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VESSELS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND
1800,
1801,
1802,
1803,
1804,
1805,
1806,
1807,
1808,
1809.
1800 (data so far has been built up mainly from elsewhere
in the site. Can you provide a list?
Just a start.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
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Darlington |
207 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Helenby? - C. Bell in 1828, G. Chicken in 1856 |
26219 |
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2 |
Doris |
189 |
John & Philip Laing |
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3 |
Hope |
204 |
John & Philip Laing |
Francis Vasic |
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4 |
Margaret |
250 |
John & Philip Laing |
E. Gray |
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5 |
Nautilus (a brig)
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122 |
T. Nicholson & Co. |
Derek Cox has kindly been in touch to advise that there is a
reference to Nautilus in 'Sailing Coasters of Faversham' by R. H.
(Hugh) Perks,
published in 2019 (as Faversham Paper No 132 by the Faversham Society). In
such volume Hugh Perks states that 'Faversham's own colliers included the Sunderland-built brig Nautilus (1800), registered de novo Faversham in 1810 and owned in 1819 by town coal merchant John Payn. He
sold her in 1829 to her master, John Wilson (or Willson as also written). She survived until 1845 when she was wrecked within the Port of Wells'.
The
webmaster has checked the editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR') available to him.
Nautilus is listed in LRs of 1813 thru 1823, stated to be of 12 to 22 years old,
owned by J. Payne, with J. Wilson listed as her captain - for service as
LoTrnspt i.e. London Transport. LRs of 1813 & 1815 at least note she had two
guns. LR of 1820/21 lists her year of build as 1801 & notes her service as
PhTrans i.e. Portsmouth Transport. The vessels is also, if cryptically, listed
in LRs of 1834 thru 1838/39. Of 122 tons, registered at Faversham with J. Wilson
her captain but with no other data specifically no owners name or port of
registration. |
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6 |
Theseus |
143 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing |
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What were the official
build numbers for 1800? Do please advise
me if you know.
1801 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Albion
(a snow) |
195 |
W. Maling |
I spotted in Lloyd's Register of 1840/41 that the vessel had
been 'Lost'. Then owned by P. Laing of Sunderland with Kirkman her captain.
Strangely listed in the LR supplement. |
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2 |
Ann |
132 |
John & Philip Laing |
Jefferson |
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3 |
Charlotte |
230 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Cameron in 1822, T. Stainton in 1856 |
25215 |
4 |
Clara |
203 |
Unknown to webmaster |
J. Cropton or Cropton & Co. |
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5 |
Hope |
126 |
John & Philip Laing |
C. Pitcher |
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6 |
Fame |
375 |
John & Philip Laing |
Frazer |
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7 |
Isabella |
170 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing |
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8 |
Sandyford |
181 |
Unknown to webmaster |
W. Matley & Co. - R. Couper in 1856 |
24455 |
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9 |
Walker (a brig or snow) |
214 later 244, 273 & 253 |
R. Reay |
The vessel would seem to have been registered at Hull (Wright),
then at Newcastle & finally at Shields (Hall then Motley). Likely on May 30,
1860, the vessel was lost off the coast of
Holland - with the loss of her entire 9 man crew. |
2031 |
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What were the official
build numbers for 1801? Do please advise
me if you know.
1802 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Adonis |
298 |
John & Philip Laing |
Starbuck |
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2 |
Diana
(a brig or snow) |
165
later
222
later
223 |
John & Philip Laing |
The 'Laing' build list on site (page 145) indicates that the vessel was launched on May 5,
1802 & sold to 'Wilson'. Ian Whittaker advises (thanks!) re the vessel as follows - 'First registry as No: 8 at
Banff. Re-registered No: 9 in 1809. Captured 1814'. The webmaster has some but
not all editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR') of the period available to him. The
vessel seems certainly to be LR recorded in 1805 & from 1808 thru 1813 & also in 1815.
Always owned & captained by J. Wilson, stated in all such editions to have been
built at Sutherland (presumably in error). For some varied service - from London
to Riga, Latvia, in 1805, from Dublin, Ireland, to Scotland in 1808, from London to Quebec, Canada, from 1809 thru 1812,
from Dublin to the West Indies in 1813 & 1815. LR of 1809 listed the vessel
at 222 tons & at 223 tons thereafter. LR of 1815 notes that the vessel
had been 'Captured'. Is there anything additional you can add to the above
limited history of the vessel? Detail as to the circumstances of her capture,
perhaps? Y |
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3 |
Frederick |
111 |
John & Philip Laing |
R. Hutton |
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4 |
Liberty
(a brig) |
219
later
220/190
later
224 |
An unknown Hylton builder |
Lloyd's Register ('LR') is very often a puzzle to the webmaster. This vessel
would seem to have been LR listed in 1808/09, from 1815 thru 1830/31, from
1834/35 thru 1837/38 & not thereafter, even though it survived until 1870. For
its lifetime thru 1830/31, the vessel was owned by the Storey family - W. Storey
becoming M. Storey then W. Storey again. Who may well have been from Sunderland
but later, maybe, were from Ireland. Its initial service was from Sunderland to
London. The 1815 LR listing advises of service from Liverpool to Hamburg,
Germany, but is of especial interest because it advises that the vessel had
three guns. From 1819/20, the vessel's service is ex Waterford, Ireland, to
Liverpool, soon Dublin, Ireland, to Quebec, Canada, but mainly ex Dublin to
London. A 'Storey' would seem to have been her captain thru 1830/31. The vessel,
now of 220 tons, seems to have become registered at Newcastle in 1834/35 but the
LR data is cryptic indeed. In 1836/37 & 1837/38 LR advises that the vessel was
owned by Jefferson of South Shields for service from Shields to London. Then LR
silence for the next 32 years. Turnbull's Register of 1856
lists R. Balleny of Greencroft (near Lanchester, County Durham), W. Carter of South Shields and J. Jefferson of
Westoe (South Shields), as her then owners, which names Christie's
Shipping Register of 1858 clarifies as meaning
R. Balleny, William Carter & Jane Jefferson. The
Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records
Wm. Carter, of South Shields, as her then owner. Signal letters PGFB. On Oct. 24, 1870, per line
975 here, the
224 ton brig foundered off Speeton Cliff (North Yorkshire, between Filey &
Bridlington), while en route from Shields to London
with a cargo of coal. Crew of
8 - none lost. Then owned by
William Carter. This page (scroll to 25486) has a different date for the loss
but I think that the date recorded is rather the date of the loss certificate. Anything you can add? Y
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25486 |
5 |
Livonia |
217 |
John & Philip Laing |
Cummins & Co. |
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6 |
Mary Anna |
214 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Unknown - J. Venus in 1856, Israel Venus in 1858 |
2181 |
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What were the official build numbers for 1802? Do please advise
me if you know.
1803 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Ann (a brig or brigantine) |
151 |
An unknown Ayre's Quay builder |
This listing was
created having seen this
reference (in red) to Ann in 'Records
of Bristol Ships', published by the Bristol Records
Society in 1950. So far as I can see (not an easy search & many LR editions are
un-available) the vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1818 thru
1822 only, there listed as built not at Sunderland but rather at Durham. Owned
thru such period by Young (E. Young from 1821) for service from Bristol to
Honduras in 1819 & from Bristol to Antigua thereafter. Prior to such period the
vessel would seem to have been registered at Sunderland, certainly in 1811 &
probably thru 1817, with
her earlier
registration being unknown. It would seem that the vessel also traded, in its
lifetime, into the Mediterranean. With I. Brown serving as her captain from 1818
until part way thru 1820, & then E. Young thru 1822. 'Young or E. Young' means
Edward & John Matthew Young, cornfactors of Bristol, owners listed re another
Sunderland built vessel as being merchants. Who would seem to have acquired the
vessel on Sep. 5, 1817. Her captains under Young ownership
were initially John Brown (LR refers to I. Brown), Edward Young from Oct. 1818,
David Moore from Jun. 1819, Edward Young from Feb. 1820, John Morris from Sep.
1820 & John Hird from Feb. 1821. 72 ft. 2 in. long. I read that in Nov. 1821,
the vessel was wrecked on the island of Rasay, when homeward bound from St.
Petersburg, Russia. Her crew were all saved, it would appear. Rasay would seem
to be an island situated between the Isle of Skye & the NW Scottish mainland, an
island better known as Raasay. Can you add
more about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add to or
correct this record? Y |
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2 |
Britannia |
330 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. Laing |
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3 |
conomy |
227 became
216 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Unknown - N. Horn in 1809/10 -
G. B. Purvis & W. Rennison in 1856 - George B. Purves & Wm. Rennison in 1858 |
2163 |
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Perseverance - for a vessel so named, stated to be built in 1803, go here
to 1808. |
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4 |
Thomas
(a schooner) |
56 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Have not attempted to research this vessel. I have just recorded data that was
relatively easy to
locate once I found what finally happened to her. The vessel was registered at Whitby from 1848. Turnbull's Register of 1856
lists G. Peterkin & Co. of Lyth (near Whitby) as her then owners, while Christie's Shipping Register of
1858 lists Elizabeth Peterkin & Thomas Forster, both of Sandsend (a fishing
village near Whitby). Per this page, on May 5, 1873,
then 70 years old, the
vessel was en route from Sunderland to Fisherrow, East Lothian, Scotland, with
100 tons of sand, with a crew of 2 (none lost). The vessel sank at a point 3
miles NE of Fern Islands (off Bambrough, Northumberland). Then owned by M.
Thurlbeck, 'The "Thomas" was struck on the stern by a sea, and shortly
afterwards was discovered to be making water. The Court found that she was unseaworthy.' Anything you can add? |
8977 |
5 |
Thomas & Anne |
126 |
John & Philip Laing |
Matthews |
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6 |
Zephyrus (a snow or brig) |
228 |
W. Potts |
The webmaster has not researched this vessel, which was, he reads, launched in
Jun. 1803. So far as I can see, the vessel is first Lloyd's Register ('LR')
listed in 1807, then a 4 year old Sunderland built brig owned by T. Smith with
T. S. Baillie her captain. The vessel clearly had an astonishingly long life. This
listing is started as a result of the webmaster spotting a reference to the
vessel's loss in 1881. In mid Oct. 1881, the vessel, stated to be a 194 ton
brigantine 78 years old, was en route from Newcastle to Carlshamn (Karlshamn,
Sweden) with a cargo
of coal & cement. Owned & captained by J. A. Hodge of South Shields & with a crew
of 7. On Oct. 15, 1881 the vessel was lost (with no loss of life) off Afland
Point, Amager Island, Denmark (i.e. near Copenhagen). As per page 108 of the U.K. Parliament's 'Accounts and Papers', Vol.
63, published in 1883, WWW
available here.
88.5 ft. long, signal letters PCGW. Hopefully, in due course, a substantive
history of the vessel will be made available. Y |
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What were the official build numbers for 1803? Do please advise
me if you know.
1804 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Bolina |
145 |
John & Philip Laing |
W. Bell |
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2 |
Janes |
186 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Unknown - T. Barker of North Shields in 1856 |
2270 |
3 |
Marys (a snow) |
250
later
315
later
323 |
Benjamin Heward |
The webmaster does not have all editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR')
available to him. This
vessel, he knows, is LR listed in 1809, in 1812, 1813 & 1815, & from 1818 thru 1856/57 with a couple of exceptions (1829 & 1830).
It is not listed in LRs of 1810 & 1811. In 1809, per LR, the 250 ton
vessel was owned by J. Stamp
for service from Shields to St. Petersburg, Russia. With G. Young her then
captain. J. Stamp is still listed as her owner in 1812 & 1813, now of 315 tons, for service
from Plymouth to Shields, with 'Clark' her captain in 1812 & part of 1813 & 'Reay'
her captain later in 1813. In 1815, 'Reay' is LR stated to be the vessel's captain &
also her owner for service as a London transport. J. Stamp (or 'Stamps') is her
owner again from 1818 thru 1821 with J. Jacobsen her captain - for some varied
service. From Liverpool to Oporto, Portugal, in 1818, from Hull to the Baltic in
1819 thru 1820/21, from Dartmouth to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1821. C.
Burrell is listed as the vessel's owner from 1822 thru 1828, always for service
from Dartmouth to Miramichi, with Jacobsen her captain.
In 1830, I see that the
vessel, a snow, was registered at Newcastle & owned by the executors of John Stamp of
North Shields.
From 1831 (once LR
coverage continued) thru 1833, Jacobsen is LR stated to be both the captain
& owner of the 323 ton vessel, for service from Dublin, Ireland, to Quebec, Canada. J. Stamp (of Newcastle thru 1837/38, of North Shields in
1838/39 & of Liverpool in 1839/40) is again, per LR, the vessel's owner from
1834 thru 1839/40, for service to America i) from Newcastle thru 1838/39 &
ii) from
Shields in 1839/40. The last vessel owner, per LR, is Burrell & Co., of
Liverpool, from 1840/41 thru 1856/57 with 'Newham' her captain from 1838/39 thru
1845/46, M. Arkle thereafter thru 1851/52 & 'R. Thomsn' from 1854/55 thru
1856/57. For consistent service ex Liverpool to Quebec, Canada, (in 1840/41 & in
1848/49 & 1849/50) to Restigouche, New Brunswick, (from 1845/46 thru 1847/48) &
otherwise just to North America. I note that Marwood's
North of England Maritime Directory of Mar. 1854,
lists the Liverpool registered vessel as
owned by John Stamp Burrell, with William Foster (a name not LR referenced)
reported to be her then captain.
LRs of
1855/56 & 1856/57 have minimal detail, which suggests that the vessel may then
have been either lost or sold. Neither seem to be true. I say that because the Mercantile Navy List lists
the vessel from 1858 thru 1869, always Lancaster, Lancashire,
registered, & from 1865 owned by J. S. Burrell of Market Street, Lancaster.
It would seem
that the vessel may have been essentially owned by the 'Stamp' family or partnership group for all of
its lifetime. If you agree?
Wikipedia advise (thanks!) that on Sep. 8, 1869,
a vessel of the name, most likely this vessel, while en route from Glasson Dock, Lancaster, to Quebec City,
Canada, was driven ashore at an unstated location. And was then condemned. As
per a report in the 'Daily News' of London of Oct. 5, 1869. Hopefully some
kindly visitor might one day provide that article to the webmaster for inclusion
here. Signal
letters RBSH. Is there anything you can
add? Y |
32825 |
4 |
Saint Andrew or St. Andrew (a sloop). |
36
but maybe
310 |
J. Goodchild, Jnr. of Pallion |
This vessel came to the webmaster's attention via line
2790 here.
A most reliable government source in my experience. Which advises that on
Oct. 6, 1862,
the
36 ton sloop was abandoned off Montrose (N. of Dundee, Scotland) while en route from Charlestown, Fife,
Scotland (N. shore of Firth of Forth) to Littleferry (Loch Fleet, Golspie, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands) with a cargo of coal.
Crew of 3 - none lost Then owned by David Norrie. As is confirmed by this newspaper article,
kindly provided by a friend of the site. So far as I can see, no vessel
of the name, built in 1804, was ever listed in Lloyd's Register ('LR'). However a
master list of ships built at Sunderland (of uncertain origin) does list Saint Andrew
of 34 tons built at Sunderland in 1804. A second such list records 'St. Andrew'
of 53 tons, completed in Jun. 1804 & built by J. Goodchild Jnr. In 1826, a vessel named St. Andrew, a
sloop of 53 tons, was registered at Sunderland, owned by T. Baker & with D.
Smith her captain. crewlist.org.uk
(enter 8924) suggests that late in its life, the 34 ton vessel was registered at Whitby
(to 1857) & then at Aberdeen, & was recorded in the Mercantile Navy List as both
Saint Andrew & St. Andrew.
Is there anything you can
add?
Y |
8924 |
5 |
Ulysses
(a brig) |
218 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing |
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6 |
Vertumnus (a brig) |
139
later
132 |
J. Taylor of Monkwearmouth |
This modest listing needs to be revisited. A list of vessels
built at Sunderland in 1804 includes Vertumnus, completed in Mar. 1804 & built
by J. Taylor. From 1811 thru 1833
(last Lloyd's Register listing), the vessel was, per LR, owned by Kirkaldy (her captain) & Co.,
for service ex Falmouth/Plymouth later ex Belfast, later
ex Liverpool & also ex Leith. I earlier noted that the vessel was owned by 'J. Taylor, likely of Looe',
for reasons I cannot today understand. |
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me if you know.
1805 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Betsy or Betsey |
195 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing. A vessel name most difficult to Lloyd's Register ('LR') search. LR of 1808/09 lists
Betsy, a brig of 195 tons, 5 years old, owned by Robson, for
service from Sunderland to Quebec, Canada. The vessel, now a brig of 186 tons owned by A. Robson, seems to be intermittently
listed from 1812 thru 1819/20, for service between Shields & Falmouth. Cannot spot the vessel later LR
listed. The correct
vessel?
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2 |
Betsy or Betsey
or Betseys (a brig, later a snow, later a brig) |
129
later
134
later
133 |
John & Philip Laing |
A vessel name most difficult to Lloyd's Register ('LR') search. LR of 1808/09 lists
Betsy, a brig of 129 tons, 5 years old, owned by T. Park, her captain, for
service from Sunderland to Portsmouth. I have previously referenced here R. Park.
No later LR references that I can spot until 1837/38 when Betseys, a 134 ton
snow built at Sunderland in 1805 is owned by Atkinson of Sunderland for service as a
Sunderland coaster. In 1839/40 she became owned by J. Strom of South Shields for
service from Newcastle to London. Seems to be LR recorded thru 1844/45 & not
thereafter. On
Oct. 9, 1860, per line 822 here,
a 133 ton brig named Betsy, built at Sunderland in 1805, was wrecked at Hasborough Sand (N.
of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, I think) while en route from Seaham to Yarmouth. Crew of 7 - no lives lost. The vessel
was then stated to be owned by Robert S. Watling. ON 6511 was registered at
Yarmouth but the Mercantile Navy List references both Betsy & Betsey. All the
correct vessel? Not sure. |
6511
maybe |
3 |
Isabella |
101 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing |
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4 |
James |
148 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. Laing |
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5 |
Penelope
(a brig) |
121
later
122
later
101 |
John & Philip Laing |
Another vessel which had a long life but seems not to have been recorded in
Lloyd's Register ('LR') for most of its life. The best data we have is, in fact,
how she was lost when 55 years old in 1861! LR of 1809 records what seems to be
the vessel - Penelope, a 121
ton brig, owned by J. & P. Laing in service as a Sunderland coaster, with T.
Pearson her captain (but note that the vessel is not listed in LR of 1808 or 1810). It
looks as though the vessel may have been recorded in LR of 1813 (when 8 years
old) thru 1820 (when 15 years old), a brig of 122 tons owned by J. Powell,
captained by E. Hunt, for service from London to Dublin, Ireland. Of interest, such vessel
was noted in 1813
& 1815 to have carried 2 guns.
Now from 1834 thru 1838/39, in cryptic
listings in LR, a 122 ton vessel of the
name was registered at Faversham, Kent, with J. Loines her captain. I have
previously commented that such vessel may or may not
be our Penelope. Derek Cox, of Faversham, has now kindly advised the
webmaster that in
1825 John & Richard Drayson, of Faversham, did buy the vessel further that J. Loines of Faversham served as the vessel's master - as per 'Sailing Coasters of Faversham' by R. H.
(Hugh) Perks,
published in 2019 (as Faversham Paper No 132 by the Faversham Society). Further, John & Richard
Drayson were brothers, John being born at Faversham in 1781.
Penelope was lost on Jul. 20, 1861 as per line 1761 on
this page - a 101 ton brig built at Monkwearmouth in 1805. The vessel foundered at
Scarborough, Yorkshire, while en route from Seaham to London with a cargo of coal. Crew of 5 -
no lives lost. Then owned by Charlotte Wright.
Crewlist.org (insert 25327)
records the vessel as registered at Rochester, Kent, from 1853 to 1860, with
signal letters PFMK. Is there anything you can add to
the limited data recorded above? Y |
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What were the official build numbers for 1805? Do please advise
me if you know.
1806 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Mars |
208 |
John & Philip Laing |
Hunter |
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2 |
Lavinia |
158 |
John & Philip Laing |
Drummond & Co. |
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3 |
Triton (a brig, later a snow) |
125
later
106 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Have not researched this vessel. A vessel of the name is, however, listed in
Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1809 as owned by Swatman for service from Sunderland
to Lynn, Norfolk. And in LR of 1810, then 4 years old & owned by T. Billing, the vessel's
captain, for service as a Lynn coaster. I list the vessel because I happened to
notice, in LR of 1862/63, that an 1806 Sunderland built vessel of the name was noted as having been LOST. Then
owned by W. Peeps of Lynn, for service ex Lynn. All the same vessel? |
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me if you know.
1807 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Alert (a schooner) 1 |
144 |
Unknown to webmaster |
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2 |
Alexis 1 ex
24Oct1809
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132 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. & P. Laing |
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3 |
Ceneus (a brig or snow) |
147
later
145
later
148
later
194
later
148/139
later
127 |
W. Potts |
Another vessel which had a very long life! The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR')
listed (in years available to the webmaster) in 1809, (not in 1810 & 1811), in 1812, 1813 & 1815, from
1818 thru 1838/39, from 1842/43 thru 1846/47 & not thereafter. In 1809, the 147 ton brig was owned by
'Cockerill' for service as a Sunderland coaster. From 1812 thru 1818 at least, it
would seem, the vessel was owned by Hayton & Co., for service from Teignmouth,
Devon, to Sunderland, from Dublin to Bremen, Germany, & from London to St.
Petersburg, Russia. From 1819 to 1829 the vessel was owned by 'Graham', G. Graham
to 1824, C. Graham thereafter, with G. Graham the vessel's captain from 1818 thru
1824 - for service ex Plymouth to Sunderland or service as a Plymouth coaster. In 1824,
probably a mistake, the brig is LR listed as being of 247 tons. From 1830 thru
1833, the 148 ton brig was, per LR, owned by 'Rchrdsn &', presumably Richardson
& Co. for
service as a Topsham, Devon, coaster & from 1832 as a Lynn, Norfolk, coaster.
From 1834 thru 1838/39, the vessel was registered at Sunderland - no other
detail is LR available however. From 1842/43 thru 1846/47, the vessel, a snow of 148/139 tons
was owned by Halliday of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to London.
'Halliday' was the snow's captain from 1842/43 thru 1845/46. The North of England Maritime Directory of 1848 lists
John Halliday of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. Turnbull's Register of 1856
lists J. Euens & R. Robinson, both of Sunderland, as the 127 ton snow's then owners. which owner names are clarified by Christie's Shipping Register of
1858
to mean Richard Robinson & John Euens. On
Sep. 17, 1861, per line
1361 here, the
127 ton snow sank off Dover, while en route from Schiedam (Rotterdam) to England. Crew of 6 - none lost.
The vessel is stated to have been then owned by John Ewens. Anything you can add? |
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Scipio |
144 |
John & Philip Laing |
J. Bonner |
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Waterhouse (a snow)
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208
later 228 |
W. Reay of Hylton |
A vessel which had a long life - 53 years - but is only minimally listed
in Lloyd's Register ('LR'). The vessel seems to be for sure LR listed from 1809
thru 1825 & is almost certainly LR listed, if modestly, from 1834 thru
1838/39. The vessel's initial owner, thru 1818, was
W. Taylor, from 1819 Taylor & Co., for what looks to be consistent service ex
Liverpool. To Ireland, probably Limerick, in 1809 & 1810, to Montreal, Canada,
thru 1813 or maybe later, to Elsinore (Helsingør, Denmark) in 1818. W. Taylor,
per LR, served as the vessel's captain thru 1818, then E. Humble for a portion
of 1818 then 'J. Sparman'. From 1819 thru 1825, the vessel was owned, per LR, by
Humble & Co., for further service from Liverpool to Elsinore with 'W. Sparmn'
her captain. The vessel is, I believe, cryptically LR listed from 1834 thru
1838/39, of 229 tons, registered at Newcastle but with no other data whatsoever.
Fortunately the vessel is referenced elsewhere & some of those listings are
available to the webmaster. The 228 ton vessel was owned in both 1830 & 1848 by Robert
Jefferson & Co. of South Shields. Per this page
(1830 Newcastle)
& this page from the North of England Maritime
Directory of 1848.
In 1855 & 1856,
per Turnbull's Shipping Register, the vessel was owned by W. Carter & R.
Jefferson, both of South Shields & R. Balleny of Littlegreencroft (8 miles W. of Durham near Lanchester). With W. Carter her
captain in 1855. The vessel seems not to be registered at Newcastle, in Christie's Register
of 1858, which is surprising since the Mercantile Navy List records the vessel
registered there in 1860. Signal letters NMDR. No crew lists are available re
the vessel. That is all I can now tell you. Can
you add anything additional? Y |
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What were the official
build numbers for 1807? Do please advise
me if you know.
1808 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Hero (a brig) |
181
later
183
later
184/174
later
174 |
Unknown to webmaster |
A vessel which had an amazingly long life! Of 62 years no less. The vessel would
seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') recorded from 1818 thru 1829, from
1833 thru 1844/45, from 1847/48 thru 1854/55 & not thereafter. So far as I can see, the vessel
was
first recorded in LR of 1818, a brig of 181 tons, then 10
years old, owned by 'Thompson' for service from Plymouth, Devon, to Wales. Per LR,
Thompson continued to own the vessel thru 1829 for the same service thru 1822 &
then for service from Exmouth, also Devon, to Sunderland. The vessel was next LR recorded in 1833 (1832/33) where it is stated to be owned by J. Canney for service from
Cowes to Sunderland. It would seem that the LR data for many years, as just
stated, was wrong. The vessel
was clearly registered at Sunderland in 1826 as per the
'Sunderland Annual Shipping List for 1826' (here),
then a brig of 183 tons owned by
J. Canney & Co. The LR data of 1834 & 1835/36 is cryptic. In 1836/37,
thru 1844/45. the
vessel was, per LR, owned by Wear & Co. of Scarborough, for service as a
Scarborough coaster. In 1837/38 the vessel became listed at 184/174
tons. A couple of years of LR silence & when LR coverage recommenced in 1847/48,
the vessel, a brig, was owned by Smith of Scarborough for service as a
Scarborough collier. Per LR, Smith continued to own the vessel thru 1854/55.
Christie's Shipping Register of 1858 lists the Scarborough
registered 174 ton brig as then owned by Matthew Smith & J. Matthews, both of
Scarborough. The
Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 177) & 1870 both record Samuel Gibson, of
Scarborough, as the vessel's then owner. Signal letters JLQW. On Dec. 9, 1872, per line
3153 here, the
154 ton brig stranded at Winterton, Norfolk (located 8 miles N. of Great
Yarmouth), while en route from Hartlepool to
London with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - none lost. The then owner was recorded as being
George Wray. Can you tell us more? |
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2 |
Leonidas |
252 |
John & Philip Laing |
Middleton |
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3 |
Perseverance (a brig) |
131
later
131/101
later
94 |
Samuel Cooke of Deptford |
I have listed this wooden vessel as built in 1808 in spite of what Lloyd's
Registers ('LR') record. They advise, for 40 years from 1834/35 to the end, that
the vessel was built in 1803. Why then do I list it as built in 1808? Because it
seems clear from the earliest editions of LR that 1808 must be correct.
Regardless, what an amazingly long life - built in 1808 & sunk in 1870. A
Lynn vessel (King's Lynn, Norfolk) for her lifetime, it would appear. The vessel would
seem to be first LR listed (in such editions as I have
available) in 1809, owned by Cook, for service as a Sunderland coaster. With W.
Clark her then captain. In 1812,
Hubbard (from 1819/20 W. Hubbard), was her owner for service mainly as a Lynn
coaster, briefly from Lynn to Riga, Latvia, briefly as an Exeter coaster & for service from Liverpool to
London. With, in LR of 1817/18 & LRs of 1818 thru 1820 'Chmbrlin' or 'Chmbrl'n'
serving as the vessel's captain. In 1834/35, L. Self of Lynn became her owner for service as a
coaster - ex Lynn, ex Plymouth & from Lynn to Scotland. J. Greene was her owner
from 1842/43 thru 1846/47, for service as a coaster ex both Lynn & Blyth. From
1847/48 thru 1851/52, Mitchell of Lynn was her owner for similar service. It
would seem that Coates & Co. of Lynn were her final owners - LR recorded
them as her owners from
1852/53 thru 1873/74, the final years being after she was, in fact, wrecked
in 1870. The owner was LR recorded as J. Coates from 1854/55 - note that J. Coates was
her captain probably from 1852/53 & certainly from 1854/55 thru 1859/60. 63.7 ft. long, signal
letters HPQV. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, lists
John Coats of Lynn as the then owner of the 94 ton vessel. On Jul. 3, 1870, per line 836 here, the
94 ton brig foundered off Hartlepool, while en route
from Middlesbrough to Leith with a cargo of iron. Crew of 5 - none lost.
Then owned by John Coats. Recorded as built in 1808, incidentally. Can you provide
any additional detail?
Arthur Jennion has kindly been in touch
& advises that that in May 1817, when famine raged in Ireland (& in Skye), the vessel arrived at Portree, Isle of Skye,
Inner Hebrides, from Sunderland, with a cargo of oats. Thanks to the kindness of Mrs. McDonald
of Portree Archives, we know that the vessel arrived there on May 16, 1817. The
sale of her cargo commenced on the next day. Perseverance
left for Sunderland, in ballast, probably on May 27 or 28, 1817. We know all of
this largely because on May 20, 1817,
Captain W. B. Chamberlain, clearly the then captain of Perseverance, sent a
letter (which has survived) from Portree to his home town of King's Lynn, Norfolk, to the lady who
later became his wife. It would seem that Captain Chamberlain served as the
vessel's captain for a number of years - certainly from 1817/18 thru 1820. By LR
of 1820/21, Hubert had become the vessel's captain. Now Chamberlain has a
personal history that will surely interest readers of these pages. A friend of
Arthur tells him that on Jun. 17, 1804, then a naval officer, Chamberlain was
captured by Napoleon's forces, specifically by a French private lugger, & was
marched 300 miles to imprisonment in Verdun on the French/Belgian border. Later
clearly released. Y |
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4 |
Stafford (a brig, later a snow, later a square) |
211
later
257
later
256
later
230 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Another vessel which had a long life! Of 54 years. The vessel would
seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') recorded in 1809, from 1819 thru
1841/42, from 1845/46 thru 1856/57 & not thereafter. In 1809, the vessel, a
211 ton brig, was owned by Jameson, the vessel's captain, for service from Sunderland to
London. Per LR, Jameson still owned the vessel in 1819 when LR listing continued, thru
1833/34, for service (thru 1824) from Leith to St. Petersburg, Russia, in the 1825/28 period
for service from Hull to Archangel, Russia, in the 1829/31 period for service
from Hull to the Humber, from 1831 ex Lynn, Norfolk. However, the LR record
seems to be incorrect - The vessel
was clearly registered at Sunderland in 1826 as per the
'Sunderland Annual Shipping List for 1826' (here),
then a snow of 256 tons owned by
Hunter & Jamson. In 1834/35, per LR, Hunter & Co. of
Sunderland became the owner of the vessel, now a snow, for service from
Sunderland to Archangel. But for a short time only. In 1836/37, Janson & Co.,
also of Sunderland, owned the vessel thru 1840/41 at least, for service from
Sunderland to London. When LR listings resumed in 1845/46, J. Hunter of
Sunderland (likely related to the earlier Hunter) owned the vessel, thru 1856/57 it would appear. For service from
Sunderland to Hamburg, Germany, & to other destinations such as the Baltic,
London & Archangel. Turnbull's Register of 1856, lists J. Hunter & W. Jamson,
as the vessel's then owners, which owner names Christie's Shipping Register of
1858 clarifies as meaning
John Hunter & Wm. Jamson. On May 11, 1862, per line
2244 here, the
230 ton square stranded at Forken, Sweden, (where is it?) while en route from Sunderland to Cronstadt (St. Petersburg) with a cargo of coal. Crew of 8 - none lost. The
vessel's then owner was
John Hunter. The above owner names are all most confusing i.e. Jameson, Jamson &
Janson are all most similar names. And Hunter is a consistent but confusing
thread. Can you tell us more?
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What were the official build numbers for 1808? Do please advise
me if you know.
1809 (Just a start. Can you provide a list?
Do please advise
me if you have data. Corrections will
surely be
required in the data that follows.)-
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# |
Name |
Gross |
Builder |
Built for |
Official No. |
1 |
Ann |
213 |
John & Philip Laing |
Covey |
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2 |
Jane and Margaret |
204 |
C. Vaux or W. Potts |
Two Sunderland build lists are available to the webmaster. Such lists record the
vessel's builder as, respectively, C. Vaux & W. Potts. Launched in May 1832 it
would appear.
The vessel was first listed as a result of the webmaster having read that
on Dec.
25, 1848, at 46N/8W in the outer Bay of Biscay, Emily, built at Sunderland in
1832, foundered at sea. Emily's crew were picked up by Jane & Margaret, 'Gordon' in command,
ex Oporto, Portugal, & landed at
Plymouth. Per this contemporary
news report. |
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3 |
Rosina
a brig |
134
later
150 & 132 |
Hylton Ferry Co. |
J. Cooper (her captain) likely of Topsham, Devon. Ownership per Lloyd's
Registers between 1818/19 & 1822/23 is confusing indeed, maybe J. Bell, Thompson
& T. & then S. Hall. From 1823/24 Winlo & Co. of Plymouth or Falmouth, Devon. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel & crew were lost on the coast of France on Jan. 7, 1839 |
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4 |
Sappho
a ship,
maybe a barque early in life |
419
later
429, 401 & 420 |
John & Philip Laing |
Was first Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1810, stated to be new, owned by Sir F. Baring
of London for service from London to Surinam, Dutch Guiana, with C. Compton her captain.
Per LR the vessel had a great many later owners - (1817/18) Thompson, (1819/1820)
Shaw & Co., (1820/21) Arman, (1821/22) 'Heppnstill', (1822/23) Sanaford likely
of Plymouth, (1823/24) Staniforth, (1824/25) Dawson likely of Plymouth,
(1825/26) Nichols & Co. likely of Falmouth, (1827/28) Johnson & Co. likely of
Leith then London, (1829/30) Virtue & Co., likely of London, maybe Vertue.
Was last
LR recorded in 1833/34. Ian Whittaker
has added additional registration detail (thanks!) - i.e. that Sappho was not registered at a
Scottish port in 1820, but was registered at Alloa, Firth of Forth, Scotland, in 1826 (#19) & in
1832 (#12). Y
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5 |
Tranby (a brig, a snow, a brig again & maybe a snow again) |
259
later
253, 254
& maybe
255 |
Unknown to webmaster |
Clarkson, became Wilson & Co. in 1817/18, P. Mallett in 1822/23, Smith & Co. of
Whitby, later G. Smith of Whitby, in 1825/26. Became Matheson in
1847/48 & Oliver in 1849/50, both of Newcastle. Some years not recorded in
Lloyd's Register. From 1857/58 thru 1865/66 Lloyd's Register records E. Oliver of Shields
as her owner. Turnbull's
Register of 1858 advises that the vessel was then owned by
'E. Oliver'
of North Shields. On Jan.
24, 1860, per line
578 here, the
254 ton brig sank off the Spurn (a sand spit at the mouth of the Humber river), while en route from Shields to London with a
cargo of coal. None of the crew of
9 were lost. The vessel was then stated to be owned by J. N. Wilson. |
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What were the official build numbers for 1809? Do please advise
me if you know.
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