's Dock. For terms of freight, &c.
Apply to JOHN WALLS, 9, Commercial Buildings, Water-street.
Vessels Sailed. March 26. ... Alice Isabel, [sic] 92, Hughes, Strong, Reid & Co, Lisbon.
[no further reports in newspapers]. Appropriation list is annotated: foundered.
LAUNCH OF A SHIP AT MOSTYN. A few days ago was launched from the building
yard of Messrs. Mathias and Richards, shipbuilders, Mostyn. a very
handsome barque, named the Orion, of 250 tons register, and 400 tons
burthen. intended for the South American (River Plate) trade. She is
built of the best material and copper-fastened and iron-kneed throughout,
no expense having been spared to render her a first-class craft, being
registered at Lloyd's A 1 fifteen years. Her model has been much
admired. and it is confidently anticipated that she will sail fast, and
carry a large cargo upon an easy draught of water. She was constructed
under the immediate superintendence of Messrs. S. Wright and Kelso, of
Commercial-buildings, Water-street; is principally owned by Mr. Elsdon
Pringle, of Southport; and is to be commanded by Captain Plomer, a
gentleman well known and highly respected in commercial and maritime
circles. The Orion was towed from Mostyn to the Mersey, and is now in
Messrs. Clover and Royle's graving dock, Woodside.
LINE of PACKETS for PERNAMBUCO, ... The beautiful British-built
clipper Barque, ORION, Captain S. Plomer; 224 tons; A 1 at Lloyd's
thirteen years, and is in every respect a most eligible conveyance for
fine goods. Apply to COTESWORTH, LYNNE and CO.
The barque Orion, of this port, was burnt to the water's edge at
Parahiba, Oct.3.
FLINT. A very finely-modelled schooner, the Denbighshire Lass, was launched
from the building yard of Mr. David Jones, of Flint, on Tuesday last.
The dimensions are as follow: Length of keel, 67ft.; depth of hold, 9ft. 2in.;
width of beam, 18ft. 9in.; length, 75ft.; registered tonnage 73, and
will carry 140 tons. Classed A 1 for nine years. The principal owners
are Mr. D. Jones, the builder, Mr. J. Hughes, of Denbigh, Mr. H. H.
Price, of Bangor, and her commander, Capt. R. Rowlands, of
Bangor. ...
ARKLOW VESSEL LOST. The Arklow ketch, Denbighshire Lass, formerly
owned by the late Capt. John Fitzpatrick, and which was sold some time
ago, foundered during the week off the coast of Wales, and Capt.
Murphy and the crew of two were landed in Liverpool suffering from
exposure. ....
SHIRTS BURNED AS FLARES. Shipwrecked Men's Last Hope. Captain Murphy,
of Cardiff, and the crew of two of the ketch Denbighshire Lass, which
foundered off the cost of Wales, were landed at Liverpool on Saturday
all suffering from exposure. In an interview Captain Murphy said:
We had burned our shirts off our backs, and every drop of fresh
water had gone, and the little boat was being tossed about like a cork
by mountainous seas. We left Cardiff on March 16. On the 17th, our
ketch began to leak. We manned the pumps, but the storm increased, and
the Denbighshire Lass began to fill. We tried to turn back, but it was
impossible. The ketch being in a sinking condition, we abandoned her
on March 19, and took to the lifeboat, with only the clothes we stood
in. When night came, we took off our top clothes, shirts, and socks, and
lighted flares. The mate was nearly helpless from exposure, and I had
injured my leg. We had little food in the boat, and no fresh water.
The following morning our distress signals were sighted by the
Reindeer. She came alongside and took us aboard.
DENBIGHSHIRE LASS SURVIVORS. The rescued members of the crew. of the
Denbighshire Lass, which foundered between the Smalls and Milford
Haven. Left to right: Seaman Martin Foley, Captain Murphy, and
Mr. Ralph Wigman, mate. [photo in newspaper; leaky off Smalls so tried
to make Milford, but abandoned before arrival]
Connah's Quay. On Monday, March 1st, at 12 o'clock, (high water) the new
schooner, "Mag," of 100 tons, belonging to Messrs Lomax, of Liverpool, was
launched from the yard of Mr. David Jones, shipbuilder. Her
proportions are well defined, and great credit is due to Mr. Thomas Hooson,
deputy builder, for the efficient way in which she was fitted out.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the day, a large concourse of
people were present to witness the launch of the first vessel erected at
Connah's Quay. At three o'clock, a dinner was provided of a most
bountiful kind, at the Quay Inn, when upwards of 100 sat down, and did
ample justice to the good things before them. When the cloth was
removed, the chairman, Mr. James Reney, proposed the health of the
Owners, Messrs. Lomax, and hoped the new vessel would be successful.
The health of the builders was then drank, amidst many wishes that
they would soon have the pleasure of putting another vessel on the
stocks. Captain J. Peers, proposed the health of Capt. Vickers, wishing
him many prosperous voyages in his new ship and that she would prove a snug
sea-worthy vessel. Mr. J. Hall, jr, proposed that a vote of thanks be given to
the worthy landlady, Mrs Parry, for the very excellent dinner provided
for the occasion. Song, by Mr. Wm. Evans, "The Irishman." Several
other toasts and songs were given, and the proceedings of the
evening were convivially maintained.
The Mag schooner, arrived here on Saturday after carrying away her two
masts in the storm on Friday last, while lying at anchor in the roads;
one man injured by the falling gear. (Connah's Quay, May 23.)
Liverpool, July 12, 9 30 a.m., The Mag schooner, which lost both masts
[while lying at anchor in the roads] in Mostyn Roads during gale May
19, has arrived in tow from Connah's Quay for repairs.
Connah's Quay. Arrival of derelict. In the morning the schooner Mag
of Chester was towed into port having been completely stripped whilst
endeavouring to enter the roads on the previous day. The vessel was a
complete derelict.
SHIPPING CASUALTIES. Holyhead, Dec. 16. - The schooner Mary and Jane,
from Liverpool to Wicklow, with coal, dismasted four miles north of
Holyhead. Crew of three men taken off by the London and
North-Western steamer Galtee More, and landed at Holyhead this
morning. Lifeboat and tugboat seeking for the derelict.
Eisteddfod... Messrs. Callan, Ferguson, Baird, Callan, and Co. [sic], were
the successful competitors for the 14th prize; that for the best model
of a vessel fit for traversing the Dee, to be constructed by local
carpenters. There were nine competitors.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, - a splendid well-built SCHOONER, now
ready for Launching, at Connah's Quay, built of good and sound
material, to class A 1 at Lloyds, 9 years. Length 66 ft., breadth 19
ft., depth in hold 8ft. 8 in., to carry 130 tons, and shift without
ballast. Apply to Mr David Jones, Ship Builder, Flint.
Launch on the Dee. - There was launched at Connah's Quay, Tuesday,
the 30th ult, a fine schooner, of about 120 to 130 tons burden. It was
a most handsome vessel, and is the property of Mr. D. Jones.
[date matches John James below, but seems to be bigger and a schooner]
ON SALE, A SCHOONER just launched at Connah's Quay, built under
special survey, to class A 1 nine years at Lloyd's. Supposed burthen
about 120 tons. Dimensions: Length of Keel, 63 feet 6 inches; Breadth
of Beam, 18 feet 3 inches; Depth of Hold, 8 feet 5 inches. Round
Counter, strong built and well finished. Will make an excellent
coaster, being light draught of water, and will be ready for sea in a
fortnight. For further particulars apply to FERGUSON, Mc.CALLUM and
BAIRD, Ship Builders, Flint.
THE LOSS OF THE CHARLES EDWARD. The following official report gives
the result of the inquiry just held into the loss of the schooner
Charles Edward, of Chester, by collision with the steamer Aleppo.
The Aleppo is a large screw steamer, belonging to the Cunard
Steamship Company, commanded by Mr. George Langlands, and was on her
homeward voyage from Galatz, bound for the port of Liverpool. On the
morning of the 30th of August last, about 2 o'clock, being then off
Bardsey Island, and going about nine knots, a small vessel was seen by
one of the look-out men, bearing about a point and a half on her
starboard bow, distant from three-quarters of a mile to one mile, and
was immediately reported to the officer of the watch, Mr. Thomas
Mitchell, the second officer of the ship, who holds a master's
certificate of competency. The weather at this time is described as
clear, but hazy on the horizon. As no lights were seen on the
schooner, Mr. Mitchell's first impression was that the vesssel was
standiog the same way as the steamer, and accordingly he starboarded
the helm to give her a wide berth in passing. Very shortly, however,
he discovered that the vessel was on the starboard tack, standing
across their bows, the wind at the time being moderate from the N.W.
The helm was then ordered to be put hard a-port, but, unfortunately,
too late to avoid collision, and the Aleppo struck the vessel nearly
amidships, and she foundered immediately with all on board.
Every
effort was at once made by throwing life-lines and buoys overboard to
save life, the vessel being put back and one of the life-boats being
lowered, but though they remained on the spot till after daylight no
traces of the crew were discovered, and the only evidence that was
obtained of this unfortunate vessel was part of her headboard, with
the letters "..arles Edward" painted thereon. A small boat was seen
floating bottom upwards, but was not secured, and that boat appears to
have been subsequently washed ashore near the Stack Lighthouse,
bearing the name of the ill-fated schooner.
I have felt compelled,
with the full concurrence of the nautical assessors, to pronounce Mr.
Thomas Mitchell in default for the loss of this vessel, inasmuch as he
continued his course at full speed after the vessel was reported to
him nearly ahead, and did not take the proper and necessary steps to
avoid collision till too late. It is true that the officer of the
watch, seeing no lights, formed the conclusion in his own mind, in the
first instance, that the vessel was taking the same course as the
steamer, and that he should clear her by starboarding his helm. But
the court could not accept his statement in justification of his
conduct, for he could not have been certain that he was correct in his
conclusion, as, indeed, plainly appears from his subsequently asking
how the vessel was standing, and should have promptly taken every
precaution to avoid an undoubted risk. By thus allowing valuable time
to elapse when the course of the schooner was correctly ascertained,
the collision had become inevitable. The court has, therfore, held Mr.
Mitchell responsible,...
FLINT.- Great activity has of late taken place in the building yard of
Messrs. McAllum, Ferguson, and Baird, and on the 30th and 31st ult.,
two very beautifully modelled coasters of 80 tons burthen, the
property of Mr. David Jones, Caerwys, were successfully removed from
the stocks on to the waters of the Dee. The one launched on the 30th
was called the "John James," and that on the 31st the "Price Jones,"
each bearing the appellation of two sons of the spirited and
enterprising owner.
Lifeboat services in 1869. ... smack John James of Chester, saved vessel
and crew, 2. ...
Swansea: Exports coastwise, July 24. ... New Quay, John James, 48, coal, S & J Hill,...
John James. Milford Haven. Feb. 14, 5 20pm. Smack John James from Newquay for Swansea,
ballast, drifted on rocks in Jack Sound, and sank on 13th inst. Crew landed here.
FISHGUARD, 27th Apl. The Price Jones (smack), Morgan, from
Saundersfoot to Newport, Pemb., with culm, struck on a rock last night,
at the entrance to Newport river; there is a heavy sea on this morning,
and the vessel is fast breaking up, crew saved.
28th Apl., 1.20 p.m.
The Price Jones is jammed between the rocks: keel, stem, stern post, rudder,
and bulwarks gone; large holes in bottom, decks and
coverings started; cannot be got off.
THE STATE OF HOYLAKE CHANNEL. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of
Commons, on Monday, Colonel Cotton-Jodrell asked the President of the
Board of Trade whether his attention had been directed to the fact
that recently several casualties had again occurred to vessels
endeavouring to enter or quit the lake at Hoylake, Cheshire,
especially to the trawler Perseverance, to the Pride of the Lake,
Princess, Sunshine, Gentle Annie [ON 70860], and to the Velocity, which las-named
vessel sank on the bar at the west end , and whether he could now see
his way to instructing the proper authorities to restore the Hoyle
Lake to a condition of safe navigation.
Mr. Mundella: Sixty years
ago, Hoylake possessed an anchorage with about sixty feet of water at
low water of spring tides. Since then, it has been silting up, until
at the present time it is too narrow for navigation, except with a
fair wind. The casualties mentioned in the question are attributable
to the crowded state of the narrow channel. I am not aware of any
authority that is bound to maintain a reputed depth of water in the
Hoyle Lake.
Colonel Cotton-Jodrell: The right hon. gentleman was kind
enough last year to send down an official to inquire into the
circumstances connected with the lighting of the harbour. Will he now
cause a similar inquiry to be made as to the silting up of the harbour?
Mr Mundella: There is a local authority responsible for the lighting, but I am
afraid that there is no authority that could be called upon to deepen
the channel. However, I shall be very glad to do anything I can. I
will make inquiry on the subject.
Runcorn. Pride of the Lake, 50, Stevens. [same to 18 September; last report found]
WORST GALE ON RECORD. ...
Among vessels lost with all hands were the Loweswater, Minnie Brown, the
Hoylake trawlers, The Stag, and Ellen and Ann, the crew of the former being
all of one family. ....
In addition to The Stag, and Ellen and Ann, the Hoylake fishing fleet
sustained severe losses. The Sarah Beck foundered in Rhos Bay, the crew
being rescued by the Llandudno lifeboat, Sunlight No 1, and the Betsy was
wrecked on Dove Point, Meols, her crew being rescued by a small body of
volunteers who succeeded in getting a rope to the vessel. The Hoylake
lifeboat which been out all night to signals of distress had her mast
carried away and was put out of commission. Nine brave Hoylake men
perished in the gale and the rest of fleet reached home in a battered
condition.
LOSS OF A VESSEL. On Monday night last, the schooner "Industry" of Portmadoc,
broke from her moorings at St Tudwall's Road, where she had been
sheltering from the storms, along with other vessels. She collided
with the adjoining vessel the "John Evans" and the crew finding
themselves in danger jumped on board the "John Evans." The vessel
drifted along, and the next morning she was found sunk on the
Portmadoc bar, wrecked. Several pieces of the wreckage have been
washed ashore. Only the top masts are now visible.
[She was loaded with slates, and had only just
sailed from Portmadoc].
THE LOSS OF THE WEPRE LASS. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. A Board of Trade inquiry
into the loss of the schooner Wepre Lass, of Carnarvon, was commenced in St.
George's Hall, Liverpool, yesterday, before Mr. Raffles, stipendiary
magistrate, and Captains Castles and Parfitt, nautical assessors.
Mr. Tyndall (Tyndall and Paxton) appeared for the Board of Trade, and
Mr. Lockett appeared for the owners of the vessel, the captain being
unrepresented. Mr. Tyndall remarked that as the object of the inquiry
was to ascertain whether or not the vessel had been scuttled, it would
only be fair to the captain and mate that they should remain in
court, and take notes if they chose of the evidence. The court
concurred, and the captain and mate remained in court. Mr. Tyndall
then opened the case. He said the Wepre Lass was a wooden schooner of
44 tons register, built at Flint in 1860, and owned by Messrs.
Griffiths, Thomas Davies, Lewis Williams, and David Jones. In 1873 she
was insured in Banger for £200, her estimated value then being £300. From
time to time she underwent repairs, the last occasion being at
Carnarvon in 1878. On the 17th of September last she arrived at
Silloth with a cargo of slates, and after discharging, she took in
between 60 and 64 tons of coal for Dundalk. She then appeared staunch
and tight in her hull, and she sailed on Sept. 30, her entire crew
being the captain (Morris Hughes) and mate (Griffith Griffiths).
According to the captain's statement, the wind freshened about four
o'clock that afternoon, and sail was taken in about half-past four.
The captain, who was at the tiller, saw water in the cabin, and
finding that it increased, he and the mate went down to save their
effects. Both then worked at the pumps, but the water still increasing
they made for the land, and got out a boat. They afterwards got into
the boat, and remained by the vessel for fifteen minutes, when she
foundered. The same night they landed at Maryport, and reported that
the schooner had sprung a leak. On the 28th of Oct., however, an
engine driver named Donald, while going to his work along the beach,
observed two pieces of the hull, one of which, on being examined by
the authorities, was found to have a large piece, five inches long and
three-quarters of an inch wide, cut out of it, and from its appearance it
could not have been recently done. Since then another portion of the
vessel had been seen at low water, and it was evident that she had gone
down while at anchor, instead of in the way the captain had stated.
The entire facts coming to the knowledge of the Board of Trade, a
minute investigation was made, and from the evidence collected the
present inquiry was ordered. Evidence was then given, and the inquiry
was adjourned until to-day (Tuesday), at noon.
[Court decision - loss to remain a matter of conjecture]
Flint. Launch. On Thursday last (2nd May 1861) a very beautiful clipper-built
schooner, the property of Mr David Jones, Caerwys, was successful
launched by her builders Messrs Ferguson, McCallum, and Baird,
shipbuilders, Flint and Connah's Quay. The vessel is of 130 tons burden, and
was named the Caerwys Castle. The launch, over, her proprietor, with
his wonted liberality, entertained her builders, both masters and men,
together with numerous friends, at a dinner provided at the New Anchor
Inn, Flint, and an agreeable evening was spent, during which success
and prosperity were heartily wished to attend the Caerwys Castle and
her spirited proprietor.
The Caerwys Castle, Captain Rondle Foulkes, master, was not heard of
since leaving Laxey on Saturday 13th November 1875, bound for Saltney
near Chester, with a cargo of 120 tons of lead ore which was loose in
the holds without shifting boards. Captain Foulkes, the two crewmen
and a passenger were lost.
The owner stated that the master, Captain Foulkes, took to drinking
whilst at Laxey, and on the night of the 13th November, which was
extremely foggy, he put to sea, although several masters of vessels
attempted to dissuade him.
A new schooner, called the Jane Porter, was launched from the ship
yard belonging Mr. David Jones, on Saturday, the 15th. inst, 11 40 am.
The signal having been given, the vessel glided down in gallant style
to her destined element, amidst the cheers of large concourse of
people. The brass band which was in attendance immediately struck up
"Rule Britannia," with most thrilling effect. This is the seventeenth
vessel built by this spirited builder, and too much praise cannot be
bestowed on this craft. Her lines and run are everything that can be
desired, having been pronounced excellent by the surveyor from
Lloyd's, where she is classed A 1 for nine years. Her dimensions:
Length of keel, 78 feet; extreme length, 88 feet; breadth, 21 feet;
depth of hold, 10 feet 10 inches; registered tonnage, 110; builders'
measurement, 198 tons. She has been built for Capt Thomas Porter, who
was formerly captain of the well-known vessel The Glynne, which, it will be
remembered, foundered at sea some time back.
Chester, Jan. 22. The schooner Jane Porter, Porter, of this port, sailed
from Bordeaux laden with wheat for Greenfield, on or about Dec. 2 last,
and has not since been heard of.
Charitable Appeal. An earnest appeal is made to the practical sympathy
of the public on behalf of the widow and eight children - seven of
whom are girls, and the youngest only a few months old - of Captain
John Porter, of the schooner Jane Porter, of Chester, who, together
with his eldest son, 16 years of age, sailed from Bordeaux for Chester
river on the 30th Nov. last, and has not been heard of since. The crew
of the vessel also must have perished, for nothing whatever has been
heard of any of them. The captain was very highly esteemed in Flint,
his native place; and a small subscription has been raised there for his
widow and children.
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The article "Ships built on the River Clwyd" by R F Roberts in Cymru a'r Mor, vol 14, 1991
has some extra details, but also some differences from MNL data.
Note that a small steam vessel Archibald
was built at Prestatyn in 1853.
John & Betty 1785, built Rhuddlan?
Barbara 1825, built Rhuddlan
Mary & Elizabeth 1826, built Rhuddlan
Susanna & Anna 1827, built Rhuddlan
Lady Mostyn 1841, built Rhuddlan
Elizabeth 1842, built Rhuddlan
Lord Mostyn 1844 , built Rhuddlan
Betsey 1847, built Rhuddlan
Abbey 1851, built Rhuddlan
Elwy 1853, built Rhuddlan
Joshua 1853, built Rhuddlan
Gwynedd Frances 1853, built Rhuddlan
Anglesea Lass 1854, built Rhuddlan
Margaret & Elizabeth 1855, built Rhuddlan
Margaret & Ann 1855, built Rhuddlan
Catherine Maria 1856, built Rhuddlan
Twin Sisters 1856, built Jones & Roberts, Rhuddlan
Pennington 1856, built Rhuddlan
Elizabeth Anne 1857, built John Roberts, Rhuddlan
Elizabeth 1857, built Rhuddlan
Baltic 1857, built Robert Jones, Rhyl
Elizabeth Martha 1857, built John Roberts, Rhuddlan
Neophyte 1857 built Robert Jones, Rhyl
Elizabeth 1858, built Rhuddlan
Elinor 1858, built John Roberts, Rhuddlan
Catherine 1858, built Rhyl
Mary Maudline 1859, built Robert Jones, Rhyl
Charlotte 1859, built John Roberts, Rhuddlan
Jameson 1859, built Rhuddlan
Annie 1859, built Rhyl
Harry Herbert 1860, built Robert Jones, Rhyl
1863: Catherine Roberts F 54t ON47216, Rhuddlan;
1863: Mary Jones Sr 84t ON44050, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1864: Polly Williams F 43t ON51414, Rhyl; lost 1889;
1866: City of St Asaph Barquentine 218t ON54976, Robert Jones, Rhyl; lost 1884;
1866: Studley Sr 65t ON55020, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1868: Margaret Lewis Sr 133t ON58929, Robert Jones, Rhyl; lost 1887;
1870: Wern Sr 59t ON58210, Roberts, Rhyl;
1872: Annie Jones Sr 95t ON67962, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1874: Sarah Elizabeth Sr 130t ON67963, Robert Jones, Rhyl; lost 1893;
1875: Tryfan Ke 48t ON70915, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1875: Minnie Sl 63t ON70925, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1876: William George Sr 127t ON67969, Robert Jones, Rhyl; lost 1916;
1877: Burgedin Sr 80t ON76522, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
1878: Ethel May Sr 78t ON76554, Robert Jones, Rhyl;
Vessels found MNL, RCUS, as built Rhyl [a report states that 33 ships, in total, were built at Rhyl:
1861: Georgina Sr 68t ON44144;
1861: Rhos Sr 52t ON43866; built Rhuddlan
1862: Ann Jones F 56t ON43874;
1862: Queen of the Vale Sr 126t ON45438; lost 1863;
1862: Lilly Green Sr 78t ON45410;
1862: Mary Ann Jane F 56t ON43874;
1863: Colonel Gamble F 56t ON47511; lost 1913/4; See also;
1867: Rees Lewis Sr 137t ON60007; lost 1870;
1870: John & William F 70t ON58211;
1877: Crystal F 81t ON76482;
1877: Pilgrim F 82t ON78766;
1878: Humber F 91t ON78811;
Prestatyn 1840, built Prestatyn.
Elizabeth 1853, built Prestatyn.
The Union of 1775 and the Hannah of 1776 are reported as built at Llandrillo (Rhos on Sea),
presumably up the Afon Ganol, a creek entering the sea west of Llandrillo.
Victoria F 16t 1837 ON12392, built Llandrillo (Rhos on Sea).
Built Rhuddlan:
Success Sl 1768;
Betty & Peggy Sl 24t 1783 ON16435;
Eagle Bg 1785;
Ellen & Elizabeth Sl 15t 1845 ON12393;
Polly of the Vale Cu 10t 1845;
To be SOLD in public Sale, to the highest Bidder, at Mr. Nelson's, the
Golden Lion, in Maryport on FRIDAY the 7th of December next, The BRIG
JOHN AND BETTY, John Scott, master, Burthen 160 Tons, or thereabouts;
built at Rhydland, Wales, in 1785, of an easy draught of Water, sails
and takes the Ground well, and now lying in the Harbour of Maryport.
...
RNLI... A reward £13 10s. was likewise voted to the crew of the
institution's lifeboat at Lytham, for putting off in her and rescuing,
on the 6th, 11th, aud 21st ult., the crews, consisting of sixteen
persons, from the brigantine Hannah Jane, of London, the sloop
Barbara, of Amlwch, and the brigantine Robert Henry, of Dundalk,
which, during stormy weather, had grounded on the outlying sandbanks.
The lifeboat had subsequently succeeded in bringing safely to port two
of the said vessels.
Barbara, Jones, Troon.
Vessels entered for Loading:
E. Williams, 78, Mary and Elizabeth, Rhydland
Glasson Dock. Sailed. Mary and Elizabeth, Williams, Barrow.
SALE. ... and the Schooner SUSANNA and ANNA, burthen per register 85 tons,
copper-fastened, only ten months old, and built at Rhyddlan, under
particular inspection. ...
Susanna and Anna. Report of William Fullerton, Master of the schooner
Susannah and Anna, of Belfast, 51 tons, from Troon for Larne, the
County of Antrim (90 tons of coal); Left Troon on Aug. 10, at 11 A.M., the
tide half ebb, weather moderate and cloudy, and wind a moderate breeze
from S.W. On Monday the 12th, at 11 p.m., tide about threequarters
flood, weather hazy with showers, wind west, a fresh gale, the ship,
when making for Larne Lough, and being about a mile north of the Maiden
Lights, sprung a leak, and sank in 2.25 hours from being first observed,
being between 1 15 and 1 20 a.m. on the 13th inst. We had not left the
vessel three minutes before she went down.
Rhyl. Monday 9th. It blew hard from the North East with a fall of snow
this morning, with a heavy surf on the beach; the flat Lady Mostyn,
from Chester river with coals, struck on the bar when coming in, and
sank. Two persons on the beach, perceiving the crew's condition,
launched their small boat and saved them from a watery grave. This was
done in the presence of many hundreds, and the crew of the Life Boat
were then close at hand. These persons deserve the greatest praise for
their noble and heroic acts, and we understand that this is not the
first time that they have saved their fellow men. It is hoped the
Royal Humane Society will handsomely reward them; their names are John
Foulkes, the owner of the boat, and Robert Evans, fisherman.
Sir, - I have received and laid before this Committee your letter of
the 10th May, respecting the services rendered by the parties named
therein to the crew of the Lady Mostyn, William Wynn, on the previous
day, and I am desired to inform you in reply, that the committee
would have taken the case into their favourable consideration had
not the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner's Society acquainted
them that they had granted a reward to Foulks and his crew for their
praiseworthy exertions on the occasion in question. I am, sir, Your
obedient servant, Richd. Lewis, Secretary.
The Woodside ferry steamer Queen, was in contact on
Saturday with the schooner, Lady Mostyn, for Runcorn, which lost
bowsprit, &c. The steamer's paddle box was slightly damaged.
The flat Elizabeth, of Beaumaris, cargo fireclay, from Holyhead for
Widnes, foundered about one mile NW of Horse Channel Fairway Bell Buoy
on the 27th inst.
RELIEF TO SUFFERERS FROM SHIPWRECK. ... 20s in clothing to two
seamen, forming the crew of the sloop Elizabeth, which sprang a leak and
foundered off the entrance to the Rock Channel, the 27th December,
1879.
The schooner Lord Mostyn, of Beaumaris, from Liverpool for Amlwch with
old iron, drove ashore at Amlwch and sank on the 6th inst. The vessel is likely to
become a total wreck.
DISASTERS OFF THE PORT. From Amlwch a telegram was received
reporting the wreck of the Lord Mostyn, a coasting schooner. The
vessel went ashore in Moelfra Bay, near to the place where the Royal
Charter was wrecked many years ago. Fortunately all the crew of the
Lord Mostyn were saved.
BETSEY. Report of Robert Jones, master of the schooner Betsey, of Caernarvon,
76 tons, from Bangor, Nov. 11, for Hull, with 140 tons slates: Proceeded, and
anchored off Caernarvon the same day, and sailed on the 12th. On the
13th November, at 4 a.m., tide being flood, weather fine, wind S.S.E.,
blowing a gentle breeze with a slight sea from the S.S.E., the vessel
was about eight miles S.S.W. of Cardigan Lightship. We had all sail
set and were steering S.S.W. On trying the pumps at 4 a.m. found we
could not suck her. Finding this I got a light and went down into the
hold, when I found that there was about 4 feet of water in it. We then
fixed the second pump and commenced pumping with both pumps, but found
the water increased on us very fast. We then got the boat out, fearing
she would suddenly go down. We made signals to a schooner near us by
waving a lamp, and at 9 a.m. she came to us. I asked for assistance
and sent our boat to her. The boat returned with three men to assist
in pumping, but we found the water still gained on us. The schooner
was the Ann Davies, of Caernarvon. Another schooner coming near us we
hailed her. She put her boat out and sent it with three men. At the
time the water was washing over the top of the cargo. We found we
could not save the vessel, and with the advice of all on board we left
her and got on board the Ann Davies, of Caernarvon, and kept close to
our own vessel until we saw her go down not long after we had left
her. The other crew returned to their own vessel, the Mary Roberts, of
Caernarvon. We were brought by the Ann Davies to the entrance of
Milford Haven, and rowed in our own boat to Milford, where we landed at
6 a.m. on the 14th.
THE END OF A LEAKY VESSEL. The Abbey, of Cardiff, foundered off Briton
Ferry on Saturday morning. The vessel left Aberffraw [sic, Aberthaw]
the previous afternoon, laden with limestones. She was in a leaky
condition, and the crew had to work the pumps incessantly. When near
Briton Ferry the water gained rapidly. The men, feeling that their
strength was being rapidly exhausted, left the pumps, and clambered up
the mast. They had no sooner done so than the vessel went down.
Captain David Jones, who was fifty five years of age, was unable to
reach so high a point as his men did, and the ice-cold waves washed
over him. On Saturday evening the cries of the poor fellows were heard
by a pilot named Rees Williams and others on duty at Briton Ferry.
They at once pulled off to the bar and rescued the men. Medical aid
was summoned, and Dr. Pegge was promptly in attendance, and his
treatment soon brought two of the men round. The captain unhappily
died six hours afterwards. [other reports: described as a dandy; crew included
mate Charles Harris, and Charles James]
Sale: .. The fine A 1 Brig ELWY; 177 tons N.M.; built at Rhuddlan, North Wales,
in 1853, and classed 9 years A 1; sheathed with zinc, shifts
without ballast, and and carries about 250 tons dead weight at a
moderate draft of water. Length 83 feet 6-10ths, breadth 19 feet 9-10ths,
depth 12 feet 7-10ths; lying in King's Dock. ...
Great Yarmouth, March 17. The Elwy, of Colchester, Shepherd, from
London for Sunderland (in ballast) was in collision at 1 am. off the
Gunfleet with the Grenadier (ss) and sank; crew saved by steamer and
landed here. [on the 17th]
Report of Captain, Henry Sheppard, of the Brigantine Elwy, of
Colchester, 146 tons, from London for Sunderland: Left London Feb. 28. On the 17th
March was off the lower end of the Gunfleet Sand, the light bearing W
by S., ship lying to windward, and on starboard tack, I saw a screw
steamer (the Grenadier, of Newcastle) approaching from the southward.
I saw her starboard or green light, distant then about a quarter of a
mile, and I tacked ship and stood as close to windward as I could, ship
lying E.S.E. on port tack. After ship was round, I again saw the
steamer's green light, and in about a minute afterwards I saw her red
light. She then (whilst going, as I believe, at a rapid rate) struck us
on the starboard bow with great violence, cutting us down. Fearing our
vessel must go down, we got on board the steamer for preservation of
our lives, and, in about five minutes, our vessel foundered. The steamer
continued her passage, and reached Yarmouth Roads about 7 o'clock same
evening. We were landed in the steamer's boat, and went to the
Sailors' Home. When I saw the steamer's red light after my vessel had
tacked and was close to the wind, I considered a collision was
inevitable, and to ease it as much as much as possible, I braced my
yards to the mast, but all was of no avail. The Master of the steamer did
all in his power to save our lives, and treated us very kindly.
We shall feel obliged if you will bring the following case before the
Shipwreck and Humane Society: On the 31st August last, the weather being rough,
and a heavy sea running, the schooner Joshua, of Liverpool, stone
laden, sunk on the north side of West Hoyle, the crew, consisting of
Hugh Evans, John Hughes, and Samuel Jones, by aid of their own boat,
got on the bank and walked across, when Evan Evans, of the sloop
Peter, belonging to us, fortunately saw them, he immediately sent his
only two men in his boat, remaining in sole charge of his own vessel
and rescued the three men belonging to the Joshua. We hope the
committee will reward the crew of the Peter for this, which will
doubtless be a means of stimulating others to similar acts. We are, &c.,
Raynes, Lumpton, and Co.
RHYL. On Tuesday morning last, this coast was visited by a sudden and
terrific storm. A vessel laden with coals for Rhuddlan, while opposite
the east end of this town, was thrown on her beam ends. Although every
effort was made to right her, she continued unmanageable and at the
mercy of the raging sea. The captain, finding the storm increasing, with his
crew, abandoned the vessel, and through a boiling surge escaped in
their boat safely to shore. The vessel was the Gwynedd Frances,
belonging to Mr. Peter Campbell, of Rhuddlan. The captain and crew of
the Rhyl Life Boat, on perceiving the flag of distress, immediately
launched their boat, which was soon riding on a foaming sea, ready to
afford assistance. On no former mission did this boat so gallantly
and successfully stem the furious sea. Twice she was lost to the eye,
save one side of oars perpendicular in the air - as instantly was she seen
again gliding majestically through the wrathful surge, proving her
high praise to superior construction.
The ANGLESEA LASS, from Liverpool to the Baltic, with salt, is ashore on
a rock near Marsden [sic Maiden] lighthouse, full of water; and likely to be a
total wreck.
On Monday morning last, the schooner Anglesea Lass, from Runcorn, bound
for Wick with a cargo of salt, got upon the Highlandman Rock - a portion of the
ledge on which the Maiden lighthouses are erected. Efforts were
made during the entire week to get her off, but without
success, as she is firmly seated on the rock; however, it hoped is that
farther exertions will bring her off the rock before she breaks up, as the
fine weather is greatly in her favour. The cargo is thrown over board, and
the hands saved. She is a fine schooner, every effort is made to save her to
her owner.
A NIGHT ON THE CROSS-TREES. LIFEBOAT RESCUE NEAR RAMSEY. The Ramsey
(Isle of Man) lifeboat yesterday rescued a crew of two men belonging
to the Liverpool schooner, Margaret and Elizabeth, which went ashore
on Wednesday. They had passed the night on the cross-trees.
MARGARET AND ELIZABETH, flat, coal laden, beached at Cemlyn; leaking badly.
(Amlwch, Sept. 13.)
MISSING VESSELS. The following vessels, which have previously been
referred to as overdue, were on Wednesday posted at Lloyd's as
missing, viz. The Margaret and Ann, of Barrow, which left Dalbeattie
for Liverpool, with a cargo of ground granite, on the 19th September,
and from the river on the 1st October.
RHUDDLAN. - SHIP LAUNCH. On Thursday, the 6th inst., the ancient and
interesting town of Rhuddlan was the scene of much gaiety, in
consequence of the launch of a fine schooner, the property of
Messrs. Roberts, Jones, & Co. The weather was most favourable, and
the brilliance of the sun gave increased auspiciousness to the
occurrence of the day. The ship, as she lay in the stocks, presented
a magnificent appearance, her lines and symmetrical form being
objects of admiration to connoisseurs in ship-building. About ten
o'clock, the blocks having been removed, she glided gracefully and
elegantly into her future element, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of
the assembled multitude, Miss Jones, of Nantclwyd Park, near
Ruthin, christening her, in appropriate terms, and with a dash of the
ruby upon her prow, "The Catherine Maria". A large number of the
friends of Edward Roberts, Esq., Green Park, Llandegla, near
Ruthin. (the principal owner),....
ON SALE, The 8-64th SHARES of the Schooner, "CHARLOTTE",
100 tons burden; also, the 12-64th shares of the Schooner "CATHERINE
MARIA", 160 tons burden: Both vessels were built at Rhuddlan, of
the very best materials and workmanship, and are very superior
vessels in every respect; they are well iron kneed and very strong,
in first rate condition and well found in Sails and Stores, &c.. Apply
to Mr. Thomas Jones, Mariner's Arms, Rhuddlan, Rhyl.
Maritime Extracts. The schooner Catherine Maria, of Beaumaris, left
Liverpool on the 10th January, put into Plymouth, and sailed thence on
Jan. 17 for Boulogne, and has not since been heard of.
Foundered 27/08/1872 When on passage from Aberdeen to Dunkirk
(coal tar & pitch), the vessel struck the north end of the Long Sand.
She refloated but due to serious leaks had to be abandoned. Her
crew took to their boat and were rescued by an Italian brig.
RHUDDLAN. This little seaport was enlivened on Tuesday last by the
launch of a finely built schooner. About noon, a number of ladies and
gentlemen from Rhyl and the neighbourhood assembled to witness the
launch, which was accomplished very satisfactorily. The schooner
measures about 180 tons, and was built by Messrs. Jones and Roberts,
shipbuilders, of that place, who have constructed several other
vessels, all of which have turned out excellent sailing ships. The
schooner was christened, The Twin Sisters, by Miss Jones, daughter of
Mr. J. D. Jones, one of the owners, which ceremony she performed most
admirably. It is the intention of the spirited owners, Messrs. Pringle
and Jones, to have a brigantine immediately built at Rhyl in addition
to the one in course of construction at Mostyn. Capt. J. Roberts, late
master of the Betsey, has been appointed master of the schooner. ...
The schooner Twin Sisters, Hopper, of Hull, from Aberdeen for Dunkirk,
struck on the Long Sands at midnight of Aug. 26, but came off on the following
morning, and sunk in deep water, near the Kentish Knock. The crew were
picked by the Novo Guiseppe, Yraneiso, from Falmouth for Leith, which put back
to the Downs and landed the crew there.
The flat Pennington sank in Langton Basin, Liverpool, after collision with the
steamer Pascal, from New York; the latter's damage unknown.
Sale. The Flat PENNINGTON, 55 tons register. Built at Rhuddlan in 1856, carries
about 110 tons. The vessel will be sold as she may then lie on the
beach at Egremont after being in collision.
Port Dinorwic. Sailed. Pennington, Roberts, Runcorn. [last newspaper voyage report]
With a crew of three, under the command of Captain D. Roberts, the
sailing flat, Pennington, was carrying a cargo of roofing slates
from Port Dinorwic to Widnes when she foundered in winds of WNW force
3. A trip to Port Dinorwic was a challenge for these vessels and so it
proved on this occasion in October 1900. There was reported to be a
downturn in the trade in slates, so one can surmise that perhaps the
foundering was not unwelcome. The crew were all saved. This type of
loss was so common that the local newspapers contain no details of the
loss or rescue.
RHUDDLAN. Launch. A splendidly built schooner has been launched from the
building-yard of Mr. John Roberts. The day was remarkably fine, which
attracted a great number of spectators from Rhyl and the
neighbourhood. The vessel glided along the cradle gracefully into the
water, Miss Jones, daughter of Mr. J. D. Jones, St Asaph, bestowing
upon it her own name, "Elizabeth Ann". The build reflects great
credit upon Mr. Roberts, who has launched, in a very short period
several others from the same yard, all turning out first-rate sailers.
The present vessel is of 180 tons burthen, and her lineal proportions
were considered by competent judges to excel all her predecessors
built at Rhuddlan.
LIVERPOOL SCHOONER WRECKED. Crew's Terrible Experience. RESCUE BY RAMSEY
ROCKET BRIGADE, (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) About four clock this morning the
inhabitants of Ramsey were startled by the report of the lifeboat
guns. It was ascertained that a schooner was ashore on the North
Beach, opposite Mooragh Hydro. The rocket brigade, in charge of the
coastguards, started for the scene, whilst the lifeboat Mary Isabella
was also launched. It was then blowing a gale from the SE, accompanied
by rain, which was very cutting to the face. The rocket brigade got to
work and fired several rockets, but without success. The lifeboat was
now close to the vessel, but the water was so shallow and the sea so
rough that she could not go alongside. Two men of the brigade, namely,
Coastguard Duncan and a member named Cormick, then waded out and threw
the life chain on board, and the crew, getting possession of the apparatus,
was got to work, and they were all landed. The crew consisted of
three men and a boy. They had been on the shore from four to six
before they were rescued. Their names are Robert Condran (master),
James Troy, Michael Reilly, and William Mitchell. The schooner is the
Elizabeth Anne, of Liverpool, owned by Messrs. Jones. The crew on
landing were taken to McIlroy's Temperance Hotel. The captain states that he
was bound from Bristol to Dublin with a cargo of freestone. He had
been in Milford, and left there last Wednesday, having to run before
the gale. They experienced a terrible time, and ultimately came to
anchor in Ramsey Bay on Thursday morning early and rode out the
gale. This morning he weighed anchor, and about two o'clock was off the
harbour, but his vessel would not stay. He tried it again, but she ran
ashore as stated. The crew's clothes were saved. The vessel is now lying
full of water with the sea breaking clean over her. Her main boom was
broken during the gale.
ELIZABETH ANN. Castletown, I.M., Jan. 9. The schooner Elizabeth Ann,
which stranded near Ramsey in December last, has now broken up.
Pending removal, her cargo of stone has been buoyed.
Launch at Rhyl. On Thursday 26th ult., hundreds of people assembled at
Voryd, Rhyl, to witness the launch of the Baltic, Jones, master. An
attempt to get her into the water on Wednesday failed, owing to some
accident to the blocking. The vessel, which was named by Miss Jones,
daughter of Mr. Jones, of Liverpool, the builder, glided beautifully
into the channel of the Voryd, amidst enthusiastic cheering, a bottle
of wine being broken over her bows. This is the first vessel built at
Rhyl. We are happy to find it is not likely to be the last, for there
is one of larger dimensions now on the stocks nearly completed, and we
hear the shipbuilding trade is likely to be carried on here with
energy, the spot being in every way convenient for the purpose. The
event was celebrated by a dinner.
SOUTH STACK. From Our Own Correspondent. HOLYHEAD, Thursday. In a dense
fog, last night, the schooner Baltic, of Wicklow, struck the South
Stack, and sank two hours later. The captain and the crew managed to
reach the rock by means of the ship's ladder. Also on board were the
captain's two daughters, aged sixteen and eighteen neither of whom
became panicky, but behaved with the utmost coolness.
[other reports: captain Conway, bound from Waterford to Garston, with
pit props, crew of 2 plus Captain and two daughters]
Rhuddlan. On Friday, the 10th inst., a beautiful schooner, 140 tons burthen,
named the Elizabeth Martha, was launched from the yard of Mr. John
Roberts, shipbuilder. At one p.m., the vessel glided majestically into
the water amidst the enthusiastic cheers of hundreds of spectators.
The ceremony of naming her was gracefully performed by Miss Jones,
daughter of Mr. Jones, timber merchant, Caerwys, who is the principal
owner of the craft. Immediately after the launch, about 60 gentlemen
sat down to a sumptuous and substantial dinner, provided by Mr.
Campbell, White Horse Inn, in his usual excellent style of catering.
After the usual loyal and other appropriate toasts, the company
separated highly gratified with the proceedings.
Duddon Feb 13. The Elizabeth Martha (of Amlwch) left here on the 11th,
and went ashore on the 12th, near Bootle, captain lost.
... Mr. E. Jones, Mate of the schooner Elizabeth Martha, Master drowned,
vessel wrecked four miles from Haverigg Point, attributes the loss to her being
heavily laden with iron ore.
Launch of the Neophyte at Rhyl. Rhyl has risen rapidly in public
estimation as a watering place, and its advantages in this respect will
always ensure success. We are glad to find that another important
source of prosperity is opened by the introduction of shipbuilding, for
which the estuary of the Clwyd at this spot offers peculiar
facilities, which, taken in conjunction with its near proximity to
Liverpool, together with the rate of wages in the country, are not
likely to be overlooked. Messrs. John M. Gladstone, and Mr. Treason, of
Liverpool, have taken the initiative by building the brigantine
Neophyte, which was launched on Saturday, the 22nd ult. at Voryd,
Rhyl. Although not the first actually launched, she was the first vessel
ordered at Rhyl, and the destined for foreign trade. The builder is
Mr. Robert Jones, whose execution of the contract has given entire
satisfaction to the owners. She is to be commanded by Captain
Ishbishter. ...
For Tampico. The beautiful new British-built clipper brigantine, Neophyte,
captain Casson, A 1 at Lloyds, 105 tons register, copper fastened and coppered. ...
Milford Nov 26. Wind NE. Arrived: Neophyte from Liverpool for
Tampico, with loss of jibboom and master drowned.
The brigantine Neophyte, which sailed July 6th for Liverpool, returned on the
20th to Sierra Leone, having lost the master, part of crew, and
several passengers from jungle fever.
SIERRA LEONE. Sept. 21. The Neophyte, Kidd, hence July 27 for Liverpool
(general cargo), has been lost off the River Pongas; master dead.
Launch at Rhuddlan. ... on Monday the launch of a very prettily
modelled smack of 100 tons burthen, took place, the property of Mr
David Jones, Caerwys, built on the banks of the Voryd, by Mr Roberts,
shipbuilder, Rhuddlan. The honour of naming devolved upon Mrs David
Jones, and at the appointed hour, the Eleanor most gracefully quitted
her position on terra firma ..
Milford. Feb. 3: The schooner Elinor, Davis, from London (manure), when trying to
leave the dock this morning for Haverfordwest, struck against the
entrance, carrying away bulwarks and stanchions on port bow.
St Tudwal Roads. Sept 22, Arrived: The Elinor, Davies, from Plymouth.
The schooner Elinor, from Bangor for Ayr, with slates, is ashore near
Portaferry and likely to become a total wreck. Crew saved. [also
reported as Ballyquintin Point; report dated 4 January]
Launch at Rhyl. A beautiful brig of 300 burthen called the Mary
Mandline,[sic Mary Maudline] coppered and copper fastened, was
recently most successfully launched from the building yard of Mr.
Robert Jones, at Foryd, who well merits the highest praise for the
admirable manner in which he has completed the above vessel, not only
to the perfect satisfaction of her owners, but with infinite credit to
himself. The principal owner, Mr. John Murray Gladstone, of Liverpool,
entertained Mr. Jones, his men, and a few friends at dinner at the
Royal Hotel, on the evening of the launch, when a few hours were
passed very sociably and pleasantly. The brig is named after Mrs. J.
M. Gladstone, who succeeded to admiration in breaking a bottle of
champagne on the bows of the ship as she majestically glided from the
stocks into her native element. The Mary Mandline sailed from the
Foryd in ballast on the 19th ult., to take in her cargo at Newport for
Rio Janeiro. She is the largest vessel that has ever been built at
Rhyl, and we trust the merchants of Liverpool will no longer go to the
Channel Islands for their ships, as many of them do, when they can
meet with such facilities as exist, so near home, at the port of
Foryd, where charges are very moderate, and where there is now easy
and cheap conveyance from the interior of the country to the port for
the finest kinds of ship building timber in the kingdom.
The Mary Maudline from Galantz to Falmouth, sailed from Sulina on Nov 9,
and has not since been heard of.
THE "MARY MAUDLINE." - This fine vessel, launched at the Foryd, Rhyl,
from the yard of Mr. R. Jones, in January last, and named after the
wife of the principal owner, Mr. J. M. Gladstone, Liverpool, has come
to an untimely end. She carried a valuable cargo from the Brazils to
Constantinople; and from thence up the Danube, from which river she
sailed on her homeward voyage on the 10th November last, with a cargo
of grain. It is supposed that she perished with all on board during
the severe gale that prevailed in the Black Sea immediately after her
departure, as, up to the 1st of she, Feburary had not arrived at
Constantinople.
Rhuddlan. The launch of a new schooner, of 70 tons burthen, took place
yesterday. She was built by the Messrs Roberts. One of the ladies
present acted as sponsor and named the vessel the "Charlotte." ... She
is a knavish looking little craft, intended for the coasting trade for
which she appears to be admirably suited.
ST. DAVIDS, Feb. 18. The Charlotte, schooner, of Beaumaris, from
Londonderry to Cardiff struck on the Ebb Rock, near Pantglas [sic
Porthglais in other reports], yesterday, and was abandoned in a
sinking state. She drifted on the rocks, and will be a total wreck
unless she receives the assistance of a tug which has been telegraphed
for. [Location: possibly Half tide rock - off Porthclais, dries 1.8m]
A New Lightship. On Tuesday a new lightship was moored at the entrance to Morecambe
Bay by the Midland Railway Company to take the place of the one that was
washed ashore at the West End last week. We understand from Mr. O.
Carr (Harbour Master) that the new vessel, which is larger than the
old lightship, is the schooner, Jameson, and belongs to a Liverpool
firm. It is intended to be temporarily used as a lightship until the
old boat has been examined. ... [see report of loss]
A Wreck off Colwyn. A sad disaster occurred off Colwyn late on
Saturday night. It had been blowing a full gale, accompanied by
torrents of rain and heavy snowstorms, which had covered the hills
deep with snow for miles. About nine o'clock, when the gale was at its
height, signals of distress were observed from a vessel in the offing.
The telegraph wire was requisitioned to communicate with the lifeboat
crew at Llanddulas and Llandudno. The Llanddulas lifeboat was there,
but the crew were unable to get out to sea in the teeth of the furious
gale prevailing. In the meantime, the vessel drifted nearer and nearer
towards the shore, and eventually she struck helpless, and was wrecked
immediately beneath the embankment of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway. A number of the residents of Old Colwyn and Colwyn Bay, whose
attention had been attracted by the signals of distress, had gathered
upon the shore and did all that was possible to assist in rescuing the
crew. The vessel was the schooner Jameson, bound from Liverpool to
Conway, laden with timber for P & H Lewis. Captain Samuel Roberts (in
command) and one of the seamen were dragged through the surf to
the shore, and, except for intense exhaustion, appeared uninjured. A
third seaman, however. had been caught by the waves and dashed with
such terrific violence against the bulwarks that both legs were found
to be badly fractured. The poor fellow was removed to the Cottage
Hospital at Llandudno. where he died. Another seaman was missing; and,
on Sunday morning, Acting-Sergeant R. H. Jones, in charge of the
police at Colwyn Bay, went down at low water to examine the wreck, and
in her he found the missing man jammed beneath the timber, dead. He
had been pinned in by the balks of wood, and had either been crushed
to death or drowned. The deceased was Thomas Rowlands, who resided at
10, Plas Isa Place, Conway, and, like Captain Roberts (who was his
brother-in-law), he was a native of Conway. The captain, surviving
seaman, and the corpse of the sailor were all removed to the Marine
Hotel at Old Colwyn. The Jameson was hard and fast ashore, and
tremendous seas were breaking over her. Her masts had been swept away,
her bulwarks and one side staved in, and she was rapidly breaking up.
[seaman saved : William Foulkes]
The flat Annie, reported on Hilbre Rocks yesterday, got off during the night.
Accident at Birkenhead. Narrow escape of 5 persons from Drowning. An
accident, by which the lives of five persons were jeopardised, occurred
at the Great Float, Birkenhead, yesterday morning, about ten o'clock.
At the hour named, the steamer Enniskillen, belonging to Messrs.
Johnson, Grainger, and Co., was proceeding down the East Float towards
the entrance of the lock, when, by some misunderstanding of orders on
board, instead of entering the look, the vessel sheared off and ran
into the flat Annie, which was lying alongside the north pier of the
entrance. The master of the flat, together with his wife and three
children, were on board at the time of the occurrence. The woman was
below in the cabin, as were also the children, who were
sleeping; and it was with the greatest dint of exertion these four were
saved, as more than three minutes did not elapse before the flat went
down. The woman was placed on board a flat which was lying a little
distance off, and the children, who were lifted out of the cabin
totally bereft of clothing, and presented a very pitiable appearance,
were put on board this flat also. The man, whose name is Clare, was
only rescued just as the flat's deck was disappearing under water. He,
too, lost all his earthly goods and chattels, having broken up his
house on shore for the purpose of betaking himself entirely to the
flat. Efforts will be made to-day to raise the sunken vessel, which is
rather a serious obstruction to the efficient working of the lock.
RHYL. LAUNCH OF THE HARRY HERBERT. Any person who has passed over the
Voryd by rail once or twice, must have noticed a very compact-looking
little brigantine on the stocks. Her keel was laid some twelve months
ago, and she is now completed, fully rigged; with sails bent. This
vessel will now be missed by those who have been accustomed to see
her. She was most successfully launched on Thursday last, between
12 and 1 o'clock. Her burthen is 250 tons, and she is intended for the
Mediterranean trade. She has been built by Mr. Robert Jones,
ship-builder, of Rhyl; and she does him much credit. Though the
launching of a vessel is not a very uncommon thing in Rhyl, still, as
may be supposed, there were many present to see the ceremony of
launching and christening: The latter was ably performed by Miss
Davies, daughter. of Davies, Esq. of Liverpool, who is one of her
owners. ...... We may mention that she will be commanded by Captain
Charles Jones, brother of the builder.
TO SHIP BUILDERS AND OTHERS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. ORMISTON,
at the house of Mr. Edmund Hunt, called the Railway Hotel, Prestatyn,
(a Station on the Holyhead Railway,) on the 28th of inst., at one
clock p.m. punctually. About 3,000 of prime OAK TIMBER, in lots,
suitable for Ship building purposes, the property of a party giving up
the business; a 10-ton two-masted Boat, with everything complete;
two 10-ton Lighters, a four-oared Gig, capstan and bars, blocks, &c.,
and a variety of other ship-building materials, the whole lying on the
Shipping Wharf, and within a short distance of the Railway Station.
Dublin. Arrived. Prestatyn, Pritchard, from Liverpool.
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See also "Neston and Parkgate: their links to the slave trade" by A
Annakin-Smith, which quotes vessels built at Parkgate in 1750s: Marquis of Rockingham; 1760s:
Lord Grey (later Lord North), Ponsonby, Kildare, Pretty Polly; 1780s: King, Queen,
Dublin, Ferret, Princess Royal, Active, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Sisters; 1790s:
Oporto, Dreadnought. Building at Parkgate by Makin & Washington
declined when Washington died in 1789 and Makin was declared bankrupt soon afterwards in 1790.
Kildare 1758
Pretty Polly 1768
King 1785
Queen 1786
Princess Royal 1787
Dublin 1787
Ferret 1787
Charlotte 1788
Active 1788
Elizabeth 1789
Sisters 1789
Oporto 1790
Dreadnought 1790
.. arrived here [Dublin] from the same Place [Parkgate], in the Earl
Kildare, a fine new Ship just built at Parkgate, by Capt. M'Collogh.
[up to January 1758, Capt M'Collogh is reported as commander of the
Chester Packet from Parkgate to Dublin]
For Sale by Auction, At Mr. Manlove's, the George Inn, Parkgate, on
Friday the 30th of Sept. Inst. at two o'Clock in the Afternoon. The
Brigantine KILDARE, A remarkable fast sailing Vessel, built by the
late Captain M'Culloch, of Parkgate, well known in the
Dublin and Chester Trade, burthen about 140 Tons, with all Materials,
being a complete Vessel for the Accommodation of Passengers, and well
calculated for Trade where Expedition and an easy Draught of Water is
to be necessary - Inventories to be seen in the Hands of Mr. James
Folliot, of Chester, or on board said vessel, now lying at Parkgate.
[also was for sale in 1770 and 1775]
Arrived port of Chester: Pretty Polly, Troy, Dublin, Horses.
Kildare, Smith, Dublin, Horses.
Tuesday the 27th. the Brig Pretty Polly, Capt. John Troy, lately stranded on the
South Bull, was taken up by Mr. Matthew, Cardiff, Shipwright, with much
Difficulty and Expence, and brought into Dunleary, but has not received
much Damage in her Hull.
Parkgate packets:
PARKGATE PACKETS, The nobility, gentry, and public in general, are
hereby informed, the FAVOURITE, Capt. HEWITT, and LADY FITZGIBBON,
Capt. HARRINGTON, two very complete PACKETS, have agreed to take their
turn in regular rotation with the KING, QUEEN, and PRINCESS ROYAL
(established packets) for conveying passengers to and from DUBLIN to
PARKGATE; and will sail every day, or every other day at a certainty,
wind and weather permitting. No packets whatever are better equipped,
manned, or have better accommodations, or more experienced masters, or
pilots to conduct them, nor people who pay more attention to their
passengers, and make their time as comfortable as possible whilst on
board; as several years experience have already evinced. The
proprietors return thanks for the great encouragement they have
hitherto met with, and hope, by paying every attention to the business,
to merit their future patronage. J Mathews, agent.
WHEREAS it hath been represented to the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, that a most violent outrage was on the 9th day of October
last committed at Parkgate, in the county of Chester, on Lieutenant
Thomas Tennis, Commander of His Majesty's hired tender Favourite, and
the master and crew of the said vessel, by the crews of the several
packets called the King, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, and Princess
Royal, who, assisted by others (in all about 30) armed with cutlasses
and other offensive weapons, went on board the Favourite, and after
assaulting and ill treating the said Lieutenant and the Master, and
crew above-mentioned, rescued from them a seaman, who had been
impressed by the said Lieutenant, and feloniously stole and carried away
two cutlasses and two pistols, the property of His Majesty. Whoever
shall give such information to Mr. Finchett, attorney in law, Chester, as
shall be the means of apprehending the said offenders, or any them, that
they may be brought to justice, shall receive a reward of FIFTY GUINEAS,
to be paid on their conviction, by Mr. Bicknell, solicitor to the
Admiralty, Spring Garden Terrace, London.
JAMES BROWN of Parkgate, formerly Captain of the Princess Royal
Packet, for twenty years, impressed with gratitude for the many favours hitherto
conferred on him, by the nobility, gentry, and others, begs they
will accept his thanks for the same, and respectfully informs them
that he has purchased TWO PACKETS, elegantly fitted for the
accommodation of passengers, from Parkgate to Dublin, and humbly
solicits a continuance of that support as long as he shall merit it.
N.B. The above packets sail for Dublin regularly twice a week.
[Loftus, Besborough]
The Princess Royal and Besborough, Parkgate Packets, rode out the gale
on Saturday last in a capital style, owing to their being well found. His
Majesty's Yacht Dorset, and the Loftus Parkgate Packet, which left
Parkgate on Wednesday last, are arrived safe at Holyhead.
The Proprietors of Parkgate Packets beg leave to inform the Public,
... they beg leave to state, that the only established Packets between
Dublin and Parkgate are the Loftus, Besborough, and Princess Royal,
under the inspection and licence of the Right Hon. and Hon. the
Corporation for preferring and improving the Port of Dublin, and that no
other Packet or Packets sail at present for Parkgate, nor have done these two
years but the above mentioned vessels, each of which is commanded by a
Proprietor. J. BROWN, Sen. and Co.
Deaths. Last week, suddenly, on his passage from Dublin, Capt James
Brown, commander of the Besborough Packet of Parkgate.
SALE. ... The good Brigantine, KING, PARKGATE PACKET, with all her Materials, as
she now lies in dock, near Messrs. Carson & Co.'s building-yard, in
Chester. Particulars may be had by applying to Mr. Lyon, of
Neston; or Mr. Dixon, Chester,
From Londonderry: On Thursday evening last, the brig King, John Reed, master, laden
with a valuable cargo of wheat and flour, from Drogheda, missed stays
in passing the Otter bank, about two miles below the Quay, and
unfortunately struck against a rock. The vessel immediately began to make
water, and the Pilot for his safety and that of the crew put her on
the opposite bank, where, notwithstanding every exertion of the master
and crew, she shortly afterwards fell over into the channel and sunk
in seven fathoms water. Nothing but the topmasts now appear above
water; the cargo is all insured, but we are sorry to say, the vessel is
not, and the unfortunate Captain, is also part owner - thus after surmounting
the dangers of seas, he sees his whole property lost in a narrow creek
within two miles of the town, and himself bereft of the fruits of many
years toil and industry.
Saturday last was launched at Parkgate, a fine new vessel called the
Queen; she is intended as a Packet to convey Passengers between that Place and
Dublin. This Packet is allowed to be the best constructed Vessel for
that Purpose, in this Kingdom.
THAT a new Vessel, called the KING, of one Hundred Tons Burthen,
was launched at Parkgate, in September, and another Vessel, called the
QUEEN, of the like Burthen, was launched at the same Place, on the 4th of
March, 1786. These two Vessels, completely equipped, well manned, and
fitted up with every suitable Accommodation, with skilful and experienced
Commanders, are united with the PRINCE OF WALES, Capt. Heird, and form
together three complete Packets, for the sole Purpose of conveying Passengers,
and their Equipage, to and from Dublin; and will sail three times a
Week, regularly, Weather permitting. ...
Sailed: Queen of Parkgate, and Hawke of Liverpool, passengers.
... Parkgate, from whence those four stout new vessels, the King, Queen, Prince of Wales
and Princess Royal, Packets, sail regularly four times a week to Dublin.
We hear from Parkgate, that on Thursday next, the 2nd Inst. will be
launched there a new Packet, to be called the Princess Royal, in
addition to the King, Queen, and Prince of Wales Packets, for the
safe Conveyance and Accommodation of the Nobility, Gentry, and
others, passing to and from Dublin.
PRINCESS ROYAL. Arrived on Saturday last, from Parkgate, THE
PRINCESS ROYAL, (an elegant new Packet), Captain Browne, ...
The Princess Royal, Phillips, from Liverpool, is lost at Fayal.
Sale... The good Brig DUBLIN, Burthen (per register) 67.5 tons, Parkgate
built, about three years old, with accommodations for passengers,
built for the DUBLIN TRADE, and calculated for the stowage of
pipes of wine from 110 to 120, and very fit for any trade, as she
draws only nine feet water when loaded. Inventory of her rigging and materials
to be seen at the New Crane.
Lerwick. March 4. Dublin, Leslie, of Lerwick, from Leith, Brassey Sond.
[Later report: Leith arrived Feb 9 1805, Dublin, Leslie, from Lerwick]
On Wednesday se'nnight the Brig Dublin, from Leith for Newcastle, with
herrings, struck upon the rocks off Holy Island; she afterwards got
ashore on Ross Links, and is since gone to pieces. Crew saved.
.. All Persons who have any demands against the estate of the late John
Washington, of Parkgate, deceased, of the firm of Makin and
Washington, ship-builders, are desired to render their accounts to
William Ainsworth, of Heswall, or Samuel Steele, clerk of West Kirkby,
Cheshire, executors of the late John Washington, ...
Bankrupts: Thomas Makin, of Parkgate, Cheshire, shipwright.
Same day was launched at Parkgate, a fine new vessel, upwards of 200
tons burthen, called the Charlotte, Richard Smeaton, master, built
for the Irish trade between Dublin and London; which, in the opinion
of judges, does credit to Mr Makin as builder.
The Charlotte, Bacon, from Portsmouth, to Cork, is totally lost near
St. Alban's Head. The master, mate, and two seamen, took to the jolly
boat, and it is feared are drowned.
It appears that Jerome Bonaparte's ship, the Veteran, had parted from
the rest of the French Squadron, in the Gulph of Florida; but whether
their separation were the result of accident or design is not known.
It was the 16th instant, about 200 miles from Brest, that the Veteran
fell in with the Quebec fleet, under the convoy of the Champion
frigate. The Champion was manoeuvred with great promptitude and
skill, by her gallant Commander, in order to afford an opportunity
for her convoy to escape. She crossed the enemy's hawse several times,
but was at last obliged to make sail fo avoid being captured. We
understand that, having effected their capture, Jerome ordered
the prizes to be burnt; after the persons who were sent to execute that
service had supplied themselves with a few necessaries.
The
following are the names of the ships destroyed: Ellison, Souter, and
James, Starme, for Portsmouth; Silver Eel; Stephenson, and John
and James, Dowell, for London; Esther, Sanderson, for Liverpool and
Sarah, Gill, for Belfast. The Passengers belonging to the above,
were put on board the American ship Alert, which reached Portsmouth on
Wednesday morning. Jerome ordered the apprentices to be liberated, as
well as the Captains, and detained only the Seamen, of whom there
were 120.
The Helton, from Newfoundland to Oporto, and the Active,
Carr, from Antigua to Dublin, are also said to have been taken and
burnt by the Veteran.
For Lisbon, to sail with the first convoy. The ship Sisters,
Captain Charles Handcock, ... apply John Tomlinson.
The Marine List: ... The Sisters, Parker,
from Falmouth to Lisbon, is taken and burnt near Scilly.
WRECK OF THE ELIZABETH OF ARKLOW [sic]. On Sunday morning at daylight the man
on duty at Howth Coastguard station observed a vessel on shore at
Baldoyle Bank. The crew were evidently in great distress, and were
signalling for help. The vessel proved to be brig Elizabeth, of
Arklow, bound from Liverpool to Dundalk for coal. At 6 a.m. the Royal
National Lifeboat, Clara Baker, proceeded to her assistance. and
reached the wreck with great difficulty, a fierce gale blowing from
the east and a heavy sea running. The brig was on her beam and
rapidly going to pieces. With great danger to the lifeboat and her gallant
crew, they succeeded in dropping anchor and heaving a line to the
sinking vessel. They then sent the life buoy, by which means the crew,
five in number, who were clinging to the rigging in the most extreme
peril and greatly exhausted, were drawn through the water from the
wreck to the lifeboat, and after a heavy pull they reached Howth in
safety. Too much credit cannot be given to the crew of the lifeboat,
every man of whom performed his duty with courage and resolution. Mr.
Woodley, the chief officer, also deserves especial mention for the
assistance he rendered. The shipwrecked men received every attention
from the families of the coastguards, by whom they were provided with
dry clothing and refreshments of which they stood greatly in need, as
they had lost every article they possessed.
RNLI report. The Howth lifeboat saved two men from the lugger Emerald Isle, of
that place, which had dragged her anchors and driven ashore, the sea
breaking heavily over her at the time; also the crew of five men of
the brig Elizabeth, of Whitehaven, which had stranded on Baldoyle
Bank. The latter vessel was found on her beam ends, with the men in
the rigging and the sea rolling over them. A communication having been
effected by means of the heaving cane and line, a lifebuoy was veered
to them, and they jumped one by one into sea, clinging to the buoy,
and were hauled into the lifeboat.
PORTUGAL. The Oporto, J Pennant, from Oporto, with 6 pipes oil for P
and R Dawson, 59 bags cotton, 41 pipes 44 hhds wine, 60 boxes lemons,
30 cwt. cork order.
[May 22-25] Oporto, Pennant, from Oporto to London; and Maria, Mitchell, from
London to Demerara, are taken by the French.
Reports - one is possibly the Parkgate built vessel:
Whitehaven. Arrived. Dreadnought, McAdam, Isle of Man.
Liverpool. Arrived. ...., Dreadnought, Ennis, Two Sisters, Cullen, all from Wexford, with oats,
beans, tanners waste, &c,
During the late tempestuous weather, a sloop from Wexford, the
Dreadnought, laden with barley, and bound for this port [Dublin], was driven
off the coast and lost. The master and two seamen perished.
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[Steam vessels built Conwy or Trefriw: Conway Castle 1837
(converted to sail 1845);
Temple 1874].
The Cumbrian shipping registers also list the following Conway-built vessels:
Betty Bg 75t 1743; Alexander 40t 1770; Truelove Sl 40t 1774; John & Henry Bg 74t 1785;
and the Caernarfon register has a sloop Speedwell, built Llanrwst 1756.
Pennant Sl 30t 1775;
John & Betty Bg 133t 1785;
Utility Bg 127t 1785 ON9267;
Fanny S 223t 1790;
Providence Bg 147t 176;
Indefatigable Bg 139t 1801 ON25045, built Trefriw;
Providence S 225t 1802;
Samson Sp 30t 1802 ON18987;
Eleanor Bg 107t 1804;
Diana F 55t 1809 ON6966;
Trefriw Trader Sl 21t 1809;
Endeavour Bg 123t 1812;
Jane & Betty Sp 67t 1813, built Thomas Roberts;
Union Sl 67t 1814 ON10659;
Reynolds Bg 94t 1819;
Caerhûn Cu 20t 1819 ON16401, built Caerhûn;
Varchwell Sp 16t 1820 ON13352; built Caerhun;
Llansaintffraid Trader Sl 28t 1825 ON10255;
Union Sr 71t 1826, built Robert Roberts
Five Sisters Sr 96t 1828;
Conovium Sl 34t 1832 ON9853;
Lady Willoughby Sr 69t 1833;
Sarah Anne Sr 69t 1835 ON8838;
Jane & Catherine F 41t 1837 ON13357, built Richard Thomas.
Alice Sl 26t 1838 ON16453, built Robert Roberts;
Centenary Sr 63t 1839 ON23914, built John Jones;
St Ffraid Sl 29t 1839, built Richard Thomas;
La Jolie Fille Sr/y 54t 1839, built Caerhun;
Lady Erskine Sr 59t 1840, built John Jones;
Lady Champneys Sr 55t 1840 ON17232, built Richard Thomas;
Connivum Sm 26t 1840 ON10259,built Richard Thomas;
Lord Willoughby Sr 63t 1841 ON3102, built Richard Thomas;
Ann Sp 20t 1841 ON10655, built Richard Thomas;
Palanquin Bk 258t 1841, built Jones;
Taliesin Sk 15t 1841 ON13355, built Llansantffraid;
Abbey Sp 37t 1842 ON1870, built Richard Thomas;
Carnedd Llewelyn (also Llywelyn) Sk 24t 1843 ON16433, built Caerhun;
Mystery Bg 156t 1843, built John Jones.
Vale Sl 43t 1843 ON24030, built Richard Thomas;
Ann & Margaret Sl 18t 1843 ON25034; built Llansantffraid (?);
Ordovia Sl 67t 1844, built Caerhun.
Phoebe Sr 66t 1844 ON10656, built Trefriw;
Ann F 44t 1847 ON8884; built John Jones;
Adieu Sl 21t 1847 ON21264, built Samuel Roberts;
Leitrim Sr 73t 1847 ON10343;
Elizabeth Sl 38t 1847 ON12386, built Trefriw;
Ann & Catherine Sr 79 1849 ON10611; built Tal-y-Cafn;
Palendar Sp 33t 1850 ON24331, built Richard Thomas;
Ann & Ellen Sl 40t 1851, built Llansantffraid;
St Tudno Bg 53t 1853, built Thomas Jones;
Margaret & Elizabeth Sp 30t 1853 ON8614;
Penelope Sr 87t 1855 ON10644, built Thomas;
Henry & Catherine, Sr 80t, 1855, ON4236; built Caerhun.
Lady Augusta Sl 45t 1856 ON13359;
Edward Moore Sr 77t 1857 ON18453
Emma Sr 63t 1857 ON17848;
Mary Sr 59t 1857 ON19572;
William Ockleston Bn 122t 1857 ON8451, built Caerhun;
Utility Sr 99t 1858 ON20854 built Talycafn;
Ellen Sr 129t 1858 ON21326, built J Roberts;
Curlew Sk 36t 1858 ON20562;
General Havelock Sp 50t 1858 ON21265 (later motor vessel);
Henry Sr 78t 1858 ON22038, built Richard Thomas;
John Pegg Sr 97t 1858 ON21267, built Trefriw;
Unknown Sm 1859 built Tal-y-Cafn (?);
Jane & Margaret Sm 24t 1859 ON27337, built Llansantffraid;
Glan Conway Sl 41t 1859 ON27331, built (?) Llansantffraid;
Conway's Pride Sp 49t 1859 ON27336, built Bird & Jones;
Three Janes Sr 96t 1859 ON27334, built Roberts & Jones;
Ellen Sr 54t 1860 ON29222, later steam;
Mary Ellen Sr 65t 1860 ON28901, built Luke Roberts;
Mary Sarah Sr 91t 1861 ON29306, built Roberts & Jones;
Janet Sr 60t 1862 ON43870;
Emily Agnes Sr 59t 1862 ON44728;
Margaret Sr 57t 1862 ON43867, built Richard Thomas;
Ellen Myfanwy/Myvanwy Sr 57t 1862 ON47041, built Trefriw; lost 1911;
Sarah Lloyd Sl 34t 1863 ON47042, built West Llandudno; lost 1903.
Betsey Sr 91t 1864 ON49948, built Roberts & Jones;
Louisa Dorroch Sk 12t 1864 ON47044;
Three Janes Sr 99t 1864 ON45669, built Luke Roberts;
Hannah Sr 68t 1865 ON52884;
Esther Sp 46t 1866 ON47049;
Seven Brothers Sr 53t 1867 ON56213, built Llansantffraid;
William Frederick Sr 91t 1867 ON56215, built Roberts & Jones;
Lizzie Sr 71t 1868 ON56694, built Roberts & Jones;
Annie Elizabeth Sp 54t 1869 ON63353, built Trefriw;
Annie Dy 22t 1870 ON63356;
Maggie Barratt Sr 107t 1873 ON58200, built Roberts & Jones;
Conovium Ke 86t 1891 ON97573, built Roberts & Jones;
Wreck 1917.
Conway, 15th July. ARRIVED. Hope, Hopwell, Annina, John & William, Rhyddlan
Packet, Brothers, Lion, Susannah, Welsh Mary, Jane. CLEARED OUT. Hopewell, Ann,
Tom, Lion, Jane and Mary, Industry, Annina, Flora, Peter, Ant, Lion.
[updated by list from North Wales Weekly News - Thursday 21 February 1957]:
We are helped to appreciate the scene at the port a little over a
century ago by "An Account of Ships belonging to this Port", a list
compiled by W. Jones, Customs Officer, and W. Roberts, Comptroller,
issued from the Customs House, Conway, on 28th August, 1823. The list
is as follows:
Year of registry, name of vessel, registered tonnage, owner, master.
1786, Providence, 21, Henry Rogers, Henry Rogers. (known to be lost since many years)
1788, Nancy, 16, Ed. Roberts & W. Owen, Ed. Roberts. (known to be lost and register saved)
1790, Union, 22, Roger Roberts, Dd. Davies. (known to be lost and register not saved)
1795, Speedwell, 11, Wm. Davies, Hy. Bolton. (lost - many years with certificate)
1797, Betty, 10, Wm. Roberts, Wm. Benjamin. (lost with register)
1798, Speedwell, 13.5, Hu. Edwards, Dd. Hughes. (lost with register)
1799, Providence, 58, O. Williams, Robt. Roberts.
1801, Lark, 18.5, Ed. Edwards, Evan Edwards.
1806, Mary Ann, 40, Hu. Williams, Robt. Roberts,
1808, Favourite, 16, Rd. Lythall, Pat. Brown. (known to be lost on coast of Anglesey)
1809, Diana, 74, Robt. Thomas & Co., Wm. Samuel. (now of Amlwch Port)
1809, Annina, 30, Hy. Evans, Hugh Poole.
1811, Trefriw Trader, 21, Ed. Edwards, Robt. Roberts.
1814, Hope, 14, Ed. Edwards, Robt. Jones.
1814, Industry, 59.5, Ed. Edwards, Thos. Roberts.
1815, Flora, 72, Robert Williams & Co., John Jones.
1815, Hopewell, 29, Robt. Williams & Co., Robt. Williams.
1817, Friends Delight, 34.5, Robt. Williams & Co., Wm. Jones. (now of Amlwch Port)
1818, Bonny Kate, 33, Thos. Lloyd, Robt. Thomas.
1818, John & William, 12, John Jones of Rhyd, Abraham Williams.
1819, Dasher, 6.5, Ow. Owens of L'dno, Ow. Owens.
1820, Sally, 95, Robt. Williams & Co., Rd. Williams.
1823, Sparling, 8, Dd. Evans, Rd. Evans. (lost register not saved)
1821, Varchwell, 20, H. D. Griffiths, Rd. Thomas.
1822, Union, 67, Robt. Jones & Co., Robt. Jones.
1823, Hannah, 30, Robt. Williams, Robt. Thomas.
Space forbids our relating what is known of some of them, suffice it
here to note that the list includes a ship built at Llandrillo - the
first-named Union - an almost incredible fact to us today.
Deaths. ... On the 22d of November last, in the 31st year of his
age, Mr. William Hudson, mate of the John and Betty, Captain Tunstall
(and brother of Mr. Hudson, attorney at law, in Maryport), who, with
the Captain and the rest of the ship's crew, unfortunately perished on
Ribble-Banks, on the coast of Lancashire.
BRAUNTON. Noble Life-boat services. Braunton, Wednesday Night. Capt.
Gray Jones, the Junior Inspector of Life boats to the National
Institution, reports that he went off this afternoon in the Ilfracombe
life-boat, and had fortunately placed [sic] up the crew of five
belonging to the schooner Utility. The weather was very stormy, and
the ship is totally lost in Morte Bay. [also described as a barque,
of Workington, Captain Larkin, crew took to their boats and were
picked up by lifeboat]
Brig INDEFATIGABLE, built at Conway, in North Wales, copper fastened, and
coppered; 159 91-94 tons per register; sails remarkably fast, and
carries a good cargo for her tonnage; shifts without ballast, has good
inventory, and well adapted for any trade where a vessel of her size may be
employed. Now lying at Messrs. Amon Hill and Son's Dock, Limehouse, John Pavy
master.
FOR SALE, The fine well-known Brig INDEFATIGABLE; 128 tons register; built at
Trevrew, in Wales, of the best English oak, and carries about 225
tons on a moderate draft of water; is sheathed with zinc, and is in
excellent order, having lately had extensive overhaul, and would be a
most desirable vessel for the iron ore or Baltic trades; can shift
without ballast; in Huskisson dock.
The brig Indefatigable (of Drogheda) parted her cables, and was
beached inside Moville pier during a south-easterly gale. She will
probably get off when the gale moderates. Crew safe.
Maryport. Arrived, Indefatigable, from Belfast.
Belfast. Sailed. Indefatigable for Maryport. [last voyage found]
Voyage Holyhead to Pwllfanog, with bricks, leaky and foundered 29
April, 1847, crew saved.
Another vessel of the same name was registered Chester
50/1836, 45 tons, ON13353, built 1826 at Chester. Master Garratt 1833-49. Lost 29 January
1865, off Point Lynas, crew saved.
Caernarvon. Arrived [Feb 4] Trefrew Trader, Parry, from Liverpool.
[last voyage found with master Parry]
HOLYHEAD, MAY 1. - A small sloop, called the Trefriw Trader, of
Carnarvon, laden with bricks from Holyhead for Pwllfanog, was
swamped at the race off the head on Thursday the 29th ult. She had
left the harbour but a few hours when she sprung a leak and foundered.
The master and crew with difficulty saved themselves in their small
boat. The cargo belonged to Mr. Betts, Railway Contractor.
A Hundred years ago.
LOSS OF THE TREFRIW TRADER. Conway Built Sloop.
Just over a century ago, on April 29 1847, a little coaster, the
Trefriw Trader, foundered at Holyhead. The newspapers of the time
relate that she was swamped off the Head. She had left Holyhead only a
few hours when she sprang a leak and foundered. The master and crew, with
difficulty, saved themselves in their little boat. Laden with bricks
for Mr Betts, railway contractor, (the line to Holyhead was then under
construction), the vessel was on her way to Pwllfannog, a now
forgotten wharf on the Menai once much used by the old coasters. This
unfortunate incident, then so common an occurrence, had we the
background, would reveal aspects of life and industry now almost
completely lost, but of peculiar interest because of the vessel's
connection with Trefriw and the Conway river. The name of the little
boat itself arouses curiosity; there is often romance in the names of
ships.
NAME LINKS. At this period there were other "Traders" bearing
names that linked them with neighbouring ports. There was a
Llansantffraid Trader, a Rhyddlan Trader and a Holyhead Trader. The
choice of those names implies that there was a profitable trade to and
from the places to which the ships were attached. The coming of the
railways sounded the death-knell of much of the coastal trading, as
well as bringing about other great social changes. The railway, for
instance, had literally sealed off access by coaster to Llansantffraid
(Glan Conway) and to Rhyddlan. The Trefriw Trader was built at Conway
in 1809; her first master was a Thomas Roberts. Her joint owners were
then Edward Edwards and Robert Williams, both described as "merchants"
of Conway; Thomas Rogers, "shopkeeper," of Trefriw, and John Williams,
also "shopkeeper," of Dolwyddelen. These "merchants" and
"shopkeepers" would naturally patronise their own vessel for
conveyance of their wares from Liverpool, Chester, etc. She was
classed as a sloop and carried a cargo of about 65 tons [sic, 30 more
likely]. In 1824 she was registered anew, having passed into the
ownership of eleven persons belonging to the Bangor neighbourhood, but
including a William Jones, "quarryman," of Cae Coch, and a Peter
Angelenetta, "hawker," of Caernarvon. The holding of shares by local
humble folk was a feature of the coastal shipping business. In 1837
she again changed ownership.
Sailed: Endeavour, Price, Pernau [now Pärnu]
Liverpool 4th arr Endeavour, Price, from Wyburg.
London: arrived. From Limerick with grain, etc: Endeavour, Brooke.
[quoted as 114 tons] [last voyage found with master Brook/Brooke]
THE good Brig ENDEAVOUR, 123 tons per register (O.M.), and 115
tons (N M ), built at Conway, single bottom; has had very extensive
repairs, new keel, floors, futtocks, and ceiling, &c., and carries
about 175 tons of coals; is well found in stores, and ready for immediate
service. Now discharging her cargo from Limerick at Alderman's Tier. ...
[for sale at Sunderland, December 1838]
Sale... The good Sloop JANE & BETTY, Late John Gibbons, Master;
burthen per register 67 tons; lying in the Prince's Dock. Further
particular may be had, on application to the present Master, Mr. OWEN,
....
Monday Dec 8. The sloop Jane & Betty was driven on shore in Holyhead
bay at 3am this day.
Liverpool 8th Dec. The Jane & Betty, of this port, is on shore in Church Bay, crew saved.
FOR BELFAST, THE Brig REYNOLDS, of Liverpool has room for a few Tons of GOODS,
if Shipped before the 3d of September. For Freight, apply to Captain Burstall, on
board, George's Dock; ...
A large brig, supposed to be the Reynolds, Harrison, from Dublin, for
Liverpool, with wheat, went down, with all on board, off Langness
Point, Isle of Man, during a storm about 2 p.m. on Wednesday last.
A curiosity: between 1871 and 1889, the no.2 lifeboat at Montrose was named as the
"Roman Governor of Caerhun".
Explanantion [from
Dundee Courier - Friday 11 November 1892]:
Montrose lifeboat history....
The old boat was replaced in 1874 by a new one, 30 feet by 8 feet,
pulling eight oars, the gift of Mr Dafies Griffith of Conway, who had
given £400 to the Institution to defray the cost. The same name, Roman
Governor of Caer Hun, was given to her. This designation was suggested
to Mr Griffith by his friend, Mr Gladstone, the Prime Minister, on
account of Mr Griffith having on his property in North Wales the remains of a
Roman encampment resembling one near Rome, which Gladstone had seen.
Caerhun.... Celebrate coming of age .... On the first day, a new
Cutter, called the Rhûn, was launched at Conway, amid the
acclamations of thousands, and the roar of cannon....
On Monday the 24th ult. was launched, at Caerhun, near Conway. (being
the day on which H. D. Griffiths, Esq. of Caerhun, came of age,) a
fine pleasure yatch [sic], built of real British Oak. She slided into the
water in a most magnificent style, to the gratification of a large concourse of
ladies and gentlemen, the tenantry of Caerhun, and numbers from the
surrounding neighbourhood.
Sale.. The handsome Cutter CAERHUN, now lying in Carnarvon harbour. The Caerhun is
British built, and was launched in 1819; her length, from the fore
part of the main stern to the after part of the stern post aloft, is
38ft. 10in.; breadth, at the broadest part, 13ft. 9in.; and height, in
the hold, 6ft. 11in.; is square sterned; and her burden, per
register, 24 2-94 tons. The vessel is in good condition, is well found
in cables, sails, and requisite conveniences. ...
Varchwel/Farchwel is an old farmhouse near Caerhun. It is on the estate owned
by Hugh Davies Griffiths.
The 1823 list of Conwy vessels includes: first
registered 1821, name Varchwell, 20 tons, owned H. D. Griffiths,
master Rd. Thomas.
Voyage Bangor to Liverpool, wrecked in Conwy Bay, 13 November 1844, master Wrench and 1 crew lost,
one, son of master, saved by boat from shore. Presumably refloated and repaired.
For sale at Cemaes, Anglesey, 1882.
Liverpool. Friday 15 November. Verchwat[sic Varchwel], Wrench, from
Bangor for this port, is wrecked near Conway; master drowned.
Lord Willoughby d'Eresby. This nobleman, with his characteristic
liberality, has presented five pounds to the crew of the boat, that
signalise themselves by going out to the wreck of the Varchwel, of
Conway, and at the most imminent risk. Young Wrench had been for some
hours lashed in the rigging.
For Sale by Confidential Agreement - The useful and tidy sloop,
Varchwell, 16 tons register, 28 tons load, as it lies in Cemaes,
Mon, with all the sails and tackles.
Beaumaris. Arrived. Llansaintffraid Trader, Williams.
Port Penrhyn. Bangor. Cleared out: Llansaintffraid Trader, Williams.
Port Penrhyn. Bangor, Arrived. Llansantffraid Trader, Williams.
HOLYHEAD. Dec 5. ...
The Union, Richards, from Falmouth for Liverpool, ran on shore last
night, at Cwmyran [sic, now Cymyran], about six miles from hence, and is likely to
become a total wreck; crew saved.
THE WINE TRADE. We regret to have to announce the loss of the schooner
Five Sisters, of Conway, wine laden, and consigned to Messrs,
Palgrave, for the principal wine merchants of this city. This
unfortunate occurrence took place on the coast of Cornwall, near
Penzance, on the night of the 9th inst. The crew barely escaped with
their lives, and without saving a single article save the clothes they
wore. The vessel was laden with champagne. The following letter on
the subject was received here, in course of post, yesterday:
Penzance, 10th Nov. 1843. Gentlemen. I
am sorry to inform you that the schooner Five Sisters, of Conway,
Captain R. Thomas, loaded at Havre, by Mr. W. Davidson, to your
address, with a cargo of wine in cases, foundered at eleven last
night, after striking a shoal close to the Rundle Stone, between this and the
Landsend, the crew having barely a moment to save their lives in the
stern boat, without the possibility of saving aught beyond
what they stood in.
Please communicate this where interested. Not a paper has been
saved. Should the vessel break up in the daytime some of the goods may
be saved, which I will take care to secure. I shall also get the
protest extended, to protect the owners. I am, yours, &c.,
Richard Pearce, Agent for Lloyds.
Liverpool. Conovium, Jones, from Fishguard. [last voyage found, then in King's Dock
Liverpool: Conovium, 34, Jones]
The Gwydir Estate, a large land area and manor in the Conwy valley
passed to Lord Willoughby de Eresby in 1678.
Ship Launch at Conway. On Wednesday se'nnight, a new vessel of about
seventy tons burthen was launched at Conway. The pleasing ceremony
attracted a large concourse of spectators and on leaving the stocks
she was christened by Mrs Pringle of Bodlondeb: the Lady Willoughby.
She glided into the briny waves in most majestic style, amid the cheers of
the multitude, being decorated with a great number of beautiful flags.
The cheers were responded too by discharge of ordnance from Deganwy
battery. This vessel is owned by a few respectable tradesmen of
Conway and is intended to trade between that place and the Bristol
Channel. In the afternoon, a large party, above sixty in number, sat to an
excellent dinner at the King's Head Tavern on the occasion, to which we
understand, they did no discredit by their performances. After the
cloth was drawn, the chair was assumed by Mr Jones the surveyor of the
customs, and the vice chair by Mr Thomas Roberts and the evening was
spent with great conviviality. Among the toasts were the owners of the
Lady Willoughby and may every success attend their undertaking, was
drank most cordially. Several other local toasts were done due honour
to and the company broke up at a late hour.
Sale...
THE Smack LADY WILLOUGHBY 41 Tons Burthen New Register
The Flat ROBERT 43 Tons Burthen New Register
The sloop MARY ANN 31 Tons Burthen New Register
Together with all the Tackle, Furniture and property belonging to
the above vessels. Apply to Mr Richard Thomas or to Mr
John Jones, Ship-builder, Conway.
Port Talbot. July 5. The Lady Willoughby, bound to Amlwch, in leaving
this harbour yesterday, got aground on the North Bank, but was
hove off the following tide, without damage, and brought into harbour.
Liverpool. Arrived. Lady Willoughby, from Cardiff. [latest voyage found;
by 11 February 1853, lying in Sandon Dock at Liverpool, 70 tons.]
Launch. On Friday last, June 26th, a vessel was launched at Conway,
she was commenced by the late renowned builder, Mr. Robert Williams,
and was finished by able hands who were successors in the affair; the
owner is Mr. Guy, of Newry; captain, Mr. William Martin, Bangor. ....
and many to hope and wish well the Sarah Anne, Captain Morris and
crew.
Captain Lewis and crew of two men of the Bangor schooner Sarah Ann,
from Bangor to Belfast, with slates, were picked off their vessel on
Monday night, near the Calf of Man, by the tug steamer Flying Sylph,
and brought to Greenock yesterday. The Sarah Ann had to be abandoned
on account of having sprung a leak.
Sale: Smack. Jane & Catherine, Conwy, ... 55 tons, ... Apply to Mr O R Hughes, Trefriw.
The Jane and Catherine (smack), of Fishguard, Matthias, has driven
from her anchors and become a total wreck on the E side of Ramsey
sound; crew landed in their own boat.
A vessel with a similar name is Llansantffraid Trader (also
Llansaintffraid Trader and Llansantffraid) of Beaumaris,
ON10255, 28 tons, registered Beaumaris 60/1839, 29 tons, and
14/1852. Built Conway 1825.
Runcorn. Arrived. St Ffraid, Owens, from Penmaenmawr.
Chester. Llansaintffraid, Owens, Conway, slates.
Liverpool. Arrived. St. Fraid, Owens, Conway.
THE FOUNDERING OF THE CENTENARY. As announced in our Second Edition
yesterday, the schooner Centenary, outward bound with a cargo of road
metal, foundered at her anchors in Holy Loch during Saturday night's storm,
and the three men composing her crew were rescued. The men lost all
their effects. Captain Brotchie, the honorary agent for the
Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, sent home the crew on Monday. The crew
escaped by leaping on board a steamer that drove foul of them. When they
came to Greenock they were sent to the Customhouse to report the loss
there. Someone kindly gave a coat to the most needy one, and Captain
Brotchie gave the other two some new clothing, dinner, and tea, and
sent them home to Bangor.
APOLLO (Barrow, Jan. 29. The Apollo (s), Myerscough, of this port, from
Glasgow, via Douglas (Isle of Man), arrived here to-day and reports
that on Jan. 26 she anchored in Holy Loch on account of the gale, and
next day whilst riding at anchor there, during a violent NW gale with
snow, the smack Royal Arch, of Campbeltown, dragged anchor, came
athwart the steamer's bows, and sank, one of her crew being drowned.
Subsequently the Lily schooner, of Liverpool, dragged and touched the
Apollo's port bow without damage, and at the same time the schooner,
Centenary, of Liverpool, fouled the Lily, both vessels filling, the
crews were saved, and the Centenary then drifted out of the Loch and
foundered in 14 fathoms water. In the afternoon the master of the
Apollo made a warp fast from the Lily to the shore, and, slipping her
anchors, she was hauled ashore and beached, almost sinking, with loss
of foremast and bowsprit,
Report of William Hughes, master of the schooner Centenary, of
Liverpool. 62 tons, from Gourock, near Greenock. Jan. 17, at 2 p.m.,
for Liverpool, with 112 tons road metal:- Proceeded, and about 4 p.m.
they were off the Cloch Lighthouse, River Clyde, when the wind
increased with rain, and they put back for shelter, and about 5 p.m.
brought up in Holy Loch in nine fathoms water. Made two attempts to
proceed, but, the wind dying away, again came to anchor until 5 p.m. on the
28th. when, the wind increasing from S.S.E., let go a second anchor
and 30 fathoms of chain, and about 9 pm., the wind still increasing.
paid out all the chain on board, making 50 fathoms to each anchor, and
vessel rode until 2 a.m. on the 27th. At 2 am., the tide being ebb,
weather squalls of rain and snow, wind W.N.W., blowing a hurricane,
with a strong swell in the river, the vessel being still at anchor in
Holy Loch, River Clyde, began to drag her anchors until 3 30 a.m., when
she struck the ground, beating heavily, and making water. About 4 30
pm. the vessel was washed into the channel alongside the schooner
Lily, and, as she was then full of water and in a sinking state, the
crew of three men got on board the Apollo (s), of Barrow, then
anchored in the Loch. Deponents vessel afterwards washed ashore on a
point in the Loch, and beat about until 9 a.m., when she sank in 14
fathoms water in the Holy Loch, and is a total wreck, nothing being
visible when deponent left.
Conway. Arrived. Jolly Filly (y) Loading.
Conway - We regret to announce the destruction by fire, of La Jolie Fille,
schooner, on the morning of Tuesday last. At six in the morning,
smoke was seen to issue from the vessel, by a dairy maid and boy,
who immediately informed Owen Williams, the person in charge of
her. Williams, seeing smoke issue from the after cabin, raised the alarm
and in a few minutes, Mr. Griffiths of Caerhun, whose property this
fine vessel was, and all his household, was on the spot. By this time
the flames had burst out from the cabin, and every attempt to
extinguish the fire was totally inadequate to check its progress;
the copper bindings and figure head are all that could saved
from the burning wreck. There seems to be little if any doubt that
the fire was the work of an incendiary, for the disovery of
whom a reward of £100 has been offered by H. D. Griffiths.
Now ready for launching, at Conway, intended to be schooner
rigged, Length of keel, 53 ft; breadth, 17 ft 10 inches; depth of hold, 8 ft
9 in; length over all, 61 ft 7 in; will admeasure about 90 tons,
carpenters measure, and 59 tons, new measurement; is built chiefly of
English oak, of large scantling, under the inspection of Lloyd's
surveyor.
Also, a VESSEL, Now building at the same yard. Length of
keel, 63 feet; breadth of beam, 21 feet; depth intended, 11.5 feet: she
has nothing but English oak at present in her frame, and might be
finished under inspection, and can be copper fastened if required. Apply to Mr.
John Jones, Conway ....
Inquests... On Tuesday morning last William Rowland, another young sailor, aged
nineteen, one of the hands of the schooner Lady Erskine, fell into the
Prince's Dock and was drowned. It appears, he went on board about
midnight, rather intoxicated. About one, the policeman on duty heard a
plunge, and, fearing that some one had fallen into the dock, he
whirled his rattle, when another officer came to his assistance. They
could not see any thing in the water, nevertheless they used the
grapnel irons, and, after about an hour's search, dragged up the dead
body of Rowland, who was undressed. Verdict, found drowned.
Scrabster Roads. Lady Erskine, Parry, from Liverpool, sailed for Konigsberg, 17th.
Liverpool, Arrived. Lady Erskine, Parry, from Sligo.
[15 January. Canning Dock, Lady Erskine, 58, Parry; no further voyages found]
SERIOUS SHIPPING DISASTERS. The Lady Champney, which was towed into
Belfast yesterday, is discharging cargo, and making a good deal of water.
[stranded at Donaghadee, Derry for Liverpool with oatmeal]
Liverpool. King's Dock. Lady Champneys, 54, Hughes, Sleight & Co. [no later voyages found]
Connivum. Report of John James, Master of the smack Connivum, of Cardigan, 23 tons. On
Saturday, Nov. 2, at 6 P.M., tide three-quarter flood, weather
squally, wind N.W., a strong gale, the ship was lying at her moorings in Pwll
Gwailod, thumping heavily, she filled with water. [Pwllgwaelod, Dinas Cross]
Sale... FOUR Sixty-Four Parts or Shares of and in the schooner or
vessel called the LORD WILLOUGHBY now lying at Conway aforesaid, of
the burthen of 71 tons, or thereabouts, whereof Hugh Thomas is Master
Also Sixteen Sixty-four Parts or Shares of and in the Sloop or
vessel called the ALICE now lying at Conway aforesaid, of the burthen
of 26 tons or thereabouts whereof William Jones is Master.
The Alice
was launched in 1838 and the Lord Willoughby in 1841, and both vessels
are well found in all necessary materials. ...
Lord Willoughby. Report of John Hughes, Master of the schooner Lord
Willoughby, of Beaumaris, 62 tons, from Bangor, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m.,
for Silloth (slates): Proceeded, and in consequence the weather being
thick and stormy, anchored in Ramsey Bay (Isle of Man). At 10 a.m. on
the 20th, at 7 30 a.m. [sic], left Ramsay Bay for Silloth. At 5 p.m.,
tide near low water, weather hazy, wind S.W., strong, schooner having
passed Workington, was running up the Solway Firth N.E., when I found
the ship strike the ground, and, thinking the ship was on the tail of
the Robin Rigg Bank, Maryport Light bearing when last seen S.E., I
ported the helm, when the ship continued going ahead for about 10
minutes, when she suddenly slewed round with her head to the north and
remained fast, the sea breaking over her. Finding that the ship would
become a wreck, unshipped starboard gangway and got boat out and
abandoned her, with nothing saved but what we stood in, there being a
heavy broken sea on. Pulled boat before wind and sea for some time,
when we sighted Solway Lightship, then pulled direct for her. Passed
lightship about 7 p.m., and landed at Silloth at 8 30 p.m., after the
boat having several times nearly filled. Silloth, Jan. 21.
ANN. Cardigan, Oct. 22, 10 37 a.m. Smack Ann of Beaumaris, with culm, Milford
for Newport (Pem) foundered Cardigan Bay 4 p.m. yesterday; crew saved by Cardigan
lifeboat. [ketch; foundered 10 miles NW of Cemaes Head]
LAUNCH OF THE BARQUE PALANQUIN, AT CONWAY. On Tuesday last the 30th
ult., the above named barque was launched from the building yard of
Capt. John Jones, at Conway. This being the largest vessel ever built
in that port, great interest was excited among the inhabitants
generally. ... This fine vessel is intended for the Eastern trade ...
she will carry between 500 and 600 tons, is pierced for 16 guns, ...
We understand she was drafted by Mr E Robson ... owner Mr E B
Beaumont of Finningley Park, Yorkshire. ...
Sale... The new Barque PALANQUIN, Twelve years A 1; 258 30-100ths tons register, built at
Conway, and now fitting in the Coburg Dock. ... [and advertised 1843]
LOSS OF THE PALANQUIN, OF LIVERPOOL. On Tuesday, the subjoined letter,
detailing the loss of the barque Palanquin of Liverpool, Captain Edward
Mara, and the miraculous escape of the commander and a portion of the
crew to one of the Maldive Islands, was received in Liverpool and
posted at the underwriters' rooms.
The Palanquin, at the time she was
wrecked, was on her voyage from this port to Bombay, and struck upon
Nelson's Island, where she went to pieces. In some time after, a ship
called the Sultany, from the Mauritius to Aden, was boarded by Captain
Mara, off Suadava Island, whither he had made his way after the wreck,
and by him the following particulars, which will be read with
interest, were drawn up and forwarded by the captain of the Sultany to
Aden. On the arrival of the latter at Aden, he promptly forwarded
them to Liverpool, where, as we have said, they arrived yesterday.
On the 20th of December, 1844, having passed Dia Graccia [sic,
Diego Garcia], the weather being cloudy and the sun obscured. I was
unable to get an observation, and proceeded on my way towards Bombay,
steering N.E.E. till five o'clock on the morning of the 21st. when we
struck on Nelson's Island, in lat. 5. 40. south, and long. 72. 24.
east, being one of the Chagos Archipelago, towards which we were
driven in the night by a strong northerly current. Every effort was
made to get off, but without success, and the weather on the day
following becoming stormy, with a high sea, not only tended to the
greater destruction of the vessel, but also rendered it impossible for
us to do anything. However, as soon as it moderated, we endeavoured to
save as much of the cargo as possible, some of which was landed, but
in a damaged state, owing to the heavy sea, and our being obliged to
drag it through the surf. After remaining twenty-one days in the
vessel, being a perfect wreck, we were compelled to leave her and the
island, having no hope of seeing a ship pass that way. The crew,
consisting of thirteen men, two officers, and myself, in all being
sixteen, started in three boats - the gig, pinnace, and launch; the
first in charge of my brother, Samuel Mara, chief officer; the second,
Alexander Dobie, second officer; and taking the launch myself, in hope
of reaching Bombay. After twenty-five days' exposure to very bad
weather, we made the Adonmath Artoll [sic, Haddhunmathi?], one of the
Maldive Islands, in lat 2. 7 N., long. 73. 33 E., where we remained
two days, and again proceeded on our way with two boats, the gig
having been swamped about thirty miles to the south of the equator,
but providentially no lives were lost. We now steered towards the
Sultan's land, in hopes of getting a boat to take us in; but in
crossing the Vehemando Channel [sic], we were driven to the westward,
with strong current and adverse winds. Two days after leaving the Aden
Artoll, the second officer and six men in the pinnace parted company
from us, since which time up to this date, I have neither seen or
heard anything of them. When we reached 3 30 N. we were again driven
by strong currents to the equator, and there becalmed and reduced to
the extreme want of two biscuits amongst all during the day. We, at
last, by continually pulling at the oars, reached the Suadava Artoll
[sic, possibly Huvadhoo], another of the Maldive group, in lat. four
miles to 51 north [sic] and long. 73 13 east. We have now been on this
island eleven days, being fifty-one days from the time of our leaving
Nelson Island, and here we must remain till a change of the monsoon,
when the Maldive boats proceed to Bombay, in one of which the Sultan
has promised to send us. N.B. The land we struck upon is not marked in
any chart, but suppose it to be Nelson Island, by observation taken
through Horsburgh's account of same.
Ship Sultany, off Suadava Island, lat. 31 N , lon. 73 5 E., March 4,
1844.
We learn from Horsburgh's India Directory that the Maldives
consist of a chain or range of innumerable low islands and rocks,
extending nearly on a margin line from lat. 7. 6. N. to lat. 0. 40. S.
The large islands abound with cocoa-nut trees, and are generally
inhabited, but many of the others are only sandbanks and barren rocks.
The greatest breadth of the range is about twenty leagues, formed of
large groups or clusters, which are called by the natives Artolls.
Many of the channels are intricate - safe only for vessels that row
with oars, as the currents run strongly through them, to the east or
west generally, with the prevailing winds.
KINGSTOWN. Nov 10. The schooner Leitrim, Doolittle, from Liverpool for
Wicklow, lost a man overboard when off the Ormshead, on the 8th
instant.
Sale... AT WICKLOW. In consequence of a dissolution of partnership. The
Schooner. "LEITRIM," of Wicklow, as she may then be. Register 79 Tons,
O. M., built under Lloyd's inspection, classed A 1., is well found in
all materials and perfectly sea-worthy.
Through the medium of Mrs N Spargo of Rhydwyn, Llanrhyddlad, the
bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society has been presented to Captain
Doolittle of the schooner Leitrim from Wicklow to Liverpool, which was
wrecked in Church Bay on the Anglesey coast during the heavy gale on
the night of September 27. The captain swam ashore through a heavy
sea, and returned to the wreck with a line by means of which the crew,
who were lashed to the rigging, were saved.
Greenock. Sept 10. The schooner Phoebe, Hewitt, of Conway, from
Ardrossan for Newport (pig iron), went on shore yesterday on the west side of
the island of Bute, with loss of canvas and one boy. She will have
to discharge before the vessel can be got off.
PHOEBE. Whitehaven, Feb. 7. Report of William Barrow, Master of the Phoebe
schooner, of Belfast, 66 tons, from Maryport, Feb. 6, at 8 30 A.M.,
for Holywood (Belfast), with 102 tons coals: Proceeded, and when about 10
A.M. it came on to blow strong from S.S.W.; reefed mainsail, took in
topgallantsail and stowed it, and kept on voyage. About 2 PM.,
Workington Bank bearing N.N.W., distant seven miles, found ship had
commenced to make water, and we put about for the Cumberland Coast,
and kept ship short, tacking off and on, until we would have water into
Maryport. At 6 P.M., the tide being two hours from high water, wind S
S.W. (force 9), with a heavy sea from S.W., the ship arrived off
Maryport and made signal for tug, which did not come to us for some
time, and we prepared to sail in. When we were close on the outer pier
saw tug coming to us, and we put about to give tug time to get hold of
us, but he went to another vessel. We then tacked off and on until he
came again, and steamed under our stern. Clewed up topsail and got
tow-rope ready, but he again steamed off to another vessel. We then
tried to make the pier, but failed, and at the same time lost our
topsail and jib, the water still making on us and ship getting
unmanageable. About 8 P.M. put ship before the wind and ran ashore to
save life and property, about 8 30 P.M., abreast of Crosscanonby, where
she now lies, and should the weather keep moderate expect to get her off.
Maryport, Feb. 7.
Liverpool. Arrived Aug 6. Taliesin, Williams, [from] Red Wharf Bay.
Liverpool. Taliesin, Williams, Bangor. [last voyage found with master Williams]
Port Dinorwic. Arrived. Abbey, Hughes, Redwharf.
[June 7 Port Dinorwic, salied. Abbey, Hughes, Liverpool; last voyage found]
SHIPWRECK IN TRAMORE BAY. A brief, and somewhat incorrect, account of
the wreck of the brig Mystery having appeared in the local papers, a
more correct one, which have received from a gentleman residing near
Tramore, may not be uninteresting to our readers. On Thursday morning,
the 16th inst.. this vessel, bound from the Black Sea to the Port of
Galway, laden with Indian Corn, was unfortunately stranded about the
centre of the strand. Immediately after she struck, her crew,
consisting of the Master, Captain Williams, seven men and a boy, took
to the rigging, in consequence of the tremendous surge, for which this
bay is fatally remarkable in bad weather, one of the first breakers
having carried away their boat. They remained in this perilous
situation until about three o'clock, when they were rescued by two small
boats manned by six fishermen in each, who, regardless of their own
lives, rowed bravely through the awful breakers, and brought every
soul safe on shore, amidst the cheers of hundreds who were witnessing
the scene. It is said, by some of the old inhabitants, that the sea was,
at the time, running as high as when the Sea Horse Transport was wrecked
about the same place in 1816, when 300 men and 70 women and children
perished. It to be hoped that these poor men will be rewarded for their
bravery in saving those nine lives at the imminent risk of their own.
Although memorials are about to be forwarded by the Magistrates and other
inhabitants, on their behalf, to the Humane Society, there is little
encouragement for so doing, as, about two years since, two brave
fellows, named Sinnot and Kelly, risked their lives in the same way,
and only received a reward of ten shillings each. The vessel, in the
course of the next morning, completely upset and went to pieces. A
large quantity of the corn is driven in with each tide, and is
occupying thousands of the poor creatures, who, although obliged to be
up to their waists in the water in this inclement season, are carrying it
off in cars and baskets, and appear thankful for such a godsend, so
wretchedly off are they in this district without employment. These
disasters, which annually occur in this Bay, would be prevented, and
numbers of the industrious population gain a livelihood, if a small
Fishing Harbour, or Pier, so much required, were erected here. The
vessel was highly insured.
ISLE of WHITHORN, During a gale of wind on the 3rd May, the smack
Vale of Conway, of Port Dinorwic, was seen in a disabled state at some
distance from the land, off the south end of the Isle of Whithorn, in
Wigtonshire. The Life-boat Charley Peek was at once launched, and
proceeded through a heavy sea to the rescue of the shipwrecked crew,
this being her first service. The smack had been seriously damaged by
the breaking adrift of her main-boom, and had sunk in deep water. Her
own small boat was likewise stove, and all hope of saving their lives
had been given up by her crew of 3 men, when the Life-boat appeared on
the scene and conveyed them safely to the shore.
The service is reported to have been a very creditable one to all
concerned. The inhabitants of the small port had enthusiastically and
gratuitously assisted to launch the Life-boat, which was promptly
done, and the ready and able crew who manned her reported in high
terms of her behaviour on the occasion.
More detail of wreck and rescue. Reported launched 28 June 1842.
A sloop named "Ann Margaret of Conway" was reported wrecked near
Llansanffraid, in the 1860s - possibly the Ann & Margaret, reported
still afloat, was brought in to LLansantffraid, her home port, for
repairs but then abandoned.
CONWAY. Arrived (to Nov. 25) J & Catharine, Roberts, Mostyn;
Mersey, Cooper, Mostyn; Alice, Hughes, Mostyn; Ann & Margaret, Hughes, Mostyn;
Conovium, Ellis, Mostyn.
Sailed Jane & Mary, Parry, Liverpool; Ready to sail
Sluice, Hughes, Mostyn.
Canning: ... Ann Margaret, 15, Evans, T Evans, Conway
AMLWCH Jan, 30: SSE. rainy.
At 2 30 a.m. No. 9 pilot boat of Liverpool, picked up
derelict the schooner Newland, of Carlisle, 35 tons register, off
Puffin Island, with four feet water in the hold. The crew of No. 9 went
on board, and baled and pumped her out, and she came to anchor at 7 a.
m. It is not known what has become of the crew.
At 12 30 a.m. cries of
men towards the Sound of Puffin Island were heard, and they came up with
the sloop Ann and Margaret, of Conway, from Woodend (coal), with five
feet water in the hold. Took the crew (two in number) off, when the
vessel foundered. Wind a gale at SSE.
At 7 p.m. yesterday, the flat
Treffrew Trader, Roberts, from Woodend for Conway, foundered off Point
Lynas. The crew (three in number) got into their boat, and were picked
up No. 9 pilot boat about noon this day, and landed here.
Liverpool. As the Windsor (s), Dearl, was her passage from Dublin for this port, a
smack in a disabled state was observed, about half-past 7 yesterday
morning, about six miles distant from Port Lynas, in a south-easterly
direction. A boat was lowered, and manned by Mr. Angel and four of the
crew, who proceeded to the vessel with the intention of rendering
assistance or rescuing any one that might on board. On nearing the
smack, they ascertained that she was the Anne Margaret, of Conway, and
that her rudder-head was damaged and mainboom broken, but nothing
could be seen of the crew. There was a boat on deck with its bows
stove in. The vessel being partially filled with water, and a high sea
running, with a strong wind, it was not thought advisable to take her
in tow.
In 1858 Mr H Davies Griffiths is listed as living at Ordovia
Cottage, Tudno Street, Llandudno.
MALAGA. Feb. 27. The Ordovia, from Deina [sic, Denia] for this port,
to fill up for Liverpool, is on shore three leagues to the westward, a
total wreck.
Malaga, 28th Feb. The oil, except one butt, forming part of the
cargo of the ORDOVIA, Jarvis, hence to Liverpool, wrecked 24th inst.
three miles SW of Torremolina, has been saved.
Elizabeth. Cardigan. Oct. 3, 11 10 a.m. Ketch Elizabeth, with bricks, from
Cardigan, foundered midnight Cardigan Bay.
Elizabeth. Cardigan, Oct. 3. The ketch Elisabeth, of Carnarvon, from Cardigan for
Newquay (Cardigan), with bricks, foundered yesterday (as before
reported) near Cardigan Island, in about 15 fathoms water.
No Ann built 1847 is found in Beaumaris registry, although Ann, built Conway 1841, was
re-registered 1/1847, 20 tons. Newspapers
describe "flat Ann of Barmouth" as aground early 1864, reported from Porthdinllaen.
Possibly the two vessels Ann, built 1847, listed in Hen Longau, are the same.
Portdinllaen. Feb 8. The schooner Leader is still high up on the
beach, her cargo (coals) has been taken out and re-shipped; also the
flat Ann, of Barmouth.
PORTDINLLAEN. Feb. 20. The Flat Ann, of Barmouth, is not likely to float this spring.
[master Roberts]
Port Penrhyn. Cleared out.. Adieu, Roberts, with slates.
THE LIFEBOAT RESCUE OFF LIVERPOOL. A telegram received in Liverpool
yesterday from the outports announced the floating of the schooner
Adieu, which went ashore on the previous day at Hoylake, and whose
crew were subsequently rescued by the Hoylake lifeboat. The Adieu had
been twice ashore. The weather, from the time she got aground Hoylake,
was fortunately fair, and when the tide receded she was left high and
dry. Some repairs were then done the vessel, which enabled her to
float when the tide returned. [was ashore on East Hoyle Bank]
Launch. On Wednesday, the 4th instant, a fine schooner of about 120
tons was launched at Talycafn ferry on the river Conway the property
of Mr William Jones of Dolhyfryd. She took to her destined element, in
most beautiful style, amidst the shouts and acclamations of a large
concourse of spectators. Mr Jones had provided a good and substantial
dinner the occasion and contrary to the practice in use now-a-days,
took care to regale those, who from poverty, were unable to regale
themselves. ...
SCHOONER AHORE AT LEITH. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. At an early hour yesterday
morning, the schooner Ann and Catherine (of Beaumaris), Captain
Williams, was discovered ashore at Leith Sands, at a short distance
from the Black Rocks. Deputy-Dockmaster Watson, whose attention was
directed to the vessel, boarded her, and as he could discover no one
on board, fears were occasioned as to the safety of the crew. It was
subsequently learned, however, that the master and three men,
apprehending that the vessel would become a wreck, as she was fast
filling with water, had put off in the small boat about two o'clock in
morning, and sought shelter in the dredger which was lying near the
entrance to the harbour. Three men belonging to Leith proceeded to the stranded
vessel to take carge of her, but, early in the forenoon, they signalled
for assistance, and the Leith lifeboat was launched, proceeded to the
vessel, and brought the three men safely ashore. The Ann and Catherine
was from Bangor to Leith, with slates, and the master was supposed to
have mistaken the lights. The vessel struck on the Black Rocks, and
the damage done was so great that the water flowed into her rapidly.
At high tide the sea was several feet above the decks, and last night
as she still continued in a dangerous position it was feared that she
would become a wreck.
Shipwreck Near Aberdaron. - On Monday the 11th inst.,
the flat "Palendar," belonging to Barmouth, was totally wrecked in
Bardsey Sound, off Aberdaron, when two of the crew, the captain and
another sailor - all the crew but one boy - were lost. The flat was bound
from Drogheda to Barmouth, and had a cargo of flour and oatmeal on
board. A strong gale was blowing right on the point from the
South-west, and on the vessel rounding the promontory, she lost her
mast, and was drifted in consequence on the rock-bound coast of
Bardsey Sound and struck close on the rocks. The boy after going into
the ship for his Bible, took advantage of a wave, leaped on the beach
and managed to scramble on a ledge of a rock a little above the water,
and so managed to save himself. Before, however, the poor men could
follow his example, a large wave broke up the vessel, when they were
drowned when thus close on shore and under the very eyes of the
frightened boy. It is a wonder that the boy got safely from his
perilous position as the rocks in the spot are quite precipitous,
with only a ledge here and there. The vessel itself was dashed to
pieces and became a total wreck. The rescued then started on his way
to Pwllheli where he was most kindly received and a quantity of money
given him - the incident of his saving only his Bible from the ship
creating for him a great deal of kindly sympathy. In fact, by many,
his escape is looked apon as the direct interposition of Providence.
Sale ... Bangor ... All that newly built sloop or vessel called the
ANN and ELLEN, of the port of Beaumaris, of the burthen of Forty Tons,
new measurement, whereof John Jones is Captain, as the same is now
lying at Port Dinorwic. This vessel, which was built of the best
materials, under the immediate inspection of the principal owner, was
only launched in October last,...
Porthleven - off the Lizard - March 19. Arrived the St Tudno, Garrett, from Conway for London.
The brigantine St. Tudno, of Conway, for Plymouth, left the Tyne about
the 22nd ult, and has not since been heard from. [Wreck returns state 10 lost]
CONWAY. - LAUNCH OF THE PENELOPE. This anxiously anticipated event
came off, with great eclat, on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The weather,
fortunately, being very favourable, a vast number of the inhabitants
of the surrounding locality congregated together to witness the
scene. The vessel, which is a fine looking schooner of 150 tons
burthen, lay on the premises of Mr. Thomas, ship-builder. Her
appearance is extremely graceful, her model resembling in symmetry and
lightness that of a gentleman's yacht, rather than an ordinary vessel
calculated for commercial purposes. She does credit to the builder
in every respect. At the hour appointed, the anxiety of the expectant
crowd was at its acme; and the signal being given, the hammer was
stoutly applied by the sturdy carpenters, and, in a few minutes, the
vessel, like some huge marine monster, exultant at being unshackled,
glided majestically from her "cradle" into her destined element
amid the loud and prolonged acclamations of a concourse of nearly
1000 persons. She was duly "christened" by Miss Cropper, the
amiable daughter of John Cropper, Esq., (of the firm of Cropper &
Bell,) who, with becoming dignity, gave the final blow. The crowd
having dispersed, the carpenters - numbering about 40 - adjourned to the
Erskine Arms Hotel, where a substantial repast had been prepared for
them, at the expense of the owners. Great hilarity prevailed amongst
them, and each and all were satisfied. At 4 in the evening, the owners,
Messrs. J. Cropper, W. Hughes, P. Webster, H. Jones, R. Davies, W. Owen,
R. Thomas, and Miss Hughes, together with a number of the most
respectable and influential gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood,
assembled at the Erskine Arms, ...
VESSEL SUNK IN COLLISION OFF PETERHEAD. The s.s. Princess Alice, which
arrived at Stromness on Saturday afternoon from Aberdeen, reports
being in collision with a schooner off Peterhead that morning. The
Princess Alice left Aberdeen at 1 a.m., and when off Peterhead about 5
a.m. came into collision with the schooner Penelope, of Beaumaris,
from Bangor to Newcastle with slates. Owing to the dense fog, the
Princess Alice had been going dead slow for about an hour and a half
before the accident occurred, and when the schooner was descried a
short distance off the port side, the engines were reversed full
speed, but too late to prevent collision. The schooner was under all
sail at the time, running before a fresh breeze, and the force of the
collision was so great that the Penelope, which was deep set in the
water, sank five minutes afterwards. The crew, four in number, were
saved by means of ropes thrown them from the forecastle of the
steamer, and received every kindness from Captain Kerr and his
officers. They were carried on to Liverpool by the Princess Alice.
Llanengan. Shipwreck, and four lives lost. .. The loss of the
schooner Henry Catherine - Captain Henry Roberts - related to the port
of Nefyn. Late on Thursday, the 6th inst., the ship was troubled by
a tempest, which increased in rage until four o'clock the next
morning. In the night, the ship was overcome by the force of the
waves; and at two o'clock on Friday afternoon, it hit Porthneigwl
beach, after that, the raised waves swept the captain and three of the
hands over the side, and they drowned in the sea. Through energetic
effort, the mate kept holding his grip from going over the side. The
water was shallow when the ship struck; and as the tide rose, she was
being thrown closer to the shore, until finally she was thrown to the
side of the hill, and into an irretrievable condition. After the
boiling sea had receded from her, at about nine o'clock, the mate
climbed down from her, and when he was first seen, he was trying to
climb through the clay to the top of the hill. He got help and assistance
immediately. Although he received much damage in the effort, it is
hoped that he will recover soon. When we write this, none of the
bodies have been found.
Note unknown wreckage found
by survey 2020 is near the estimated position of this wreck.
LOSS OF A VESSEL IN THE CHANNEL. NOBLE RESCUE OF THE CREW. The steamer
Prince of Wales, which left this port for Bangor on Wednesday morning
last, had proceeded as far as the Northwest Lightship, when the master
(Captain Evans) observed a small vessel lying apparently at anchor
about five miles W. by S. from the lightship with signals of distress
flying. Captain Evans at once steamed towards her, and found her to
be the Lady Augusta, of Conway, bound from the Mersey to Amlwoh, with
a cargo of coals. The sails of the vessel had all been blown away,
and of course she was quite unmanageable. A gale was blowing at the
time from about N.N.E., with a tremendous sea running, and it was with
the greatest difficulty that a tow-rope was got on board and the
anchor slipped. The vessel had not been long in tow when the mast
suddenly fell overboard, doing considerable damage to the deck. The
wind continued to blow heavily, and they had not proceeded far when
the crew of the Lady Augusta made signals that she was sinking. It was
not deemed prudent to attempt to take them off with the steamer, but
three of the crew - named H. Evans, Owen Parry, and William Williams -
at once volunteered to man their small boat and endeavour to save
them. The boat was accordingly lowered, and after some time, the men
succeeded in attaining their object by transferring the crew (three in
number) of the vessel in safety to the steamer. The tow rope parted,
and the Lady Augusta shortly afterwards foundered. The Prince of Wales
then made for Bangor, when she landed the three ship-wrecked men, who
were not sparing in their thanks to Captain Evans and his brave crew
for the exertions they had made in saving their lives. The passengers
on board the steamer, in order to mark their appreciation of the
gallantry of the men who so nobly risked their own lives to save
others, collected a sum of £1 10s, which was handed to them. The
conduct of Captain Evans cannot be too highly commended.
CONWAY. 23rd Dec. The LADY AUGUSTA (sloop), of Beaumaris (Off. No.
13,395 [sic, 13359]), Parry, from Liverpool to Amlwch, with coals, was abandoned,
dismasted and with batches open, off the NW Lightship, yesterday
crew saved.
FOUNDERING OF A SCHOONER. A Lloyd's telegram from Porthleven, Cornwall,
today, states that the schooner Edward Moore, from Port
Dinorwic for Southampton, has foundered in Mounts Bay. The crew were
saved and landed at Porthleven. [see below]
ISLANDS OF SCILLY. On Saturday the weather at Scilly changed for the
better: wind SSE, moderate, clear. £81 has been paid to the pilot cutter
Agnes, for towing into Scilly on Friday last the schooner Edward
Moore, of Beaumaris, with a cargo of slate.
CAPTAIN GRIFFITH ROBERTS, of the Beaumaris schooner Edward Moore, has
officially reported the circumstances under which he abandoned his
vessel. With a strong breeze and a very high sea, when five miles east
of the Longships under close-reefed canvas, he found six or seven
inches of water in her, which kept the pumps constantly going. Early
next morning, when six miles north-east of the Mount, the schooner
pitched thrice very heavily and carried away bowsprit and part of
stem, making a hole into the forecastle. Almost immediately the
foremast went in half and was followed by the mainmast breaking off in
the deck. Pumps, bulwarks, and rail were smashed and a hole made in
the deck. As the sea began to pour into the hold, decided to abandon
her. Got out boat and on board the Liverpool craft Sultana Reina,
which transferred the captain and crew to a Porthleven fishing craft.
The Edward Moore was afterwards got to Scilly and was towed thence to
Southampton, to which place her 125 tons of slate from Port Dinorwic
were consigned.
On Friday morning, at an early hour, the crew of the schooner Emma
were landed in Hastings, their vessel having been in collision with an
American barque, the E. W. Frickett. It appears that on Thursday
evening, about 8.15, the schooner Emma, of Liverpool, laden with
stone, while on her way from Portland to London, ran into the American
barque, E. W. Frickett, whilst west-south-west of the Royal Sovereign
Lightship, a distance of about eight miles from Hastings. From what we
learn, it appears that, the night being very dark at the time, the
Emma was driving east by north, when the American berque, on the port
tack, ran into her, cutting her right along the starboard side, and
completely disabling her. The crew of the Emma, with the Captain's wife on
board, took to their boat, and pulled to the E. W. Frickett. They
afterwards went back to their own ship, but finding she was in a
hopeless condition, abandoned her. When last seen. she was fast
settling down. Eventually, the Emma's crew were picked up by the Two
Sisters, of Hastings, and landed safely here about four
a.m.
A Reward. Many of our readers will recollect that a short time ago, the
schooner Emma came into collision with the American barque E. H.
Pickett, and, after tossing about for some time, having been deserted
by the crew, was taken into Dover Harbour and sold, the crew being
landed by three fishermen, belonging to the Three Sisters, hailing
from Hastings. In connection with this affair, Chief Officer Matthews
wrote to the Board of Trade asking for a remuneration for them, but,
after a deal of correspondence, it fell through. Councillor G.
Hutchings then took the matter in hand, and the Royal National
Lifeboat Institute have decided to award the men 15s each.
BoT inquiry.
This report states that when loading at the exposed pier at Llandulas, if a strong N wind arose,
the vessel would be deliberately sunk, and recovered later using the tide.
CONWAY. - On Saturday last, a new schooner called the ELLEN, was
launched from the spot where the tube was constructed, built by Mr.
J. Roberts, for Capt. R. Hughes, Nevin. There were a great number
of spectators present, when, without any accident whatever, she
smoothly glided into the water.
DEATH OF A CARNARVON CAPTAIN. - Intelligence reached Carnarvon on Monday
night that the body of Captain Owen, of the schooner "Ellen", of Carnarvon,
who was left on Grassholme Island last Friday, has been found
on the island. The schooner "Ellen" was on her voyage from Amsterdam [sic] to
Cardigan, with a cargo of timber, and struck on the above island and
became a total wreck. One of the crew was drowned, while the pilot
and four of the crew were saved. The captain, however, was left on the
island, and attempts to rescue him on Saturday and Sunday proved
futile. The deceased, who was well known in Carnarvon and district,
was about 60 years of age. [note: another newspaper gives rather different
details]
TEXEL, 4th Apl. 4 19 p.m. The William Ocklestone (brgtne.), Williams, from
Bangor to Hamburg, with slates, has been wrecked on the Texel coast;
crew and rigging saved; vessel and cargo will be totally lost.
CURLEW smack abandoned waterlogged, sails blown away, NNE of Ormes
Head. Crew landed Beaumaris in own boat. (Caernarvon, Aug 19.)
Derelicts, wreckage, etc....
Irish sea: 8 miles NE of Gt Orme's Head. Curlew (waterlogged) (19/8) Aug 19.
SOLWAY TRAGEDY. SKIPPER POISONED BY GAS. MATE'S HEROIC EFFORTS WITH
VESSEL AT MERCY OF WIND AND WAVES. John Richardson (61), Dalston Bank,
Greenbrae, Dumfries, captain of the motor schooner General Havelock,
died on Saturday at Maryport from the effects of poisoning with carbon
monoxide gas at sea. The General Havelock is a small 30-ton schooner
equipped with a motor, what was the cabin having been converted into
an engine room. She is owned by Messrs. Kingan and Son, Lockhill, New
Abbey, Dumfries, and has been engaged for many years conveying coal
from the Cumberland ports to the Scotch side, and bringing wood to
England. She was manned by a crew of two, John Richardson, the skipper,
and Thomas Stewart, the mate. On Saturday she was on a voyage from
Whitehaven with coal for Dumfries. When off Parton, the deceased
descended into the engine-room to attend to a leak. He was a
considerable time down, and then Stewart, thinking something had
happened, went down to find the atmosphere charged with gas and the
skipper lying unconscious over a guarded shaft. Stewart, not without
the utmost difficulty, got the unconscious man on deck. Richardson
was a fairly heavily built man. The engine-room is a cramped place,
but getting him over his shoulders, Stewart carried his skipper up a
ladder six feet in height, and almost perpendicular, to the deck. Here
Stewart shook him and poured water over him with no effect. During
this time the vessel was at the mercy of the wind and waves, and
finding his efforts useless, Stewart left attending his captain and
decided to run at speed for Maryport. Once in the harbour the police
and Drs. Frank Clark and McClure were quickly on the scene. After
three or four minutes' efforts at artificial respiration, very feeble
respiration commenced but soon ceased and death occurred about 11 30
a.m.
The schooner Henry, of Liverpool, was abandoned on fire on
Wednesday night, off the Bar Lightship. The crew landed at Liverpool.
[schooner may go ashore between Formby Point and Southport].
TREFRIW, NEAR LLANRWST. Now BUILDING, AND OFFERED FOR SALE. A FINE
SCHOONER of the following dimensions: Length of keel 70ft 0in; Extreme
breadth 21ft 0in; Depth of hold 10ft 6in; Specially surveyed at
Lloyd's to class 9 years A 1, will measure, Builder's Measurement,
176 Tons; New Measurement, 103 Tons Register. This vessel is well
adapted for Coasting and Foreign purposes, having a long floor,
coupled with a beautiful run and fine entrance. She is built of the
best materials, and is well worthy the attention of purchasers, and
will be ready for launching in March next. Apply Mr Watkin Lewis,
Llanrwst. Feb. 1858.
A WELSH SCHOONER RUN DOWN. LOSS OF ALL HANDS. Information received
at Bangor on Saturday states that the schooner run down by the steamer
Funchal near West Shoebury buoy, off the Nore, early on Thursday
morning, was the schooner John Pegg, of Portdinorwic. The John Pegg
was 97 tons register, 15 years old, and was this year classed A 1 at
Lloyds for five years. She left Portmadoc on Friday 4th, bound for
London, with a cargo of slates, and had the following crew on board:
Robert Williams, aged 35, captain, leaves a widow and 3 children; Hugh
Jones, mate, leaves a widow and two children; John Jones, Portdinorwic,
able seaman, unmarried; Rowland Griffith, Rowland Jones, seamen; and a
boy. All were drowned. The captain of the Funchal, on arriving at
Sunderland, reported that early on Thursday morning, when passing
the Nore, he ran into a brigantine at anchor and sank her; crew
supposed to be drowned. A boat was launched from the Funchal and
remained about the spot for two hours, but nothing was seen of the
crew. A boat belonging to the John Pegg came ashore at Southend.
[BoT inquiry - Captain of Finchale not responsible]
CONWAY. NEW SMACK FOR SALE. Adapted either for Fishing or the Coasting
Trade. To be Sold by Auction, by MR. W. DEW, At the ERSKINE ARMS, CONWAY, on
MONDAY, 20th June 1859, at 2 o'clock to the afternoon, A FINE SMACK (launched
in May last), 49 tons burthen, carpenters measure. Strongly built, and of
the best materials. May be viewed near Talycafn, on the Conway River.
FISHGUARD Oct. 1: SW, strong, gale. The Jane Margaret smack, Davies,
from Saundersfoot for this port, has been towed in here to-day by the
Lizzie Ann and William and Maria, having been dismasted in St. Bride's Bay
yesterday.
Fishguard, 2nd Oct. Jane & Margaret (smack), of Beaumaris, from
Saundersfoot to Fishguard: deposition of B. Davies, master.
Burryport. Arrived. Jane Margaret, Davies, from Cardigan.
The smack Jane and Margaret, of and for Newport, was totally wrecked
in Newport Bay on Saturday night. Crew saved.
FISHGUARD AND NEWPORT, PEMBROKESHIRE. SALE OF BOATS AND A SMACK AND
HER MATERIALS. To be sold by auction (for the benefit of the
concerned), at Lower Town, Fishguard, on FRIDAY, August the 29th,
1879, at Twelve at noon prompt, TWO STEAMERS' BOATS, 20 feet and 21
feet long respectively, in excellent condition.
Also at Newport,
Pem., the SAME DAY, at Two p.m. precisely, the HULL of the SMACK "JANE
& MARGARET," of Newport, Pem., 24 tons register (lately stranded) as
it may then lie on Newport Beach, together with her Materials which
are saved, such as sails, masts, spars, rigging, &c., &c., which will
be sold in convenient lots. Terms - Cash. For further particulars,
apply to T. T. JACKSON, Esq., Lloyd's Agent, Milford.
Liverpool. Queen's Dock.
Glan Conway, 40, Williams. [by April: destination Amlwch]
Glan Conway, sloop, Hughes, of Caernarvon, from Liverpool for
Pwllfannog (coal), sprung a leak 17th inst, five miles off Great Ormes
Head and foundered, crew saved.
Conway. Launch. On Saturday last, the handsome smack Conway's pride
was launched here. She was built by Messrs John Bird and Jones, and
measures 86 tons, carpenter's measurement. Being already rigged and
the sails bent, she was immediately after the launch taken on a trial trip
towards the Orme's Head, when she fully answered her
owners' expectations....
[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 18 June 1897]:
Conway's Pride (coal-laden ketch), Llandulas, June 16. drove ashore here to-day,
and is likely to become a total wreck.
[Note another schooner, Three Janes, built Conwy 1863,
ON 45669, registered Swansea, was
wrecked
on voyage London to Liverpool, with cement, at Barneville, France, 17 November 1893. Crew saved].
More history.
At CONWAY, The well-known and fast-sailing Schooner THREE JANES 101 tons
register, classed nine years A 1 at Lloyds. Now lying at Rhyl. She is well found in
sails, ropes, etc. Apply to DAVID OWEN Merchant, Conway; or to
RICHARD OWEN on board the Vale.
ANOTHER COLLISION AT SEA. The schooner Three Janes was run down and
sunk on Wednesday night by the steamer Peter Graham, between the Wolf and
the Long-ships. The crew were saved and landed at Cardiff.
THE LOSS OF THE THREE JANES. INTERVIEW WITH MEMBERS OF THE CREW. In
Friday's Western Mail, it was briefly reported that on Thursday
morning the steamship Peter Graham whilst on a voyage to Cardiff,
collided with the schooner, Three Janes. The crew of the latter
vessel, five all told, had a narrow escape, having only time to
scramble on to the steamer when their vessel settled down. The Peter
Graham, which is a Cardiff-owned vessel, arrived in Cardiff on
Thursday with the shipwrecked men, who were accommodated at the
Sailors' Home. They were seen on Friday by one of our representatives.
They hail from Portmadoc, and their names are William Roberts
(skipper), who was not seen by the interviewer; Edward Hughes (mate),
John Williams, J. Jones, and William Griffiths. The Three Janes, they
said, was a schooner of 356 [sic, 86] tons register, and was on a voyage
from Portmadoc to Germany with a cargo of slates. She was struck by
the Peter Graham, the weather being very foggy, and sank at once. They
had only time to climb into the rigging, from which perilous position
they were rescued by the crew of the Peter Graham. They lost all their
belongings. [reported as carrying 166 tons of slates to Battenberg/Papenburg]
CONWAY. Ship Launch. On Monday last a fine new schooner was launched here at the
building yard of Mr. Luke Roberts. The ceremony of christening her was
performed by Miss Harriet Hughes, niece of the builder, the name given
the "Three Janes." The vessel, which has been purchased by Messrs. Jackson and
Tuer, of Preston, has a length of keel of 75 feet, depth 10 feet, breadth
over all of 21 feet. Her registered tonnage is 98, but her capacity for
cargo will be about 160, and from her build we should imagine she will
prove a fast sailer.
"The Seven Brothers" of Llansantffraid. Last of the Village-built
Coasting Vessels, By Ivor A. DAVIES "What's in a name," could well
be asked concerning the vessel pictured herewith, the last of the
little wooden coasters built at Llansantffraid (Glan Conway), a
village that for long had ties with the near seas and even the wide
oceans.
The name arose from the owner's regard for his seven sons. Mr.
Enoch Hughes, of Pine Grove. Glan Conway, was the last of these, and
his passing in December, 1945, at the ripe age of 84, prompted the
writer to rescue what could be learned of her story and to preserve it
in print. The seven brothers were the sons of John Hughes, Cross-keys,
Glan Conway, for whom the vessel was built, and of which he was
captain or master. He had a sea tradition behind him; he had
previously owned the Jane and Margaret. The
brothers were John, who succeeded his father on the Seven Brothers;
Benjamin, for many years captain of the Trefriw built steamer, Temple,
and ultimately of the Conovium, the last of the coasters to be built
at Conway, and who was drowned off Beaumaris; Elias, who, when only
19, died of fever off Para, South America and was buried at sea;
William, who also, when but 19, lost his life in a gale when off the
Irish coast; Thomas and Hugh Thomas, who died in their youth; and
finally, Enoch, first referred to, who did not go to sea.
The sketch of the Seven Brothers is based on a model of the
vessel in the possession of Mr. Thomas Hughes, of Bryn Hyfryd, Glan
Conway, who is a son of the Benjamin Hughes, and to whom the writer is
indebted for most of the facts here related.
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Schooner rig. The vessel could be described as a "fore and aft" rigged schooner,
according to the ship's register, built in the
"county of Denbigh," in 1867, and her sole owner is given as
"John Hughes, Master Mariner." Her registered tonnage is given as
54.32 tons (but she carried a cargo of about 90 tons). Unfortunately,
at the period of registration it was not customary to enter the name
of the builder. There are reasons for believing that she was built by
close family connections of the owner. Back in 1839 a John Hughes,
"Sawyer." of Llansantffraid, is recorded as holding shares in the St.
Ffraid: was he the builder of the Seven Brothers? The actual site
where she was built is said to be alongside the projecting rock
situated not many yards up-river from the railway
station. known as "Trwyn Pen Capel." This site, being on the river side of the railway, was
not cut off like other ship and boat building sites, by the
construction of the railway in 1862. The career of the little schooner
would be of much interest to-day, but only fragments of it can be
gleaned. An old account book records that she took four cargoes of
setts from the Trevor Quarry, South Caernarvonshire, between 1869 and
1879, three going to Runcorn and one to Southport, and they averaged
90 tons each. She figures in the slate trade from Port Penrhyn, but
came just too late to engage in the conveyance of the copper ore mined
on the Great Orme. An old resident of Llandudno remembered her
taking a few cargoes of quartz sand, which in the early 70's was found
in isolated deposits off the Nant-y-Gamar Road and at Wyddfyd above
the Happy Valley. The customs records show that she was ultimately
sold to a W. J. Phillips, of Aberaeron, but give no date when this
sale took place. She was known to be trading with coal between South
Wales and the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. ...
Newport (Mon) sailed. Seven Brothers, Williams, Portmadoc.
The schooner Seven Brothers of Beaumaris from Cardiff, for Aberayron,
with coal, took the ground when making Aberayron harbour yesterday,
bumping several times. Vessel is badly strained. About 24 tons of coal
have been discharged undamaged.
TREFRIW. Ship Launch. This pretty little village, which is so generally resorted to
during the summer months, had its usual quietude somewhat disturbed on
Monday last. That day, in addition to its being Easter Monday, was, for
Trefriw, rather an exciting day, as a launch took place, an event so
uncommon that it is now six or seven years since such another was
witnessed. The vessel was a fine sloop built by Messrs. Thomas and
Robert Roberts, shipbuilders. The christening ceremony was performed by
Miss Annie Hill, of Taliri, who broke the bottle on the prow and named
the sloop after her own name as the Annie Hill [sic]. Immediately this was
done the vessel glided smoothly down the ways, entering the waters of
the Conway amid the deafening cheers of the crowd of spectators
assembled. After the launch, a dinner was given the shipwrights and
other workmen by Mr. Jones, the Hotel.
Report of Griffith Jones, Master of the Smack, Annie Elizabeth, of
Beaumaris, 53 tons, from Conway for Liverpool (85 tons sulphur ore and
about 5 tons timber on deck) (before noticed):
Left Conway March 9. When
off the Crosby Lightship on 10th, at 4 30 a.m., wind W.N.W., light,
ship was under gaff topsail, mainsail, foresail and jib, on starboard
tack, steering about S.E. by S. 0.5 S., our regulation lights burning
brightly, having been trimmed about an hour and a-half previously. I
was at the helm, and saw a steamer approaching us (being then nearly
half a mile distant) with the port and masthead lights visible. We
continued our course, and presently saw the three lights. As the
steamer approached us I heard someone on board of her give the order
to "port". She appeared to answer her helm immediately, and in a very few
seconds she struck us on the starboard quarter, cutting it right away.
Had she kept her course, as first seen, she would have cleared us. In
about from seven to ten minutes after the collision our vessel sank,
and we had just time to launch our boat and get on board with a portion
of our effects. The steamer kept her course, never once asking if we
required any assistance. She appeared to be a coasting steamer, light,
with three masts. It took place about two or three lengths from No. 3
Red Buoy in Crosby Channel. We landed at Liverpool at 9 a.m., having
been towed in by the steamer Christina.
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Steam vessels built Bangor: Victoria 1854,
Menai 1878.
br> Fanny Sl 40t 1775;
Lady Penrhyn Sl 43t 1783;
Lord Bulkeley Sl 52t 1787, built Beaumaris;
Penrhyn Castle Sn 122t 1807;
Bangor & Liverpool Packet Sl 34t 1808;
Speedwell Sl 14t 1811;
Susanna Sl 80t 1817;
Jane Ellin Bg 113t 1820;
Nancy Sl 9t 1821;
Jane & Alice Sl 45t 1821 ON10625;
Thomas & Anne Sl 61t 1824 ON10668;
Eliza Goddard Sm 57t 1824 ON13613, built John Jones;
Louisa Cu 13t 1826, built John Jones;
Abel Sn 113t 1827 ON10613, built John Jones;
Penmon Sl 26t 1828 ON1880, built John Jones;
Pausillipo Cu 20t 1828 ON15545;
Margaret Sr 90t 1828 ON13882;
Bangor Packet Sl 39t 1830 ON1247, built John Parry;
Anne & Catherine Sr 84t 1832 ON10605, built John Parry;
Ann & Susan Sl 60t 1835 ON13360, built John Parry;
Eliza & Catherine Sl 54t 1837 ON10660, built Edward Ellis;
Harriet Sm 26t 1837, built John Parry;
Mona Sm 37t 1837 ON1479, built Edward Ellis;
Anne Sr 88t 1839, built John Parry;
Maria & Elizabeth Sr 77t 1839 ON1121, built Edward Ellis;
Mary Grace Sm/Sr 49/65t 1841 ON11819, built John Parry;
Douglas Pennant Sr 100t 1841 ON10663, built Edward Ellis;
William & Richard Sm 46t 1841, built William Williams;
Benjamin Williams - 70t 1841, built Edward Ellis;
Mary Sr 74t 1842 ON1282, Nicholas Treweek;
Ellen Sl 20t 1842 ON16442, built Edward Ellis;
Three Susans Bg 118t 1843 ON25385, built John Parry;
Emma Laura Sr 55t 1843 ON18390, Humphrey Roberts;
Port Penrhyn Sm 24t 1844 ON16416, built John Parry;
Beatrice Catherine Sm 34t 1845 ON10892, built Edward Ellis;
Alice & Mary Sm 28t 1846 ON16420, built John Parry;
Lady Louisa Pennant Sr 73t 1847 ON10713, built John Parry;
John Parry Sr 56t 1850 ON19005, built John Parry;
Ordovic yacht 1852; built Menai Bridge;
Ifor Sr 120t 1854 ON13186, built Edward Ellis;
Glanogwen Bg 143 1855 ON10608, built John Parry;
Marion Sr 53t 1856 ON10980, built John Roberts;
Idwal Sr 69t 1857 ON18454, built Edward Ellis;
City of Bangor Sr 91t 1857 ON20560, built John Roberts;
Arthur Wyatt Sr 96t 1858 ON21271, built T.T.Parry;
Sarah Bridget Sr 126t 1858 ON21672, built Edward Ellis;
Blue Jacket Sr 66t 1859 ON27335, built T.T.Parry;
Jane & Elizabeth Sr 60t 1859 ON27340, built Hirael;
Grampus Bg 132t 1859 ON27725, built John Roberts;
Heather Bell Bq 258t 1859 ON27870, built Edward Ellis;
Unknown Cu 20t 1859 ON?, built Menai Bridge;
Matthew Owen Sr 68t 1859 ON27339, built Menai Bridge;
Cambria Sr 56t 1860 ON27730, built T.T.Parry;
Pamela Pennant Sm 29t 1860 ON29221, built John Roberts;
Sarah Jane Sr 73t 1861 ON29225, built Henry Owens;
Dorothea Sr 74t 1862 ON43869, built T.T.Parry;
Mary Edwards Sr 65t 1863 ON43875, built Edward Ellis;
Charlotte Ann Sr 53t 1864 ON43872, built John Roberts;
Eliza Sr 101t 1866 ON47045, built T.T.Parry;
Eliza Jane Sr 138t 1866 ON47050, built John Jones;
Petrel Sl 51t 1866 ON56211;
Lord Exmouth Sm 19t 1869 ON56219;
Fomalhaut Sr 72t 1874 ON63359, built T.T.Parry;
Pilgrim Sm 37t 1879 ON79106, built T.T.Parry;
For ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, THE fine fast-sailing Brig PENRHYN
CASTLE; James Walker, Commander. Lying at Union Stairs. Burthen 120
tons. Has the principal part of her cargo engaged. ...
Sailed... The Penrhyn Castle, Walker, for Halifax.
Deal. June 22. Penrhyn Castle for Halifax...
QUEBEC, Oct. 9. Arrived on the 7th inst., the Duck, Nicols, from
Newfoundland, with the soldiers' clothing saved from the Penrhyn Castle, which
vessel was wrecked near Cape Ray, and one man, named Peter Lynch,
drowned. [Halifax to Quebec, wrecked on 4 September]
Port Penrhyn. Arrivals. Bangor and Liverpool Packet.
Port Penrhyn. Dec 30. Arrivals, ..., Bangor and Liverpool, ...
[cleared out, Jan 13; arrived again Feb 10]
On the same day [27th ult], the Jane Ellin, Hughes master, belonging
to Messrs Robert Thomas and John Parry, Bangor, bound from Bangor for
London in coming into Grimsby harbour at Tresco, Scillies, struck on a
ledge of sunken rock, lost her rudder, and the wind having taken her
aback, she drove on shore on St Helen's Island. If it continues
moderate, part of the cargo may be saved when the tides make out more.
RESCUE OF THE CREW OF A SINKING VESSEL. - On Tuesday,
Captain Beaumont, of the London and North-western Railway Company's
steamer Duke of Sutherland, when passing Howth from Dublin, observed
that the crew of the smack Eliza Goddard, laden with slates, from
Bangor, were making signals of distress. Although there was a heavy
sea at the time, Captain Beaumont brought his steamer to, and the
second mate and five seamen rowed in the lifeboat to the smack and
brought off her crew. Shortly after, the smack sank. The passengers
of the steamer presented an address to Captain Beaumont expressive of
their admiration of his conduct.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE well known Brigantine ABEL, newly
arrived at Hirael, Bangor. Apply to Samuel Roberts, Plasllwyd, Bangor.
Portland. Sailed from the roads: Brigantine Abel, Parry, from Bangor for Hamburg.
Birkenhead Dock: Abel 94 Parry, Thomas Bros & Co. [last mention: 22 Aug, in Morpeth Dock;
then reported arrived Bangor 25 Aug]
LIVERPOOL, 6th Dec., 12.5 p.m., The Thomas & Anne,
of Beaumaris, Bangor to Runcorn, cargo slates, sprung a leak in Rock channel, and
foundered on the edge of the Brazil Bank.
Thomas & Anne (smack), of Beaumaris, from Bangor to Runcorn: depositions
of B Richards, master, and H Jones, mate.
ON SALE, ...
Also, the whole or two-thirds parts of a round
sterned vessel, now on the stocks, of the following dimensions:- Length on deck
70 feet; ditto of keel 63 feet; breadth 19 feet; depth of hold
10 feet 6 inches; will register about 130, and expected to
carry 160 tons, at a light draught of water. This vessel
will be ready to launch in all June next; and will be in every
respect substantially and faithfully built; all her
frame timbers are of well-seasoned English or African oak,
the planks are of English oak, excepting the bottom and bends
amid-ships, the former of elm, and the latter of Quebec oak. ....
Application at Mr Harris's yard, Hirael, Bangor. ...
The schooner Margaret, of Carnarvon, was run down off Anglesea by the
steamer Sir Galahad, from Runcorn, which landed the crew at Mumbles.
CARNARVON. SHIPPING. On Thursday last, the schooner Margaret of
Carnarvon, 82 tons register, from Liverpool to Scotland, laden, was
run down by steamer off the Anglesey coast. The crew fortunately got
on board the steamer before their vessel sunk and were landed at the
Mumbles. Mr Henry Hughes, blockmaker, of this town, was the owner of
the ill-fated vessel.
ANNE AND CATHERINE. Report of John Williams, Master of the schooner
Anne and Catherine, of Beaumaris, 68 tons, from Port Dinorwic, Oct. 4,
at 3 P.M., for Paisley (slates, 107 tons): - Proceeded, and anchored
off Bangor afternoon of the same day, windbound. Sailed again on the
10th, with the wind E.N.E, light breeze. When off Puffin island the
wind changed to S.W., light breeze. At midnight Point Lynas bore N.W.,
distant three miles, when wind hauled round to the N.N.E. Put the
vessel about and stood to the E.N.E., with moderate breeze. On the
11th, at 2 a.m., tide being high water, weather cloudy, wind N, a
moderate breeze, with a moderate sea from the N, vessel was about 5
miles ESE of Point Lynas. Sounded the pumps and found more water in the
vessel than usual, and commenced pumping. At 3 AM, sounded again, and
found the water gaining. Sent the Mate into the hold to see what was
the matter. He came on deck and said there was about three feet water
in the vessel. Put the vessel then before the wind, intending to run
to Beaumaris to save her. At about 4 30 AM, found the water
increasing very fast, and hauled the vessel to the wind to put the
boat out. Point Lynas bore then SW distant seven miles. Launched the
boat through the gangway, and towed her astern for a short time. Kept
pumping all the time, water gaining fast. At 5 A. M., all hands went
into the boat, and remained by the vessel. At 5 30 AM, the vessel went
down in deep water, and we made for the land, and landed safe at
Moelfra at 10 AM same day. The vessel and cargo are a total loss,
having sank in deep water. Amlwch, Dec. 11.
AMLWCH. - The schooner Ann and Susan, of Bangor, O. Hughes, master,
from Bangor bound for Ayr, laden with slates, was run into by a
steamship, name unknown, on Saturday night last, about 7 30 pm.,
about 3 miles N.W. of Point Lynas, when the former vessel was almost
immediately sunk. The crew, consisting of three men, had a very
narrow escape, having scarcely time to get their boat out to save
themselves before their vessel went down. All their effects, ship's
papers, &c., went down with the vessel. It appears that the steamer
was steering ESE and supposed to be bound for Liverpool. The three men
landed safe on Sunday morning, at Bull Bay, near Amlwch, in their own
boat, and in a most destitute condition, but they were kindly
assisted and forwarded to their homes in Bangor by the hon. agent of
the shipwrecked Mariner's Society at Amlwch.
Beaumaris. Nov 26. Windbound: ..., The Eliza Catherine, from Greenock; for Runcorn
Bangor. Nov 26. Put in. The Eliza and Catherine, Williams, from Greenock for Ellesmere.
Sudden death of a Bangor Captain. Captain Thomas Williams, master of
the schooner Eliza Catherine of Bangor was found in his cabin
yesterday morning upon the arrival of the vessel at Bangor. The cause
of the death was apoplexy.
GALE OFF THE PORT. From early hour this morning a strong easterly
breeze prevailed off the port, accompanied by frequent rain
showers, whilst the atmosphere has been misty and the temperature low.
After daybreak the wind increased to a full gale, which continued up to the
time of writing. There were no accidents, however, reported in the
river, but a screw steamer was compelled to put into the Dee shortly
after noon to-day. A telegram from Amlwch states that the Eliza
Catherine, Bangor, had gone ashore on the beach at Bull Bay, and was in a
dangerous condition at the latest accounts.
AMLWCH, Jan. 24. The Eliza & Catherine, for Bangor, which got ashore in
Bull Bay in October last, having completed repairs, has sailed. The
breakwater balks have been down for the last fortnight, blowing during
the time gales of wind from northward and eastward, accompanied with
frost and snow. It is now more moderate, with every appearance of a
change. [last newspaper mention found]
Launch at Bangor. On Monday forenoon, the sight-loving population were
gratified by the launch of a schooner from the building-yard of Mr John
Parry, Bangor. At the appointed hour, eleven o'clock, the word was
given and the Anne glided from stocks into the waters of the bay with
all possible éclat amidst the cheering of the spectators. The Anne is
destined for the coasting trade, and is a handsome looking craft of 140
tons burden, of an improved construction, being round sterned with the
rudder's head on the inside, and is owned by Bangor tradesmen. ...
Port Penrhyn. Cleared out: Anne, Roberts.
A NOVEL CLAIM. Pritchard v. Parry. - This case was tried before
a Jury. Mr. T. Gold Edwards, of Denbigh, appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. R. D. Williams for the defendants.
Mr. T. Gold Edwards stated the facts of the case, from which
it appeared that the action was brought to recover the
plaintiff's proportion of insurance money, paid on a vessel,
which was lost; and of which he owned 2/16 shares, the defendants
being executors of the late Mr. John Parry, Bangor, the
ship's husband, who received the money in question, and divided
it amongst the owners of the vessel, excepting the plaintiff.
... Schooner Anne of Bangor ... value £800 ... Captain John Roberts ...
Mr. Morris Davies, who said he was secretary of the Bangor Mutual
Ship Insurance Society, in Dec. 1853, when an insurance was
effected upon the schooner "Ann," of Bangor, for £566 13s. 4d., the
insurable value of the vessel. ....
Runcorn. Maria Elizabeth, 99 Dustow.
[previous voyages Runcorn to Falmouth/Truro; this is last mention found - perhaps broken up]
Voyage Bangor to Glasgow, with slates, run into by the steamer
Glengarnock and sank off Holy
Island in the Clyde, 24/8/1874. Edward Evans, OS, drowned. Other 3
crew saved.
Bangor Launch. On Tuesday week, the classic region of Hirael was
honoured by an influx of citizens and citizenesses attracted by a
promised launch from building-yard of Mr John Parry. The premises
were crowded and on the water were boat-loads of spectators. At noon
upon the discharge of the third signal gun, the Mary Grace glided
gracefully from her cradle amid the loud huzzas of congregated mass.
The Mary Grace is from eighty to ninety tons burthen and is for the
Liverpool trade. In the afternoon the workmen and others amounting to
about sixty persons were entertained at dinner in the Waterloo Tavern,
by the owners.
DISASTER IN THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. On Tuesday morning a serious accident
occurred in the Channel. As the schooner Mary Grace, of Bangor, was on
her way to that port [Clyde] with a cargo of slates she was run into
by a steamer (supposed to be the Glengarnock, owned by Messrs. Merry
and Cunninghame, and which had shortly before left Ardrossan for
Liverpool) and sank almost immediately. The steamer lowered a boat to
the assistance of the wrecked crew, but the accident being observed by
the master of a passing schooner, the Ellen, of Carnarvon, a boat was
also lowered from that vessel, with the result that three men who were
found floating on a ladder were rescued. A fourth man went down with
the Mary Grace. The weather is said to have been hazy. [owned Samuel
Roberts, Bangor; master Robert Jones; for Glasgow; sank between
Ardrossan and Pladda; collision 11pm on Monday]
Runcorn. Sailed. William & Richard, Thomas, Bangor.
Port Penrhyn. Cleared out. William & Richard, Thomas.
MILFORD Feb 5. The smack Fanny Truss, Jones, from Chester to Cardiff, with
flour, was in contact off St Gowan's Head, this morning, with another
smack, when both vessels were abandoned. The crew of the Fanny Truss
have arrived; they were in company with the other crew for about an
hour after the collision, but did not see them afterwards.
Milford, Feb. 8. Trinity steamer has just towed in a smack, which is
either the Fanny Truss, Jones, from Chester for Cardiff, or the smack
with which she was in contact on the 5th, off St. Gowan's Head, viz.,
the William and Richard, Thomas, of Bangor, from Gloucester for Cork,
the latter having also been abandoned by her crew, who were picked up
by the Union, of Whitehaven. [Fanny Truss in MNL to 1880]
Bangor. Launch. On Friday a handsome craft, named the Benjamin
Williams, burden about 70 tons, per register, was launched from the
building-yard of Mr Edward Ellis, at Garth in the presence of a large
number of spectators. [Owners hosted ... ]
Penrhyn, 29th May. It blew heavy gale at SE, during the night of 27th inst.,
during which, the Schooner Centenary, Williams, and Sloop Harriet,
went on shore; the Schooner Benjamin, Williams, damaged her stem; the
Sloop Progress, lost bowsprit, &c., and the Lord Exmouth, received
damage to bulwarks, &c.
ON 10666 was registered Beaumaris 1853, 57 tons, has a crew list,
giving registered Beaumaris 2/1842, which matches the Beaumaris
register for the vessel built at Bangor, which indicates lost
Scarweather, in Bristol Channel, 20 September 1864, with a crew from
Amlwch.
AMLWCH. Wreck. On Tuesday week the schooner Mary, of this port, while on her voyage
up the Bristol Channel, from Cardiff to Liverpool, with a cargo of
iron, struck on a sunken wreck off the Scareway and sank. The crew
were saved in their boat. [Scarweather Bank, Sept 20; crew landed at Mumbles
by Schooner Sker, Reily, of Wexford]
PORTDINLLAEN: GREAT GALE. - In addition to the fishing smacks lost on
Wednesday, eight vessels were stranded in the course of Thursday, and
one or two of them it is apprehended will become wrecks. The
excitement on the beach was very great, - hundreds of persons flocking
there, doing their utmost in aiding the crews. Although most of the
stranded vessels were so near the shore, the roar of the sea and wind
made it impossible for the crews to hear those on shore, and
consequently they communicated with each other by writing on a board.
Mr. Palmer, Assistant Lloyd's Agent, and Mr. Hicks, the diver, with
his assistant, Mr. Shillito, were actively engaged. We understand,
that three of the vessels were immediately placed in Mr. Palmer's
hands. The following are the vessels:- Helen, Carnarvon, on shore;
Bardsey ditto, a 'wreck,' one man lost; Nelson, ditto, on shore;
Elizabeth and Margaret, Pwllheli, on shore; Three Susans, of
Bangor; Rebecca, from Shoreham; Hephzidah, Carnarvon, and another
vessel name unknown.
Maryport. Sailed January 19. Emma Laura, Messenger, for Ramsey.
EMMA LAURA. Dumfries, Jan. 22. - The Emma Laura, of Ramsey, Messenger,
from Maryport for Gatehouse, is ashore in Carrick Bay, full of water,
and will probably became total wreck, but the cargo (coals), will be
saved if the weather keeps moderate.
SHIPWRECK AT CARRICK BAY. - During the gale on Friday last the
schooner Emma Laura of Ramsey, from Maryport to Gatehouse, coal
laden, ran ashore in Carrick Bay near the entrance of the river Fleet.
Having left Maryport on Friday morning, all went well till she neared
Knockbrex Isle, where the crew had dropped anchor. About five o'clock
in the afternoon, the wind became very strong and the sea so rough that
the anchor chain gave way. Another anchor was immediately thrown out,
but the schooner only dragged it after her, and was rapidly gaining on
towards the shore. The crew, considering their position a perilous
one, after securing plenty of food and clothing, left the schooner and,
by means of their small boat, landed safely on Knockbrex Isle, where
they remained until Saturday morning, when Mr William Davidson,
fisherman, came to their assistance. The schooner drifted up to
Carrick Bay, and is likely to become a total wreck, but part of the
cargo may be saved. Neither the cargo nor schooner are insured.
[Knockbrex Isle - now Ardwall Isle]
A handsome smack, the Port Penrhyn, was, at morning tide yesterday, launched
from the building-yard of Mr John Parry, at Hirael.
Port Penrhyn: A telegram from Hoylake states this sloop foundered at 1
a.m, on the 7th instant, near Duff [sic, Dove] Point.
[flat, with limestone, ashore abreast Leasowe Castle, with side stove.]
LAUNCH. - Our spirited neighbour, Mr. Ellis, of Garth, had on
Saturday a very fine sloop launched from his yard (she was named the
Beatrice Catherine by Mrs. Mytton, late of Pen-y-lan, in
Montgomeryshire) and glided off her cradle most majestically amid
the cheers of hundreds of spectators, appearing instantly quite at
home in her native element. A party of ladies were in another vessel
in the yard busily sketching the joyous scene, which, from the
beauty of the situation, would have been splendid, had the weather
been more propitious. The Beatrice Catherine, is a round-stern built
sloop, of 64 tons burden, her keel measures 42 feet, beam 15 feet,
depth of hold 7 feet. Mr. Ellis with his accustomed liberality gave a
dinner at the Vaynol Arms to fifty of his friends and workmen.
WRECKAGE AT SEA SCALE. Whitehaven, Monday, 27th October, 4.10 p.m. Seascale
Stationmaster reports a mast projecting out of the water,
considers it dangerous to navigation, also that a boat in a battered
condition has been washed ashore named Lady Louisa Pennant, Beaumaris.
SUPPOSED FOUNDERING OF A WELSH SCHOONER NEAR RAMSEY. CREW OF THREE
MISSING. A Ramsey trawler arrived at the port yesterday morning, and
reported a sunken schooner four miles east of the Bahama Bank. One of
the sunken vessel's masts is above water. The schooner is supposed to
be the Lady Louisa Pennant, of Carnarvon, which had a crew of three,
and left the Straits for Ayr, with slates, last month. The only
tidings of the schooner received since was that a small boat belonging
to her was washed ashore at St. Bees. About the same date, the
lookout men at the lifeboat house saw a schooner in difficulties in
the neighbourhood of the Bahama Bank disappear suddenly. The crew of
the lightship made a similar report to this.
The following vessel not having been heard of since the date specified
is considered very much overdue, viz., the Lady Louisa Pennant (of
Beaumaris), official number 10,713, Hughes, master, which is reported
to have sailed from Menai Straits for the Clyde, 14th October, 1902.
LAUNCH.- On Saturday last a fine schooner, of 100 tons
burthen, was launched from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. John
Parry, of this city. The vessel was fully rigged, and glided
beautifully into her native element amidst the cheers of a
multitude of persons, who had assembled to witness the interesting event.
The crew of the ketch, John Parry, of Bangor, numbering three men were
rescued by the Castletown lifeboat, on Thursday afternoon. The ketch
had a cargo of slate - on board for Dr Jones of Castletown.
.... On the 13th of January the John Parry, at anchor off
Derbyhaven, began to drag at her anchors, and the captain and crew
were taken off by the Castletown lifeboat. Mr John Knox, owner of the
tug-boat Empress, heard of the occurrence, and despatched the tug
Empress to Derbyhaven, and succeeded in towing the ketch into Douglas.
Mr Knox retained possession of the ketch, and would not give up
possession without salvage, for which he claimed £100. The ketch owner
counter-claimed demurrage expenses. [claim not accepted]
Amlwch, Dec. 9. - The ketch John Parry, of Beaumaris, Belfast to Bangor,
in ballast, totally wrecked on Dulas Rock Island, near Point Lynas.
[crew of 2 rescued by Moelfre lifeboat]
Beau 15/1851 40t BNA Ann & Ellen 44 Jones also Ann & Ellen Ellis 1850
Not in MNL 1872
The Ordovicies, were the Welsh tribe in north and west Wales, pre-Roman.
Menai Bridge: The neighbourhood of the Menai Bridge presented, on Tuesday last,
an unusually gay appearance - flags and streamers being profusely displayed in honour
of the launching from her stocks of a beautifully modelled yacht,
eighty tons burden, the property of the Messrs. Davies, the extensive
merchants and ship owners of this place. The vessel was built on the new
pier, from which she steadily glided into the Straits, followed by the
hurrahs of a large number of friends and neighbours. She is
appropriately named the Ordovic, and is destined, and well adapted as
a pleasure boat, having been constructed of the best English oak and
mahogany, to be rigged as a schooner cutter, and fitted up in the most
handsome and complete style; no pains in fact, being spared to make her
alike an elegantly formed and fast sailing vessel. The builder is Mr.
John Griffith, foreman in the employ of the owners. Her dimensions are
as follows:- length over all, 75 feet, length of keel, 57 feet, depth of
hold, 10 feet, breadth, 15.5 feet.
SHIP LAUNCH. - On Friday, at the extraordinary time of about half-past
11 at night, a schooner, named "Ivor," was launched from the yard of
Mr. Ellis, shipbuilder, Garth. Her dimensions are 72ft. keel; 21.5ft.
6 beam; 11ft. 4in. hold; and she will carry about 180 tons. A large
number of persons were assembled on the spot to witness the launch,
which went off extremely well. The state of the tide rendered this
midnight operation necessary.
[Cardiff] Fearful Accident. The schooner Ivor of Aberystwyth had been loaded
with Powell's steam coal on Friday, the 28th ult., and the hatches of
the vessel had been kept open until half-past five o'clock on the
following Sunday afternoon, when they were put on, as all hands were
going to chapel. There was a candle left burning in the cabin during
the time they were in chapel, and when the captain and his wife
returned everything was all right. However, two of the sailors went
down to the forecastle, one of whom took a match to strike a light,
and, in an instant, the inflammable gas ignited. The report seemed to
shake the houses in the neighbourhood of the docks. The whole of the
deck was blown up, and several of the beams broken. A sailor,
belonging to another vessel, who was standing on the deck, was blown
up a considerable height, and was found senseless on the shattered
boards; one of his legs was broken. He was taken to the infirmary,
where now lies dangerously ill. The two men who were the forecastle
were badly hurt; one of them was burnt very severely about the face.
They were also taken to the Infirmary. The damage done the vessel will
amount to about £300.
FOUNDERED IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. Crew Saved. The schooner Ifor,
Rochester for Oban, foundered yesterday afternoon near Eddystone Lighthouse.
When off Plymouth on Monday the vessel was becalmed, and during the night
either struck a ledge of rock or sprang a leak, and yesterday
afternoon a message was received by the naval authorities asking for
assistance for a sinking vessel near Eddystone. Three tugs went out, and two
towed the Ifor for half an hour, when she suddenly went down, the crew
having previously sought refuge on a fishing boat. It is stated
that all night long the crew were making distress signals, but without
response.
[cargo of cement; later BoT
inquiry into loss].
SHIP LAUNCH. - A splendid new vessel was launched at Mr. Parry's
yard, Hirael, on Saturday morning last, and was witnessed by a
numerous concourse of spectators. She was named by Mr. Robert
Parry the 'Maid of Glan Ogwen,' and went off into her proper
element in gallant style, amidst the loud hurrahs of the vast numbers of
persons present. She is the largest vessel ever built at Bangor,
of beautiful model, and for material and workmanship not excelled
in North Wales, or even in the United Kingdom, according to the
opinion of every one who has been aboard of her. She is of 145
tons register burthen, but is supposed to carry from 240 to
260 tons. Her length in keel is 76ft., depth of hold, 13ft.,
breadth, 22ft. 9in.; is to be of brigantine rig, copper fastened,
and classed on Lloyd's A 1, 12 years. ...
BEAUMARIS. September 15: The brigantine Glanogwen, of this port,
Williams, from Bangor to Hamburg, with slates, had jibboom and
foremost carried away, yesterday inside the Skerries; she ran for
Beaumaris sound, but struck a rock off Penham [sic, Penmon?],
remaining a quarter of on hour; she then stood out to sea, but had to
put back making water, and was beached this morning at the Friars. At
low water it was found that the fore part of the keel was carried
away, and the vessel had six feet water in hold. Assistance has been
procured to pump her out and effect sufficient repairs to enable the
vessel to get back to Bangor.
Glanogwen, Captain Williams, with slates, from Carnarvon, was struck by lightning and
had her main-mast carried. She was towed into Dundee by the Knight
Templar, tug, on Sept. 6, with one blade of her propeller lost [sic], sails
split, and bulkhead and water-tank stove.
LAUNCH. - A fine schooner was launched from the ship-building yard
of Mr. John Roberts, Hirael, on Saturday last. She was named the
"Marion," and is expected to beat, in sailing, every vessel yet
launched in Bangor, her sailing qualities being remarkably good. The
following are her dimensions:- scale, 62ft.; beam, 17.5ft.; depth in
hold, 9ft. She was launched sideways.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 2. Marion schooner, of Ramsey (cargo salt), ashore on
Burbo Bank, inside C2 red buoy, and likely to become a total wreck;
crew landed here by Dock Board tender.
Bangor. Launch. On Saturday last, the 21st ult., a beautiful modelled schooner,
the Idwal, was successfully launched from the building-yard of Mr.
Edward Ellis, Garth, Bangor, in the presence of a large concourse. The
lines of this elegant vessel were drawn by Mr. Ellis's foreman, and
reflect the highest credit on his taste and judgment. Great praise is
also due to Mr. Ellis for the masterly manner in which he has
completed it. Length of keel 64.5 feet; Extreme breadth 19.75 feet; Depth of hold
9 feet; Carries 125 tons. She is to be commanded by Captain Thomas Jones, of
Ysgubor fawr, Llanfairmathafarneithaf [Benllech area], who is the principal owner.
....
Mr. Ellis has another new schooner building, which is rapidly
advancing. She is the property of Jenkin Phillips Esq., of Glyn, New
Quay, Cardiganshire, together with several other gentlemen from the
same county. The following are the dimensions of this vessel: Length of
keel 76 feet; Depth of hold 12 feet; Extreme breadth 22 feet;
To carry 220 tons. She is to be classed 12 years A 1 at
Lloyd's, and is to be commanded by Captain O. Owens, brig Betsy, of
Cardigan. [Sarah Bridget]
Another vessel, of the following dimensions, is to be
immediately commenced by the same enterprising builder, for several
respectable parties residing at New Quay: Length of keel 105 feet; Extreme
breadth 23 feet; Depth of hold 13 feet; Tonnage 340 tons;
To class 12 years A 1 at Lloyd's. [Heather Bell]
The ship-building yard has been considerably extended and improved,
and with its patent slip, steam machinery, and other appliances,
stands unrivalled by any other than the Royal Dock Yards in the
Principality.
Report of Hugh Rowlands, Able Seaman of the Schooner Idwal, of
Beaumaris, 69 tons (wood) (wrecked, as previously noticed). On 24th
Jan. at 2 A.M., weather thick, wind W.N. W., a whole gale, was lying
in Mullaghmore Harbour when, a heavy sea having set into the harbour, she
commenced bumping and straining at her moorings. I and all hands were
called on deck by the Master, the ship being moored with two chains, four
hawsers, and two strong ropes. About 3 A.M. the stern hawser parted,
and shortly after the chain and ropes securing the stern. I got
another rope out, and the stern was again secured. About 3 15 A.M. the
bow chain and hawsers parted, and the stern rope also. I jumped ashore
with another rope, but in the meantime the vessel had drifted away
from the quay into the basin, and the wind was driving her towards the
entrance of the dock. I could not make the rope fast, and the Master
desired me to go to the Coastguard station, and inform the Coastguard
that the vessel was in distress. I informed the Coastguard, and ran
round by the other side of the docks to the entrance, when I found the
vessel had drifted through the entrance, and was then halfway to the
point of the outside breakwater, with bowsprit, figure-head, and
rudder carried away. I tried to get on board, but was washed into the
sea, and swam ashore, and returned to the Coastguard station at noon. I
proceeded to Red Bray Beach, three miles from Mullaghmore, where I
found the vessel lying at high water mark, with masts, rigging, bulwark,
and stanchions gone, and some holes in her starboard planking, but
with the cargo still on board. Three lives were lost by drowning.
[Thomas Jones, master and owner]
Sale... SCHOONER IDWAL of Beaumaris, 69 Tons registered. Where and as
she lies on the beach at Red Brae, near Tullaghan. Also several
pieces of broken masts, spars &c., two mooring chains and two kedge anchors; ....
also sails, rigging, ....., etc, at Custom-house, Sligo.
SHIP LAUNCH AT HIRAEL, BANGOR. On Saturday morning last, a
splendid new schooner, called the "City of Bangor", was launched
from the building-yard of Mr. John Roberts, Hirael, in the presence of
hundreds of spectators, who seemed to take a lively
interest in proceedings, and cheered lustily as the vessel
glided smoothly to her watery element. Her dimensions are - 71
feet length of keel; breadth of beam, 19.5 feet; depth, 10 feet,
7 inches; 99 tons register, carries 160. The "City of Bangor"
was christened, in the absence of Miss Willoughby, by Miss
Mirzen, of Bayswater, London.
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. A collision occurred on Wednesday in the
Channel between the steam trawler Triton, of Milford, and the schooner
City of Bangor, Captain Marks, from Teignmouth to Drogheda, with a cargo
of bricks. The crew on the schooner, observing the Triton steaming
towards them, shouted and rang their bell, but the crew of the trawler
apparently took no notice, and ran right into them. The crew of five on
the schooner jumped on board the Triton, but Captain Marks, who was
below at the time, trying to jump from his vessel to the trawler, fell
overboard. He was afterwards picked up by the crew of the trawler. The
City of Bangor sank in about 10 minutes, and the crew lost all their
effects.
BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. Judgment was
delivered to-day in the Magistrate's Room, Liverpool, in the Board of
Trade Inquiry held as to the collision between the schooner City of
Bangor and the steam trawler Triton, which took place on the 21st ult
in the English Channel. No lives were lost. The judgement
delivered by the court was as follows:- The City of Bangor was kept on
her course when it was found that the Triton was approaching her in
such a direction as to involve risk of collision, in compliance with
rule 22 of the regulations for preventing collisions at sea. The helm,
however, was at the last moment starboarded so as to ease the blow,
Proper steps were not taken to keep the Triton out of the way of the
City of Bangor, in compliance with article 17 of the above regulation,
until it was too late. When the Triton approached the City of Bangor
so as to involve risk of collision, proper steps were not taken by
those on board of her to comply promptly with article 15 of the above
regulations. There was not a sufficient number of hands on the deck
of the Triton. There was a good and proper lookout kept on board the
City of Bangor, but not on board the Triton. The collision was due to
bad lookout, coupled with gross neglect on the part of those on board
the Triton, The second hand (Mr Sanderson) is alone in default in
respect to the above matter. The court suspends the certificate of Mr
Sanderson for a period of six months.
PADSTOW, Sept. 11. The schooner Arthur Wyatt, of Beaumaris, foundered off
New Quay this morning. Crew landed at Perranporth.
CAPTAIN'S ILL-LUCK. A particularly hard case of ill-fortune has just come to
light in connection with the total loss of the schooner Arthur Wyatt
off Newquay during Thursday night's gale. It seems that her master,
Evan Evans, a Liverpool coasting captain, had only purchased the
vessel on Tuesday last, paying £430 for her. He had no opportunity of
insuring the vessel, and so within 49 hours, a life's hard earned
savings were literally swallowed up under the unfortunate captain's
feet.
Bangor. A very beautifully modelled schooner was launched from the building yard
of Mr. Edward Ellis, Bangor, at eleven o'clock on Tuesday last, amid
the cheers of several hundreds of spectators assembled at Garth beach.
The vessel was named the Sarah Bridget, and is of the following dimensions: Length
of keel 76 feet, breadth of beam 22 feet, depth of hold 12 feet.
Tonnage measurement 126, but will carry 220 tons. The principal owners
are from Newquay, Cardiganshire, and on Wednesday afternoon, the
builder entertained forty workmen, and about twenty others interested
in the vessel, to a substantial dinner, which was excellently served
by Miss Jones, of the Belle Vue Hotel.
WOOD SAILING SHIPS. Hardwood Schooner SARAH BRIDGET, built North Wales
1858, 98 reg., 200 d.w. on 12 ft. Strong vessel; recently had
extensive overhaul, is well found. Dimension: 86.4 by 22.5 by 11.8.
Now lying at Cork. Price £300.
Blue Jacket. London, Nov. 25. The steamer Mesacria[sic] arrived at Middlesbrough
yesterday, having on board two men, a boy, and a young woman, rescued
from the Blue Jacket schooner, which was abandoned in the North Sea.
The schooner was on a voyage from Amble for London, with
firebricks.
A Perilous Passage. On the 23rd November the captain and crew of the Blue Jacket
were taken off in the North Sea, by the screw steamer Massacria [sic], and
landed at Middlesborough. The vessel was left in a sinking condition,
and nothing more has been heard of her. She belonged to Mr. J. J.
Greenstreet, of Sandwich, and was insured in the Whitstable Mutual
Maritime Insurance Association. After being landed at Middlesborough, the
Captain (N. Bolton) came on to Whitstable to make his report, which is
to the following effect:
We loaded a cargo of firebricks at Amble, for Northfleet, and
sailed on November 21st. In the evening we met with a very heavy squall,
and eventually the wind flew round to the North and blew a gale. Next
morning we were off the Humber, the wind still blowing heavily from
the North, and thick with rain. We were then compelled to bring the
ship to the wind, as she was making water. We kept the pumps going for a
time, but they became choked. At length the weather fined down, and we
got one pump to work again. We kept it going, and tried to get to
Yarmouth. When off Cromer, the wind fell calm, but soon afterwards a
gale sprang up from the South. The ship then drifted out to the outer
Dowsing, and finding that she was getting deeper in the water, and her
canvass having been blown away, we put up a signal of distress, which
brought the screw steamer Massacria to our assistance. The weather was
still very bad, and nothing could be done to save the ship, we were
taken off by the steamer and eventually landed at Middlesborough. We
lost all our clothes, and everything we had on board.
ON SALE AT BANGOR, IN SHARES, OR OTHERWISE, NEW SCHOONER, just
completed, and ready to be launched from the Shipbuilder's yard, at
Hirael, Bangor. She was built from the most approved material, under a
special survey of Lloyds. She is 62 ft. keel; 18 ft. width of beam; 8
ft. 9 in. depth of hold, and will carry 120 tons, drawing 8.5 feet,
and will sail, under easy canvass, without or with very little
ballast. Further particulars may be had on applying to Mr. O. WILLIAMS,
Old Crown and Anchor, Bangor.
LAUNCH AT BANGOR. On Tuesday morning last, we had the pleasure of
witnessing a most exciting scene, a fine and strongly built schooner
being launched from a building-yard at Hirael, the property of Mr.
Owen Williams, of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bangor. The morning was
beautifully fine; and hundreds of persons congregated near the
site at an early hour, all anxiously awaiting to see the vessel
gliding into the water along ways upwards of sixty yards in
length - which added greatly to the interest of the launch, being a
distance which is very seldom observed in this part of the
Principality. At half-past 11 o'clock, preparations were made to
effect the vessel's departure, and Mrs. Roberts, of the Liverpool Arms
Hotel, was called upon to perform the act of naming the "Jane
and Elizabeth," and " Success to her" was drank from, the bottle with
which this ceremony was performed. It was sometime before. the vessel
moved, through some difficulty or other remaining on the ways which
could not be immediately discovered, and it was thought then that
the attempt to launch would be a failure, but the screw was
applied, and she went down amidst vociferous and long continued
cheering, waving of hats, &c. ....
The "Jane and Elizabeth" was built from the most approved
materials, under a special survey of Lloyd's, and the following are
her dimensions:- 62 ft. keel; 18 ft. width of beam; 8 ft. 9 in. depth
of hold, and will carry 120 tons, drawing 18 ft, She will sail under
easy canvass, without or with very little ballast.
Report of Thomas Hughes, master of the schooner Jane and Elizabeth, of
Beaumaris, 60 tons, from Rochester, July 31, at noon, for Dumfries
(cement, 110 tons) - Proceeded, nothing of consequence having occurred
previous to the casualty, and put into Holyhead on the 9th of August
in consequence of head winds. Left Holyhead on the 17th, and was off
Kirkcudbright on the 18th, at 6 p.m. Had our jack dying for a pilot,
but no pilot put off to us, and we proceeded for Dumfries, steering
for the Scotch Channel. At 9 pm., tide being 3.5 hours' flood, weather
clear, wind W.S.W., a strong breeze, with a heavy sea from west,
vessel while proceeding at the rate of six knots, steering east, with
the lead kept constantly going, showing a depth of three fathoms
water, struck on Dumroof Bank and swung round with her head to the
north-west, striking on the ground heavily for one hour. Sounded the
pumps but found no water. At 10 p.m. shipped a heavy sea on the port
side, which carried away the mainboom, mainsail, broke three of the
beams, and stove in the deck, also smashing the small boat and
carrying it overboard. The vessel then filled with water and settled
down on the starboard side and sank into the sand, and has now become
a total wreck. No salvage services were rendered. The master and crew
lost all their effects. On the vessel beginning to break up, deponent,
with the crew, took to the rigging, where they remained till 6 o'clock
the following morning, low water; and the bank being then dry, made a
raft of pieces of mainboom, gaff and deck planks, and left vessel with
the flood tide, and were picked up by the Herbert (s), at 11 a.m.,
bound from Liverpool for Dumfries, arriving at 1 p.m. Dumfries, Aug.
20.
LAUNCH. - The town of Menai Bridge was enlivened on Saturday, by the
launch of a beautiful Cutter Yacht, 20 tons, the property of H. T.
Davies Griffiths, Esq. She was designed and built under the
superintendence of Mr. John Griffith, foreman Carpenter to Messrs.
Rd. and R. Davies Esq. Too much praise cannot be given to him for
the beauty and symmetry of the model. She was constructed by Mr.
Griffith Edwards, to whom, also, much credit is due for not only the
strong, but the neat manner in which he has finished the whole of his
work. Indeed, both her lines and construction, will bear comparison
with any yacht of her class round England.
Grampus. Report of Humphrey Jones, Master of the brigantine Grampus, of
Caernarvon, from Middlesborough for Cardiff, Dec. 12 (211 tons pig iron):-
Proceeded, and experienced contrary winds and bad weather, but nothing
of moment occurred until the 17th, on which day, at 1 p.m., tide an hour
ebb, weather thick, with rain, wind W.S.W., blowing strong breeze,
ship was pursuing her course under close reefed sails, steering N.W.,
the Mate being at the wheel, when deponent, who was below, felt a smart
shock, and running on deck found she had touched the ground on what he
supposed was the Goodwin, but subsequently found to be the Longsand.
but she came off immediately, and wore round to the eastward, which
course he then kept her. Sounded pumps, and found her making water at the
rate of a foot an hour; then, finding that it was not the Goodwin she
had touched upon, he steered a course N.E. till about 2 p.m., when
seeing breakers on the starboard bow, kept more to the northward,
immediately after which she struck heavily on another sand, which he
subsequently found to be the centre of the east side of the Sunk. Let
go port anchor to prevent her driving into deep water, and kept sails
on to steady, as she was filling fast. About 3 p.m. she was quite full
of water, and settling down in the sand. Lowered sails and hoisted a
signal for assistance, but none came. Flared till 11 p.m., but without
result. Then got ready the boat, but she was swamped alongside with
two men in her. Hauled the men on hoard, and made a raft of spare spars,
then waited for tide. About 10 a.m. on the 18th, a smack came up and sent her
boat, which took deponent and Crew off the wreck, and put them on board
the smack, remaining by the wreck till about 2 p.m., when, finding little or
nothing could be saved, smack made for Harwich, where she arrived about
11 p.m. and landed them.
SHIP LAUNCH IN BANGOR. On Tuesday morning last, an unusually large
number of spectators assembled together at and around the building
yard of Mr. Edward Ellis, Garth, Bangor, to witness the launch of a
beautifully designed and strongly built barque, which was partly
rigged, awaiting the final operations that were to enable her to enter
the wide briny ocean which she is destined to navigate. The
erection of a vessel of such comparatively large dimensions is a rare
occurrence in this part of the Principality, and, in fact, this was
the first of the kind ever built in Bangor, and we trust for the sake
of the town and trade, it will not be the last. Her model and general
appearance greatly rebound to the credit of the designer (Mr.
Edward Ellis, jr) and the enterprising builder, who has shown such spirit
in the conduct of the extensive business in which he is engaged. The
barque was named the "Heatherbell", and measures - length of keel, 112
feet; breadth, 24 ft. 10 in.; and 15 ft. hold; carries 440 tons;
custom house measurement 257; and is registered A 1, 12 years
classification. She is intended for the foreign trade, to be
commanded by one of the principal owners, Captain Thomas, of New Quay,
South Wales. ....
Loss OF A BARQUENTINE. A telegram from the British Consul at
Bremerhaven received at Chacewater states that the barquentine Heather
Bell, manned by a British crew, foundered on the 18th inst., with the
loss of five men. The Heather Bell was on a voyage from Workworth [sic, Warkworth?] to
Bremerhaven, and carried a crew of seven hands under the command of
Captain Crothers. On entering the estuary of the river Weser, in
Germany, the vessel struck on a sunken rock, and the weather being
thick at the time, she foundered in a very short time. Among the five
who were drowned was a young sailor named Owen Davies Crowthers [also
Crothers], of Chacewater, second son of Mr. James Crowthers, and
grandson of the late Captain William Davies, of Portreath. The captain
of the barquentine and an able seaman were saved, but not without a
severe struggle. The relatives of Crowthers are deeply affected by his
sad loss, the young man having been a general favourite in his native
village.
WRECK OF A BLYTH LADEN VESSEL. FIVE OF THE CHEW DROWNED. A SURVIVOR AT
SHIELDS. Yesterday, Mr Henwood, steward of the barquentine, Heather
Bell, belonging to Aberystwith, arrived at North Shields, and reported the total
wreck of that vessel at Wangeroog, and the drowning of five of the
crew while on a voyage from Blyth for Bremerhaven, laden with a cargo of
coal, Mr Henwood and the master, Captain Crothers, being the only
survivors. It appears that the Heather Bell sailed from Blyth for
Bremerhaven with a crew of seven hands, all told, on the 13th of this
month. All went well until the 17th, when fog of great density was
encountered. The navigation of the vessel was carried on with great
difficulty, and she eventually went ashore at Wangeroog, near
Bremerhaven. The casualty took place about 5 30 in the evening. Immediately
after striking, the anchor was let go, but shortly after, she began to
bump heavily, and the cabin sheets were forced up. The water poured
into the cabin, causing considerable consternation among the crew.
Signals of distress were hoisted, and the boats were launched. Five of
the crew got into the long boat, and the steward and the captain into
the small boat. At the time of the abandonment, a hard gale was blowing,
and a heavy sea was running, and the boats got adrift. The master and
steward in the small boat succeeded in reaching a buoy, and though the night
was very dark, they observed the long boat containing the other five
men several times. Suddenly the long boat disappeared, and it is
supposed that she foundered, carrying down with her the five men. The
two survivors, left to the mercy of the winds and waves, were in great
danger, but hoisting a shirt on an oar as a signal of distress, a tug boat
came to their assistance, and they were rescued, but in a very exhausted
condition. The crew of the tug treated Capt. Crothers and Mr Henwood with
great kindness, and afterwards landed them at Bremerhaven. On the
arrival of the survivors at Bremerhaven, they were taken charge of by
the British Consul. Mr Henwood was sent home by the steamer Oakfield,
and yesterday he was forwarded to his home from the Tyne Sailors'
Home, North Shields, by the agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society. The names the drowned men are not known, with the exception
of one of the seamen, Owen Davis Crothers, who was a relative of the
master. They were shipped at Plymouth. The Heather Bell was owned by
W. Davis, Portreath, Cornwall, and was 258 tons register. The latest
reports state that the Heather Bell is entirely under water, and that
there is no prospect of salvage.
THE STRANDING STRANDING OF THE HEATHER BELL. The marine board of
Bremerhaven held an inquiry on the 7th inst. into the circumstances
attending the stranding of the British three-masted schooner Heather
Bell near the Island of Wanger-roge, off the coast of North Germany,
on the 17th April last. Five men of the crew lost their lives, and
only the master and steward were saved. The ship was of 214 register
tons, and, with a crew of seven men, was bound to Bremerhaven with a
cargo of pit-coal. It was not possible to secure the presence of the
survivors at the inquiry, but their depositions, taken in England,
were before the court. The captain's statement was that in the
afternoon of the 17th April, he passed a lightship having the rig and
the appearance of the Weser Outer Lightship, and he shaped his course
accordingly. Towards evening the ship struck, and at about half-past
seven the crew thought it advisable to take to the boats, the master
and steward going in the jolly-boat, and the others in the large boat.
The boats parted during the night in a heavy snow storm, and the
jolly-boat managed to get fastened to a buoy, its occupants being
taken off next morning by a steamer. The other boat, however, was
lost, and the bodies of the five men who were in her came ashore at
Wangeroge next day. The captain maintained that he made several
soundings, the last one showing seven fathoms. A pilot (Wege), of the
Geestermunde pilot cutter, said, in evidence, that he watched the
Heather Bell from three o'clock in the afternoon. Up to half-past five
she steered S.E. 0.5 E., and after that time S.S.W., a course which
must infallibly have ended in a stranding. He was of opinion that the
captain must have had land in sight the whole afternoon, and thought
there must be some mistake about the soundings. Pilot Deger, of the
Bremerhaven pilot cutter, gave similar evidence. There are, it
appears, three lifeboat stations near the spot (Wangeroge, Spiekeroge,
and Carolinensiel), but evidence was given to show that although, at
all of them, men and boats attempted to go to the assistance of the
wrecked crew, yet the extreme darkness of the night rendered their
efforts futile. It was shown, further, that the craft which was
mistaken for the Weser Outer Lightship was a wreck lightship, painted
red, bearing the regulation lights on its masts, and marked with the
word "Wrack." The counsel for the Crown pointed out several
discrepancies in the Englishman's depositions, and, although ready to
admit that a mistake might have been made about the lightship, the
error would have been discovered almost immediately if more attention
had been paid to the landmarks. The judgment of the Marine Board was
that the stranding of the Heather Bell was owing to the captain (who
had no certificate) having mistaken a wreck lightship for the Weser
Outer Lightship; and the fact of the lightship having been painted red
may have contributed to the error. The master, however, was wrong in
not having more attentively studied the coast-line and the land and
sea marks when he altered his course. The abandonment of the vessel
was justifiable, and the efforts made at the lifeboat stations to
rescue the shipwrecked crew were most praiseworthy.
Thomas Matthews, master of the schooner Matthew Owen, of
Beaumaris, 68 tons, which has lately arrived in the Mersey from
Poole, with a cargo of clay, has made the following deposition
before the receiver of wrecks at Liverpool:- "On July 3, at about 8
a.m., the tide flood, Weather fine, wind N.W., light, the said
schooner proceeded up the Mersey, in tow of the Brackley steam
tug, belonging to the Bridgewater Navigation Company (Limited), and
having arrived off Duke's Docks, Runcorn, was cast off, and came
to anchor until she could be taken into dock, tide still flood. Did
not get into dock that tide, and on the ebb, ship took the ground
astern, broke her sheer, and dragged her anchor until in deep water,
where the anchor again held and brought her up about six fathoms on
port side of Eliza, of Bridgewater. About 20 minutes after the Eliza
grounded, broke her sheer, and collided with deponent's starboard
quarter. The vessels being unable to get clear, remained foul until
floodtide, when they swung up stream over their anchors, and carried
away deponent's stanchions, bulwarks, rail and fore shroud of main
rigging. Deponent finds, on survey, that his anchor stock is much
bent, and fears that the ship's bottom has dragged heavily upon it, in
which case the damage will serious. Deponent considers the Bridgewater
Navigation Company is responsible for the damage, seeing
that their tug cast him off in mid stream, instead of bringing him
into dock, other vessels towed up astern of him by another tug having
been docked on same tide"
Report of Hugh Parry, master of the schooner Matthew Owen, of
Beaumaris, 68 tons, from Liverpool, July 11, at 6 a.m.. for
Roscarberry, with 109 tons deals:- On account of meeting with fresh
head winds from the S.W. came to anchor at Moelfra Bay about 4 p.m. on
the 12th. At 7 a.m. on the 16th, the wind having come round to the
N.W. and moderated, we got under weigh and proceeded. At 10 p.m., tide
being near high water, weather fine and clear, wind calm, with smooth
sea, the vessel was under whole sail, steering N.E., Skerries Island
bearing N.E., distant about three miles, myself and the mate being on
deck, and the mate at the wheel, I had occasion to go down to the
cabin. When I got down I heard the water rushing in underneath the
mate's berth. I at once ran up on deck and told the mate, and went
forward to rouse the man that was down below in the forecastle to man
the pumps. Continued to pump as hard as we could, but the water was
gaining on us. I ordered the boat to be launched and to get some of
our effects into her, as the vessel was settling down fast. At 1 45
a.m., 17th, we took to the boat and stood close to the vessel. At 2
a.m. vessel gave a lurch and foundered in deep water. We then pulled
for Cemaes, arriving there at 8 30 a.m. About 7 30 a.m. we left Cemaes
and arrived at Amlwch about 9 a.m. I did not show any signals of
distress, nor was there any assistance rendered.
SHIPPING DISASTERS. VESSEL IN DISTRESS NEAR HOLYHEAD. About an hour
before high tide last evening, the Holyhead breakwater lighthouse
signalled that there was a vessel in distress outside. The Holyhead
coastguards replied and the steam lifeboat Duke of Northumberland, a
tugboat, and some local boatmen went out and found that the schooner
Cambria, of Carnarvon, in ballast from Belfast to Portmadoc, was in
distress, having missed her stays while trying to clear the
breakwater. Some local boatmen managed to tow her into the harbour.
Portmadoc, Dec. 22. The Cambria, for Cardiff, with cargo of slates, sailed
from here on the 19th inst., and encountered heavy weather, and was
abandoned in a sinking state off Bishops on the 20th inst. Crew were
rescued by the schooner Faith, and landed at Abersoch this morning.
[15 miles off the Bishops lighthouse, crew of 3, master Robert Roberts]
BoT wreck report: voyage Fishguard to Newport, in ballast, sunk by
collision with Bristol steam tug Columbine, 18 March 1895, 1.5 miles
east of Breaksea LV.
Cardiff. Exports Coastwise: Sept 26 Pamela Pennant 45 coal, Fishguard.
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