THE SUNDERLAND SITE - PAGE 124

SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1860s

May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001. PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE Do you want to make a comment? A site guestbook is here. Copyright? Corrections in any of the material which follows, however tiny, would be most welcome. And additions, of course! Test. - (119, 130, 153, 178, 153, 176, 147, 126, 140, 124) = 1446 - MNL corrected. of 1420? To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL + F' & then enter your search term. A general site search facility is here. VESSELS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1860 (data so far has been built up from elsewhere in the site. Can you provide a list? Just a start.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No.   A caisson for Deptford Dock   James Laing James Laing?   1 A hopper   A. Simey Not known to webmaster   2 Another hopper   A. Simey Not known to webmaster   3 Alfred Hawley (a barque) 420 Pile Jr. T. B. Walker & Co. 29015 4 Alice (a snow) 270 Pickersgill & Miller The vessel was, per Lloyd's Register, always owned by Harper & Co. of Shields. Mercantile Navy Lists thru 1872 record John S. Harper of South Shields as her owner but in 1874 record Richard Walsh of Liverpool. I cannot tell you what finally happened to the vessel, likely in or about 1874. 28338 5 Allendale, later Drina 449 Austin & Mills Wilson Bros., later Joshua Wilson, both of Sunderland. As Drina (LR, 1880/81 page 903) became owned by T. Cossovich of Sbionello, maybe later of Ragusa, with 'Cossovich' the vessel's captain. 28432 6 Amalthea 433 Todd & Brown M. Thompson, later (1870) Mark Thompson, later (1880) William Hutchinson. All of Newcastle. Signal letters PWBL. In 1891, (in red), per Turnbull's Register, the vessel was owned by W. Fawcett & J. W. Waugh jointly with 44 shares, J. W. Waugh (4), J. Waugh (8) & W. F. Carmon (8). 28328 7 Anna Sarah 139 S. Metcalf Goddard, later (1870) E. Goddard, later (1890) Frank A. Christie, later (1900) William H. Orvis, all of Ipswich. Signal letters PSWC. 27827 8 Ann Brass (a schooner) 1 92 W. Thackeray C. Clark, later (1870) (page 23) W. Branfoot, both of Sunderland 28450 9 Annie Archbell (a ship) 706 George Peverall Brodie & Co. of London 28391 10 Antonio Vinent 463 D. A. Douglas Richardson & Co., later (1880) James Crow Richardson, both of Swansea 28056 11 Artemisia 328 J. Haswell A. Tindall of Scarborough, later Alexander Tindall of Falsgrave, Scarborugh, later (1880) Thomas Steele of Ayr 28872 12 Baronsmore (a ship) 899 T. R. Oswald A vessel that had a very short life. The vessel was owned by Thomas Sinclair of Belfast, & was lost, on Feb. 18, 1861, or maybe a little later, off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean when it was hit by a hurricane. 21478 13 Belvidera (a ship) 684 or 685 W. Briggs The vessel, which had a relatively short life, was always owned by Allan & Sons of London, i.e. John H. Allan. The vessel was wrecked on Nov. 7, 1871, in a cyclone, near  Pondicherry (now Puducherry, E. coast of India). 28379 14 Beta 89 B. Hodgson E. Perkins of Newcastle, later (1870) John Chester of Spalding, Lincs. 28316 15 British Standard (a barque) 307 later 321/329 J. Davison I refer you, via the link at left to extensive detail re the vessel's ownership & operational history. On Oct. 26, 1874, the vessel struck rocks near St. Shott's Bay, Newfoundland. No loss of life. An Official Inquiry later held that her captain (Staines) was at fault. 28043 16 Cerealia (a barque) 348 John Lister The vessel, per Lloyd's Register, was owned thru 1873/74, by Lister & Co. of Sunderland. But was later owned by Robt. Burbank Porrett, also of Sunderland & was in fact lost long before 1873/74 - on Oct. 20, 1870 on Hasboro' Sands (near Cromer, Norfolk), while en route to Hull with a cargo of maize. No lives were lost. 28782   Cinco Hermanos See Victory below 595 William Briggs From 1864/65 was owned by 'Magurequi & hijo' of Bilbao, Spain   17 Coila (a schooner) 175/133 James Hardie Dicks'n of Dumfries in 1861/62, later Doward, Dickson & Co., later (1870) Hugh Hope Gibson of Liverpool, later (1880) Wm. Thomas of Amlwch, Anglesea 28272 18 Condor (a brig) 286 James Robinson A vessel that was owned by W. Dawson of Sunderland & had a very short life. It was lost, at Barcelona, Spain, on May 5, 1861. 28781 19 Corea 451 T. H. Wood Woods & Co. of Newcastle, but soon, 1861/62, J. Thomson of London. Later (1870) William Patton of London 28322 20 Corredora, later Hannah Rahtkens (a barque) 383 George Bartram at Hylton The vessel was owned thru 1877 by 'Nicholson & Co.' of Sunderland. On Nov. 22, 1877, the vessel was offered for sale at a Sunderland public auction. It must have been purchased by Franz Rahtkens, who changed the vessel's name to Hannah Rahtkens. The vessel was abandoned at sea in Jul. 1881. 29269 21 Cotherstone, later 'Guilio & Clemensa' or 'Guilio & Clemenza' (a barque) 382 Austin & Mills Wilson Bros., later Joshua Wilson, both of Sunderland. As 'Guilio & Clemensa' (LR, 1880/81 page 911) was owned by M. Lubrano of Castellammare di Stabbia, located 19 miles SE of Naples, Italy. M. A. Lubrano per the Italian Register of 1886. 28786 22 Cubana (a barque) 492 William Pile Jr. A vessel, owned by Ridley & Co. of London, which on Jun. 20, 1862, caught fire in the S. Atlantic, while en route from Caldera, Chile, to Swansea, Wales, with a cargo of copper ore. The crew escaped in long boats but suffered dreadful hardships which are detailed via the link at left. 28371   23 Cypress 238 Peter Austin Wilson Bros., later (1870) J. Wilson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) George Bambra of Blyth, later (1890) Richard G. Sanders of Folkestone, later (1900) Harry Johnson of Whitstable 28783 24 Day Star Note 148 Green & Richardson Goddard, later (1870) Ebenezer Goddard, both of Ipswich. Stranded Dec. 27, 1886 28039 25 Deptford (an iron steamer) 604/469 James Laing A vessel which had a very short life, being wrecked on May 14, 1862 when it ran aground (for the second time) near Staithes, Yorkshire. It ended up a total loss. 29243 26 Diadem (a snow or brig) 251 John Lister The vessel was initially owned by its builder but soon became owned by William Farquhar, of Sunderland. On Aug. 11, 1871, the vessel left Navassa Island (W. of Haiti) for the U.K. with a cargo of phosphate. And went missing en route. Crew of 9 - all lost. 28775 27 Dinorah (a barque) 360 James Robinson James Dryden & Co. of N. Shields, in 1870 John Dryden of S. Shields 27708 28 Dorothy (a barque) 346 J. Barkes The vessel was owned for most of its lifetime by the Tully family. In or about 1889, the vessel was sold to Swedish owners. It would seem that the vessel went ashore in or about Sep. 1893 on the N. coast of Cuba. But detail is limited. 28774 29 Dunloe 298 J. Davison Atkinson of Shields, later (1870) Charles P. Phillips of Haverfordwest, Pembroke. Lost Jan. 1879 28581 30 Edger 248 N. Stothard Horsley & Co. of Hartlepool   31 Elizabeth (a sloop) 40 T. Robson The vessel, on Oct. 11, 1872, during a gale, stranded at Holy Island, Northumberland, while en route from Leith, Scotland, to Jarrow with a cargo of scrap iron. No lives were lost. 28770 32 Elizabeth Dawson 319 James Robinson W. Dawson, later (1870) Thomas Weir, both of Sunderland 28444 33 Elizabeth Hargrove (an iron barque) 460 T. R. Oswald at Pallion The vessel had a relatively short life, of about 10 years. Was always owned by Hargrove & Co. of Liverpool - Hargrove, Ferguson, and Co. & then John Hargrove. Drifted ashore & lost at Valparaiso, Chile, on Mar. 1, 1870. 28633 34 Ella Gladstone (a brig) 224 John Blumer Gladstone of Liverpool, later Corbin Lamb of Adelaide, South Australia 28624 35 Ellen 100 J. Denniston Rankin of Maldon, later (1870) Alfred Rankin of Little Stainbridge, Essex, later (1890) Charles Wm. Marshall of Faversham, later (1915) The Rea Transport Co. Ltd. of London, later (1920) Rea Ltd.. of Liverpool 18459 36 Ellen Horsfall (a barque) 294 J. Spence A vessel which had a very short life indeed. Owned by Thomas C. Alcock of Sunderland, it was driven ashore & wrecked on the SW coast of the Isle of Wight, on Oct. 19, 1862. All aboard were saved by a hawser rigged between ship & shore. 28448 37 Forth 60 James Pile J. Devereux, later (1870) J. P. Devereux, both of Wexford 27928 38 Frances (a barque) 489 William Briggs Was owned by Robert Hurrell & Co. of Kingsbridge, Devon. Later by John Hurrell Hill of Salcombe, Devon, & briefly by William Barrett of Swansea. In 1887 the vessel became Norwegian owned. In early 1893, the vessel was abandoned & sank. 28169 39 Fria 285 W. Pickersgill Hudson of Sunderland, later (1870) Rich. W. Cousens of London, later (1880) Thos. Gray of Blyth 29246 40 Fuschia 82 L. Wheatley McKenzie of Sunderland 28440 41 Fusilier 404 James Laing E. C. Friend & Co., later (1880) Wm. P. Coleborn, both of Liverpool 28649 42 Gem 64 J. Duncan Duncan & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Donald Fraser, later (1890) Angus Elder, both of Tain, Ross-shire. Stranded Nov. 27, 1895 28445 43 Generosity (a barque) 505 J. Barkes Another vessel which had a very short life, The vessel is stated to have gone missing, on Feb. 10, 1860, while en route from Sunderland to Gefle (Gävle, Sweden) with a cargo of coals. The entire crew of 14 were lost. 28434 44 George Stephenson (a brig) 259 J. & J. Brown J. & J. White of N. Shields 28590 45 Glee Maiden or Glee-Maiden (a brigantine) 141 James Hardie at Southwick The vessel had a short life. Initially Glasgow owned, it became owned in late 1860 by Dickson & Co., of Dumfries, Scotland. On Mar. 19, 1864, en route from Savanilla, Columbia, to Bremen, Germany, with a cargo of tobacco, the vessel struck on a reef, S. of Jamaica, & became a total wreck. 28500 46 Gulnare 279 T. Stonehouse Donkin & Co. of N. Shields 28585 47 Halls (a schooner) 98 Robert Thompson (1797-1860) A modest vessel which had a very long life. Owned thru 1895 by the 'Hall' family of Belleport, Ross-shire, Scotland, & registered at Inverness. In 1896 it was briefly owned by C. Wilkinson of Sunderland - from 1897 was owned by A. Ralph, of Nairn, Scotland. Went missing in Aug. 1899. 27290 48 Harriet Dobing (a brig) 221 Green & Richardson The vessel was initially owned, per LR, by Dobing & Co. It later became owned by John Appleby jun., by Scrafton & Co. & later again by Elizabeth Sizer. On Nov. 9, 1872, the brig stranded & was lost at Marstrand (N. of Gothenburg, Sweden). 27885 49 Hebe (a barque) 331 John Denniston T. White of S. Shields 28333 50 Heron (a barque) 283 R. H. Potts & Bros. The vessel was owned, for its lifetime, by Potts Bros. of Sunderland. On May 26, 1872, the vessel sank at St. Pauls, while en route from Bordeaux, France, to Montreal, Canada, with a cargo of wine. No lives were lost. 28042 51 Hudsons (a brig) 249 Peter Austin The vessel was owned for its brief lifetime by John Elliott of Sunderland. The vessel went missing in Jan. 1861 with the loss of 6 lives. 28788 52 Impetus 411 James Laing Unknown to webmaster   53 Isabella (a snow) 259 George Bartram Was owned by Dawson & Co., i.e. G. Robinson Dawson, of Blyth. The vessel had a very short life indeed. It was burnt at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) on Oct. 11, 1860 when on her maiden voyage. 28574 54 Isabella 1 734 J. & J. Robinson Teighe & Co., later (1870) Teighe & Smith, both of London. In 1874, the vessel became registered at Plymouth, with a new owner almost certainly. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that vessel was wrecked on Jul. 4, 1875 on the Chesterfield Reef in the South Pacific. Apparently in the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, to Hong Kong. Y 29366 Jane Duncan (a snow) 277 Edward Potts of Seaham Elliot & S. (Sons?) of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Baltic 28436 55 John (a barque) 386 later 367 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime by Tully & Son of Sunderland. On Dec. 24, 1873, the vessel was run ashore & became a total loss near Cape Horn in the South Atlantic  - due to the spontaneous combustion of its cargo of coal. No lives were lost. 28787   John and Ann (a brig or snow) 155 Unknown to webmaster This vessel is, to the webmaster at least, a 'mystery' vessel. You are invited to follow the link at left to see why. 28798 56 John Bull (a barque) 484 T. R. Oswald Temperley & Co. of London 28377 57 John Vanner (a ship) 726 J. Haswell The vessel, always owned by John Lidgett and Sons of London, had a short life. On Jan. 30, 1865, it stranded while being towed down the Hooghly river, Calcutta, India). A strong flood tide soon threw the ship onto her beam ends. Ultimately it had to be blown up. 29017 58 Joseph Cape (a snow) 220/177 later 179 James Hardie at Southwick The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by Hargrove of Liverpool. An an unknown date in Jan. 1873, the vessel was lost while en route from Liverpool to Limerick, Ireland, with a cargo of coal. 28176 59 Kalmia, later Agnes Lamb 309 John T. Alcock J. Alcock of Sunderland, later R. Lamb of London 28443 60 Lady Beatrice (initially, per Lloyd's Register a brig) 250 G. Short The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime per Lloyd's Register by Reay & Co. of Sunderland. But per Mercantile Navy Lists, was rather owned by George Wilson of Hutton Rudly, Yorkshire. On Oct. 13, 1872, the vessel stranded on a South Holland delta island, while en route from Sunderland to Rotterdam with a cargo of coal. 28772 61 Lady Franklin 364 J. H. Watson G. (George) Watson of Sunderland 29241 62 Leda (a barque) 499 John Robinson A vessel, always owned by J. Clay of Sunderland, that had a very short life. On Mar. 10, 1860, the barque went missing while en route from Sunderland to Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, with a cargo of coals. The entire crew of 18 were, of course, lost. 28433 63 Lemnos (a brig) 293 W. Adamson Mears & Co. of Sunderland 28785 64 Linnet (a gunboat)   W. Briggs     65 Little Edith (an iron ship) 569 later 571 T. R. Oswald The vessel was always registered at Liverpool, & owned by Liverpool owners. Follow link at left for detail. On Jul. 18, 1871, the ship stranded at the Falkland Islands, while en route from Hamburg, Germany, to Callao, Peru, with a general cargo. No lives were lost. 29612 66 Lord Macaulay, later Flora 846 G. W. Hall Munro & Co. later (1870) George L. Munro, later (1880) John Brodie, all of London. In 1887/88, in green, Alf Monsen of Tönsberg, Norway. 28854 67 Madeline (a barque) 383 Peter Austin W. Ord & Co. of Sunderland 28044 68 Malabar 1219 Pile Jr. R. Green of London, later (1880) J. B. Foley of London 28740 69 Marengo 326 J. Haswell A. Tindall of Scarborough, later Alexander Tindall of Falsgrave, Scarborugh 28874 70 Mary & Isabella (a snow or brig) 256 Rawson & Watson A vessel which had a short life - owned by Walton & Co. of Sunderland. On Dec. 28, 1861, the brig was abandoned near the Azores in the N. Atlantic, while en route from New York to Queenstown, Ireland. No loss of life. 29244 71 Morning Star (a brig) 294 Benjamin Hodgson Another vessel which had a short life - owned by Richard Humble of Sunderland. On Aug. 13, 1861, the vessel was lost off the E. coast of Sweden while en route from Sunderland to Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia) with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - none lost. 28442 72 Negress 242 G. Peverall Lucas Bros. of Bristol 29212 73 Nelly 406 Todd & Brown I. Brooks of Newcastle, later (1870) John Crosse Brooks of Wallsend 28318 74 Nereid 304 J. Denniston Wynn & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) John Nelson of Blyth 28776 75 Nora 331 Robert Thompson (1797-1860) Williamson of Sunderland ? 28794 76 Ocean Skimmer, later Peter (a barque) 382 W. Ratcliffe The vessel was owned at Sunderland thru 1875/76 at least, owned by William Thompson & then by George & then Jemima Pain. In or about 1876/77 the vessel, renamed Peter, became German owned & registered. Later German ownership changes. In Dec. 1886, the vessel grounded entering port at Vigo Spain, and was condemned. 28437 77 Olivia 146 T. H. Wood Woods & Co. of Newcastle, soon, 1861/62, J. King of Portsmouth, later (1870) William King of Emsworth Hants, later (1890 ) Thomas Smart of Bosham, Hants 28321 78 Onward (a smack) 36 Jas. Pile So far as I can see this tiny vessel was not listed in Lloyd's Register. It had a very short life, it would seem. As per line 1869 on this page, the vessel, en route from Sunderland to Banff, Scotland, with a cargo of coal, was wrecked at Banff on Nov. 21, 1861. Crew of 2 - none lost. Then owned by John Galley. 28792 79 Orizava 226/193 T. R. Oswald Hargrove & Co., later (1870) John Hargrove, both of Liverpool 29135 80 Pigeon (a gunboat)   W. Briggs     81 Queen of the Ocean 670 Pile Jr. S. Mease, later (1870) Solomon Mease, both of N. Shields 27709 82 Raleigh (a ship, later a barque) 568 James Hardie The vessel was, per Lloyd's Register, owned thru 1864/65 by H. Ellis of London, and, though still registered at London, became, later owned by Ayre & Co. & E. T. Gourley, both of Sunderland.  On Feb. 12, 1874, Raleigh was abandoned at sea, W. of the Scilly Islands, while en route from Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to London with a 900 ton general cargo. No loss of life. 28387 83 Ratcliff 200 W. Barclay Sergeant & Co. of London, later (1870) Robert Chitham, jun. of Greenwich, later (1880) John Boyd of Newton, Ayr, collision Nov. 29, 1892 28392 84 Ready Rhino 128 G. W. Hall Thomas & Co. of Penzance, later (1870) J. P. Thomas, later (1880) John Strike, both of Portleven, later (1890) John Stephens of Feock, Cornwall. Foundered Dec. 21, 1897 27597 85 Renown (a barque) 440 James Briggs The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by T. (Thomas) Todd of London. On Feb. 10, 1870, it was stranded at Pelew Island (Palau, Micronesia, E. of the Philippines) while en route from Bangkok, Thailand, to Yokohama, Japan. 28750 86 Resolution 283 Talbot (have also read Sykes & Co.) Tully & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Charles Tulley of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) John Tully of Sunderland 28796 87 Retriever 101 T. Wymark T. Wymark of Sunderland, later (1870) John Bell Brasler of Southend, Essex 29247 88 Rifleman (a barque) 346 William Briggs The vessel was owned by J. Shepherd of London thru 1872/73 & then by Suart & Simpson & G. S. Simpson, also of London. In Apl. 1877, en route from Demerera to Liverpool, the vessel caught fire & sank - no loss of life. 28370 89 Roecliff (a schooner) 146 W. Adamson W. Adamson, later (1870) James Westoll, later (1880) John Adamson, all of Sunderland. Sold to Norwegian owners 29242 90 Royal Sovereign (a barque) 324 William Briggs Collingwood of Sunderland 28799 91 Ryhope 698/475 James Laing Hugh Taylor & Co., later (1870) J. Fenwick, later (1890) Hy James, all of London 28861 92 Saint Oswin (a barque) 347 Pickersgill & Miller A vessel which, though Lloyd's Register listed thru 1883/84, was lost in 1867. Was always owned by the Mease family of North Shields. On Mar. 12, 1867, the vessel left Shields for Pondicherry, India, with a cargo of coal. It passed the Downs & then went missing - with the loss of 13 lives. 28568 93 Salvia 347 Naizby H. Ellis of London, later (1870) David Lamb of Liverpool 28777 94 Samson, later Ben More (an iron steamship) 590/868 (N/G) James Laing The vessel was owned, thru 1873/74, by Gourley & Co. of Sunderland. In 1873/74, the vessel, renamed Ben More, became registered at North Shields & owned by 'J. Morrison & Son'. It remained owned by Morrison essentially for the balance of its lifetime. On Jan. 18, 1898, the vessel was offered for sale at a public auction held in Sunderland, was bought by Mr. Turnbull & towed to Borrowstounness, Firth of Forth, to be broken up. 28439 95 Sea Mew 63 James Laing Dublin Pilot Board   96 Severn (a brig) 284 John Blumer Wrightson of Sunderland 28041 97 Sharpshooter, later Madeleine, Sharpshooter 533/481 T. R. Oswald Beazley & Co., later (Lloyd's Register of 1869/70) renamed Madeleine, Dumont & Co. of Le Havre, France, later (Lloyd's Register of 1870/71) renamed Sharpshooter, Dumont & Co. of Le Havre, France, later (1870) Stuart & Douglas, both of Liverpool, later (1890) James C. Ellis of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 29147 98 Silome (a barque) 430 Naizby J. Clay of Sunderland 28793 99 Silver Stream 320 D. A. Douglas W. Porter of Liverpool, later (1870) William Ross of Glasgow, later (1880) David Bower of Port Adelaide, S. Australia, later (1890) The Adelaide Steam Ship Co. Ltd. of Port Adelaide 29164 100 Skimmer of the Waves (a barque) 396 William Briggs J. and J. Thompson and/or John Thompson of Sunderland, later David Bruce of Dundee. Hulked. 28435 101 Statesman (a barque) 341 J & J. Robinson Jobling & Co. of S. Shields 28332 102 Sundew (a schooner) 182 J. Barkes Watson & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) John Henderson of Hanley, Northumberland, later (1880) John Turner of Blyth 28791 103 Superb (a barque) 321 later 305 William Doxford I refer the reader, via the link at left, to the vessel's ownership & operational history. On Feb. 23, 1877, with about 500 tons of coal, Superb stranded at Port-en-Bessin (to the W. of Le Havre, France) & quickly became a wreck. Crew all saved. 28583 104 Test (a schooner, later a ketch) 66 Seymour The vessel was always registered at Southampton, Hampshire, & owned by W. R. Sharland of Redbridge, Hampshire. On Oct. 19, 1869, the ketch foundered 5 miles NW of Dudgeon Sand, Norfolk, while en route from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to an unknown destination with a cargo of bark. 5 lives were lost.  28101 105 Tetuan (a barque) 435 William Briggs The vessel was initially owned, per LR, by 'J. de Abrca' which correctly, I learn, means 'Abarca, Seminario and Plasencia', of Santander, Spain. Later owners include Chas. H. Stewart & J. Palmer jun., both of London, & owners from Shanghai, China, & Hamburg, Germany. Out of register in 1891. 28381 106 The Cedars 356 J. Briggs Hudson & Co. of Sunderland 28431 107 Theodore (a schooner or brig) 159 W. Adamson A vessel which had a very short life. It was owned by Adamson, the vessel's builder. On Mar. 10, 1861, the vessel, en route from Sunderland to Portsmouth with a cargo of coal, was run down & sunk at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Crew of 7 - none lost. 28780 108 Undine 310 Rawson & Watson Gallon & Co. of Shields, later (1870) M. J. Gallon of S. Shields 28447 109 Vedra (an iron steamer) 569   T. R. Oswald A vessel which had a very short life. Was owned by Messrs. Stobart & Co. of Sunderland, though when it later went missing it was stated to be owned by Chris M. Webster (possibly they were partners). On Jan. 2, 1861 the steamship left Sunderland for Copenhagen, Denmark, with a cargo of coal. And was not heard from again. Its crew of 21 were all lost, of course. 28790 110 Vencedora (a barque) 466 Robert Thompson (1797-1860) The vessel, was owned for its entire lifetime, thru 1876, by Nicholson & Co. of Sunderland. A copper-ore trader, I read. The vessel was abandoned at sea on Oct. 3, 1876 near Cape Horn when en route from Wales to Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of coal. Which caught fire. 28441 111 Victory, later Cinco Hermanos (a ship, later a barque) 595 William Briggs Briggs & Sons but soon (1862/63) H. Craven of Sunderland. From 1864/65 the vessel was owned by 'Magurequi e Hijo' of Bilbao, Spain. Per LR, out of register in 1886/87. 29396 112 Vigilant (a steam tug) 105/25 G. Craggs Craggs & Co, later (1870) George Thompson, later (1880) Mrs. Catharine Cook, all of Sunderland 28771 113 Violet 225 John T. Alcock J. Alcock of Sunderland 28784 114 Vyne 144 W. Adamson Not known to webmaster 28438 115 Windward 620 James Laing Fenwick & Co., later (1880) Charles C. Fenwick, both of London 28744 116 Z. C. Pearson (an iron steamship) 484/712 (N/G) T. R. Oswald A vessel which had a very short life. Was owned by Zachariah C. Pearson of Hull. On Jul. 26, 1861, the steamship left Riga, Latvia, for Hull with a cargo of grain. And went missing en route. Crew of 21, all lost of course. 28254 117 Zehlima (a barque) 475 Robert Thompson Junior Moon & Co. of Sunderland 28449 118 Zetus (a barque) 300 Robert Pace Milburn & Co. of Blyth 28587 119 Zeus 197 Pile G. (George) Leslie of Aberdeen 27577     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1860? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 112 vessels of 40201 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1861 (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.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Ajax 852/685 James Laing E. T. Gourley & Co. of Sunderland 43758 2 Alice Richardson Note 171 Gray & Young 'Rehrdan & Co.' of Sunderland, later (1870) George Johnson later (1880) John Nichols, both of Whitstable, later (1890) John T. Crampton, of Landport, Hants, later (1910) Harry A. Crampton of Portsmouth 43762 3 Allerston (a brig) 281 B. Hodgson Dukes of Newcastle. Lloyd's Register of 1876/77 advises that the vessel, then owned by Arkless Bell & Co. of Newcastle, had been lost. 29112 4 Ann (a schooner, later a brigantine) 153 later 147 Pace, Blumer & Co. Always registered at S. Shields, owned by the 'Hodge' family of Granton, Edinburgh, later of Shields. The vessel became a casualty of the France/Prussia War of 1870 - on Dec. 21, 1870, the vessel was seized by Prussian forces when at Rouen, France, & scuttled. 28344 5 Anne Wood 479 G. W. Hall Wood & Co. of Liverpool 29627 6 Annie Comrie (a barque) 339/355 (N/G) J. H. Watson The vessel was owned thru 1864/65 by Mrs. Jane Gray of Newcastle. And then by Barrass & Co., soon J. C. Barrass, also of Newcastle. On Feb. 8, 1871, the vessel foundered at sea while en route from Newcastle to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 12 - all lost. 43599 7 Aquila (or Aquilae) (a snow, later a brig) 198 W. Pile Jr. Some confusion as to the name of the vessel which was owned, for its lifetime, by Kelso of Liverpool - S. Wright Kelso & later by F. W. Kelso. On Mar. 21, 1870, the vessel was involved in a collision & sank while en route from Marseilles, France, to Gloucester. No data yet available as to where or with which vessel it collided. 44158 8 Atlas (an iron steamship) 846/672 James Laing E. T. Gourley of Sunderland 43757 9 Balcombe 359 Austin & Mills T. Hankey, later (1870) G. & R. A. Hankey, later (1880) Richard M. Harvey, all of London 18142 10 Belmont 47 Unknown to webmaster (1870) Wm. Brown of Monkwearmouth. 1880 Ralph Robson of St. Anthony's, Northumberland. 43754 11 Bengairn 328/269 B. Hodgson Rae & Co. of Liverpool, later (1870) John Rae of Kircudbright, later (1880) James G. Williams of Guernsey. Vessel foundered on Oct. 24, 1887 44136 12 Ben Lomond 267 J. Barkes J. Morrison, later (1870) John Morrison, both of Shields 29716 13 Brothers 57 A. Scott Scott & Sons of Sunderland, later (1870) A. W. & Jno. Scott of Monkwearmouth 43728 14 Cabinet (a barque) 316 J. Davison The vessel was owned, throughout its brief lifetime, by Clark & Co., which seems to mean Clark & Dunn, later John Clarke & James Jobling, all of Newcastle. On Jan. 11, 1872, the vessel was abandoned at Manacles Rock, Falmouth, Cornwall, while en route from Plymouth to Newry, Northern Ireland with a cargo of wheat ex Odessa, Ukraine. There was no loss of life. 29111 15 Caldera (an iron barque) 469 W. Pile H. Madge (Henry J. Madge) of Swansea, Wales. On Sep. 8, 1869, 7 of the 64 shares in the vessel, shares previously owned by H. J. Madge, were sold at a public auction held at a Swansea hotel. With the notation 'Cost at sea, £8,491'. As per this auction sale notice (in red). Was owned later (1870) by Edward Bath, also of Swansea. It would seem that Henry James Bath, his father Henry Bath before him, & generations of the Bath family were involved in the world wide copper trade & in the smelting of copper in Swansea. Over the years the business owned an extensive fleet of some 60 vessels that travelled overseas with coal bringing back copper ore, most particularly from Chile. Do read Mike Jackson's truly extensive 'pdf' about the family's history & businesses - here. 29595 16 Cape City 422 W. Pile Henry Ellis, later (1870) Richard Pincombe Ellis, later (1890) George Lewis, all of London 43940 17 Caprera (a brig or snow) 215 W. Ratcliffe Would seem to have always been owned by William Bedford of Sunderland. Some confusion as to when its life came to an end. An official U.K. Government report states that it went missing in 1866 however it would seem to have survived until 1869/70 or thereabouts. 43735 18 Cathay 244 Taylor & Scouler J. Gibbon of Newcastle 29118 19 Celsus (a barque) 298 Pace i.e. Robert Pace The vessel was launched early in Jul. 1861, as per this newspaper cutting. Bought by Blumer & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) L. Blumer of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) John Paul of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Signal letters QHLG. 29870 20 Chaturanga (a barque) 350 later 334 J. & J. Brown A vessel which had a relatively short life. Was owned by Hudson & Co. of Sunderland, until, in 1870/71 Schollar & Co. of Blyth, became her new owner. On Aug. 21, 1871, the vessel was lost at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, with no loss of life. Then stated to be owned by William E. Melrose. 29257 21 City of London (a barque with iron beams) 349 later 350 G. W. & W. J. Hall The vessel was initially owned initially by T. Todd, of London, but became owned & captained, in 1870/71, by Eugène Wardroper of Huddersfield. On Apl. 27, 1874, the vessel was abandoned at sea while en route from St. Helena (South Atlantic) to Falmouth with a cargo of rice in bags. The entire crew was rescued so no loss of life. 43979 22 Clintonia (a barque) 331 N. Stothard J. Robinson of N. Shields. 108.0 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 notes that the vessel had gone 'Missing'. This news report relates to her loss (in blue). 29704 23 Colleen Bawn (a brig or snow) 280 James Robinson J. Smith of Sunderland, later (1870) J. M. Smith, later (1880) Joseph Michael Smith, both of Monkwearmouth. 106.0 ft. long, signal letters TQFH. 43730 24 Coral Isle 293 W. Naizby Hick & Co. of Scarborough, later (1870) James Heatley of Blyth 29692 25 Corinne 395 W. Pickersgill Hall Brothers of London, later of Newcastle 43944 26 Creswell 375 Todd & Brown Eltringham of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1863/64 states 'wrecked' ? 43769 27 Cygnet (a snow) 265 Robert Thompson (1797/1860) Walker & Co. of Sunderland. 101.0 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 notes 'wrecked'. 43733 28 Darius (a barque) 329 later 330 John Robinson A vessel which had a very short life. Was always owned by Jobling & Co. of South Shields. On Nov. 2, 1861, the barque stranded at Long Sand (Thames Estuary, Essex) during a gale, while en route from Sunderland to Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), with a cargo of coal. Crew of 11 - 2 or more likely 5 crew were lost. 43630 29 Daybreak 301 Rawson & Watson Coxon & Co. of N. Shields, later (1870) John Dent & (1880) Phoenix Shipping Co. Ltd., both of Blyth 29706 30 Dorothy (a barque) 441 or 442 William Briggs The vessel was owned thru 1886/87 by 'Suart' of London, & then was briefly owned by owners from Swansea, Wales. From 1889/90, the vessel became owned by Norwegians of Drammen & then Lillesand, Norway. It would seem that in 1895 the vessel was sold to Copenhagen, Denmark. 29792 31 Dunphaile Castle 720 James Laing Duncan Dunbar, later (1870) John H. Allen or (1880) Allan, later (1890) Thomas S. Whitehead, all of London 43973 32 Earl of Elgin (an iron steamer) 586/608 (N/G) later reported as 482 James Laing H. T. Morton & Co. of Biddick Hall, Durham. 43722 33 Edith (a steam ship) 474/615 later 448/622 (N/G) T. R. Oswald, of Pallion I direct the reader, via the link at left, to details about the vessel's ownership history. On Aug. 26, 1883, then owned by 'The "Edith" S. S. Co. Ltd.', of Cardiff, the vessel was in collision with Dordogne, off Brest (NW France). Edith sank as a result. No lives were lost. 29796 34 Elaine (an iron schooner or ship) 700 T. R. Oswald A vessel that had a very short life, owned by E. T. Gourley of Sunderland. On Apl. 17, 1861, the vessel stranded at Point Des Monts (N. shore of the St. Lawrence River, near Baie-Trinité & Baie-Comeau, Quebec) while en route from Sunderland to Montreal, Quebec, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 17 - none lost. 29260 35 Eleanor (a barque) 433 William Briggs & Son J. Shepherd of London, later 'Mercadé' & 'Marcadet', both of Le Havre, France. Out of LR register in 1886/87. 43966 36 Eliza Blanche 170 W. Pile 'Dalgtty &' of London, later (1870 & 1880) William Owston of Fremantle, W. Australia 29392 37 Ellen Mary 133 W. Taylor Beaumont of Ipswich 29852 38 Ellen & Lucy 147 L. Wheatley Goddard, later (1870) E. Goddard, both of Ipswich 27828 39 Enos (a barque) 332 James Robinson A vessel which had a very short life. Was always owned by Smith & Co. of Sunderland. The vessel was, per Lloyd's Register of 1867/68, stated to be 'Lost'. No detail is yet to hand as to when & where the vessel was lost. 29866 40 Erinagh 308 Todd & Brown Ewing & Co., later (1870) Humphrey E. C. Ewing, later (1880) T. Powell, all of Glasgow. Sold to foreign owners Dec. 7, 1880 29283 41 Eunice (a barque) 321 William Briggs & Son Lewis & Co. (Lewis Lewis) of Aberystwyth, Wales. The vessel was lost in 1866.  29309 42 Fame, later Ida (a barque) 326 later 327 Ratcliffe & Co. The vessel was owned, thru 1882/83, by William C. Allen, of South Shields. In 1882/83 the vessel was sold to J. F. Sjogren of Sweden & renamed Ida. On May 28, 1877, Ida went aground at Saltholm (a Danish island, in the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark & Sweden, near Copenhagen). She was re-floated, sailed across the strait to nearby Malmö, Sweden, but seems not to have been there repaired. 43626 43 Florence (a barque) 369 later 348 Peter Austin The vessel was owned, thru 1870, by the Ord family of Sunderland, then by Kerr, Newton & Co. of Glasgow. The vessel was lost, at Key Verde, Cuba, in Jun. 1872. 29270 44 Freedom 332 Robert Thompson (1797/1860) M. Robson of Sunderland 43761 45 Friars Goose 146 John T. Alcock Not known to webmaster   46 Ganges, (a paddle steamer) 400 or 500 James Laing Need help with this vessel, which was not listed in either Lloyd's Register or in the Mercantile Navy List. The vessel was erected then taken to pieces and shipped abroad, likely to today's Pakistan for use on the Indus River.   47 Ganges (an iron ship) 839 William Pile James Nourse & A. Sword of Greenock, Scotland. 29819 48 General Havelock, later Teesdale (an iron steamer) 472 later 771/506 (G/N) James Laing There is confusion as to the ownership of this vessel, which per Lloyd's Register was owned thru 1871/72 by 'Smurthwaite' of Sunderland. While the Mercantile Navy List records R. M. Hudson of Sunderland as her owner from 1865 & later, renamed Teesdale, James Laing, of Sunderland. On Mar. 28, 1872, the steamer was stranded at Shingle Bank, Isle of Wight, while en route from Villa Real to the Tyne with a cargo of lead etc. Crew of 18 - none lost. 29858   Glance (a yacht) 24 Watson & Son A cutter rigged yacht launched in early Jul. 1861, as per this launch announcement.   49 Glenaln 331 James Robinson Rennison of N. Shields, later (1870) William Pippet of S. Shields 29702 50 Glenaros 675 W. Pile Adamson & Co., later (1870) John Morison, both of London, later (1880) R. Watkins Stanley Ho of Aberystwyth 43967 51 Gresham (a ship) 965 G. Peverall The vessel was, for its entire lifetime, per Lloyd's Register, owned by Teighe & Co., of London. However, when the vessel was lost, in 1871, Thomas D. James was stated to have been her then owner. On Oct. 17, 1871, the vessel stranded at Dungeness, Kent, while en route from Demerera (Guyana), to London with a cargo of spirits etc. Crew of 24 - none lost. 43756 52 Haswell 706/560 James Laing Hugh Taylor & Co. of London, later (1880) Hugh Taylor of Chipchase Castle, Northumberland 43929 53 Ibis 248 G. Peverall Lucas & Co., later (1870) Lucas Brothers, later (1880) Chas. P. Lucas, later (1890) Henry J. Rider, all of Bristol 29220 54 India Note 911 James Laing Cowie & Co. of Liverpool, later (1870) James Nourse  of London, later (1880) Robt. Macfarlane Dunlop of Glasgow 29621 55 Industry (a snow or brig) 254 G. Short The vessel was owned for its entire lifetime by R. Ness of Shields. In Dec. 1872, the vessel left Marianople (now Mariupol, Black Sea) & Constantinople for the U.K. with a cargo of wheat. It went missing en route- likely it foundered as a result of severe gales encountered in the Bay of Biscay. 43629 56 Ione 364 W. Naizby Ritson & Co. of Sunderland 43739 57 Ironside (a ship) 898 T. R. Oswald Temperley & Co. of London 29768 58 Isabella (a brig) 273 George Bartram & Sons Dawson & Co. or George R. Dawson of Blyth 28598 59 Jane 166 John T. Alcock Peacock & Co. later (1870) Thomas Godfordson, both of Sunderland 29262 60 Jane 265 G. Peverall Brodie, later (1870) Alex. Marshall Gillespie, both of London 43961 61 Jane Alice (a barque) 289 R. H. Potts & Bros. A vessel which had a short life, 6 or so years, owned throughout by R. H. Potts & Brothers of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1866/67 tells us that the vessel was 'Wrecked'. I am, at present, unable to tell you what happened to the vessel & when. 29868 62 Jesmond 255 G. Short T. Reay, later (1870) James Sanderson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Archibald Wilkie of Blyth 29256 63 Josephine 585 William Doxford Ray & Sons of London, later (1870) Wm. Foster of Emsworth, Hants 29771 64 Kalahome (a barque) 370 John Robinson The webmaster believes that this newspaper cutting reports the launch of the vessel early in Jul. 1861. For Smith & Co. of London, for service from London to Siam (today Thailand). Later was owned, in 1870, registered at London, by Henry Skelton & later, in 1880, registered at Adelaide, by Hy. Simpson, both of Adelaide, S. Australia. Signal letters TRCW. I read that the vessel was wrecked on Oct. 5, 1882. 43950 65 Kelso (a ship) 556 William Pile J. R. Kelso of N. Shields 28595 66 Kirkwood 337 J. Haswell W. Kirkwood of Sunderland, later (1870) James Warrack of Montrose 29255 67 Lady Havelock 480/394 later 570/448 James Laing J. Smurthwaite et al of Sunderland, later (1870) Francis Devereux Lambert of London, later (1880) Thomas Baker & (1890) Walter J. Tillett, both of Cardiff. 1 43736 68 Laura 286 Sykes & Co. Green & Co., later (1870) John Green both of S. Shields, later (1880) Andrew Storm of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire 43747 69 Letitia 115 S. Metcalf Griffin of S. Shields, later (1870) Wm. Alexander of Freemantle, Hants, later (1880) Thomas Smart of Bosham, Sussex 29132 70 Letitia 261 W. Barclay A. Thompson of London, later (1870) Edward Whetham Alpress of Eltham, Kent 29773 71 Liberator (a barque) 445 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel was launched early in Jul. 1861, as per this newspaper cutting. Bought by P. Scott of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to India. Later (1870) was owned by Peter Scott, also of Sunderland. Later still, in 1880 by John Hedley of Blyth. 131.5 ft. long, signal letters TQDW. 43725 72 Lizzie & Ada (a snow or brig) 247 Robert Thompson (1797/1860) The vessel was launched early in Jul. 1861, (on Jul. 8, I understand) as per this newspaper cutting. Launched for W. Watson, later, in 1870, W. H. Watson, both of Sunderland. Signal letters QHLF. 29869 73 Lollard 58 Todd & Brown J. Candlish, later (1870) John Candlish, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Robert Candlish of Seaham Harbour 29268 74 Lord Collingwood (a barque) 385 later 407 later 420 J. Davison The webmaster has not researched this vessel. He believes that this newspaper cutting reports the launch of the vessel early in Jul. 1861. Built for Tully & Co. of Newcastle, (per the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 232, image soon) Collingwood Tully), possibly for initial service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean but more likely for service from London to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Later, in 1870, the vessel was owned by William Milburn, also of Newcastle, & later still, in 1880 & 1882, by John Robertson of Liverpool. 122.0 ft. long, signal letters TPNH. 43596 75 Lurline 334 J. Robinson Croptons of Sunderland, Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 states 'BURNT' 29860 76 Margaret Davis 271 James Hardie F. Davies, became in 1862/63 J. Davis, both of London 29373 77 Maritana (a snow) 248 Robert Thompson Junior J. & W. Hill of Sunderland. For service ex Cork. 99.0 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1864/65 states 'LOST'. 29250 78 Mary Ada 328 William Doxford Anderson & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Thomas Anderson 43753 79 Mary Ann 45 J. Peddie (of Pallion) Streugh'm of Berwick, later (1870) George Straughan of Holy Island, Northumberland, later (1880) David Anderson & (1890) Robert Pringle both of St. Andrews, Fifeshire, later (1910) Bernard Thompson of Kincardine 29502 80 Mary Ann (a brig) 213 W. Adamson W. Adamson of Sunderland, later (1870) John Simpson of Edinburgh 43744 81 Matfen (a snow or brig) 273 Pace i.e. Roberet Pace Gregory & Co. of Blyth 28597 82 Matilda (a barque) 386 William Briggs & Son A vessel which had a very short life indeed. First registered, at London, on Dec. 4, 1861 & lost on Jan. 18, 1862. At Guadeloupe (Caribbean). Was owned by Hankey & Co. of London 43977 83 Meg 237/193 James Hardie 'H'rgrve' of Liverpool - later Shute & C. & W. (William) Petrie of Sligo 29177 84 Middlesex (a ship) 1191 George Marshall G. Marshall, later (1880) George Marshall, both of London 29779 85 Neva 245 B. Hodgson Humble & Co. of Sunderland 29859 86 Newburn 687/539 James Laing Fenwick & Co., (1870) J. Fenwick, later (1890) Jno. Fenwick Jun., all of London 29761 87 Oban 63 B. & J. Gardner Craven & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Thomas Williamson, later (1880) Daniel Longstaff, both of Boston, Lincs., later (1890) Israel Jackson of Poole 43751 88 Oleander 340 J. Haswell P. (Philip) Patmore of London 43921 89 Parthenon 876/701 T. R. Oswald E. Gourley of Sunderland 43727 90 Pearl 237 E. Potts J. Wilson of N. Shields 29712 91 Pera (an iron ship) 1431 T. R. Oswald Moore & Co. of Liverpool. The webmaster has not researched this vessel. He notes, however that Lloyd's Register of 1864/65, records that Pera had been 'Wrecked'. The vessel was then owned by Moore & Co. of Liverpool for service from Sunderland to India. 226.0 ft. long.  42610 92 Peterhoff 1 (Note) 819/669 T. R. Oswald Not known to webmaster. Initially a Hull owner perhaps 43825 93 Plato (a barque) 285 Austin & Mills Mills & Co. of Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 & 1874 list C. S. Collingwood, of Southwick, Durham, as the vessel's then owner. 107.0 ft. long, signal letters QDVP. The vessel is listed in Lloyd's Register of 1876/77 but is not listed in MNL after 1874. 29261 94 Polina 323 Rawson & Watson J. Patton of London, 1862/63 J. (John) Robinson of Shields 43941 95 Polly (a barque) 362 J. & J. Brown The vessel was initially owned by H. Wheatley of N. Shields, thru 1864/65. A number of later owners - Wm. Coward of London, Emanuel Wait of Bristol & C. T. Bennett of London. Even though the vessel is LR listed thru 1881/82 it is likely that it was lost or broken up in or about 1877. 29711 96 Prince Alfred 256 A. Simey T. Smith of Sunderland, later (1870) W. E. Evans McKenzie of London, later (1880) Frederic Manuelle of London later of Guernsey 43738 97 Quercus 53 W. Pile R. LLiff of London, later (1870) James Connon of Newburgh, Fifeshire 29861 98 Robert Cleugh (Note re Robert Clough) 288 B. & J. Gardner R. Cleugh, later (1870) Robert Cleugh, later (1880) Joseph Scorfield, all of N. Shields 29715 99 Rondinella 159 G. Bartram G. Bartram of Sunderland 43752 100 Rondinella 328 Robert Thompson (1797-1860) Wm. Nicholson & Co. of Sunderland 29862 101 Rosalind 160 G. W. Hall Robson jun. of Sunderland 43755 102 Rose (a snow or brig) 239 Denniston & Pearson The vessel had a very short life, lost apparently in 1863 due to circumstances unknown to webmaster. Was owned by W. Kish of Sunderland. 43724 103 Rowena 319 W. Pickersgill W. Abbay of Sunderland 43726 104 Saint Bernard (a barque) 448 D. A. Douglas (of Southwick) The vessel was always owned by Robert Girvin of Liverpool & by his associates. Mainly served South America. On Mar. 28, 1876, the vessel left Iquique, Chile, for Falmouth, Cornwall, with a cargo of nitrate of soda. It was never seen again. 15 lives were lost. 43723 105 Samuel 426 Austin & Mills S. & J. Pegg, later (1870) Joseph Pegg, both of London, later (1880) David Jones of Liverpool 43922 106 San Jose (a barque) 426 W. Pickersgill Richardson, later (1870) Richardson & Co., later (1880) Jeremiah Clarke Richards, all of Swansea. From 1888, the vessel was owned by Henry D. Dennis, of Newcastle. Details about a sad 1888 voyage of the vessel can be read here. 29591 107 Sophia 287 James Robinson Langridge of Sunderland, later (1870) Henry Eggleston of Monkwearmouth 29251 108 Southwick (a steamship) 591/467 James Laing W. Gray & Co. of Newcastle, later of London, later (1880) Robt. Weatherly & (1890) Ed. J. Weatherley, both of Sunderland. It was reported (in red) that on Jul. 24, 1870 the vessel was fired upon by a French iron-clad, while off Heligoland (German islands in the North Sea, located 43 miles off the mouth of the river Elbe). As also was Shields registered Tyne, a steamship built at Newcastle in 1863. 29864 109 Sovereign (a barque) 289 Denniston & Pearson The vessel had a short life, owned throughout by  P. Dale or John B. Dale of Shields. It would seem that the vessel was lost in 1866 or 1867. No data yet as to what happened to her. 29729 110 Sovereign of India 774 G. Peverall Castle & Co. of London 29267 111 Spring 247 J. Lister J. Harper of S. Shields, later (1870) J. S. Harper, later (1880) George Allix of St. Helier's, Jersey 28345 112 Stettin 480/360 W. Pile Zachariah C. Pearson of London (or maybe J. Richardson & Sons) 43974 113 Sylphide 286 J. Denniston Scurfield & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Brian Scurfield 29252 114 Thomas Dryden 446 J. Davison J. Dryden, later (1870) John Dryden, both of N. Shields 29728 115 Thomas & Mary, later Marie (a snow) 264 Peter Austin T. Thompson of Sunderland, later (1880) R. Robinson of Blyth. As Marie, was owned by L. Gjemre of Stavanger (LR of 1889/90). 29258 116 Thrush (a brig) 204 R. H. Potts & Bros. Potts Bros. of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1863/64 notes 'Wrecked'. 89.0 ft. long. 29254 117 Tientsin (a barque) 242 W. Pile J. Hay of London 29798 118 Vanquisher 233 Green & Richardson Farrow jun. of Sunderland, later (1870) Robert Simpson of Alnworth, later (1880) Henry Vane of Blyth. Also, later? J. Heatley 43731 119 Vedra 271 Peter Austin Allison Whitfield & Co., later (1870) Isaac Whitfield, both of Sunderland, later (1890) Ralph F. Ellerby et al of S. Shields 43750 120 Veleda (a barque) 346 later 362 Thomas Stonehouse The webmaster believes that this newspaper cutting reports the launch of the vessel early in Jul. 1861. May have been intended to be named Moderation. For Walton & Co., later (1870) John Walton, both of Sunderland, later (1880) G. Munro Kerr of Glasgow. 113.5 ft. long, signal letters TVHC. I read (insert 44477) that the vessel was broken up at Glasgow, likely in 1882. Can you add anything? 44477 121 Victoria 46 Not known to webmaster (1870) William Davison of Sunderland, later (1880) Wm. Brown of Monkwearmouth, later (1890) Henderson Brown of Sunderland 43745 122 Volunteer 305 J. Barkes T. Tiffin, later (1870) Thomas Tiffin, both of Sunderland 29259 123 Wild Huntress (a brig or snow) 238 J. H. Watson The vessel was initially owned by G. Watson of Sunderland but in 1864/65 Arkless & Co., i.e. Edward Arkless, of Blyth, Northumberland, became the vessel's owner. In Nov. 1866 the vessel went missing while en route from Archangel, Russia, to London, with a crew of 9. 29857 124 William Balls 242 L. Wheatley W. Balls, later (1870) W. D. C. Balls, both of N. Shields 29713 125 William Walker (a brig) 245 J. & J. Brown E. Bassett of Sunderland 43743 126 William & Catherine 253 Robert Thompson (1797-1860) D. Park of Sunderland, later (1870) John Herron of Blyth 29253 127 William & Jane 266 Peter Austin W. Kish of Sunderland 43737 128 Winsome (a schooner) 129 G. W. Hall Matthew Robson jun. of Sunderland. I note that on Jan. 23, 1873, Belle, bult at Sunderland in 1863, was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, while en route from Santander, Spain, to Dublin, Ireland, with a cargo of wheat. Winsome rescued Belle's crew & landed them near Santander. 29263 129 Wisbech (an iron steamer) 670/528 Wm. Pile Jr. Some confusion as to the vessel's name - Wisbech or Wisbeach. The vessel had a very short life - 8 or 9 months only. On Feb. 5, 1862, the vessel, owned by Richard Young of Sunderland, left Plymouth, Devon, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, & went missing en route. 19 lives were lost. 27794 130 Zodiac (a barque) 375 or 376 W. Adamson The vessel was owned, thru 1882/83, by the Adamson family of Sunderland. For a variety of service incl. to China, Singapore & India. And at least one voyage to Australia. I cannot tell you what finally happened to the vessel but think that it was lost or broken up in or about 1883. 43721     ------         Total tonnage             ------       What were the official build numbers for 1861? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 126 vessels of 46778 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1862 (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.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Acapulco (an iron barque) 598 T. R. Oswald A vessel that was owned, for its entire lifetime, by 'Shallcross and Higham', of Liverpool. In late Oct. 1875, the vessel left Liverpool for Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of coal. The vessel left Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales on Oct. 29, 1875 & was never heard from again. 44703 2 Agenoria (a barque) 376 later 377 John T. Alcock I have not researched the Lloyd's Register record, etc., re this vessel. Was owned by Storey & Co. of Newcastle, later, per the Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 7) & 1870 by Joseph Storey of Gateshead. Was registered at Newcastle throughout its lifetime. 120.0 ft. long, signal letters TPQC. On Jan. 26, 1873, per this page, the 377 ton vessel was lost off the Longships (2 miles W. of Land's End, Cornwall), in the English Channel, while en route from Sunderland to Dublin, Ireland, with a cargo of grain. The cause of the vessel's loss is not known. Crew of 11 - all lost. Then owned by J. Storey of Gateshead. Can you add anything? Y 43607 3 Agnes Holt, later Amur (a barque) 1 (ex p#31 of a 'pdf' file which came from here - W.A. Historical Ships Register) 235 later 236 G. S. Moore MacDonald (her captain) of Glasgow. Per Lloyd's Register, in 1865/66 the vessel was sold to White Sands Co. of London & renamed Amur. In 1869/70 the owners became Moodie & Co. also of London. I learn that the 1874 Register of Australian & New Zealand Shipping, listed the Fremantle registered vessel (registered there from 1870) as owned by J. Bateman & Others. W. E. (William Edward) Marmion & Co. of Fremantle, Western Australia, became the vessel's (signal letters WMQR) owners in 1876/77, however the link at left advises that the vessel had been registered at Fremantle from 1870, further that the barque was stranded on the beach near Rockingham, Fremantle Harbour, during a gale in 1888. I presume it remained there - it was abandoned two years later. The Mercantile Navy List still records the vessel in 1890. Y 44509 4 Alecia Annie 300 John Blumer R. Kirby of Newcastle 43604 5 Alexandra (a barque) 407 Todd & Brown Beckwith & Co., later (1870) Robert Beckwith, both of Newcastle. On Jun. 26, 1868 the vessel rescued from a ship's boat, the crew of Allport, which burned early that day 40 miles S. of the Lizard, Cornwall. 45152 6 Alice Richardson 171 G. & J. Mills Richardson & Co. of Sunderland, later (1864/65) Johnson & Nicholls later (1870) George Johnson, later (1880) John Nicholls, all of Whitstable, later (1890 & 1900) John T. Crampton of Landport, Hants, later (1910 thru 1920) Harry A. Crampton of Portsmouth 43762 7 Alice Ritson 537 G. & J. Mills Ritson & Co., later (1870) John George Ritson, both of Sunderland 44500 8 Anne 314 W. Pickersgill G. Lawson of South Shields ? 43643 9 Anne Jane 149 J. Errington Watkins, later (1870 & 1880) R. Watkins, both of Aberystwyth 42590 10 Ann Mills (a barque) 335 later 319 B. & J. Gardner The vessel was initially owned, thru 1871/72, by W. Mills of Sunderland. And then, by J. Stavers or Staver of Blyth, or, likely more accurately, by Thos. Anderson Smith, also of Blyth. On Jul. 25, 1875, the vessel left Acre, Israel, for Plymouth, for orders with a cargo of grain. It encountered gales in the Bay of Biscay, the cargo shifted & the pumps became clogged. Pierre, a French brig, came upon the vessel but in trying to assist struck Ann Mills causing it to sink. Only the captain made it to the safety of Pierre. 44493 11 Ann Potts 245 J. M. Reed J. Potts, later (1870) John Potts, both of Sunderland 44484 12 Ariadne 163 S. Metcalf J. Long, later (1870) Alfred Haddon, both of Southampton 29890 13 Aries (a steamer) 611/479 James Laing Frederic Peter Obicini of Sunderland 44499 14 Artemisia (a barque) 334 later 335 Todd & Brown The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime by J. Patton or J. Paton, of North Shields, but registered at London. On Jul. 25, 1871, the vessel stranded at Cape Bouillon (N. of today's Mombasa, Kenya), while en route from today's Karachi, Pakistan, to Zanzibar. No lives were lost. 44860 15 Asphodel (a barque) 297 later 289/305 James Hardie A vessel which was always registered at London. On Oct. 15, 1878, the vessel was at anchor off East London, South Africa. Powerful winds forced the vessel to part its anchors, & the vessel fouled Wilhelm I, a German barque. The vessel put out to sea, but, seriously damaged, took on lots of water. The vessel was beached E. of East London & became a wreck. 45003 16 Athenian (a barque) 344 later 328 J. Haswell The launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in red) in this newspaper cutting. Sold to Wrightson, of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Later, in 1870, the vessel was owned by Robert Wrightson, of Sunderland, & later still, in 1880, by The Great Grimsby Ice Co. Ltd. of Grimsby & registered there. 116.0 ft. long, signal letters TVHD. 44478 17 Aunt Lizzie (an iron barque) 536 W. Pile The vessel was always owned by Thomas Scott of Sunderland.  On Nov. 15, 1871, the barque was stranded off Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, while en route from Newport, Wales, to Buenos Ayres (Argentina), with a cargo of iron. Crew of 14 - 1 lost. 44507 18 Barbara 85 A. Simey D. Sharer, later (1870) Donald Sharer, later (1880) John Coghill, all of Thurso 43565 19 Belgravia 1, 2, 3, 4 Col.#4 889 William Doxford Joseph Somes & Sons of London 44846 20 Bertha (a snow or brig, later a barque) 257 J. Robinson The launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in dark blue) in this newspaper cutting. Launched for Tongs of Liverpool, per Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1862/63 Tonge & Co. of Liverpool, for service from Sunderland to Cadiz, Spain. In 1864/65, per LR, Sellar & Co. of Liverpool became the vessel's owner for service from Leith to China soon from London to S. America. LR of 1865/66 advises that the vessel was then a barque. Was later owned, in 1870, per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL'), by J. R. Davies, of Liverpool. The equivalent list of 1875 lists the barque as then registered at Colchester, Essex, & owned by Wm. E. Denton of Wivenhoe, Essex. It is not listed in MNL of 1876. 102.0 ft. long, signal letters TWFL. Y 44693 21 Blackwood (a snow or brig) 307 Benjamin Hodgson The vessel, which had a short life, was always owned by John Blackwood of Sunderland. On Oct. 3, 1870, it was abandoned off Cape Spartel (often spelled Spartal), Morocco, while en route from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10, none lost. 44510 22 Brothers 292 William Doxford W. & J. Kish, later (1870 & 1880) William Kish, both of Sunderland 44469 23 Camillus 297 J. Denniston W. Holm's of Sunderland, later (1870) William Holmes of Bishopswearmouth, later (1880) John Cole of Blyth 44487 24 Carisbrooke 442 J. Davison P. Dale of North Shields, later (1870) Jno. Brodrick Dale of South Shields, 1871/72 R. D. Richards of Portmadoc, Wales 44308 25 Catherine 200 W. Naizby or Naisby (of Hylton) N. Cook of Sunderland, later (1870) Nicholas Cook of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) W. Baxter of Peterhead 44481 26 Chanaral 589 T. R. Oswald Shallcross & Co. later (1870) Shallcross & Higham, later (1880 & 1890) Thomas R. Shallcross, all of Liverpool 44715 27 Chanticleer (a barque) 396 W. Pile The vessel was owned, for its entire, if brief, lifetime by John R. Kelso of North Shields. In early Sep. 1869, Chanticleer, then off Morte Point (NW coast of Devon), collided with Jewel, a brig. Chanticleer sank in Ilfracombe Bay & Jewel was badly damaged. No lives were lost. Chanticleer was held to be at fault. 44314 28 Charente (an iron steamship) 565/441 James Laing T. & J. Harrison of Liverpool 44638 29 Charente (an iron steamship) 842 William Pile His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III   30 Clanalpine 363 J. Gill Williamson & Co., later (1870) Williamson & Stark, both of Leith, later (1880) William Osborne of Yarmouth 44955 31 Claro Babuyan (a barque) 357 W. Adamson W. Adamson, later (1870) William Adamson, both of Sunderland, later (1890) Frederick Ellwood White of Yokohama, Japan. Wrecked Nov. 26, 1897 44497 32 Claudine (a ship, later a barque) 488 James Laing Ord & Co., later (1870) Robert Ord, both of Sunderland 44467 33 Coldstream, later Marie (an iron ship, later a barque) 545 later 546 James Laing The vessel was, thru 1889/90, owned by Liverpool ship owners, mainly, it would seem by Friend & Co., later E. C. Friend & Co. In 1889/90 the vessel was sold to P. N. (Peder Nielsen) Winther of Fanö, Denmark, & renamed Marie. On Apl. 7, 1890, Marie was wrecked at the island of Madagascar (off the SE coast of Africa) while en route from Mozambique to Port Adelaide, Australia, in ballast. No loss of life. 45385 34 Craig Ellachie (a brig) 226 John Blumer The webmaster believes that the launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in red) in this newspaper cutting. J. & R. Grant of London & Grant & Co. 1870/71 of Inverkeith, later (1870) Wm. Fisher of Hobart Town, Tasmania. I previously referred to E. T. Gourley & Co. of Sunderland, 45010 35 Cruiser 347 James Robinson Shotton & Co., later (1870) Edward Shotton, both of Shields 44309 36 Cubana (an iron barque) 499 later 472 W. Pile Jas. Hay of London, later, per the Mercantile Navy List of 1870, James Hay of Sunderland, later (1880) John Wilson & (1890) John Isaac Jacobs, both of London, later (1900) Samuel Reid jun. of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. Signal letters VFPD. On Oct. 10, 1892, the vessel left Tilt Cove, Newfoundland, for Swansea, Wales, under the command of P. J. Mallgraf, with a cargo of copper ore. On Nov. 14, 1892, the vessel, now rudderless, dismasted & full of water, was abandoned at sea, in the N. Atlantic at about 51.20N/32.40W. Her entire crew was rescued by Angloman, a steamer, & landed at Boston, U.S.A. The derelict was later sighted a couple of times & eventually, after an amazing 130 days afloat after abandonment, she was sighted by a fishing boat off Hoy Head (near Stromness, western Orkneys). Two steamers towed the vessel into Kirkwall, where she was condemned. 'The cargo of copper ore will be a valuable salvage for the Orkney Steam Navigation Company'. All as per this newspaper article & per this page. Anything you can add? 45753 37 Daisy (a snow) 311 J. & J. Brown Potts & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) John Lucas of Bristol 44468 38 Deerfoot (a barque) 346 W. Pile A vessel which had a short life. Was owned by 'Hewson' of North Shields. Lloyd's Register of 1864/65 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. It seems likely that the vessel was lost, crushed by ice, near Nervo Rocks, Gulf of Finland, on Dec. 31, 1863. 44290 39 Diligent 285 W. Barclay Note T. Knight, later (1870 & 1880) Edward Foster, both of Blyth Signal letters VDWK. 45592 40 Dorothea (a barque) 328 W. Naizby or Naisby (of Hylton) Chatt & Co., later (1870) Leonard Chatt, both of Sunderland. It would seem that on Feb. 15, 1873, Dorothea, en route from Sunderland to to Monte Video, Uruguay, ran aground on the Corton Sand, off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug & a yawl and assisted into Harwich in a leaky condition. 44459 41 Dwina, later Viceroy (an iron steamer) 671/823 later 937/1090 (N/G) tons T. R. Oswald The vessel was owned, by Fleming of London, thru 1864/65, in which year, the vessel became owned by Gee & Co., of Hull, renamed Viceroy. Maybe rather owned by J. R. Duncan also of Hull. The vessel would seem to have had a number of owners in 1864 including owners from Germany. In 1869/70 the vessel was modified & sold to Bailey & Co. - William Leetham & W. Bailey, both of Hull. On Oct. 20, 1874, the vessel left Hull for the Baltic & the Gulf of Finland (Reval & Cronstadt) & went missing. It is believed that she was lost in a gale in the North Sea on the day after she left Hull. 45027 42 Edith Mary 248 Glaholm & Robson Glaholm of Sunderland, later (1870) Glaholm & Robson of Hendon Ropery, Sunderland 44508 43 Eleanor Davidson (a brig) 157 J. Robinson The webmaster believes that the launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in dark blue) in this newspaper cutting which contains errors in the data. J. Davidson, later (1870) James Davidson, both of Whitehaven. The vessel was lost in Oct. 1877 44225 44 Eleanor Isabella (a snow or brig) 263 later 252 W. Barclay The vessel was owned, thru 1873/74 by Dodds & Co. of North Shields. And then by W. Thompson of Blyth, still registered at North Shields. On Apl. 14, 1874, the vessel, foundered, while en route from North Shields to Malaga, Spain, with 434 tons of coal. The vessel ended up on her beam ends & was abandoned with no loss of life. 44281 45 Elizabeth Ferguson 270 G. Short Ferguson of Sunderland 44495 46 Eliza Laing (a barque) 441 D. A. Douglas The launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in green) in this newspaper cutting. J. Laing, later (1870) Joseph Laing, both of Stockton. The vessel was wrecked on Mar. 13, 1874 28657 47 Emperor (a barque) 370 W. Adamson W. Adamson of Sunderland, later (1870) of Bishopwearmouth 44470 48 Energy 216 Rutter & Cummings Hedley & Co., later (1870) John Hedley, both of Sunderland 44505 49 Evergreen 285 James Robinson The launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1861, is referenced (in blue) in this newspaper cutting. Childs & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) William Crawford of Monkwearmouth 44479 50 Fanny Slater (a schooner, maybe later a brigantine) 145 G. Bartram The vessel is Lloyd's Register listed from 1862/63 thru 1867/68, owned thru 1866/67, by 'Jarvis' of Barrow, Cumbria. Fisher & Co., also of Barrow, became the owner in 1867/68. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 thru 1868, however, all list Samuel Jervis of Barrow-in-Furness as the vessel's owner. On Dec. 2, 1867, the vessel foundered at the Isle of Man while en route from Ardrossan (SW Scotland) to Runcorn (Cheshire) with a cargo of pig iron. A total loss. Many lives lost. 45676   Findon (limited data) 211 Unknown to webmaster     51 Frederick Bassil 336 Taylor & Scouler F. Bassil of London. The vessel was anchored at Table Bay, South Africa, on May 17, 1865 when the area was hit by a massive & violent storm from the NW, of an intensity never before witnessed at the Cape. 18 vessels, including Frederick Bassil, were stated to have been driven aground or ashore & wrecked, while 9 other vessels survived the storm, some of them badly damaged. It would seem, however, that Frederick Bassil, under the command of Captain Glendining & in ballast, was not, in fact, wrecked. See here ex here for the history of that storm with its reference to this vessel. The vessel became owned by W. Berry, & later (1870) by Aaron De Pass of Cape Town, later (1880) by Guthrie and Larnach's New Zealand Timber and Woodware Co. Ltd. of Dunedin, New Zealand, later (1890) John Mills, later (1910 thru 1920) John Mills & Co. Ltd, both of Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Signal letters WPBH. 45044 52 Gazelle 442/337 W. Pile Lloyd's Register of 1862/63 records (but struck out) Killick & Co. (or Killick & Martin) of London ? 44866 53 George Avery (a barque) 467 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel was owned fro its entire lifetime, per Lloyd's Register, by J. Avery of North Shields. On Dec. 9, 1870, the barque was stranded off Heligoland while en route from Akyab (now Sittwe, Myanmar), to Hamburg with a cargo of rice. The vessel was towed off & run aground on the island in a sinking state. Crew of 14 - none lost. 44315 54 George Croshaw 670 J. Smurthwaite J. Brodie but soon Croshaw & Co, both of London 44501 55 George & Richard, later Katy & Hanna 322 B. & J. Gardner R. Humble, later (1870 & 1880) Richard Humble, all of Sunderland. As Katy & Hanna was owned by E. Jansson of 'Cimbrsbmn' - where is it? 44453 56 Glenbrook 234 Gray & Young Harris & Co., later (1870) James Anderson, both of London 45050 57 Glencaple 230/176 James Hardie Jno Dickson - Doward, Dickson & Co. in 1865/66, J. James (or Jones) in 1871/72 44701 58 Glenisla 372 J. Gill Williamson & Co., later (1870) Williamson & Stark, both of Leith, later (1880) William Wright of London 43505 59 Glenmessen 515 J. Barkes Templeton of Greenock 44511 60 Golondrina (a barque) 475 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) The vessel was owned for its entire, if brief, lifetime by Wm. Nicholson and Sons of Sunderland. Carried mineral ores from mines in Chile. On Feb. 10, 1869, it was reported that Golondrina had burned while off the Horn when its cargo of coal caught fire. Her crew was rescued by Dorothy Thompson & landed at Valparaiso, Chile. 44489 61 Grahamstown Note 327 Robert Thompson Junior Ellis & Co. of Plymouth 44337 62 Hadleys 349 Rawson & Watson Hadley, later (1870) Joseph L. Hadley, both of London. Lloyd's Register of 1873/74 states 'LOST' 45059 63 Hannah 243 T. Robson E. Humphreys, later (1870) J. Humphreys, later (1880) Edward Humphreys, all of Aberystwyth, later (1890) John Wilkinson Lawes of S. Shields. Missing 1892 42587 64 Hannah Sturdy 106 D. A. Douglas Clark & Co. of Sunderland 43767 65 Harriette Wardle (a brig) 252 William Briggs & Son J. Wardle & Co. of Sunderland 44461 66 Helen 377 G. & J. Mills Hankey, later (1870) George Hankey, later (1880) Richd. M. Harvey, all of London, later (1890) William W. Dingle of Plymouth. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that on Sep 5, 1892 the vessel was sold to a Norwegian owner. 45049 67 Helen Richards 183 Todd & Brown The webmaster believes that the launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1861, is referenced (in blue) in this newspaper cutting. Henderson, later (1870) John Henderson, both of Amble, later (1880) Benjamin James of Sunderland. Vessel missing Oct. 21, 1882 44302 68 Helens 292 B. Hodgson J. Smith, later (1870) James Smith, both of Liverpool 44645 69 Herradura (an iron barque) 499 W. Pile The ownership of this vessel is confusing. It was initially owned by Madge of Swansea, Wales, and was owned, when it was lost in 1876, by Madge & Co. Even though, in 1869, Madge's shares were sold at public auction. On Jun 7, 1876, the vessel left Swansea for Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of coal & a crew of 14. The ship was not heard from after Jul. 4, 1876. 44492 70 Hope 440 W. Pickersgill Note P. Hick, later (1870) Pantland Hick, later (1880) Michael Hick. Of Scarborough. Lloyd's Register of 1887/88 states 'burnt' when owned by J. H. Farmer & Co., all of Scarborough. I note that on Nov. 21, 1866, Mangosteen, built at Sunderland in 1855, was abandoned in a sinking state roughly in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean. Hope rescued Mangosteen's crew & landed them all at Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa on Jan. 07, 1867. 'Whelan' was Hope's master at the time. 44581 71 Humility (a snow) 250 John Lister of South Hylton The vessel was owned , for its entire lifetime, by James Heatley, of Amble, Northumberland & registered at either Blyth or Shields. Lloyd's Register of 1866/67 noted that the vessel, had been 'LOST'. But it clearly was not lost. It would seem, rather, to have foundered about 22 years later, in or about 1886, in circumstances not yet to hand. 44301 72 Isabella Atkinson (a barque) 339 Rawson & Watson The vessel was owned & captained, for its entire lifetime, by Stephen Atkinson of South Shields. On May 10, 1871, the vessel stranded at Long Sand (Thames Estuary) & was lost - due to its owner's intoxication. No lives were lost. 43635 73 Isabella Thurlbeck 162 Liddle & Sutcliffe (of N. Hylton) Thurlbeck of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 states wrecked 44502 74 Isurium 363 J. Robinson W. Lister, later (1870) W. S. Lister, both of Scarborough 45482 75 James Riddell (a snow, later a barque) 267 Taylor & Scouler The vessel was owned throughout its entire lifetime by members of the Riddell family of Sunderland. On Mar. 26, 1875, while en route from Berdianski (Black Sea) to Queenstown, Ireland, with a cargo of wheat, the vessel encountered heavy weather, became leaky & had to be abandoned. No lives were lost. 43760 76 James Rogers 249 George Barker (or Barkes) W. Rogers of Sunderland 44466 77 John C. Munro (a ship) 612 James Laing Per 1. Munro & Co., later (1870) Geo. L. Munro, both of London 45076 78 John Hunter (a barque) 274 J. Barkes A vessel which had a short life - always owned by Watson & Co. of Sunderland. On an unstated date in Jan. 1869, the vessel went missing while en route from Newport, Wales, to Trieste, Italy. With a crew of 10. 44490 79 John Reay, later John, John Reay, & Önund (a barque, later a barquentine & a schooner) 302 later 283 W. Chilton at South Hylton The vessel was owned by Reay & Co. of South Shields - thru 1875 - when the vessel was sold to Norwegian owners & renamed. It became U.K. owned again in or about 1891, renamed John Reay. It would seem two later Norwegian owners from 1894. Broken up in 1906. 43642 80 John Slater 176 G. Bartram Jervis & Co. (per site page 141 S. Jarvis, Robt. McGowan, Geo. Wilson & Co.), later (1870) John Bell, all of Barrow, Lancaster 43879 81 John and Elizabeth (a snow) 299 John Lister The vessel was owned thru 1867/68 by J. Elliott & after that by J. E. Morgan, both of Sunderland. On Nov. 4, 1871, the vessel stranded at Rabbit Island while en route in ballast ex Genoa, Italy, for an unstated destination. The webmaster does not know, for sure at which place named 'Rabbit Island' the vessel was lost. 43764 82 Joseph Thompson 398 John Blumer Tully & Sons of Sunderland, later (1870) John Tully of Fulwell, Durham, in 1880 of Sunderland. Missing since Aug. 09, 1883 44486 83 Joseph & Margaret 220 Gray & Young Brown of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1880) John Foster of Whitby 44473 84 J. T. S. (a schooner) 139 J. H. Watson Fisher & Co., later (1870) James Fisher, both of Barrow in Furness, later (1880) Richard Hosking, of Dalton, Cheshire, later (1890 thru 1910) John Fisher of Barrow 45295 85 Kent 445 Marshall (have also read J. H. Watson) G. Marshall of London, but same year H. J. Bath of Swansea 44998 86 Lady Alicia 182 L. Wheatley (N. Hylton) J. Blackwood of Sunderland, (1863/64) J. Warrack of Leith, later (1870) Alexander Smart of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dismantled, used as a powder hulk, Jan. 29, 1877 43765 87 Lilian 276 G. W. Hall Corry Bros. of Cardiff 43766 88 Lily 315 John Blumer Hick of Scarborough ? 45481 89 Lindisfarne 290 J. Errington M. Aisbett, later (1870) H. R. Tully, both of South Shields 43646 90 Lizzie Ann, or Lizzie Anne, or Lizzie Annie (a snow) 285 G. & J. Mills A vessel with 'name' issues. Was owned for its entire lifetime by W. Tulloch of Sunderland. On Jan. 23, 1871, the vessel was stranded at Corton Sand (near Lowestoft), while en route from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. One life lost. 44452 91 Lord Royston (an iron steamer) 585/456 W. Pile (Pile Jr.) A vessel which had a very short life. Owned by Richard Young, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. On Sep. 29, 1862, the vessel burnt in the Bay of Biscay, while en route from Bordeaux, France, to London with a cargo of wine etc. Crew of 16 - none lost. 27796 92 Lucerne (an iron steamship) 678/532 James Laing The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by E. T. Gourley & Co., of Sunderland. In 1869, on or about Mar. 17, 1869, the vessel passed Dover & then went missing while en route from Middlesboro', Yorkshire, to Trieste, Italy, with an unknown cargo. A crew of 22 - all lost. 44498 93 Macedon (a barque) 496 William Briggs & Son Was initially registered at Bristol & owned by Wm. Brass of Reigate, Surrey. Became owned by Wm. F. Hodge of Falmouth then by two owners from Greenock, Scotland. In or about 1883 the vessel was sold to H. Petterson of Norway. Final disposition is unknown to webmaster. 44115 94 Margaret 214 J. Errington Fairley & Sons of Sunderland 44471 95 Margaret (a snow) 284 later 285/293 (N/G) tons Gibbon & Nichol The vessel was initially owned by H. Robson, soon by Mark Robson of Howdon Dock, Northumberland. From 1870/71 the vessel became owned by 'Bedlington' of West Hartlepool ('WH'). R. D. Clark & Co., also of WH, became the vessel's owners late in its life. On Feb. 1, 1879 the vessel stranded on the Goodwin Sands (English Channel E. of Deal, Kent), en route from Boulogne, France, to West Hartlepool with a cargo of coprolite. 44300 96 Margaret & Mary 243 Reay & Naisby Sinclair, later (1870) John Dobbin, both of Sunderland 44491 97 Margaretta 240 W. Ratcliffe T. Morris of Aberystwyth 44726 98 Martlet 302 J. Haswell Ayre & Co. of Sunderland 44455 99 Mary 211 James Robinson R. Dawson of Sunderland 43768 100 Mary Ann (a barque) 319 R. H. Potts & Bros. The launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in red) in this newspaper cutting. Potts Brothers of Sunderland. 110.0 ft. long 44485 101 Mary Ann Curry (a barque) 330 Robert Thompson Junior Thompson & Co., later (1870) Robert Thompson, both of Sunderland 43763 102 Mayfield 186 B. Hodgson Rae & Co, later (1870 & 1880) Alexr. Rae, both of Liverpool, later (1890 & 1900) John Murdoch of Kirkudbright, later (1910) William G. Waters of Rochester, Kent 44707 103 Medusa (an iron steamer) 463/602 (N/G) James Laing Was initially owned by W. S. Lindsay, of London. In or about 1865 the vessel became owned by Richard Young of Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. Per Lloyd's Register but not by the Mercantile Navy List, the vessel was later owned by G. Swainston & Co., of Sunderland & from about 1874 owned by James Laing, also of Sunderland. Rebuilt & lengthened a couple of times. Stranded in the Gulf of Bothnia on Sep. 24, 1883 & lost. 45020 104 Medusa (a ship, later a barque) 848 William Briggs & Son Was owned by Allan & Sons, later John H. & Henry H. Allan, all of London. In or about 1886 the vessel was sold to T. F. Andorsen of Mandal, Norway. In May 1898, the vessel was seen, abandoned in the N. Atlantic, en route from Darien, Georgia, U.S.A., to Grimsby with a cargo of pitch pine. Entire crew lost. 44844 105 Meggie Atkinson (a barque) 444 Robert Thompson Junior M. Atkinson of N. Shields 44285 106 Messenger (a snow or brig) 246 later 234/247, 248/256 & 228/250 tons Rawson & Watson A vessel which had a long life indeed - thru 1933. The webmaster refers you, via the link at left, to details re the vessel's ownership history. A dramatic event in the vessel's history was being driven ashore, at Lowestoft, Suffolk, in Oct. 1882. The vessel was clearly repaired & returned to service - at Yarmouth for many years then at Liverpool, likely as a barge. 43641 107 Middleton (a snow) 254 J. Reed Middleton of Sunderland. 98.0 ft. long 44456 108 Miriam 538/410 W. Pile W. Boyle of London, have also read J. Richardson & Sons ? 45084 109 Moderation 355 T. Stonehouse J. Dryden, later (1870) John Dryden, later (1880) John T. Davison, all of North Shields 44291 110 Montego 335/316 James Hardie M'Inroy &, became Tonge & Co. in 1863/64, Roberts likely in 1864/65, certainly (1870) Richard Roberts of Aberystwyth 45386 111 Nancy Bryson later Nancy Brysson (a barque) 390 T. Stonehouse R. Whyte of Sunderland. Later C. S. Caird & Co., of Greenock, River Clyde, Scotland, & R. (Robert) W. (William) Hickson, of London. The vessel was lost on Dec. 30, 1876. Follow link at left for greater detai of the  vessel's historyl. 45070 112 Nil Desperandum (a snow) 291 S. Peter Austin The vessel was owned, thru its lifetime by Dove & Co. of Sunderland. It was lost on Dec. 4, 1870, off Aldboro' (Aldborough, N. Yorkshire). 44480 113 Ocean Spray 325 James Robinson Shotton & Co., later (1870) Edward Shotton, both of North Shields 29730 114 Orion 66 C. Dunn Dunn & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) William Upson of Eling, Hants, later (1880) Jonathan Jolliffe of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight 44483 115 Perseverance (a dandy, i.e. a yawl or a ketch) 38 or 39 Unknown to webmaster The vessel is not listed in Lloyd's Register. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 & 1870 both record the 39 ton vessel as registered at Ramsgate, Kent, & owned by Henry S. Macey of Ramsgate. Signal letters TQWN. On Dec. 21, 1871, per line 2109 here, the 38 ton dandy was stranded at Newcome Sands (off Lowestoft, Suffolk),  while proceeding 'coastwise'. Crew of 5 - none lost. Then owned by Henry S. Macey. Y 43916 116 Philia 232 G. & J. Mills Ridley & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Richard Joel of near Aberystwyth 44465 117 Plover (a barque) 342 J. Robinson Potts Bros. later (1870) R. H. Potts and Brothers of Sunderland 44462 118 Princess Alice (a snow) 237 J. Smurthwaite The webmaster believes that the launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in blue) in this newspaper cutting. Per Lloyd's Register of 1863/64, Baines & Co. of Liverpool, later (1870) Charles Wesley Turner of Christchurch, New Zealand 44712 119 Queen Bee, later Belle Justine (a wooden barque) 353 W. Naizby or Naisby (of Hylton) Davison of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 states J. Merlen of Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France, to be the owner of the vessel renamed Belle Justine. As per this page (ex here), on Apl. 23, 1878, the 375 ton vessel, under the command of A. Amice & owned by J. F. Merlin of Fécamp, was stranded near Gopaulpore (now Gopalpur, Bay of Bengal coast in southern Odisha State, India). The vessel was en route from Gopaulpore to Marseilles, France, with a cargo of gingelly seed (sesame seed used for its oils), myrabolams (the fruit of 'alale mara', an Indian forest tree, used in tanning), etc. The vessel had a crew of 13. No lives were lost. Y 44503 120 Queen of the Age 757 W. Pile Ellis (Henry), later (1870) H. Ellis & Sons, later (1880) John Baker jun., all of London 45081 121 Redby 276 T. Robson Reay & Co., later (1870) T. J. Reay, both of Sunderland, later (1880) The Phoenix Shipping Co. Ltd. of Blyth 44518 122 Regard (a snow) 298 G. Bartram A vessel which was lost just 8 days after its date of registration. Owned by Robert Cropton. On Nov. 15, 1862, the vessel stranded on the Long Sand (Thames Estuary), while en route from Sunderland to Barcelona, Spain, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - none lost. 44504 123 Retina 156 L. Wheatley (of N. Hylton) I have read that the vessel was launched as Bertis. Was owned by Evans & Co. of Aberystwyth, later (1870) David Evans of Llanon, Cardiganshire, later (1880) Wm. Francis of Milford Haven 44733 124 Robert Stephenson (a snow) 232 W. Barclay The webmaster believes that the launch of the vessel, early in Jul. 1862, is referenced (in red) in this newspaper cutting. Per Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1862/63, the vessel was owned by J. & J. Waite of North Shields for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Per the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 & 1870, the vessel was then owned by John and James Wait, Jun. of North Shields. 106.5 ft. long, signal letters TSMF. 44299 125 Rosalie, later Manuela, later Rosalie (a barque) 349 William Briggs & Son J. Wood of Liverpool, but almost immediately sold to 'Echevarra' of Havana, Cuba, & renamed Manuela. In 1880/81, renamed Rosalie, & in or about 1885/86, the vessel was sold to Liverpool owners  - George G. Macandrew & then Calder Shipping Co. Ltd. The vessel was run down by an unknown vessel & sunk in the first days of 1886. 45380 126 Rosedale (a barque) 459 J. & J. Brown Shepherd & Co. of London, later (1870) Thomas Gourlay of Glasgow, Scotland, later (1880) Robert Brown, of Fife, Scotland, but still registered at Glasgow. Lloyd's Register of 1887/88 notes that the vessel, then owned by P. H. Cowley & Co. of Glasgow, had been condemned. 44011 127 Ruth (a brig) 199 J. & J. Brown Lloyd's Register does not advise name of initial owner, became Dyer & Co. of Exmouth, however the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 & 1870 state Noah Glendinning of Bermondsey, London 44830 128 Saint Thomas Packet (a brig) 275/229 D. A. Douglas of Southwick The vessel was owned thru 1865/66 by Longton & Co. of Liverpool, then by either W. R. Smith, or Thomas A. Smith of Blyth, Northumberland. On Aug. 28, 1871, the brig was sunk 'in the Sleeve' which may mean on the W. coast of the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, while en route from Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia), to London with a cargo of wheat. Crew of 9 - none lost. 44706 129 San Juan (a snow) 247 Gibbon & Nichol T. Riley of Sunderland. p059 43770 130 Sarah (a snow or brig) 243 later 231 W. Ratcliffe The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by Lawson & Co. of Blyth, which means the partnership of George Lawson with John & Roger Dent. In early Nov. 1878 the vessel went missing while en route from Villa Nova (Porto, Portugal) to Copenhagen, Denmark, via Yarmouth with a cargo of cork or ore & cork. It seems clear that she was lost, after departing Yarmouth, in major storms in the North Sea on Nov. 10 or 11, 1878. 8 lives were lost. 44305 131 Sarah Ann 276 G. Bartram Irvin & Co. later (1870) Wm. Irvin, both of North Shields, later (1880) John Paul of Lynn, Norfolk 44287 132 Sarah Burnyeat (a barque, later a brig) 1 (ex p#50 of a 'pdf' file available here - W.A. Historical Ships Register) 317/272 James Hardie B. Barwise of Whitehaven, later (1880) Wm. B. McGavin of London, later (1890 thru 1915) Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. of Port Adelaide, S. Australia. The data at left indicates that the vessel was registered at Fremantle, W. Australia, from 1881. Do read about the vessel's later history & loss, as a coal hulk, in 1894. 44221 133 Scotia's Queen (a barque) 357 J. H. Watson The vessel was always owned by George Watson of Sunderland. On Jul. 19, 1870, the barque stranded at Stag Rocks while en route from Odessa, Ukraine, to Falmouth with a cargo of wheat. The rocks in question are likely those located at Lizard Point in Cornwall. No loss of life. 44472 134 Shaftesbury 680/524 T. R. Oswald Initially a Hull owner? J. Dobson of Sunderland 45002 135 Shepherd 445 J. Davison 'Duthwate' of North Shields, later (1870) John Douthwaite of Shields 43640 136 Sir Harry Parkes 684/542 W. Pile C. Shaw of London 45793 137 Springbok 280 W. Pickersgill R. Thompson of North Shields, later (1870 & 1880) John Isles of Dundee 44289 138 Star of the North 370 Taylor & Scouler C. Alcock of London 44451 139 Sunrise 132 W. Barclay J. Hunter of Sunderland, later (1870) David Dunn of Newcastle 44454 140 The Lord Warden 1237 William Pile R. (Richard) Green, later (1880) Henry Green, both of Blackwall, London 45005 141 Thomas & Rebecca 306 J. Hutchinson T. Watkins of London, later (1870) Isaac Whitfield of Sunderland 45016   Tirzah (a snow) 239 Edward Potts of Seaham Davison & Co. of Blyth for service from Blyth to the West Indies. 103.0 ft. long. 44293 142 Trafalgar (a barque) 293 William Briggs & Son Was owned by the Collingwood family of Sunderland, & later, from 1873/74, by Geo. Golightly of Southwick later of East Bolden. Was sold to Swedish owners in or about 1880 or 1881. 44464 143 Triad 161 D. A. Douglas Branfo't & Co., later (1870) W. Branfoot both of Sunderland, later (1880) Matthew H. S. Butcher of Gt. Yarmouth 44506 144 Union 89 Liddle & Sutcliffe (of N. Hylton) 'Winter &' of Portsmouth, later (1870 & 1880) James Weeks of Havant, Hants, later (1890) William Stephen Drewett of Emsworth Hants, later (1900 thru 1915) James Divers of Southampton, later (1920) Mark Hauser of Cardiff, later (1930) T. R. Brown & Sons Ltd. of Bristol 44882 145 Viking (a barque) 339 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel was owned, thru its lifetime, by Potts & Co. (Joseph Potts) of Sunderland. On Apl. 2, 1872, the vessel stranded at Harbyn Bay, Padstow, Cornwall, while en route from Cardiff to Plymouth, Devon, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 9 - 1 lost. 44476 146 Ville de Brest 638/501 James Laing Jouvillier of St. Nazaire   147 Ville du Havre 507/382 James Laing Jouvillier of St. Nazaire   148 Warden Law (a barque) 347 J. Haswell The vessel was always owned by Robert H. Gayner of Sunderland. On Jun. 8, 1870, the vessel was abandoned in mid North Atlantic while en route from Sunderland to New York with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - none lost. 44460   Warwick (limited data)   G. S. Moore     149 Water Lily, later Waterlily (a schooner, later, perhaps from 1874, a ketch) 70 G. S. Moore The vessel, initially named Water Lily, became Waterlily in or about 1872. Was always registered at Goole, Yorkshire, owned by Horn, by Shackleton & then by Arnold. Late in life it became owned by Robert Mason of Newcastle. The vessel would seem to have survived thru 1899. Fate unknown. 44037 150 Wearmouth 270 G. Short Reay & Co. of Sunderland 44463 151 Westoe (a barque) 363 J. H. Watson Usher of S. Shields. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 & 1866 tell us that the vessel was then registered at South Shields & owned by Hy. Nelson of Newcastle. 120.0 ft. long, signal letters TPSR. The webmaster believes that the vessel went missing in late 1865 & that this news report (in red) relates, but it does incorrectly refer to Weston rather than Westoe.  43648 152 Winchester (a ship) 1157 George Marshall G. Marshall, later (1870) George Marshall, both of London 45041 153 Youngsters 279 J. Lister Lister & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Robert Burbank Porrett, both of Sunderland 44457     ------         Total tonnage             ------       What were the official build numbers for 1862? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 160 vessels of 56921 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1863 (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.) Lloyd's Register of 1863/64 is readily WWW available. However a reprint of that year's edition was available via e-Bay in Jul. 2021. Offered at U.S. $61.54. I have seen such a volume offered for sale only once before in many many years. # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Abbotsford 527 Wm. Pickersgill Adamson, later (1870) Adamson & Ronaldson, both of London, later (1880) Wm. Newton of Glasgow 47292 2 Able Seaman 698 T. R. Oswald Temperley & Co. of London 45790 3 Accidental Star (a snow or brig) 248 J. Barkes The vessel was owned, from 1864/65, by members of the 'Dent' family of Newcastle & Blyth. On May 16, 1876 the vessel had to be abandoned while en route from Lisbon, Portugal to Schiedam (Rotterdam), with a cargo of salt & cork. The 9 man crew was rescued by Ocean King, a barque built in 1859 by Laing of Sunderland. 47666 4 Agincourt 1, 2 447 William Doxford A. Strong of Shields, later (1870) of Tynemouth, later (1880) John Matthews of London 45596 5 Albert the Good (a barque, later, from 1875, a brig) 306 later 315 W. Barkley (or Barklay) A vessel which had a long life indeed. Owned for most of its life by Australian owners. I refer you, via the link at left, to details re the vessel's ownership history etc. The vessel was broken up in 1913. 47676 6 Albert William 505 James Laing Wilson & Co., later (1870) Royal Bank of Liverpool, both of Liverpool, later (1880) George Smith of London, later (1890) James Gifford Nicholson of Liverpool, later (1940) Victorian Lighterage Proprietary Lim. of Melbourne. Maybe sold to German interests in 1890 47480 7 Alexander 298 G. Short Swan Bros. of Kirkaldy 29567 8 Alexandra (a ship) 898 William Doxford The vessel had 3 London owners - Blyth, then Meguelin or Weguelin, & finally Geo. Traill. It would seem that the vessel must have been lost in or about 1879. 47317 9 Alumbagh (a ship) 1137 James Laing Dunbar & Co. of London 47375 10 Amethyst (a snow or brig) 275 John Thompson A vessel which had a short life. Was always owned by J. W. Legender of Monkwearmouth. On Feb. 11, 1868, while en route from Taganrog (Sea of Azov, Black Sea) to Great Yarmouth with a cargo of linseed, Amethyst was stranded near Tetuan, (now Tétouan) in northern Morocco. Crew of 9, two lives were lost. 47665 11 Analyst 340 Robert Thompson & Sons Burnett & Co. of London, later (1870) Richard Mosey of Scarborough. Later sold to foreign owners 47342 12 Angelina, later Joaquina (a barque) 386 William Briggs & Son Wood & Co. of Liverpool. Was soon sold to R. Echeb'na of Havana, Cuba, & renamed Joaquina 47624 13 Annabella 296 W. Chilton W. White of Sunderland 44530 14 Aoa (a barque) 474 Robert Thompson Junior 'Ward'n' & Co., later (1870) George J. de Winton, both of London 47426 15 Appellina 303 W. Chilton T. Scott of Sunderland 43740 16 Arab Steed (a ship, later a barque) 635 William Pile Thos. B. Walker & Co. of London 47311 17 Armeria 347 J. Haswell Ayre & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Milburn, both of Sunderland 44515 18 Atossa (a barque) 483 Robert Thompson & Sons Launched in Jul. 1863. Nicholson & Co., later (1870) William Nicholson, later (1880) William Bedford, all of Sunderland, later (1890) Joseph Robinson of Littlehampton. 138.4 ft. long, signal letters VPMB. 47671 19 Balmacarra (a barque) 465/376 later 376 J. Gill The vessel was owned, thru 1869/70, by Williamson later Williamson & Stark of Leith, Scotland. In 1871/72 the vessel became London owned - by Addison & Co. or Addison & Whitehead. On Jun. 23, 1872, the barque stranded while en route from Bahia, Brazil, to Bremen, Germany, with a cargo of tobacco.  Crew of 11 - none lost. 44958 20 Beaufort (a barque) 325 John Robinson The webmaster has not researched this vessel. Which was, however, launched on Sep. 15, 1863 for Henry Ellis of London, as per these launch announcements (1 & 2) - intended for the Cape trade. The vessel is first listed in Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1863/64, owned by H. Ellis of London for service from Sunderland to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. In 1864/65, per LR, J. Wilson became the vessel's owner. Owned later (1870 & 1880) by John Wilson of Sunderland. 112.7 ft. long, signal letters VTDF. Can you tell us more? 48513 21 Bedfordshire 398 J. Smurthwaite Green & Co., later (1870) John B. Wanklyn, later (1880) Charles F. Ellis, all of London 44535 22 Belle (a barque) 267 or 268 G. Peverall A vessel which had a short life. On Jan. 23, 1873, the barque had to be abandoned when in the Bay of Biscay en route from Santander, Spain, to Dublin, Ireland with a cargo of wheat. Belle's crew were rescued by Winsome, built by G. W. Hall at Sunderland in 1861.  44522 23 Belle of the South 267 T. Stonehouse 'S & H Osbrn', later (1870) Samuel Osbourne of Lyme, Dorset 48598 24 Bentuther (a barque) 306 William Briggs & Son Was owned for its lifetime, per Lloyd's Register, by 'Sproat' (of Kirkcudbright, Scotland) & registered at Liverpool. Though Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 thru 1872 record James Conning also of Kirkcudbright. The vessel was wrecked off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, on Jan. 2, 1884. No loss of life. 45908 25 Berar (a ship) 902 Pile, Hay & Co. The webmaster has not researched this vessel. The vessel was launched in Sep. 1863 for G. D. Tyser of London, as per this launch announcement. So G. D. Tyser was her initial owner, later (1870) George Tyser, later (1880) William Haviside Tyser, later (1890) Joseph B. Foley, all of London. 188.5 ft. long, signal letters VTFG. 48529 26 Beth Shan Note 663 W. Pile W. Brass, later (1870) Wm. Brass, both of London 47402 27 Boatswain (a snow, later a brig & a brigantine) 239 later 228 later 216 J. Denniston The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1870/71 & later from 1874/75. 98.0 ft. long, signal letters VFBS. Per LR of 1863/64, the vessel was then owned by 'Cr'wfrd' of Blyth, for service from Sunderland to Spain, later ex Blyth. LR of 1866/67 thru 1870/71 lists Freeman & Co. of Blyth as her owner for service from Blyth to the Mediterranean. LR of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. On Feb. 5, 1870, per line 47 here, the 239 ton brig was stranded at Corentyne River, while en route from the Clyde to Berbice, Guyana, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 9 - none lost. Then owned by John Crawford. As is confirmed by the Mercantile Navy List of 1870. Clearly the vessel was not wrecked. It became (rebuilt?) 99.6 ft. long. Later, in 1880, owned by Hy. E. Braine of Middlesex, but registered at Guernsey, later (1890) Charles Barkaway, later (1900) Edward James Barkaway, both of Lowestoft, later (1910) Tilbury Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd. of London, later (1915 & 1920) The Bournemouth & Poole Electricity Supply Co. Ltd., of Bournemouth. Y 45613 28 Botanist 1160 James Laing T. & J. Harrison, later (1870) Thomas & James Harrison, later (1880) Thom. Harrison, all of Liverpool 45852 29 Canada 598 W. Pile Douglas (or Douglass) of London 45778 30 Caranjah 891 J. Smurthwaite Riley & Co., later (1870) J. Morison, both of London, later (1880) Evan Hughes of Newcastle 48701 31 Caravan (a barque) 330 J. Robinson The vessel was owned, throughput its brief lifetime, by 'Smith & Co.' of Sunderland, i.e. Alexander Smith of Sunnyside. Was wrecked in 1869. 44533   Caspian (a snow) 294 Edward Potts of Seaham Harbour The vessel was launched in Jan. 1863 for L. D. Chatt of Sunderland, as per this launch announcement. Per Lloyd's Register of 1863/64, the vessel was initially owned by Chatt & Co. of Sunderland, later in 1867 & in 1870 by Leonard Chatt of Bishopwearmouth. 104.0 ft. long, signal letters TVLD. 44523 32 Chaudiere Note 470 William Doxford H. Douglas, became (1864/65) J. W. Douglas, later (1870) Henry Bonus, later (1880) Savill & Temple, all of London 48683 33 Christine 386 G. & J. Mills Hankey & Co., later (1870) Messrs Hankey. later (1880) William Musgrave Harvey, all of London 47423 34 Cleughs (a barque) 1 453 J. Davison R. Cleugh of Shields, later (1870) Robert Cleugh of North Shields. Lost Nov. 7, 1874 45623 35 Colombo 382 John Blumer Davison & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) John Glover of London, later (1880) John B. Carpenter of Singapore 47664 36 Colorado 499 W. Pile J. (John) Hay of London 47434   Comus (a barque) 361/377 (N/G) J. M. Reed Go here. 47771 37 Conchita 433 Rawson & Watson P. Anduiza of Manilla 47656 38 Concordia 508/389 T. R. Oswald 'Gerardo & C'. of Bilbao, Spain 47661 39 Conrad 350 J. Haswell 'D. Davisn' later (1870) D. Davidson, both of Sunderland 44548 40 Constance (a composite barque) 317 later 318 George Storey Moore & Co. A vessel which had a short life. On Nov. 23, 1868, en route from Yeisk (Yeysk, Sea of Azov, Black Sea) to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of rapeseed, the vessel encountered a major storm in the Black Sea at Kertch, & in conditions of snow & ice turned over & sank. Her crew of 10 were rescued by Theban, a steamship. 47297 41 Coronella 322 Sykes & Co. Hopper, later (1870 & 1880) John Hopper, both of Sunderland 47662 42 Cresswell (a barque) 1 464 William Briggs & Son Eltringham of Sunderland, later (1870) Stephen Eltringham of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) James C. Ellis of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 140.0 ft. long, signal letters VPLN. 47650 43 Crixea 347 J. Haswell 'P. Patm're' of London, later (1870) P. Patmore of Creeksea, Essex 48591 44 Crusader 334 James Robinson Gibson & Sons of Shields 45593 45 Day Star (a barque) 321 Wm. Pickersgill Anderson & Co, later (1870) Thomas Anderson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Archibald P. B. Grant of Monkstown, County Cork, Ireland. I have not yet researched this vessel but have read that on Jan. 10. 1879 the vessel, en route from New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. to Liverpool with a cargo of oil-cake, stranded at Cookhaven Harbour. Which is located in County Cork, at the SW tip of Ireland. The vessel was then said to be owned by T. Anderson & others. An Official Inquiry into the loss of the vessel was held in Liverpool on Feb. 19, 1879 - the Master was held to be free of blame. As per this summation of the Court of Inquiry. 47670 46 Diamond 399 William Doxford Wh'tley & Co., later (1870) Henry Wheatley, both of North Shields, later (1880) John Stirling of Glasgow 45617 47 Dolbadern Castle (an iron ship) 989 T. R. Oswald Such data as the webmaster has, re this vessel, is available via the link at left. I learn that the vessel became a hulk in 1896. 48593 48 Dora (a barque) 379 W. Adamson Nicholson & Co., later (1870) G. Holding, both of London 45798 49 Eastern Queen 505/440 J. Smurthwaite Swainston & Co. of Sunderland 44538 50 Egeria 355 Ratcliff T. Alcock of Sunderland 44531 51 Egyptian 241 Peter Austin J. & P. Dove, later (1870) Joseph Dove, later (1880) George Wardell, all of Sunderland 47663 52 Elisa 431 A. Simey 'F. del Rib'ro' of Manilla 47668 53 Elizabeth (a barque) 263 William Briggs & Son Joshua Bros. of London, later (1870) Moss Joshua of Melbourne, later (1880 & 1890) John Bickers of Port Adelaide, later (1900) Albert Edwin Hamilton of Adelaide, later (1910 & 1920) Harold G. Darling of Adelaide, all Australia 47438 54 Elizabeth Henderson (a snow) 297 B. Hodgson Henderson & Co., later (1870) John Henderson, both of Amble, Northumberland 45606 55 England (a barque) 361 W. H. Pearson, (but 2 states W. R. Pearson jun.) This vessel was launched on Sep. 28, 1863 for James Ayre of Sunderland as per these launch announcements (1 & 2) - intended for the East India trade. This announcement (3) suggests the launch was a few days earlier. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') from 1863/64 thru 1869/70, owned initially, thru 1866/67, by Ayre & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the West Indies, soon (from 1864/65 thru 1866/67) from London to the Mediterranean. In 1866/67, Brightman & Co., of London, became, per LR, the vessel's owner for service from the Clyde to the West Indies. Strangely, perhaps, the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 rather lists the vessel as then registered at Bristol & owned by Zachariah T. Wellburn, of Scarboro', Yorkshire. LR of 1869/70 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. 117.7 ft. long, signal letters VPMT. The circumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. Can you tell us what happened to her? Y 47669 56 England (a ship) 853 later 860 J. (John) Robinson I refer you, via the link at left to ownership & operational data re the vessel. Which was London owned until 1876 & then Penang, Malaysia owned. On Sep. 21, 1875 the vessel ran aground, during a hurricane, on the W. coast of the island of Formosa (Taiwan) & became a wreck. No loss of life. Her captain was considered by a Naval Court to have been grossly negligent in her loss. 45769 57 Eshcol Note 157 D. A. Douglas Tyzack & Co. of Sunderland 47648 58 Esk 497 T. R. Oswald Currie & Co., later (1870) Henry Case, both of Liverpool 47441 59 Essex (a ship) 1255 later 1256 George Marshall I refer you, via the link at left, to extensive data re this vessel which was built by & always owned by its builder, who later, it would seem, operated a London based Shipping Line. On Apl. 30, 1879, the vessel left Bassein, (now Pathein, Myanmar) with a cargo of bagged rice, for delivery to Queenstown, Ireland, for orders. It contacted two vessels en route, the 2nd contact being on May 22, 1879. The vessel was not heard from again. 47400 60 Ethel (a barque) 371 Rawson & Watson W. Ord, jun. of Sunderland, later (1880) George Blaney of Swansea 44542 61 Europe (a barque) 336 later 345 G. Bartram at Hylton The vessel, which was launched in early May 1963, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1883/84 at least. LR of 1884/85 is not available to the webmaster - the vessel is not recorded in LR of 1885/86.  The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by R. Wynn of Sunderland, Richard Wynn per the launch announcement at left, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, at least as far as intended voyage data was referenced in LR (to 1873/74). The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 129, image soon), 1870 & 1880 all record Richard Wynn, of Sunderland as her then owner. Certainly from 1876/77, the vessel is listed as being of 345 tons. 115.0 ft. long, signal letters TVMH. Can you tell us what finally happened to the vessel, likely in or about 1883? Y 44541 62 Eva (limited data) 349 A. Simey Possibly sold to Singapore owners ? 40814 63 Evelyn Wood (a barque), later Grethe 384 G. & J. Mills Ritson & Co. later (1870) John George Ritson & Bros, later (1880) Francis Ritson, all of Sunderland, Sold to foreign owners - in 1883? 44526 64 Fair Leader 475 D. A. Douglas R. Hill, later (1870) Richard Hill, both of Plymouth. Lloyd's Registers of 1879/80 thru 1881/82 state the vessel was then owned in Japan with no owner name indicated. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessels Plymouth registry was closed on Apl. 16, 1879, the vessel having been sold to a Japanese subject of Hiogo, Japan. 44537 65 Fanny (a barque) 398 G. Gardner 'H. Holm's' of Sunderland, later (1870) Henry Holmes of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) William Adamson of Sunderland. It seems likely that this in the Fanny which was on fire at Coquimbo, Chile, in May 1876, under circumstances referred to here. 47667 66 Fitzroy (a composite barque) 1 572 G. Peverall 'Ad'man', i.e. Adamson & Ronaldson, later (1870 & 1880) John Wilson, both of London, later (1890) Rees Davies of Aberayron, Cardiganshire 48535 67 Flying Scud 349 Robert Thompson & Sons W. Thompson, later (1870) Wm. Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Thomas Thompson of Leeds 47675 68 Forest Oak (a ketch, later a schooner) 75 Wm. Pickersgill A vessel that for its entire lifetime was owned by the 'Hudson' family, of Sunderland. On Jan. 23, 1895, during a heavy NW gale, the vessel was wrecked on the Swin Sands (off the Essex coast near Clacton), while en route from Sunderland to London. The crew of 4 were all saved. 44543 69 Fuchsia 159 G. Bartram G. Bartram, later (1870) Michael Cook, both of Sunderland. Lost on Oct. 24, 1878 47652 70 Fulix 293 B. Hodgson Walker & Co., later (1870) James Walker, both of Sunderland 47655 71 Gazelle 230 Gray & Young Farrow & Co. later (1870) William Farrow, later (1880) Jas. Watson Just, all of Sunderland 47641 72 General Lee (an iron steamer) 642/488 James Laing Palgrave & Co. of Dublin 50065 73 George Elliot, (an iron steamer) 1, 2 691/549 James Laing 'Jonssohn & Co.' of Sunderland, soon 'Jonsshon & Co.' though a link at left states 'Jonassohn and Elliott'. I previously had recorded G. Elliot et al. 200.0 ft. long, 110 HP, signal letters VNPJ. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 155, image soon) lists George Elliot of Houghton Hall, Sunderland, as the vessel's then owner. The vessel seems to be last recorded in Lloyd's Register of 1868/69, then stated to be owned by Jonsshon & Co., of Sunderland. Can you tell us what happened to the vessel, in or about 1869. 47437 74 Gladiolus 1 338 James Robinson J. Robinson, later (1870) James Robinson, both of North Shields. It would seem that the barque, which was awaiting a cargo for Liverpool, was wrecked at Yallach's Bay, Jamaica, on Oct.30, 1879 45601 75 Golden Fleece (a barque) 1 381 W. Pile Ellis & Co., later, per the Mercantile Navy List of 1870, Henry Ellis & Son, later (1880) Henry Gibbon, all of London. 130.0 ft. long, with iron beams, signal letters VNGS. 47353 76 Golden Sunset (an iron barque) 628 William Doxford A vessel which had a short life. On Dec. 12, 1866, the vessel struck on a reef off Enderbury's Island (Phoenix Group of Islands, middle of the South Pacific Ocean, not then recorded on the charts) & broke up 8 days later. One crewman was drowned. 47625 77 Guiding Star (a snow, but per a link below also said to be a barque) 1, 2 235/182 J. Hardie J. Dickson of Liverpool. So far as I can see the vessel is listed in Lloyds Register only in 1863/64 & with the notation 'Wrecked'. It would appear, however, that the vessel was initially owned by John Dixon, her captain, of Liverpool. 100.0 ft. long. 47469 78 Hector (an iron steamer) 1615/1295 James Laing E. T. Gourlay & Co. of Sunderland 44550 79 Helen White 284 T. Robson G. White, later (1870) George White, both of South Shields, later (1880) Alfred Le Messurier of Port Adelaide, South Australia 43651 80 Herald (a composite ship, possibly later a barque) 493 W. Pile A vessel which had a very short life. On Mar. 16, 1867, the vessel left Shields for Hong Kong, with a crew of 16 all told, & a cargo of coal. It was never heard from again. Where it foundered is not known.  45612 81 Hesse Darmstadt 333 Taylor & Scouler Avery later (1870) R. B. Avery, both of North Shields 45595 82 Himalaya, later, Star of Peru, Bougainville 1008 Pile, Hay & Co. G. Tyser, later G. D. Tyser, both of London 48594 83 Hindoostan 475 J. Gill Milburn &, later (1870) Wm. Milburn, both of Newcastle, later (1880) John Gibson, later (1890) George Lough, both of Blyth 45169 84 Hudsons (a schooner) 1, 2 93 Wm. Pickersgill Hudson & Co. of Sunderland 47672 85 Hygeia (a barque) 267/275 (N/G) J. M. Reed The vessel was owned for its entire lifetime by Joseph Crisp & by Matthew Cay, jun., both of South Shields, & their associates. On Aug. 16, 1877, the vessel left Alexandria, Egypt, for Falmouth for orders, with a cargo of beans. It was never heard from again. 10 aboard at the time of her loss. 47158   Ioan Cunllo see Joan Cunllo below 298 W. Barkley Jones & Co. of Aberystwyth 44740 86 Iser (a barque) 278 later 279 J. Errington The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1873/74, owned throughout by Johnson & Co. of Arbroath, Scotland. For service initially ex Sunderland, but later ex London, Liverpool & Dundee. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Dick Johnston of Arbroath. 103.5 ft. long, signal letters TPVR. Despite the vessel being LR listed thru 1873/74, the vessel was lost in late 1871. On Nov. 16, 1871, per line 1656 here, the 279 ton barque was abandoned in the North Atlantic, at 50N/19W, about 800 miles W. of Ireland, while en route from Maceio (Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil) to Liverpool with a cargo of cotton etc. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned by Dick Johnson. Can you tell us about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 43663 87 Island Queen (a barque) 439 later 432 William Doxford The webmaster believes that this launch announcement records the launch of the vessel in May 1863, intended for the China trade. I understand that it was launched on May 2, 1863. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1872/73, owned thru 1872/73 by Wheatley & Co. of Shields, for service from Sunderland to China (thru 1866/67) & from Sunderland to Aden, thereafter. In 1872/73, per LR, the vessel became of 432 tons owned by J. Hedley of North Shields, for service from Shields to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 191, image soon) & 1870, both however record the vessel as owned by Hy. Wheatley of North Shields. 129.0 ft. long. On Jan. 25, 1873, per item 13 here, (in green), the 432 ton barque was thrown on its beam ends during a gale in the Bay of Biscay & became leaky. At 45.07N/5.26W. The vessel's pumps were unable to cope with the influx of water & the vessel was abandoned in a sinking condition. While en route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Hull with a cargo of 609 tons of cotton seed. Crew of 13 - none lost. Then stated to be owned by J. Hedley of Blyth. Can you tell us more? Who rescued the crew, perhaps. Y 45608 88 James Cuckow 130 L. T. Wang J. & W. 'Cckw', presumably Cuckow, of Ipswich 45807 89 James Lamb (a barque) 336 J. Hardie The webmaster has not researched this vessel. Was initially owned by J. Doward & Co. of Liverpool. On Dec. 4, 1865, Queen of the South (built by W. Pile in 1864), Wilkin in command, came across James Lamb, 1/2 full of water & abandoned about 4 days earlier. At 41N/20.30W in the N. Atlantic, E. of the Azores. They boarded the vessel & learned she was bound from Demerera (Guyana, N. coast of South America), to Liverpool with a cargo of rum, sugar, cotton etc. A volunteer crew of 6, about 1/2 of Queen of the South's whole crew, was put aboard her & the 2 vessels kept company for a while. They became separated, however, during a gale & Queen of the South did not find James Lamb again. All as per this newspaper article. 124.4 ft. long. Y 45446 90 James Longton (a barque) 367/318 J. Hardie Longton Jn. & Co. of Liverpool. 128.8 ft. long 45876 James Ovington (limited data)   J. Hardie Not known to webmaster   91 James William 260 Reay & Naisby 'Thompsn' of Sunderland 44524 92 Jemima (a barque) 323 R. H. Potts & Bros. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1873/74, owned throughout by Potts Bros. of Sunderland for consistent service ex Sunderland, & specifically, where a destination is referenced, from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 & 1870 list R. H. Potts and Brothers, of Low Street, Sunderland, as the vessel's then owners. On Apl. 18, 1874, when 10 miles off Hartlepool, having discharged her cargo of Egyptian cottonseed at Rochester, Kent, she was, per this newspaper article, run into by Alert, a steamer from the port of Hamburg, Germany. Jemima was badly damaged in the stem (bow) & was taking on 'an enormous quantity of water'. Alert, fully aware of the situation, chose to steam away rather than offer assistance & save the crew. Fortunately Selina, a Shields steam tug, which had witnessed the collision, took Jemima in tow. She would likely have sunk before she reached safety but for two other (unnamed) tugs which also helped tow her to Hartlepool. There she grounded just outside the port  It seemed likely that Jemima would break up in situ but that clearly did not happen. Now the webmaster is not an expert on nautical matters, but if Jemima was damaged in her stem, it sounds more likely that she hit Alert rather than the other way around. Am I wrong in thinking that? The vessel was, later in 1874, acquired by John Dent Jun. of Blyth & while en route from Alexandria, Egypt, to the U.K., was wrecked on the coast of Syria in Nov. 1874. 114.0 ft. long, signal letters TVMP. Is there anything you can add? Y 44546 93 Jessie Jamieson (an iron barque) 1 504 T. R. Oswald Hargrove & Co., later (1870) Hargrove Fergusson & Co., both of Liverpool, later (1880) Gavin B. Millar of Glasgow. Sold to German owners, maybe in 1887 47508 94 Jessie Scott (a barque) 295 later 312 Todd & Brown of North Hylton The vessel, which was first registered in Nov. 1863, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1875/76, and per LR was initially owned by Johnston & Co. of Arbroath, near Dundee, Scotland. For service ex Sunderland. In 1866/67 the vessel, per LR, became owned by D. C. Scott ('Scott), registered at Arbroath, but from 1871/72, at London. Such change of ownership mat have been rather earlier than 1866/67 - the Mercantile Navy List ('MNl') of 1865 lists the vessel as owned by Scott of London but registered at Arbroath, while later MNL editions, thru 1872, list the vessel as registered at London. MNL of 1870 is here. In view of the vessel's name it seems likely that Johnston & Co. & Scott may have been partners. The vessel, of 312 tons from 1866/67, saw service while owned by Scott i) ex Sunderland in 1866/67, from Sunderland to Lisbon, Portugal, in 1867/68 & 1868/69, from Liverpool to South America in 1869/70 & 1870/71 & from Bristol to South America in 1871/72. With W. Gilham her captain thru 1867/68, Cooper thru 1869/70 & Le Sueur (or Le Seur) thru 1873/74. In 1872/73, for a short period, the vessel was, per LR, owned by Nixon, Howard & Co., with Le Sueur still her captain. LR of 1873/74 lists Cruickshank & Co. of London as the vessel's owner, for service from the Clyde to the West Indies, with Ferrin serving as the vessel's captain. Which owner name seems correctly to have been Cruickshank & Ring, of London, as per MNL of 1874. The vessel's next owner is a bit of a puzzle. LRs  of 1874/75 & 1875/76 list M. Townsend as the owner of the London registered vessel while MNLs of 1875 & 1876 both rather list Alfred C. Perrin, of Kensington, London. T. Perrin, per LR, served as the vessel's captain in 1874/75 & 1875/76. 110.6 ft. long, signal letters HFBS. In Sep. 1875, the vessel, stated to be owned by A. C. Perrin,  was en route from Liverpool to Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a cargo of about 480 tons of iron pipes. On Sep. 16, 1875, per line 437 on this page, the vessel was lost at 49.14S/78.24W, off the coast of southern Chile, in the South Pacific. Abandoned, it would seem. One life was lost from the crew of 12. The vessel's loss was the subject of a Naval Court hearing, which were of the opinion that the vessel was too deeply loaded for a passage around Cape Horn in mid winter. Can anybody explain the Court's second comment - that the cargo 'was stowed too low in the vessel'. Would that not have resulted in the vessel being more stable? Crew lists are here. Is there anything you can add? The text of the Naval Court's decision, perhaps? How the crew were rescued? Y 43665 95 Jessie Stowe 503 T. R. Oswald Hargrove & Co., later (1870) Hargrove Fergusson & Co., both of Liverpool, later (1880) Gavin B. Millar of Glasgow, later (1890) Joseph Sully Stowe of Liverpool 47613 96 Joan Cunllo (a barque) 298 later 299 later 318 W. Barkley The barque, which was launched in Apl. 1863, was initially owned by Jones & Co. of or certainly registered at Aberystwyth, Wales, until 1873/74 but see below re that date. With E. (presumably Evan) Jones the vessel's captain for such duration. For service thru 1867/68 from Sunderland to Australia, & then from London to Rangoon (thru 1870/71 at least). Some details about the vessel's voyages 'down-under'. The barque would seem to have arrived on Jun. 14, 1863 at Adelaide, South Australia, ex Yarmouth. It must have made its way to Port Augusta, Spencer Gulf, N. of Adelaide, because it left nearby Point Lowly for Adelaide in ballast on Dec. 8, 1863. On Jan. 13, 1864 the vessel departed Adelaide for Port Chalmers, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, with 50 cattle & 500 sheep. The vessel encountered a gale on the next day, i.e. Jan. 14, 1864, & put into Guichen Bay, SSE of Adelaide, having lost 25 cattle & 200 of the sheep. On or about Feb. 15, 1864, the vessel left Otago, Dunedin, for Newcastle, New South Wales, loaded coal there & delivered it to Adelaide on Apl. 15, 1864. The vessel was chartered to sail to Clarence Gulf, Northern Territory, with cattle but I cannot see the voyage actually occurred. The vessel left Adelaide for Sydney on or about Jul. 11, 1864 & arrived at Sydney on Jul. 21, 1864. That is all I could readily find with no references after Apl. 1864. LR recorded the vessel as Ioan Cunllo thru 1867/68 but in that year indicated that the name was correctly Joan Cunllo. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867 (page 203, image soon) lists John Morris Jones, of Rhyd Lewis, Cardigan, as the vessel's then owner. While the equivalent list of 1870 lists Evan Jones of Cardigan as her then owner. No owner name is listed in LRs of 1871/72 & 1872/73. The vessel was the subject of extended lawsuits in 1873 as you can read at many places including this page. Apparently on Sep. 17, 1872 the barque, then owned by Thomas Lewis of Walcott, Bath, was delivered to Barr & Shearer ('B&S'), shipbuilders & repairers of Ardrossan, Scotland, in order to effect repairs necessary to re-register the vessel at Lloyd's. The repair work took from Oct. 3, 1872 thru Dec. 18, 1872 to be completed & during a portion of that time the vessel was not on the B&S patent slip but rather was moored in the adjacent harbour, where repairs that could be done with the vessel afloat were effected. Lewis had financed his purchase of the vessel with a mortgage from William Edward Cooper ('Cooper'). The repair bill came to between £800 & £900 & B&S declined to release the vessel until their bill had been paid. It would seem that on Mar. 11, 1873 the Lord Ordinary ruled in favour of B&S. However, in a lawsuit that commenced on Jun. 6, 1873, Cooper argued that the ship had left the custody & possession of B&S when she had been moved off the B&S premises & that the vessel should be delivered to him as mortgagee regardless of the unpaid bill. The Lord President & the Court concluded that in law the repairer's legal custody had indeed ended at such time & determined in favour of Cooper. A ruling that, to the webmaster at least, seems most unfair to the ship repairers. The legal text is long & of interest to few, I suspect. In 1873/74, LR advises that the Aberystwyth registered vessel had been sold by T. Lewis to T. Eccles & registered at Blyth, (from 1876/77 registered at Glasgow), for service ex the Clyde. The MNLs of 1875 & 1876 both list the vessel as registered at Glasgow & owned by Thos. Eccles of Blyth, Northumberland. LR of 1878/79 notes that the vessel, then of 318 tons, had been 'LOST'. 108.0 ft. long, signal letters TWJN. I cannot yet tell you what finally happened to the vessel in or about 1879. Can you tell us about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 44740 97 Kate Holmes later Edvire 288 Reay & Naisby Holmes & Co. of Newport. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that the vessel, now named Edvire, was owned by J. Fenchon (maybe Fonchon) of Le Havre, France 47027 98 Lady Beatrix 1, 2, 3 624/489 James Laing The Earl of Durham thru 1890, of Sunderland, later (1900) The Lambton Collieries Ltd. of Newcastle 47643 99 Light of the Age (a barque) 512/472 Robert Thompson Junior Turner & Co., later (1870) W. Turner, later (1880) John Edwards, all of Bristol. Later R. B. Crowe. Signal letters TRSC. 44117 100 Lord Clyde 345 R. Pace Rankin & Co. of Sunderland 47659 101 Lorton Vale 299 W. Naizby M. Patten, later (1870) Matthew Patten, both of Workington 28816 102 Luzon (a barque) 399 W. Adamson Adamson, later (1870) Wm. Adamson, both of Sunderland 47651 103 Magna Charta 338 James Robinson 'H. Egglston' of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1880) Hy. Egglestone of Monkwearmouth 47658 104 Maria Luck 362 Gray & Young J. Luck of London, later (1870) James Joseph Luck of Gravesend 48588 105 Marion (a barque) 460 J. Davison The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1870/71, owned initially by Tully & Co. of Newcastle for service from Sunderland to China. In 1866/67, W. Milburn of Newcastle became her owner for service as a London coaster & then re service from Shields to China. In 1869/70 Watts & Co., also of Newcastle, became her owner for service from London to China, soon London to India. A puzzle, perhaps, read on. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by William Milburn of Newcastle & registered there. 130.0 ft. long, signal letters VCFK. LR of 1870/71 states 'wrecked'. On Sep. 25, 1870, per line 415 here, the 460 ton barque was stranded at Galle, (SW Sri Lanka) while en route from Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to Calcutta, (now Kolkata), India, with a cargo of cocoa nut oil. Crew of 13 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by Wm. Milburn. Y 45156 106 Martha Jackson (an iron barque) 502 James Laing Hargrove & Co., later, per the Mercantile Navy List of 1870, John Hargrove, both of Liverpool. 156.0 ft. long, signal letters VGHC. The vessel was registered at Liverpool, at least thru 1880. The vessel is recorded in the Mercantile Navy List of 1880, then stated to be owned by Gavin B. Millar, of Glasgow. It would seem that the vessel was later sold to owners from Belgium. The register was closed in 1897. 45902 107 Mary Jane (a schooner) 63 Crinson Brothers The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1872/73, owned initially by J. Crinson of Sunderland for service as a Sunderland coaster. From 1864/65 thru 1868/69, J. Paterson, also of Sunderland, became her owner for the same service. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 259) lists John Paterson of Sunderland as her then owner. In 1868/69, D. Main of Sunderland owned & captained the vessel for service from Sunderland to France. It would appear, however, that the period of D. Main ownership was short - in 1869/70 & later editions of LR, no owner name is recorded. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by James Hunter Varey of Sunderland. 62.9 ft. long, signal letters VPMC. LR of 1872/73 states 'foundered'. On Oct. 9, 1872, per line 2621 here, the 63 ton schooner was abandoned at Dogger Bank, (a large shallow area in the North Sea), while en route from Hamburg, Germany to Berwick (River Tweed, Northumberland), with a cargo of wheat. Crew of 3 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by James H. Varey. Y 47657 108 Mary Lawson (a brigantine) 151 William Briggs & Son 'Thmpsn' of Sunderland, later (1870) J. Thompson of Bishopwearmouth 44527 109 Medora (a snow) 298 later 315 Gibbon & Nichol of Hylton The vessel was owned, thru 1870/71, by Davidson & Co., & from that date by Hern & Robinson, all of Sunderland. On Jun. 25, 1878, the vessel foundered 20 miles off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, while en route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Falmouth with a cargo of cotton seed. No lives were lost. 44514 110 Mercator 317 J. Robinson Hargrove & Co., later (1870) John Hargrove, both of Liverpool 47448 111 Middleton (a snow or brig) 1 288 W. H. Pearson There seems to be confusion as to the year in which this vessel was first registered. Lloyd's Register states 1863, at least thru 1879/80, the latest edition that I have checked. But two links below state 1864. I had previously referenced R. Coull of Newcastle as the initial owner, however the launch announcement at left states Cowell & Dixon of Newcastle. Became Dixon & Co., later (in 1870) Robert Could of North Middleton, Northumberland, later (1880) John Cole of Blyth, later (1890) John M. Winspear of West Hartlepool. 108.7 ft. long, signal letters VQBN. The register for the vessel was closed in 1893. 47770 112 Morning Star 298 B. Hodgson Brown & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Rd. Humble of Bishopwearmouth 47678 113 Mount Carmel (a barque) 320 later 319 Peter Austin The vessel was owned, per Lloyd's Register, initially by Langridge & Co. & later by Wm. Eggleston, both of Sunderland. The vessel was lost, off the mouth of the Humber, on Jan. 24, 1872. 44521 114 Never Despair 245 J. Lister R. Milburn of Sunderland, later (1870) R. Milburn sen. of Monkwearmouth. Signal letters TVMF. The Mercantile Navy List of 1880 lists the vessel, now Guernsey registered, & owned by Frederic Manuelle of London. I read that the register for the vessel was closed in 1887, the vessel having been involved in a collision on Dec. 4, 1886. 44539 115 Noor Jehan (a barque) 284 J. Errington The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1872/73, owned for its lifetime, per LR, by Fairley Bros. of Sunderland. T. Fairley was the vessel's captain until part way thru 1868/69. Always for service ex Sunderland to such destinations as the Mediterranean, South America & for a few later years, to Venice, Italy. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 282) & 1870 record Thomas Fairley, of Sunderland, as the then owner of the Sunderland registered vessel. 103.0 ft. long, signal letters VPLG. LR of 1872/73 notes 'wrecked'. On May 3, 1872, per line 2427 here, the 284 ton barque was involved in a collision off Portland (near Weymouth, Dorset) & sank, while en route from Sunderland to Fiume (today Croatia, then Habsburg Austrian) with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - none lost. Then owned by Thomas Fairley. Can anybody tell us with which vessel she collided & the circumstances of the vessel's loss? Y 47645 116 Northern Queen (a barque) 1 383 J. H. Watson J. Gibson, later (1870) Joseph Gibson both of North Shields, later (1880) James Habgood, jun. of Bristol 45624 117 Ocean King 699/554 W. Pile (Thos.?) Bell & Co., later (1870) W. T. Bell, both of Sunderland. Later (1880) Charles R. Fenwick, of London. And later still, in (1890), Benjamin B. Wake of London. On Jan. 30, 1880, the vessel was reported to be ashore, at Hawthorne Hyde, 2 miles S. of Seaham, County Durham. 47649 118 Oceola 289 A. Simey Hick of Scarborough 45484 119 Olive Branch 367 John Blumer F. Reay, later (1870 & 1880) Thomas Reay, both of South Shields 47156 120 Oribe 392 W. Ratcliffe G. Walker, later (1870) George Walker, later (1880) Jno. J. Holdsworth, all of London 48557 121 Pak Wan 795 George Peverall J. Patton of London 47369 122 Pelotas 158 G. Gardner Kelso & Co., later (1870) Peter Sinclair, both of Liverpool, later (1880) Chas. Ratsey of Cowes, Isle of Wight. Lloyd's Register of 1880/81 advises that vessel was in a collision 47630 123 Piccadilly 163 Taylor & Scouler 'Macd'nld' of London, later (1870) Delabere P. Blaine of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. Wrecked Nov. 26 1877 44547 124 Princess Alexandra 292 Todd & Brown Whitfield & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Allison Whitfield, both of Sunderland, later (1890) John Paul of Lynn 44545 125 Princess Beatrice (a barque) 341 Robert Thompson Junior W. Watson of Sunderland, later (1870) W. H. Watson of Bishopwearmouth, later (1880) Robert D. MacArthur of London 44532 126 Princess of Wales (a barque) 380 Rutter & Cummings Jobling of South Shields. 122.1 ft. long. In Apl. 1866, the vessel, en route from the Danube to the U.K. with a cargo of maize, was stranded in the Sea of Marmora, 'but has been assisted off, without damage, for £310'. Later (1870) James Jobbing, also of South Shields, later (1880) Ralph Curry of Sunderland. 47162 127 Progress 254 J. M. Reed Dobbing of Sunderland ? 44520 128 Prosperous 193 Sykes & Co. W. Shotton of Sunderland, later (1870) William Sholten of Bishopwearmouth, later (1880) George A. Larley of Hurstmonceaux, Sussex 44519 129 Pyrus 318 T. Stonehouse Rowntree, later (1870) J. Rowntree, both of North Shields 45605 130 Queen of Ceylon 422 W. Naizby G. Maule, later (1870) G. Rowland Briggs, both of London, later (1880) William Buchanan of Greenock 47431 131 Queen of Peace 345 Taylor & Scouler Barras & Co. of London 48583 132 Regalia 322 Rawson & Watson Stoker & Co., later (1870) Robt. Stoker, both of South Shields, later (1880) John Twizell, jun. of Blyth 43649 133 Rose of Denmark 176 S. Metcalf 'Evans Sn &' of Bristol, soon Williams & Co., later (1870) William Williams, both of Newport 44119 134 Royal Dane (a snow or brig) 1 215 L. Wheatley Leslie & Co., James Leslie & Co. per the announcement at left, of Aberdeen, intended for the Archangel, Russia, trade. 98.0 ft. long. 45212 135 Royal Mint 335 J. Errington Dando & Co. of London 48647 136 Royal Sailor 288 B. & J. Gardner Dawson, later (1870 & 1880) G. R. Dawson, both of Blyth. Wrecked. In 1884? 45609 137 Ruby 334 W. Richardson Weatherley of Sunderland, later (1870) John Sharp of Gateshead 47653 138 Ruth 247 Taylor & Scouler Cothay of Sunderland, later (1870) William Kitchin of Whitehaven 44536 139 Sailor's Bride 356 Peter Austin Capt. T. Walker of Sunderland. Lloyds's register of 1864/65 states 'Wrecked' ? 44549 140 Saint Thomas (an iron steamer) 1246/998 T. R. Oswald Imrie & Co. of Liverpool 47460 141 Santon 511 W. Pile Wilson & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Aaron Brown, both of Liverpool, later (1890) Evan Phillips of Swansea, later (1900) George Mills of Dover, later (1910 to 1930) William Slater of London 45895 142 Sarah 232 W. Pile Joshua Bros. of London, later (1870) Moss Joshua of Melbourne, Australia, later (1880) Robt. Alexr. Wright of Williamstown nr. Melbourne. But the brig was wrecked May 23, 1876 47406 143 Sattara 939 T. R. Oswald M. I. Wilson of Liverpool, soon Cassiday & Co., later (1870 & 1880) James F. Jones of Liverpool 47591 144 Saxon 349 George Barker J. Rodham, later (1870) John Rodham, both of Scarborough 45488 145 Sea Ripple (a schooner, later a barquentine) 1 (ex p#20 of a 'pdf' file available here - W.A. Historical Ships Register) 187 G. Gardner Macdonald & Co. of Swan River, later (1870 & 1880) Walter Bateman of Fremantle, both Western Australia. Became a hulk. Do read the data available at left. 36550 146 Sea Skimmer (a barque) 342 Robert Thompson & Sons W. Thompson, later (1870 & 1880) William Thompson jun., both of Sunderland 44512 147 Sea Sprite, later Louis & Jeanne 340 W. Chilton Jones & Co. of Liverpool, later (Lloyd's Register of 1869/70), renamed Louis & Jeanne, Ferrière & Co. of Le Havre, France 47553 148 Seabird (a barque) 333 William Briggs & Son Was initially owned by Thomas Parker, later by H. Holmes, both of Sunderland. Was later owned by two or three owners from Liverpool. LR of 1882/83 notes that the vessel, then owned by R. (Richard) J. Swyny of Liverpool, had stranded. 44540 149 Seaton 401 J. Robinson R. Bowness of Workington 47148 150 Silver Cloud (a barque) 575 Liddle & Sutcliffe at North Hylton The vessel had a relatively short life. On May 26, 1874, those aboard the vessel abandoned ship when about 400 or 500 miles W. of the coast of Chile. Minstrel King, en route to Valparaiso ex Swansea, Wales, took them aboard & landed them at Valparaiso. 47644 151 Sir Harry Parkes (a ship) 806 William Briggs & Son J. Shepherd, James Shepherd, both of London 47325 152 Sparkler (a ship) 601 John T. Alcock The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1873/74, owned for its lifetime, per LR, by Young & Co. of Glasgow, Scotland. Initially for service ex Sunderland, but soon to the east - from both the Clyde & Cardiff to Singapore, from the Clyde to Kurrachee (now Karachi, Pakistan) & from Liverpool to India. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Robert Young of Glasgow as her then owner. 153.0 ft. long, signal letters TWPQ. On May 15, 1871, per line 1363 here, the 601 ton ship was stranded at Sittang River (now Sittaung River, in S central Myanmar), while en route from Singapore to Amherst (where is it, I wonder), in ballast. Crew of 19 - 6 lost. Then owned by Robert Young. Can anybody clarify the circumstances of her loss? Y 44817 153 Sparkling Dew 336 J. Lister Beynon & Co., later (1870) William Graham junr., both of Newport 47026 154 Stafford, later Roma (a barque) 288 J. Barkes W. Watson of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1880) Giacomo Montano, of Valletta, Malta. The vessel was clearly later sold again & renamed. 'Registro Italiano' of 1886 lists the vessel, re-named Roma, owned by D. Napoli & M. Parisi of Catania, Sicily, Italy, with C. Napoli serving as the vessel's then captain. It may have been lost soon thereafter - I cannot see the vessel listed in the 1887 such register. 44534 155 Stanley, later Javor (1881/82 LR page 899) 384 G. & J. Mills Wilson Bros., later (1870) Henry & Charles Wilson, later (1880) Charles Wilson, all of Sunderland 44544 156 Star of Ceylon 399 Wm. Pickersgill Maule & Co. of London 47315 157 Star of the Mersey (a snow or brig) 255 J. & J. Gibbon, at Hylton Time has not permitted me to properly research this vessel. It was first Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1865/66, owned by Williams & Co. of Liverpool, for service ex Sunderland, but in 1866/67 for service from London to Australia. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 363, image soon) & 1870 both record W. Williams of Liverpool as the vessel's then owner. 98.5 ft. long, signal letters VPGK. On Jun. 16, 1877, the 225 ton brig is said to have foundered at the NW end of the Motu Ngara Island in Cook Strait, the Strait that separates the N. & S. islands of New Zealand ('NZ'), while en route from Lyttleton (near Christchurch, S. Island, NZ) to Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia), in ballast. A Court of Inquiry was held into the vessel's 'loss'. It would seem to have concluded that the vessel foundered due to the error of judgment of her Master 'in baffling winds & an ebb tide at so short a distance from the island of Motu Ngara.' As per this wreck listing page. However, while those comments were the words of the Nautical Assessor, the Court exhonerated the vessel's Captain from all blame for the disaster. The vessel was then owned by H. (Harold) Selwyn Smith of Christchurch but registered at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. There were furious winds at the time. The vessel was abandoned & the crew were rescued by Murray, a Nelson steamer, & landed at Nelson (S. Island, NZ). What happened per James Studholme Hodgson, her captain. The vessel was later found, in excellent, indeed seaworthy condition, by Luna, a steamer, & towed into Wellington. It would seem to have continued in service - the vessel was still listed in the 1880 edition of the Mercantile Navy List, stated to be then still owned by Harold Selwyn Smith & registered at Melbourne. There are many references to the vessel at PapersPast. Likely more at Trove, Australia. Can you tell us what finally happened to the vessel, or otherwise add anything? Y 47587 158 Sunnyside (a snow) 286 William Briggs & Son J. Wood of Liverpool, later (1870) Wm. O. Taylor of Dundee 45439 159 Susan Pardew (a barque) 1 378 later 379 J. Hardie The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1872/73, owned for its lifetime, per LR, by Ellis & Co., maybe Pardew, Ellis & Co., of Plymouth, Devon. Initially for service from Sunderland to Algoa Bay (E. coast of S. Africa, about 425 miles E. of Cape of Good Hope), later to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) or Algoa Bay ex London or Plymouth. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 369) & 1870 record, however, John Willis, of London, as the then owners of the Sunderland registered vessel. 127.0 ft. long, signal letters VPMG. LR of 1872/73 notes 'wrecked'. On Apl. 26, 1872, per line 2405 here, the 379 ton barque was stranded at 'Gret Brakke River', while en route from Algoa Bay to Montreal, Canada, with a cargo of wool. Crew of 14 - none lost. Then stated to have been owned by Arthur Pardew. Can anybody clarify i) the relationship between Ellis & Co., John Willis & Arthur Pardew (many references on this page to his being of Plymouth) & ii) tell us about the circumstances of the vessel's loss? Y 47660 160 Syracuse 354 James Robinson Mears & Co., later (1870) William Mears, both of Sunderland 47642 161 Thomas S. Stowe 498 later 686 T. R. Oswald Hargrove & Co. later (1870) John Hargrove, later (1880) Alfred Horsfall, all of Liverpool, later (1890) Gavin B. Millar of Glasgow 45867 162 Trevanion 379 J. H. Watson Barrass & Co. of London 47371 163 Trevelyan (an iron ship) 1 1042 W. Pile J. Tyser became G. D. Tyser, later per the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 385, image soon) & 1870 George Dorman Tyser, all of London. Per the equivalent list of 1880, the vessel was registered at Southampton & owned by Savill & Temple, of London. 203.6 ft. long, signal letters VNHS. 47368 164 Tycoon 322 J. Robinson Marwood, later (1870 & 1880) Thomas Marwood, both of Whitby 45732 165 Ullswater (a snow) 292/246 Gibbon & Nichol of Hylton The vessel, always registered at Liverpool, was owned thru 1864/65 by Longton & Co. of Liverpool. Then by Thos. Longrigg, of Liverpool & soon (1866) by Peter Longrigg, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. On Jan. 11, 1868, the vessel stranded at Salt Rock, County Wexford, E. coast of Ireland, while en route from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a general cargo. Just one survivor of a crew of 11. 47596 166 Unison (a snow or brig) 269 later 270 Reay & Naisby The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1869/70, owned for that entire period, per LR, by Farrow & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The vessel is listed in the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 which advises that the vessel was then owned by William Farrow jun. of High Street, Bishopwearmouth. 104.1 ft. long, signal letters VPLJ. It is a puzzle, perhaps, that the vessel continued to be LR listed for so long, especially since Farrow & Co. acquired another vessel of the identical name in 1867, presumably to replace this lost vessel. Per 'irishwrecks.com' (thanks!), Unison was wrecked at Mantle Rock, Inveran, County Galway, Ireland, on the night of Jan. 6, 1867, while en route from Nicolaieff (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Black Sea, located NE of Odessa), to Limerick, Ireland, via Falmouth, with a cargo of wheat. The vessel is described as having struck 'off Spiddal'. The vessel was a total wreck - there was apparently no chance to save any of the cargo. It would seem certain that there was no loss of life in the disaster - a list of 1867 wrecks is available but it only lists wrecks where there was loss of life & Unison is not included. Anything you can add? Y 47647 167 Unity (a brigantine) 126 L. Wheatley Farrow & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) James Weeks of Havant, Hants, later (1880) Jos. P. Dunstan of St. Colomb, Cornwall. Lloyd's Register of 1880/81 notes that the vessel had been 'Lost'. 47255 168 Waterhen (a snow) 293 later 294 later 277 J. Lister of South Hylton The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, it would seem, from 1862/63 thru 1878/79, owned initially, thru 1873/74, by Dodds & Co. of Shields. For service ex Sunderland in 1862/63 thru 1864.65, ex the Clyde in 1865/66 & 1866/67, & thereafter ex Shields - to South America in 1867/68 thru 1869/70 & to the Mediterranean thereafter. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867 (page 406, image soon) & 1870 list P. Dodds of North Shields as the vessel's then owner. In 1873/74, per LR, W. Fenwick & Co. of North Shields became the owner of the North Shields registered vessel as is confirmed by MNLs of 1875 & 1876 where Wm. Fenwick is the stated owner. 'Fenwick' owned the vessel thru 1876/77 in which year J. Wilson became the owner of the vessel, now registered at Troon. LR of 1878/79 notes that the vessel had been 'LOST'. 104.5 ft. long, later (1876/77) 106.0 ft, signal letters VDWR. Per this page, on May 16, 1878, the vessel was abandoned while en route from Maceio (Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil) to Queenstown, Ireland, with a cargo of sugar in bags. At 39.35N/33.33W in the North Atlantic. Had a crew of 8 - no lives were lost. The vessel was struck by a heavy sea which stove in the midship deck, hatches etc. The vessel was abandoned in a sinking condition. Then owned by J. Wilson of Kilmarnock. Can you tell us more? How those aboard were rescued, perhaps. Y 45598 169 Westborough 325 G. Short Fowler & Co., later (1870) Henry Fowler, both of Scarborough, later, per Lloyd's Register of (1880/81 thru 1884/85) B. Fowler & Co. However, per this page, the vessel was sold to Russian owners in or about 1879. 45487 170 Widgeon 239 Gray & Young J. Popplewell of North Shields, later (1870) James Turnbull of Blyth, later (1880) Hugh Andrews of Newcastle, later (1890) John Elliott of Howdon-on-Tyne, later (1900 & 1910) George Hall of South Shields 45600 171 Wild Rose (a snow or brig) 1 252 later 263 B. & J. Gardner J. Barry, later (1870) John H. Barry, both of Amble, later (1880) John H. Barry of Whitby. The vessel became a total loss at an unstated date in 1889, near the mouth of the Para river, in Brazil. The vessel, then registered at Carnarvon had left Liverpool for Para on Apl. 28, 1889 with a cargo of salt. Under the command of John Jones & with a crew, all told, of 8. You can read the Official Inquiry's report into her loss here. The court determined that the loss was due to the negligence of her master, whose licence was suspended as a result of the case for a six month period. The vessel needs further research. The vessel would seem not to have been listed in the Mercantile Navy Lists after 1880 or possibly after 1881. 45626 172 Winlow (a barque) 457 Robert Thompson Junior Hudson & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Geo. Winlow Hudson, both of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1880/81 indicates that Fox Bros., of Sunderland, later (from 1883/84) of Plymouth, had become the vessel's owner. Such owner name is stated in the Mercantile Navy List of 1885 to mean Arthur H. Fox of Tamerton Foliott, Devonshire. LR of 1887/88 advises that the vessel, then owned by H. Scown of Plymouth, had been broken up. 47679 173 Wo Kee or Wo.kee 526 James Laing Duncan & Co. of London   174 Woolton (a snow or brig, later a brigantine, later a schooner) 242/194 later 258 later 251 James Hardie of Southwick A vessel which had a very long inning indeed! Woolton? A suburb of Liverpool. Woolton was launched on May 7, 1863 as per these (1, 2) launch announcements, for James Longton & Co. (maybe J. Longton Jun. & Co.), of Liverpool. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, it would seem, from 1862/63 thru 1882/83, then a gap of a few years, & again from 1886/87 thru 1899/1900. And likely it was listed even later than that. Under 'Longton' ownership, thru 1867/68 per LR, the vessel served from Sunderland to South America. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867 lists James Longton, jun. of Liverpool, as the vessel's then owner. In 1867/68, per LR, Edwards & Co. became the owner of the vessel, still registered at Liverpool, for service ex Bristol in 1867/68 & for service from Cardiff to the West Indies from 1868/69 thru 1874/75. It would seem that Edwards & Co. (in 1876/77 & 1879/80, W. Y. Edwards), was from Cardiff, Wales, as is confirmed by MNLs of both 1870 & 1875. At about this time, P. (Patrick) Foy of Belfast, Ireland, became both the captain & the owner of the vessel, still registered at Liverpool. LR is a bit confused about exactly when Foy acquired such ownership. Certainly, per MNL, he owned the vessel in 1879, 1880 & 1882. LR of 1878/79 advises that the vessel had, by then, become a brigantine. LR of 1882/83 notes that the vessel had been 'Stranded'. In late 1882, Woolton was en route from Newcastle to Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland, (now Dún Laoghaire), with a cargo of coal. It was one of 5 vessels that were driven ashore, on the afternoon of Oct. 1, 1882, at Moville, Lough Foyle, County Donegal, Ireland (near the northernmost tip of Ireland) by a gale from the SSW said to have been the severest gale to hit the N. of Ireland in many years. The vessel was initially 101.5 ft. long, revised when it became a brigantine to 101.4 ft., signal letters VNPS. Note, however, that Roy Fenton (see below) tells us that the actual registration documents rather state an initial 99.0 ft. long. The vessel clearly was not lost at Moville. Rather it was rebuilt (as a schooner) after its stranding. In 1886/87, now a schooner of 258/246 tons & 122.9 ft. long, the vessel was, per LR, owned by J. Fisher & Sons (in 1899/1900 J. E. Fisher) of Barrow (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria), who owned the vessel thru 1899/1900 which is the last edition of LR that the webmaster has available. The 'Fisher' ownership is confirmed by MNLs of 1890 (John Fisher of Fisher's Buildings, Barrow, the managing owner) & 1900 (Joseph Edward Fisher, of Swansea, the then managing owner of the 209 ton (net) schooner). Now Crewlist.org tells us (here) that the register for the vessel was closed in 1907. I cannot tell you what finally happened to the vessel. Can you help in that regard or otherwise add anything? Roy Fenton advises (thanks, Roy!) that he has extensively  researched the history of Woolton & has established exact dates & additional detail for many of the events in the vessel's life, including ownership & rigging changes. He specifically advises as follows (do read his research study available here):- i) that when the vessel stranded in 1882, the crew were all rescued by coastguards, ii) that the vessel was, in 1885, rebuilt & lengthened by Paul Rodgers of Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, iii) that in Oct. 1899, John Fisher sold 61 of his 64 shares in the vessel to John Stephens (56) & Thomas H. Jones (5), both of Swansea, further that Thomas H. Jones, in 1901, became the vessel's managing owner, & iv) that on Mar. 8, 1907, the vessel was wrecked on the Haak Sands, (off Texel island, West Frisian islands, the Netherlands), while en route from Fowey, Cornwall, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of china clay. The webmaster will gladly forward to Roy Fenton any comments you may have about the vessel. Y 47443 175 Wye 348 J. Blumer R. Gayner of Sunderland, later (1870) Thomas Dunlop of Glasgow 44529 176 Yeavering Bell, later Editha (a barque) 493 J. Gill Was, per Lloyd's Register, owned by Fenwick thru 1877/78 but more likely by a number of owners - Fenwick, Peart & others. When sold in 1877/78 the vessel was renamed Editha. Editha was lost in Nov. 1879. 45627 177 Zealous 292 B. & J. Gardner J. Westoll of Sunderland, later (1870) J. Westoll of Monkwearmouth. Burned in 1875 44516 178 Zitella (a barque) 365 A. Simey The vessel, which was first registered (scroll to #47491) at Liverpool, on Aug. 3, 1863, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1866/67. Always, per LR, owned by Glynn & Sons of Liverpool for service ex Sunderland to South America, but in 1866/67, ex Hull it would seem. With 'Priest' serving as her captain thru 1866/67 & then J. B. Cobley. It would seem likely that 'Glynn' was not the vessel's first owner. I say that because the Mercantile Navy List (MNL') of 1865 states Edwood Crosfield, of Liverpool, to be the then owner of the Liverpool registered vessel. While MNL of 1867 lists E. D. Glynn, of Liverpool as her then owner. 122.9 ft. long, signal letters VNTB. On Jan. 11, 1867, per line 22 here, the 365 ton barque was abandoned in the North Atlantic while en route from Shields to Callao, Peru, with a cargo of coal. At 46.52N/9.30W, in the outer Bay of Biscay. Crew of 13, 1 lost. I read that the sinking vessel was found by Mathilde Fredericke, a German schooner, & they landed Zitella's crew at Lisbon, Portugal. Indeed, L. W. Toben, captain of Mathilde Fredericke, was awarded a sextant & costs for his services in saving life & going off his course to land the survivors. As per 1 ex 2. Luís Cavaleiro Madeira has kindly been in touch (thanks so much!), & has provided a link to a report of the vessel's loss in 'Diário de Lisboa' of Jan. 24, 1867. Which article tells us that the vessel's loss was storm related & that the one life that was lost was that of the vessel's captain, J. B. Cobly, who drowned. J. B. Cobley as above? Some crew lists are available here. Can you tell us more? Y 47491     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1863? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 171 vessels of 70040 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1864 (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.) A copy of Lloyd's Register re 1864/65 was sold via eBay on Oct. 21, 2018, for GBP 50.00 or approx. U.S. $64.04. # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Aboyne 445 D. A. Douglas Moodie & Co. of London, later (1870) Wm. Moodie of Middlesex 48681 2 Adalia (an iron steamer) 1270/1023 William Doxford Gourley & Co. of Sunderland 51165   Advance (an iron steamer) See here 758/608 T. R. Oswald There is confusion as to whether this is an 1864 or an 1865 vessel. The webmaster believes 1865 is correct. 51170 3 Agamemnon 300 Reay & Naizby 'Broomh'd' of Scarborough 45496 4 Albanian (a snow) 299 John Thompson Nicholson of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1864/65 states 'Wrecked'. p092 47700 5 Alexandria, later Catalina (a barque) 481 later 497 W. Briggs & Sons The record for this vessel is confusing indeed. It was owned, thru 1866/67 by 'Wood & S' of Liverpool in which year it was renamed Catalina, now owned by Afabfesser of Havana, Cuba - thru until 1881/82 at least. A Lloyd's Register silence. Then from 1891/92 at least thru 1896/97 owned by Jané & Co., later M. Jané of Barcelona, Spain. But American ship registers report a different Spanish owner.   6 Alfred 1 Note 349 Rawson & Watson H. Smith & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Hodgson Smith, both of Scarborough. Lloyd's Register of 1882/83 notes that the vessel, owned by W. H. Ross & Co. of Scarborough, had been wrecked. 45491 7 Alice (a brig) 178 Liddle & Sutcliffe Was owned by Willet & Co. of Aberdeen. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that the vessel, then owned by Willet & Co. of Aberdeen, with 'Htchs'n' (Hutchinson I presume) her captain & for service from Sunderland to the Baltic, had been 'Lost'. 91.9 ft. long. 47731 8 Alumina 699 William Doxford Stewart & Co., later (1870) Stuart and Douglas, later (1880) Wm. Griffith, all of Liverpool, later (1890) Charles H. Rees of Carnarvon 50297 9 Ann 300 J. Lister J. Lister of Sunderland, later (1870) J. Lister of South Hylton 47729 10 Annie Maud, later Annie Maude 136 J. Lister The vessel was first recorded as Annie Maude in Lloyds Register of 1868/69. Owned by Davies & Co., later (1870) J. Davies, later (1880) Morgan Owens, all of Aberystwyth. The vessel was stranded on Nov. 22, 1888 49652 11 Antrim, later Emilie, later Asia (an iron ship, later a barque) 1 993 William Doxford Moore & Co., later (1870) Arthur Moore & Co., both of Liverpool, later (1880) Patrick G. Carvill of London, later (1890) Richard Martin of Dublin. Have not researched this vessel. However a 2013 eBay vendor stated as follows:- that the vessel was built for R. Martin of Dublin, Ireland. Later owners were Moore & Co. and P. G. Carvill, both of Liverpool. Was converted to a barque in about 1886. In about 1891 the vessel was sold to U. C. Koch of Brake, Germany, & renamed Emilie. Was sold again in 1897 to R. Ahrens & almost straightaway sold again to Ferd. Melson of Kristiania, Norway, & renamed Asia. In about 1900 the vessel was sold to J. Jansson of Mariehamn, Finland. In 1915/16 the vessel went missing after leaving Pensacola, Florida, on Dec. 9, 1915. 50277 12 Argo (a barque) 341 R. Pace The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1872/73, initially owned by 'Kirkw'd & Co.' of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 clarifies that that means Wm. Kirkwood, of Sunderland. From 1868/69 thru 1871/72, per LR, C. Stewart, of London, became her owner for service ex Sunderland soon from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Charles Hay Stewart, of London as the then owner of the Sunderland registered vessel. In 1871/72, Barkley & Co. of Belfast became the vessel's owner for service from Belfast to the West Indies - with 'M. Barcley' her captain. 115.8 ft. long, signal letters VPQC. LR of 1872/73 notes 'wrecked'. On Mar. 8, 1872, per line 2315 here, the 341 ton barque stranded at Quilarte (where is it? most likely in Puerto Rico), while en route from Glasgow to St. John (i.e. San Juan), Puerto Rico, with a general cargo. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned by William M. Barclay. Y 47687 13 Beatriz 731/588 James Laing J. Laing of Sunderland, later J. Seria y Calsina, of Ferrol, Spain 47714 14 Beaufront (a barque) 464 Wm. Pickersgill The vessel is listed in Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1863/64 & 1864/65 only. Owned by J. & H. Scott of Newcastle for service from Sunderland to China. LR of 1864/65 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. 145.3 ft. long. Can you tell us more? Y 49612 15 Beautiful Star, later Cordovan 455 J. Barkes J. Barkes, later (1870) John Barkes, both of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 reports F. Merle of Bordeaux, France to be the owner of the vessel renamed Cordovan 47713 16 Bedford 620 J. Davison W. Atkinson of Shields 45628 17 Bernicia 247 T. Stonehouse Anderson & Co. of North Shields, later (1870) John Straker of Tynemouth, later (1880) Robert Fell of Sandhill, Newcastle 47695 18 Bertha Marion, later Arafura. 544 G. S. Moore H. Coghill of Liverpool, later (1870) Harry Coghill of Newcastle. Later (1880 & 1890) now renamed Arafura, was owned by John R. Anderson of London. 48766 19 Biddick (an iron steamship) 504/640 later amended James Laing The webmaster refers the reader, via the link at left, to extensive details re the vessel's ownership & operations. The vessel had a long life indeed. It was sold to shipbreakers in Jan. 1910, to be broken up. 47719 20 Blair Athol 409 Taylor & Scouler Avery, later (1870) Jane B. Avery, both of North Shields 45638 21 Bona Fide (a snow) 275 later 282/275 (G/N) Rawson & Watson The webmaster has not researched this vessel. The vessel, which was completed in Jun. 1864, is likely Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1885/86. Was initially owned by Gallon Bros., of South Shields - per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870, Thomas Gallon. MNL of 1880 lists Alexander Ferguson of Arbroath, Scotland, as her then owner. LR of 1885/86 lists J. W. Waugh as the owner of the Arbroath registered vessel - per MNL of 1885 Joseph W. Waugh of Newcastle. LR of 1885/86 also notes that the vessel had 'Foundered'. 108.8 ft. long, signal letters VMLJ. Can you tell us more? 47167 22 Caldew, later San Giuseppe (a barque) 482 G. & J. Mills Wilson Bros., later (1870) Joshua Wilson, later (1880) Chas. Wilson, all of Sunderland. 137.3 ft. long, signal letters VPSK. The vessel was later sold to foreign owners & renamed. 'Registro Italiano' of 1886 lists the vessel, renamed San Giuseppe, as owned by Mich. Arc.° Lubrano of Castellammare di Stabia ('Stabia'), which is in Italy, located about 19 miles SE of Naples. And registered #1355 at Stabia. 47723 23 Canadian 297 Peter Austin P. & S. Dove, later (1870) J. Dove, later (1880) Mrs. Elizabeth Dove, all of Sunderland, later (1890) John Welham of Blyth, later (1900) Mrs Susannah Sharper of Doncaster. 47739 24 Carrizal 598 T. R. Oswald 'Shlcross & Co,', later (1880 & 1890) Thomas R. Shallcross, both of Liverpool 48781 25 Castalia 346 J. Rodgerson B. & J. Gardner of Sunderland 47717 26 Catherine Scott 309 B. & J. Gardner G. C. Scott of Arbroath, later (1870) David C. Scott of London 48640 27 Cavalier 355 James Hardie J. Doward & Co. of Liverpool, became Doward, Dickson & Co. Per Mercantile Navy List (1870 & 1880) John Doward 48818 28 Celestial Queen 843 J. Smurthwaite Pile & Co. of London, later (1870) Walter Langton of Lambeth, Surrey 50184 29 Charente 298 G. Bartram Reed & Co. of Sunderland, site p141 states 'Jas. Reed, Barwick Wardle, Wyman & R. W. Bassett'' 47681 30 City of Adelaide, later Carrick (a ship) 791 William Pile Devitt & Moore of London 50036 31 Clara (a snow, later a brig) 187 George Barker of Monkwearmouth The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1878/79, it would seem, owned thru 1876/77 at least, per LR, by Moses & Co. of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. For service initially from Sunderland to Cherbourg, France thru 1866/67, for service from Newport to the West Indies in 1867/68 & from London to the West Indies from 1868/69 thru 1873/74. A puzzle, perhaps, is that the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 rather lists William Jackson of Rhymney, Newport, as the vessel's then owner, while the equivalent lists of 1870, 1875 & 1876 all list John Moses, of Newport as her owner. Per LR, the vessel became a brig in 1874/75. LR of 1876/77 is not available to the webmaster, however, LR of 1878/79 lists I. Williams as the owner of the Newport registered vessel. 97.6 ft. long, signal letters WFBS. LR of 1878/79 notes that the vessel had 'Foundered'. Per this page, on May 21, 1878, the vessel foundered while en route from Runcorn (River Mersey, E. of Liverpool), to Port Natal, Durban, South Africa, with a varied cargo that included salt & coal in bulk. Lost at 23.51S/41.40W in the South Atlantic. Crew of 8 - no lives were lost. The vessel encountered heavy weather & sprang a leak. Her loss was attributed to stress of weather. Then owned by J. Williams of London but registered at Newport. Can you tell us more? How those aboard were rescued, perhaps. Y 49693 32 Clarovine 254 L. Wheatley D. Jones of Aberystwyth, later (1870) Morgan Jones, later (1880) David Jones, both of Llanon, Cardiganshire 47072 33 Cognac (a snow) 299 J. & J. Gibbon Bassett & Co., later (1870) John S. Barwick, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Wm. Hearley of Blyth. p059 51160 34 Comus (a barque) 361/377 (N/G) J. M. Reed The vessel, always Newcastle registered, was owned thru 1873/74 by 'Thompson' & then by W. Allen of Norfolk. I read that on Jul. 29, 1877 the vessel left Troon, Scotland, for Demerera (Guyana, N. coast of South America). The vessel was seen off the Tuskar (SE coast of Ireland) on Aug. 2, 1877 & was never heard from again. 11 lives lost. 47771 35 Constance & Amelia or Constance Amelia (a barque) 365 Reay & Naisby of Hylton A vessel which had a very short life. On Oct. 29, 1866, en route from Liverpool to Rosario, Argentina, the vessel was lost on the Ciurassier Bank (S. shore of the River Plate). No lives were lost. 50115 36 Constantia 464 John T. Alcock Parker & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Henry Holmes of Monkwearmouth. Lost Jan. 29, 1877 47690 37 Coral Nymph (a composite ship) 725 W. Pile A vessel which had a short life & traded for a few years with Shanghai, China. On May 19, 1869, the vessel grounded on a coral reef in the Gaspar Straits - which connect the Java Sea with the South China Sea. It sank 2 days later. With no loss of life. 50173 38 Corrientes 598 T. R. Oswald 'Shalcrss', later (1870) Shallcross & Higham, both of Liverpool. Later (1880) Thomas R. Shallcross of Liverpool. 48759 39 Defence (a brigantine, later a schooner) 184 A. Simey The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1873/74, owned throughout by W. Tate of Newcastle. For service initially from Port Mulgrave (9 miles NW of Whitby, Yorkshire), but from 1866/67 for service as a Shields coaster. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Wm. Tate of South Shields. 107.2 ft. long, signal letters VQBS. Despite the vessel being LR listed thru 1873/74, the vessel was lost in early 1871. On Feb. 10, 1871, per line 1899 here, the 184 ton schooner was abandoned at Rocliff (where is it? Possibly Yorkshire), while en route from Port Musgrove (means, I believe, Port Mulgrave) to Jarrow (River Tyne) with a cargo of ironstone (a sedimentary rock containing iron). Crew of 4 - none lost. Then owned by William Tate. Can you tell us about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? The loss may well relate to a major gale that hit the NE coast of England on Feb. 10, 1871 & destroyed a great many ships including Jabez. Y 47773 40 Devon, later Maria Dolores, J.R. (a barque) 355 George Barker 'Ln'gridge' of Sunderland, later George H. Loveridge of Monkwearmouth. 47736 41 Devonshire 199 L. Wheatley S. B. Davy of Exeter, later (1870) of Countess Wear, Exeter, later (1880) William F. Bartlett of Guernsey 28530 42 Dunbar Castle 925 James Laing A puzzle. Savory & Co., later (1870) Joseph Moore, later (1880) Thos. Lane Devitt, all of London. I previously recorded Duncan Dunbar 50071 43 Durham (a ship) 1286 George Marshall G. Marshall, later (1870) George Marshall, both of London. A book by Carmel Joyce, entitled The Queens Own Ulster Soldier, published in 2014, covers in detail, I believe, the ship's interesting history. What is strange is that while Lloyd's Register records Marshall of Pallion as the builder, a build list available to the webmaster states that J. H. Watson was the builder & that it was launched as DURHAM DIM or DURHAM D.M., but completed as Durham on Aug. 17, 1864. It would seem likely that Marshall & Watson were related in some way, maybe Watson bought Marshall's shipyard? 50081 44 Eastern Province 784/623 James Laing Diamond of London. I previously recorded W. Gray & Co. 48728 45 Eastern Queen (a barque) 481 Robert Thompson Junior Milburn & Co., later (1870) W. Milburn, both of Newcastle, later (1880) Robert Thomas of Criccieth. The vessel was lost on Mar. 6, 1888 - the report of the Official Inquiry into her loss can be read here. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 49620 46 Edith Marion 348 Robert Thompson & Sons G. Jones, later (1870) G. W. Jones, both of Newport, later (1880) Robert A. Stewart of London 49691 47 Eglantine (a barque) 415 T. Stonehouse The vessel, which had a short life, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1869/70, owned for its lifetime by the Donkin family of North Shields. Initially by J. Donkin, later Donkin & Co., for service from Sunderland to China, Bristol to the West Indies, London to Cardiff & Cardiff to the Mediterranean. W. Donkin was her captain thru 1866/67. A puzzle perhaps - Donkin would seem to have owned a second vessel of the name at the same time, from 1864/65 thru 1866/67, but LR may prove to be in error. LR of 1869/70 notes 'wrecked'. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists R. S. Donkin as her owner. 123.0 ft. long, signal letters VFCT. On Feb. 13, 1870, per line 58 here, the 415 ton barque was stranded near Deal, Kent, while en route from Alexandria to Dover, Kent. Crew of 13 - none lost. Then owned by R. S. Donkin. Y 45629 48 Emerald (a barque) 348 W. Richardson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1870/71, stated to be owned for its lifetime by 'Wthrly' or 'Wethrly' of Sunderland. That would seem likely to mean Weatherley but perhaps that should be Weatherby. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean &, from 1868/69, to Azof (Black Sea) ex Sunderland. LR of 1870/71 notes 'wrecked'. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists, however, John Sharp of Gateshead as her then owner. 120.5 ft. long, signal letters VPQH. On Oct. 18, 1870, per line 474 here, the 348 ton barque was stranded at Hasborough Sands (near Cromer, Norfolk), while en route from Sunderland to Alexandria with a cargo of coal. Crew of 12 - none lost. Then owned by Robert Weatherby. Y 47691   Emily McLaren (limited data)   J. & J. Gibbon Unknown to webmaster   49 Ethelwin (a barque) 1 Note 345 later 331 G. Short The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1873/74, stated to be owned for its lifetime by Walton & Co. of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean and, from 1868/69, ex Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists John Walton of Sunderland as her then owner. 118.6 ft. long, signal letters HMRG. On Nov. 6, 1870, per line 520 here, the 331 ton barque was burnt at Ghoniehski (where is it?), while en route from Berdianski (Berdyans'k, Ukraine, Sea of Azof), to Jenitski (where is it?) with a cargo of wheat. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned by John Walton. I wonder why it was still LR listed thru 1873/74? Y 47738 50 European 1 & 2 Note 3 (a brig) 288 George Barker The vessel, first registered in Mar. 1864, was Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1887/88. It was, per LR, initially owned by P. & J. Dove of Sunderland. However, the Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1868, rather list Joseph Dove of Sunderland as her then owner. W. Fowler served as the vessel's captain under 'Dove' ownership. LR of 1868/69 advises that Robert Jackson had become the vessel's owner as is confirmed by MNL of 1870. He also served as the vessel's captain. It would seem that Robert Jackson must have soon died because MNL of 1875 lists Mrs. Ann Jackson, of Sunderland, as her then owner. LR of 1875/76 advises that 'Shotton', (S. Shotton), had become both the vessel's master & owner. He too must have soon died also because LR of 1875/76 advises that Mrs. J. Shotton had become the vessel's owner. As is confirmed by MNLs of 1876 thru 1880 which list Mrs. Jane Shotton, of Sunderland, as the vessel's owner. In 1882/83, per LR, the vessel became owned by J. (James) Trattles, of Sunderland, who owned it for the rest of the vessel's lifetime. Here is MNL of 1885. 105.6 ft. long, signal letters VPQK. On Nov. 18, 1886, the vessel was en route from Sunderland to Bastia, Corsica, with a cargo of coal, under the command of Captain John C. Reed. The vessel, which had a crew of 8 all-told, struck Cross Sand, off Yarmouth, Norfolk, & became a total wreck. Since European was showing signs of going to pieces, a ship's boat was lowered but the boat was washed away with 4 men aboard it. It would seem, however, that the boat with its 4 men was not lost. I say that since the Royal National Life-boat Institution included European in an 1886 list of lives saved by the institution as per this page (in blue), ex this volume. And stated that 4 European crew were landed. James Christopher Reed, an apprentice & the son of the captain (who was lost), was one of the four who were saved. One other crew member was picked up by Empress a tug which presumably stood by to offer assistance. Such wreck detail is largely ex Wilson & Doreen Cotton's informative data at link 2 at left. Is there anything you can add? Y 47693 51 Eveline 299 J. & J. Gibbon T. J. Reay, later (1870) John Reed, later (1880) John Chisholm, all of Sunderland 47705 52 Falcon 319 J. Robinson G. & J. 'Rb'sn' (Robinson) of Arundel, later (1870) George Robinson, later (1880) Joseph Robinson, both of Littlehampton. The vessel was lost on Feb. 19, 1883. The report of the Official Inquiry into her loss can be read here. 43512 53 Fi Wan 888 G. Peverall J. Patton of London 50160 54 Florence Braginton (a barque) 368 W. Richardson of North Hylton I refer you, via the link at left, to details re the ownership & operational history of the vessel. On either Jun. 29, 1876 or Jul. 13, 1876, the vessel left Callao (Lima), Peru, for Ostend, Belgium, with a cargo of guano & with a crew of 11 or 12. The ship was, alas, never heard from again. 50150 55 Flossie 174 J. Davison Anderson & Co., later (1870) Thos. Anderson and Co., both of Sunderland, later (1880) David Mollet of Guernsey 47715 56 Fontenaye 1 635 G. S. Moore Munro & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Geo. L. Munro, later (1890) John Munro, all of London 50030 57 Fugitive, later Anders Dedecam 471 G. Gardner T. B. Walker & Co. 50066 58 General Lee 642/488 James Laing 'Palgrve &', later (1870) Michael Murphy, both of Dublin. I previously recorded J. Smurthwaite 50065 59 Geraldine (a barque) 361 later 349 R. Pace Was initially owned by Richard Sheraton of Sunderland. Later by John G. Little (of Menai Bridge) & John Hedley of Blyth. The vessel was lost in 1876 when its cargo of coal caught fire 51163 60 Glen Afton 296 John Blumer J. Dickson, later (1870) John Dickson, later (1880) J. Doward, all of Liverpool 49881 61 Glenrosa 476 James Robinson Templeton of Greenock, later (1870) George Cleugh of North Shields, later (1880) Hugh Roberts of Newcastle. Foundered, maybe in 1884 47683 62 Glen Udal 1 498 James Robinson Templeton of Greenock, became (1864/65) Richardson & Co. of Swansea 48942 63 Hannah (a schooner) 81 later 82 Wilson & Son or Wilson Bros. The vessel, which was completed in Jun. 1864, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1880/81. Per LR it was initially owned, thru 1865/66, by R. Christie, of Arbroath, Scotland, for service from Sunderland to the Baltic with R. Christie serving as her captain. In 1865/66, per LR, W. Christie, also of Arbroath, became the vessel's owner, thru 1875/76, with C. Menmur (to 1868/69) & then W. Black serving as her captain. For service from London to the Baltic in the 1866/68 period but then for service as an Arbroath coaster. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1870 list Wm. Christie of Arbroath as her then owner. The MNL's of 1872 thru 1875, however, do not confirm Wm. Christie's continued ownership. Rather they list Joseph Roberts of Barmouth, in Merionethshire, NW Wales, as the owner of the Carnarvon, Wales, registered vessel. In 1876/77 per LR, R. Newton of Carnarvon, N. Wales, became the owner of the Carnarvon registered vessel (as is confirmed by MNL of 1876 thru 1880 - Robert Newton). Per LR, W. Black continued to serve as her captain under such new ownership. 72.8 ft. long, signal letters VTNL. LR of 1880/81 notes that the vessel had been in a collision, a collision which in fact resulted in the loss of Hannah & 3 of her 4 crew members. Hannah, owned by Robert Newton & others, had left Runcorn (River Mersey, Cheshire) for Liverpool with a cargo of 140 tons of salt. Having discharged her cargo, Hannah left Liverpool for Yarmouth, Norfolk on the morning of Oct. 6, 1880. The Inquiry Report does not state if she was carrying any cargo. Early on Oct. 8, 1880, Hannah was off Holyhead Harbour/Bay on a night 'dark & stormy, but clear for seeing lights'. At 2:00 a.m that day, Shamrock, an 1177 ton paddle steamer built at Birkenhead in 1876, proceeding at 11 knots, came upon Hannah from the stern. Shamrock, bound from Dublin to Holyhead had a crew of 42 all told & 83 passengers. She had two lookouts on her bridge & officers on deck. Shamrock did see Hannah but saw her too late to avoid striking her. Hannah instantly sank stern first. Shamrock launched a ship's boat which searched for an hour for survivors. They returned to Shamrock having found nothing then launched the boat again when they heard the calls of Scott, a lad, who had been clinging to a plank in the water. The Court held that the master (not named in the Report) of Hannah was at fault because he did not display a white light or 'flare-up' on her stern, as required by regulations, so Shamrock was unable to see her until too late. The Report is puzzling to the webmaster because it also states that Hannah carried the proper lights required to prevent collisions. An extensive newspaper article available here (continues on page 7) tells us that i) Hugh Jones was the captain of Hannah, ii)  'Rae' was the captain of Shamrock, & iii) that the survivor was Daniel Scott. Want crew lists? Can you add to or correct any of the above? Y 48639 64 Harvest (a barque) 348 Robert Pace The vessel, which was first registered in Jul. 1864, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1867/68. Owned by 'Thomps'n' (Thompson from 1865/66) of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, from 1866/67 ex Sunderland. Her initial captain, thru 1866/67, was W. Bravey, but later in 1866/67 & in 1867/68, T. Thompson is LR listed as her captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865, 1867 & 1868 list however Thomas Thomson (i.e. no letter 'p') of Bishopwearmouth as the then owner of the 347 ton vessel. The spellings of the names are confusing - it seems likely that the owner & captain were in fact the same person. 118.3 ft. long, signal letters VPSH. LR of 1867/68 notes 'Wrecked'. The 2nd line 11 on this page tells us that on Jan. 13, 1868, the 347 ton barque, en route from England to Spain with an unknown cargo, foundered off Brest, France. It had a crew of 12 at the time, all of whom were lost. Such data about her final voyage seems to be unusually vague. Can you tell us anything more about the circumstances of the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 47721 65 Heather Bell (a barque) 335 J. Errington The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1867/68, owned for that entire period by T. White of South Shields - for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. 116.4 ft. long, LR of 1867/68 states 'BURNT'. On or about Sep. 27, 1867, the vessel, under the command of Captain Hills, was burned to the water's edge & run ashore off Karystos, a village on the S. end of the island of Euboea, Greece, also known as Negoponte, while en route from Leith to Constantinople with a cargo of coal. The entire crew was saved. As you can read in these contemporary newspaper cuttings. Y 47168 66 Henry Grenfell, later Clausina (a barque) 461 G. Gardner The vessel was completed in Nov. 1864. Owned initially by Jno. Hay of London, later (1870) John Hay of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1871/72 states that the vessel had become owned by M. Flanagan of Sunderland & renamed Clausina. As is confirmed by the later Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1874. M. Flanagan was still the owner in MNL of 1878. The vessel is not listed in MNL of 1879. 139.2 ft. long, signal letters WGVD, later NBCT. What finally happened to the vessel? I read here in a U.K. Government wreck listing page, that on Dec. 31, 1877 the vessel was wrecked on the W. side of the Lempa Shoal, between Libertad & La Union, San Salvador. The vessel was en route from Liverpool to La Union under the command of R. Rickaby & with a crew of 15. No lives were lost. M. Flannigan is there listed as her owner at the time of loss. Can you tell us anything more about the circumstances of the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 50148 67 Herald of Light 265 G. Gardner Cannot see listed in Lloyd's Register. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 advises T. Hunter of Sunderland, registered at London 50045 68 Henrys 298 B. Hodgson Longstaff, later (1870) Henry Longstaff, both of Sunderland, later (1880) William Moran of Quebec, Canada 47707 69 Hesperia 449 William Doxford E. Jarvis of Salcombe 47271 70 Home 286 W. Ratcliffe Ratcliffe of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 states wrecked   71 Howrah (an iron barque) 1098 Pile, Hay & Co. Tyser of London 50033 72 Hubert (a barque) 325 John Thompson Gayner & Co., later (1870) R. H. Gayner, both of Sunderland p092 47720 73 Industry (a brig) 194 S. Metcalf of Southwick The vessel, which was completed in Apl. 1864, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1869/70 only. Owned, per LR, for that entire if short period by A. Law of Aberdeen. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists John Law of Aberdeen as the vessel's then owner. Per LR, W. Murr'y (presumably Murray), served as the vessel's captain thru 1867/68 & M'beth (presumably Mcbeth) thereafter. For service from Sunderland to Archangel, Russia, thru 1866/67, from London to the Mediterranean in 1867/68 & for service as an Aberdeen coaster from & after 1868/69. 94.2 ft. long. LR of 1869/70 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. On Dec. 30, 1869, per line 11 here, the 194 ton brig stranded near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, while en route from Licata, Sicily, to Leith, Scotland, with a cargo of sulphur. Crew of 8 - one lost. Is there anything you can add to the above text - or correct? Y 48856   Isabel (limited data) 394 G. & J. Mills Unknown to webmaster   74 Isabella 356 G. Bartram 'W Mddltn' of Sunderland, later (1870) Wm. Middleton of Monkwearmouth in 1880 of Sunderland 47725 75 Jane Brown 298 Gibbon & Nichol 'TRich'rds', later (1870 & 1880) William Richardson, both of Amble. On Jan. 2, 1891, the vessel was stranded, in Barabona Harbour, San Domingo, as per this report of the Official Inquiry into the matter. 49755 76 Jane Woodburn 299 John Blumer 'M'Donald', later (1870) John McDonald both of Glasgow, later (1880) Chas. B. Dasborough of Sydney, New South Wales, later (1890) The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd, of Adelaide, S. Australia, later (1900) Major Geo. Rawson of Melbourne, Victoria, all Australia 47680 77 J. M. Joshua 1147 John Smurthwaite Joshua Brothers, later Samuel Joshua, both of London. 49908 78 John Allan, later San Francisco (a ship, later a barque) 734 W. Briggs & Sons The vessel was owned, thru 1885/86, by John Allan & Sons, of London, initially at least for service to India. In 1885/86 the vessel, renamed San Francisco, became owned by Lubrano Bros. of Castellammare di Stabia, located about 19 miles SE of Naples, Italy. Certainly thru 1889/90. The webmaster does not know what later happened to the vessel, nor when. 48742 79 Kaffraria 779/624 James Laing Diamond Steam Navigation Co., later (1870) Robert Ryrie, both of London, later (1880) Wm. Bailey, later (1890) Walter S. Bailey, both of Hull. Stranded Jan. 7, 1891 49917 80 Kate Kellock, later Pontoon No. 5 (an iron ship, later a barge or pontoon) 1175 John Haswell at South Dock Readers should note that the vessel is consistently listed by Lloyd's Register ('LR') as built in 1864. However, many Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') & the Court of Inquiry into the vessel's later abandonment (see below) all record the vessel as built in 1865. Based upon what I have so far read, it is my conclusion that 1864 is likely the vessel's correct year of build. The vessel, which was completed in Oct. 1864, is likely LR listed from 1864/65 thru 1878/79. It was initially owned by 'Kellock & Co.,' of Liverpool, hence I presume the vessel's name. With M. I. Wilson her manager. In 1871/72, LR lists 'Sandbach, Tinne & Co.', also of Liverpool, as her new owner but from 1872/73 LR lists Kellock again - C. Kellock from 1872/73 & C. W. Kellock from 1876/77. The ownership per MNL is rather more confusing - MNL of 1870 lists C. W. Kellock, that of 1872 lists Alfred T. Parker & that of 1875 lists Saml. Sandbach Parker, all of Liverpool. The Kellock ownership is confirmed by MNLs of 1867 & 1870 (C. W. Kellock) & 1880 (Charles Walford Kellock). LR lists three captains only, - S. Vincent to 1869/70, Bevan to 1873/74 & J. C. Krogh (means Keogh) thereafter. For service thru 1867/68 from Sunderland to India, ex Liverpool in 1868/69, from London to Australia in 1869/70, from Shields to India in 1870/71, from Liverpool to India from 1871/72 thru 1873/74. I read that in late 1873 the vessel sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta (now Kolkata), India & then on to Suriname (arrived Jan. 13, 1874 - Caribbean coast of South America) with indentured East Indian agricultural labourers. And then via New York, back to Liverpool. So far as I can see, the vessel made two voyages to Australia. i) On Jul. 22, 1869, the vessel left Gravesend under the command of George Bevan for Melbourne, where it arrived on Oct. 24, 1869. It left Melbourne on Jan. 18, 1870 for its return voyage to London. ii) On Mar. 21, 1876, the vessel left London for Sydney under the command of Captain Keogh, maybe Jorgen Keogh. It arrived at Sydney on Jun. 24, 1876 & later left for San Francisco on Aug. 5, 1876. 213.8 ft. long, signal letters KTPW. LR of 1878/79 notes that the vessel had been 'Abandoned'. I referred above to a Court of Inquiry re the vessel. The vessel had arrived at San Francisco from Liverpool on Jan. 18, 1878, with damaged bulwarks & stove in boats the result of gales off Cape Horn on Nov. 14/15 1877. On Apl. 23, 1878, the vessel, then owned by Charles W. Kellock & 2 partners, left San Francisco, under the command of Charles Ricker, an American, with a crew of 26 all told & with the captain's wife & child also aboard. With a cargo of 1400/1500 tons of grain & flour, bound for Liverpool. On Jun. 18, 1878, in bad weather, nearing Cape Horn, at 55S/79W, the vessel was 'pooped' i.e. hit by a powerful wave from the stern which caused much damage to the ship & resulted in the chief officer's leg being broken & his being incapacitated thereafter. A couple of hours later another sea struck the ship & more damage resulted. Three of the ship's boats were soon smashed & the other two swept away. The fore & top mizzen masts, & soon the lower masts also, were cut away & with difficulty the crew tried to jettison a part of the cargo. The main mast soon went overboard. The vessel drifted until Jun. 25, 1878 when land was sighted & the vessel moored at what proved to be Noir Island. After 3 days they left to try to fins a better anchorage but the weather deteriorated & they had to anchor in an exposed position. On Jul. 2, 1878 the port anchor failed & the vessel appeared likely to be soon driven onto rocks just 3/4 of a mile away. The vessel set modest sail, made its way through a narrow opening in the reef & made it into Melville Sound. The ship's carpenter built a new boat & in that boat 2nd mate Trim with a small crew left to try to make their way to Punta Arenas, also known as Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan. En route Potosi, a steamer, came to their rescue & carried them to Punta Arenas. They soon returned to the anchored vessel aboard Magellan (Magalles in Spanish), a Chilean man-of-war & on Jul. 29, 1878, Magellan towed the ship to Punta Arenas, arriving there on Aug. 3, 1878. The vessel's cargo was discharged & shipped to the U.K. in another vessel. On Oct. 21, 1878, control of the vessel was passed to Captain Stark, the agent of the ship's underwriters. Now the Inquiry Report is mainly about the conduct of the ship's captain, who on Jul. 2, 1878, with the ship likely to drift onto rocks accepted that the ship was lost & did nothing. He did however give up control of his ship to 2nd mate Trim, whose subsequent actions saved the ship. The captain was also held at fault for allowing the ships' chronometers to run down & for failing to himself maintain the ship's log once the first officer was incapacitated & unable to maintain it, nor assign another to maintain it. There is more - the Report is long. Note that the captain neither attended the Inquiry nor replied to correspondence about the whole matter. In the final analysis, the Court concluded that the captain's collective actions, or lack of them, were not the cause of the 'casualty', so his certificate was not suspended. Kate Kellock? The vessel was likely abandoned at Punta Arenas by the ship's underwriters having been both surveyed & condemned. It then was renamed Pontoon No. 5 & used by the Chilean Navy as a barge & pontoon including, during the War of the Pacific in 1879 (against Peru & Bolivia), as a towed hulk. It lasted for many more years. Moored at Punta Arenas in 1908, it broke free during a storm & finally sank on Nov. 7, 1908 in Gente Grande Bay, Chile. Her then 7 man crew were able to save themselves. You can read the Court of Inquiry 'pdf' Report here. And in a brief summary here. There is lots of data about the vessel to be found by a WWW search including data in both Spanish & English & 'wrecksite.eu' data. The loss of the ship is referenced here). A painting of the ship by Richard C. Spencer exists (image at left) & is held in a private collection in the U.K. Is there anything that you can add? Y 51456 81 Knowsley (a barque) 1 (ex p#154/55 of a 'pdf' file available here - WA Historical Ships Register) 647 T. R. Oswald 'Shllcrss & Co.', later (1870), signal letters WLPC, Shallcross & Higham, both of Liverpool, later (1915 & 1920) McIlwraith, McEacharn's Line Proprietary Ltd., of Melbourne, Victoria, registered at Fremantle, W. Australia 51032 82 Lily 293 Sykes & Co. Potts & Co., later (1870) George Robertston, both of Sunderland 47696 83 Lily of the Valley (a barque) 290 W. H. Pearson, at Pallion The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1869/70, owned for that entire period by Watson & Sons of Sunderland - for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. 110.6 ft. long, signal letters VPRK. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists William H. Watson of Sunderland as her then owner. LR of 1869/70 notes 'abandoned'. On Mar. 8, 1870, per line 103 here, the 290 ton barque was abandoned at 48N/11W in the North Atlantic approaching the U.K. While en route from Kustendjie (now Constanta, Romania, Black Sea) to the U.K. with a cargo of maize. Crew of 10 - none lost. Then owned by William H. Watson. The vessel apparently had lost her rudder. The entire crew was rescued by Fanny of Bristol, en route to Barbados. 2 of the crew stayed aboard Fanny, while the other 8 were transferred to Bernard (German, en route to Hamburg) & landed at Fowey, Cornwall. Y 47708 84 Lincoln (an iron ship) 996 T. R. Oswald The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1873/74, owned for that entire period by 'Temp'rlys' (Temperleys) of London. Possibly for initial service ex Sunderland, but from 1865/66 for service ex London to Australia (1865/66), to New Zealand (1866/68) & to India (from 1868/69). The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 228) lists T. Carter & Drake, of London, as her then owners while the 1870 equivalent lists Temperley's, Carter & Drake of London. 197.0 ft. long, signal letters WGLP. LR of 1873/74 notes that the vessel had gone 'missing'. On Dec. 12, 1872, per line 3263 here, the 996 ton ship went missing while en route from New York to London with a general cargo. Crew of 25 - all lost. Then owned by J. Temperley. Can you add anything? Y 50035 85 Lizzie Waters 247 Gray & Young 'A.M'Donald', later (1870) John Frederick Gales, both of Sunderland, later (1880) William Allen of Weybourne, Norfolk. Later condemned 47685 86 Lydia Hylton Note 148 Wm. Pickersgill Vickers & Co., later (1870) Cuthbert Bainbridge Vickers, both of London 50091 87 Manfred 595 J. Robinson J. Clay., later (1870) Robert Todd Nicholson, both of Sunderland 47712 88 Maid Marion (a barque) 311 Gibbon & Nichol R. Bamfield, later (1870) Robert H. Bamfield, both of St. Ives. p059 47289   Maid of Aln (limited data)   J. & J. Gibbon Unknown to webmaster   89 Mary 447 D. A. Douglas Doxford, later (1870) Richard Wilson, later (1880) John Doxford, all of Sunderland 51158 90 Mary Lawson (a barque) 432/381 James Hardie The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1867/68. Owned throughout by Hodgson of Liverpool for service from Sunderland to Ceylon (today's Sri Lanka). What proved to be the vessel's final voyage is well documented at Trove, Australia. On Oct. 24, 1865, the vessel left Gravesend, Kent, under the command of Captain J. Thompson, (but see the final words in this listing below) for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, & arrived there (1 ex 2) safely on Feb. 27, 1866 after encountering repeated bad weather. On Apl. 26, 1866 the vessel left Brisbane in ballast for Sydney, New South Wales, & arrived there on May 13, 1866 having had to return to Brisbane as a result of the illness of the captain's wife. On Jun. 5, 1866 the vessel left Port Jackson (Sydney) for Shanghai, China, with a cargo of 600 tons of coal. LR of 1867/68 states 'wrecked'. On Jun. 10, 1866, per line 40 here, the 381 ton barque was lost in the North Atlantic, while en route from Port Jackson to Shanghai, China. Crew of 14 - 11 lost. The reference to the North Atlantic is quite incorrect as likely is the loss of life since the captain's wife was aboard also & she perished. On Jun. 10, 1866, the barque ran aground on Middleton Reef, a coral reef, underwater much of the time, located in the Tasman Sea, 555 km. E. and a little to the S. of Brisbane. While massive waves swept over the vessel, attempts were made to launch 3 boats - a pinnace, a gig & a longboat. The first two were lost along with 4 crew members. One crew member made it safely to shore in the longboat. A line was attached to a cask & set adrift. Chief Officer John Miller succeeded in getting ashore, retrieved the cask & line & rigged a basket to bring other survivors to shore. Only two, however, made it, so just 4 in total made it ashore. An attempt had been made to get the captain's wife ashore via the basket but the effort failed, indeed Captain Thompson was drowned in trying to save his wife. The four ashore recovered the longboat, could not get close to the wreck & after a 4 day journey, landed on the Australian coast 36 miles N. of Clarence Heads. Only 3 of the 4 survived - the ship's carpenter fearing that the boat would be swamped in the rolling surf, jumped overboard & was drowned. The remaining 3 made it to Clarence Heads & Susannah Cuthbert, a steamer, took them aboard & landed them at Sydney. The wreck was later inspected by HMS Falcon. An account (3 ex 4) by Chief Officer Miller. 86.0 ft. long, with a figurehead of a 'woman clasping a book in her left hand held to her breast'. Have not spotted a list of those who were lost. Can you add anything? Janice McLaughlin has been in touch via the guestbook (thanks Janice!) to advise that the vessel's captain, on its 1865/66 voyage to Australia, was rather James Horsburgh Thomson of Dundee, Scotland. And his wife was Helen Knowles. Y 50492 91 May Flower 201 J. Robinson Jackson of Sunderland 47709   Medari Tefyk (limited data) 1090 T. R. Oswald A foreign owner     Middleton (a snow or brig) See here         92 Mindoro (a barque) 436 W. Adamson 'W.Admsn' of London. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 states 'wrecked'.   93 Mula 689/545 W. Pile 'Reynlds' i.e. Reynolds Mann & Co., of Liverpool, later (1870) Bombay & Bengal Steam Ship Company Ltd., later (1880) Essa bin Khuliffa, both of Bombay, India, later (1890) Thos. Barr of Glasgow 50289 94 Nearchus (a barque) 354 J. Haswell The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1873/74, owned throughout by Ayre & Co. of Sunderland. Initially for service from Sunderland to New York, soon Bristol to the West Indies & from Sunderland to Aden, India & to the Mediterranean. From 1870/71 service from Shields to the Mediterranean is indicated. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 & 1870 both record the vessel as then owned by Jas. Ayre of Sunderland. 120.0 ft. long, signal letters VPRD. On Nov. 16, 1871, per line 1653 here, the 354 ton barque was stranded near Sluisschegat (North Sea coast near the Belgian/Dutch border), while en route from Cephalonia (Kefalonia, an island in the Ionian Sea, about 30 miles W. of mainland Greece), to Antwerp with a cargo of currants. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned by James Ayre. Can you tell us more about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 47703 95 Neva 295 B. Hodgson Humble, later (1870 & 1880) R. Humble, both of Sunderland 47734 96 Norham 1 334 G. & J. Mills J. Henderson of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1880) John Stavers of Blyth 50118 97 Onega 856/673 James Laing Norwood, later (1870) C. M. Norwood, later (1880) Charles M. Norwood, later (1890) George G. Paul, all of London 49920 98 Onyx 420 James Laing Wheatley & Co., later Robert Weatherley, both of Sunderland 51153 99 Oriental Queen 898 G. Peverall Adamsn & Co., later (1870) James W. Adamson, both of London 49913 100 Ortive 367 T. Stonehouse Bell & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Robert Bell, both of Blyth 49754 101 Otter 499 T. R. Oswald E. Preston, later (1870) Edmund Preston, both of Liverpool, later (1880) William Rankin of Greenock 49882 102 Pactolus 1, 2, Note 416 J. Gill Potts & Sons, later (1870) George Swainstown, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Thos. Boddington of London, later (1890) Thomas Bambra of Blyth 47728 103 Palawan (a ship) 694 W. Adamson 'W.Admsn' of London 48711 104 Pioneer (a snow or brig) 243 Rutter & Cummings 'Ovend'n' & Co., later (1864/65) East Kent Shipping Co. Ltd., both of Deal, later (1870) James M'Millan of Leith. Used as a lighter at Dundee. For sale in 1870. 22123 105 Primrose 226 John Denniston Stephen W. Rackley & Co. of Sunderland 47692 106 Progress 249 Gray & Young Spain & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Jacob Spain of Monkwearmouth 47732 107 Puelchi 189 James Hardie E. Cooper (have also read that the owner was foreign)   108 Queen of the Bay 391 James Hardie Ellis & Co. of Plymouth, later (1870 & 1880) Henry Ellis of London 47735 109 Queen of the East (an iron ship) 854 W. Pile The vessel, which was completed in Jan. 1864, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1866/67 only. It was owned throughout, per LR, by H. Ellis of London. For service from Sunderland to China, with J. Rees serving as the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 & 1867 both record Henry Ellis of London as the vessel's then owner. 184.0 ft. long, signal letters VTSJ. Line 44 on this page advises that in May 1866, the vessel went missing while en route from Bassein, (Burmah, now Pathein, Myanmar), to Falmouth, Devon, with an unknown cargo. The vessel had a crew of 20 all of whom were, of course, lost. Such listing does not state even approximately where the vessel was lost, merely advising that it was lost 'On voyage'. We do know that the vessel left Bassein on Apl. 19, 1866. Note. There are many references to a vessel of the name which left Birkenhead on Jan. 29, 1864 for Sydney, Australia, with 449 Government emigrants. In view of that departure date, the webmaster thought it might relate. However, such vessel is not our vessel. It rather was a ship built at St. John in 1853, owned by Moore & Co. of Liverpool & captained by Bolton or Bilton, later Ankers. I believe ON 25771. Is there anything you can add? Y 48697 110 Queen of the South (an iron barque) 376 W. Pile The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1876/77 at least (LR of 1877/78 is not available to the webmaster). It was initially owned, thru 1870/71, per LR, by H. Ellis of London. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 & 1867 both record H. & C. Ellis, of London as the vessel's then owner while MNL of 1870 records Henry Ellis of Abbey Wood, Kent. Under 'Ellis' ownership, the vessel served from Sunderland to Cape of Good Hope ('CGH') South Africa, thru 1865/66, then London to CGH in 1865/66, from London to Algoa Bay, South Africa, thru 1868/69 & to Cape Town in 1869/70. With 'Smith', 'S. Wilkin' & 'T. Stephens' serving as the vessel's captains. In 1870/71, per LR, R. R. Grant, of Glasgow, became the vessel's owner for service from London to Swan River (Perth, Western Australia), with J. Adair her captain. 'Grant' owned the vessel for a short time only. In 1871/72, per LR, Adair & Co. of Lyttelton, New Zealand ('NZ'), became the vessel's owner, thru 1875/76, for service thru 1873/74 from London to CGH, with J. Adair serving as the vessel's captain until 1876/77 in which year, per LR, J. Buxton of Lyttelton, became the vessel's owner with 'Miles' her captain. I cannot tell you if the ownership data above is for sure. Why do I say that? Because MNLs of 1872, 1875 & 1876 all list J. Buxton of Lyttelton as her owner. Can anybody clarify this conflicting data? 149.8 ft. long, signal letters WHCK, crew lists are available here. The vessel clearly had a long history of service to both NZ & Australia. I have attempted to search for data re the vessel at Trove, Australia, & Paperspast of NZ, but the effort is time consuming & I have left the project for another day. I read, however, that on Dec. 4, 1865, Queen of the South (hereinafter 'Queen'), Wilkin in command, came across James Lamb a Liverpool barque which had been built by J. Hardie of Sunderland in 1863. The vessel was 1/2 full of water & had been abandoned about 4 days earlier. At 41N/20.30W in the N. Atlantic, E. of the Azores. They boarded the vessel & learned she was bound from Demerera (Guyana, N. coast of South America), to Liverpool with a cargo of rum, sugar, cotton etc. A volunteer crew of 6, about 1/2 of Queen's whole crew, was put aboard her & the 2 vessels kept company for a while. They became separated, however, during a gale & Queen did not find James Lamb again. All as per this newspaper article. On Dec. 27, 1870, Queen, under the command of Adair, left Gravesend for Swan River Colony where it arrived on Mar. 23, 1871. On May 11, 1871 the vessel left for Port Lyttelton with 20 or 30 passengers & a cargo which included jarrah wood railway sleepers. From Lyttleton the vessel went to Newcastle, New South Wales, loaded coal for Mauritius & on Nov. 20, 1871 arrived at Port Chalmers (Dunedin), NZ. It returned to London since on Apl. 5, 1872 the vessel was at Deal, returning from Port Lyttelton. I have read that the vessel was lost on Nov. 10, 1877, while en route from Port Louis, Mauritius, to Dunedin, NZ, with a cargo of sugar, under the command of captain Edward Miles, with a crew of 12 all told & 5 passengers. The contemporary Australian newspapers, however, clearly indicate that the loss was, in fact, on Nov. 8, 1877. You can read a most extensive account of what happened here ex here. The vessel was hit by a massive storm which nearly broke her main mast. It had to be cut away but as it fell vast damage was done to the vessel, its other masts, boats, compass etc. Another sea hit the vessel & essentially destroyed the wheel. Now a shell of a ship, it was driven before the gale. The storm eventually abated & with difficulty they nearly made it to Hobart, Tasmania. It stranded, however, on Action (Actaeon's) Reef off Bruni (now Bruny) Island. They were able to free the vessel but it rapidly filled with water & in a death roll soon sank beneath the waters. Everyone made it safely to Bruni Island & thence to Hobart. Everything else, except for the ship's papers & a chronometer was lost. Above I have referred to some confusion as to the vessel's owners. I note that the loss article states that C. W. Turner, of Christchurch, NZ, was the vessel's then owner. As is confirmed by an entry on this U.K. Government wreck listing which states her loss as being on Nov. 7, 1877, 3 miles SW of South Bruin Lighthouse, Tasmania. A preliminary inquiry into the vessel's loss was held at Hobart on Nov. 12, 1877. No blame was attributed to the master, officers or crew of the lost vessel. Many crew lists for the vessel are on file at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada. Is there anything you can add? Y 50181 111 Ranger (a wooden barque) 297 later 299/312 (N/G) W. Barclay (or Barkley) Gordon, later (1870) John Gordon both of Dundee. LR of 1875/76 lists Marshall & Co. of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. While the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1874 thru 1876 list the vessel as then registered at Sunderland & owned by Charlton Elliot Morgan of Sunderland. LR of 1876/77 lists her then owner as being, rather, Morgan & Marshall of Sunderland - it also notes that the vessel had foundered. 109.1 ft. long, signal letters VFTN. On Oct. 16, 1876, it was reported that Ranger, returning to Sunderland in ballast, Thompson (J. Thompson) in command, was run down by an unknown steamer N. of the Dudgeon (20 miles N. of Wells, Norfolk, I think). Such steamship was at the time under tow, heading northwards. Ranger must have been sunk. The crew took to ship's boats, were picked up by Pelaw & landed at Yarmouth. As per this (in red) contemporary newspaper article. Y 45820 112 Raven 362 J. Robinson Potts Bros., later (1870) R. H. Potts, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John M. Glover of Liverpool, later (1890) Wm. Randall Cave of Port Adelaide, South Australia. The vessel was wrecked on Mar. 11, 1891, near Rottnest Island. An Inquiry into the vessel's loss can be read here. 47684 113 Ringdove 399 G. & J. Mills Robinson, later (1870) Thos. H. Ismay, both of Liverpool, later (1880) Wm. Crawford of Greenock, later (1890) Richard Farrell of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. Wrecked in June 1895 48787 114 River Wear 500 William Doxford Hargrove & Co. of Liverpool  i.e. Hargrove, Ferguson & Co. 49879 115 Robert & Charlotte 349 G. Short R. Curry, later (1870) Robert Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Oliver Hawke of Great Grimsby. Lloyds Register of 1885/86 advises that the vessel, then owned by Great Grimsby Ice Co. Ltd., of Grimsby, had been lost. On Dec. 15, 1885 it would seem. 47699 116 Rondinella 362 W. Nicholson Nicholson of Sunderland 47737   Rose (a snow) 291 Edward Potts at Seaham W. Kish of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to New York. Later, in 1870, was owned by William Kish, of Sunderland. 105.7 ft. long. 47686 117 Rosemont (a barque) 318 James Hardie The webmaster has not researched this vessel. Thanks to Gill Ford, we know that the vessel was launched on Jan. 11, 1864, as per this informative newspaper cutting. Was launched for James Longton, Jr., & Co., of Liverpool, for service from Sunderland to the ore exporting port of Caldera in northern Chile. Was always registered at Liverpool, it would seem. In 1867/68, Morris & Co., also of Liverpool, became the vessel's owner for service from Liverpool to S. America & in 1868/69 for service from Cardiff, Wales, to South America. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 & 1876 advise that 'Morris' meant Isaac Morris of Pwllheli, Carnarvon, NW Wales. The vessel is not listed in MNL of 1879. 122.6 ft. long, signal letters VWFM. Can you tell us what finally happened to the vessel, likely in or about 1876? 48774 118 Royal Arthur (an iron ship) 1380 James Laing Was initially owned by H. Fernie & Son or William James Fernie, of Liverpool. Later by Merchants' Trading Company, also of Liverpool, likely related to 'Fernie'. On Apl. 18, 1871, the ship stranded near Waterford, Ireland, & became a total wreck. No lives were lost. 48760 119 Rushing Water 422 James Robinson C. Newman of London 50168 120 Saint Andrew's Castle 639 G. S. Moore Launched here (in blue), on Nov. 30, 1864, as St. Andrew (it says). Skinner, later (1880) Thomas Skinner, both of Glasgow. On Nov. 15, 1883, the vessel was in collision with Galatea in the Bay of Biscay  & as aresult both vessels were lost. You can read the report of the Official Inquiry into the collision here. 50374 121 Saint Lawrence (an iron passenger/cargo steamer) 1398/1116 T. R. Oswald The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 to 1873/74. Was owned thru that entire period by the British Colonial Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. of London. A contemporary newspaper cutting re her launch on Sep. 17, 1864 is here. For initial service ex Sunderland, soon from London to the Mediterranean & from 1867/68 for service from London to North America, likely to Montreal, Canada. 255.8 ft. long, 170 HP, barque rigged, signal letters WGSP. Can you tell us what later happened to her? Y 50126 122 Saint Leonards 1, 2, 3 ex 4, 5, 6, 7 (ex Trove) 999 Pile, Hay & Co. 'Bon's' & Sons, have also read Mr. Douglass, later (1870) John Bonus, later (1880) Jas. Wm. Temple, all of London 50198 123 Saleta (a barque) 434 A. Simey Olavarria of Bilbao, Spain 132.6 ft. long   124 Sarah Ann (a barque) 323 T. Robson The webmaster has not researched this vessel. 'Proudf't' & Co., later, per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870, John Proudfoot, later John Wilkinson, all of Sunderland. As listed in the MNL of 1880. 115.5 ft. long, signal letters VPRC. On Jan. 8, 1879, while en route from Swansea, Wales, to Monte Video (Montevideo, Uruguay) with a cargo of coal, the vessel sank in Swansea Bay during a gale. The entire 10 man crew was rescued by lifeboat Wolverhampton. As reported (marked in green) in 'The Lifeboat' of Aug. 1, 1879. Y 47702 125 Sarah Watson (a barque) 457 J. H. Watson G. Watson, later (1870) George Watson, both of Sunderland. 132.5 ft. long 51155 126 Sarepta (a snow, later a brig) 203 Gray & Young The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1870/71, owned for its lifetime by Richardson of Amble, Northumberland. For service from Sunderland, later also from Blyth & Leith, to the Baltic, but for some years listed as a Dartmouth coaster. Per LR, her sole captain would seem to have been 'W. Schollr'. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 345, image soon) & 1870 both list G. Richardson of Amble as her then owner. 96.5 ft. long, signal letters WFHC. LR of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. On Nov. 23, 1870, per line 558 here, the 203 ton brig was stranded at Tod's Head (in the area of Todhead Point, then part of Kincardineshire, NE Scotland), while en route from Boulogne, France, to Amble. Crew of 7 - 3 lost. Then owned by George Richardson. This link states  however, that the vessel was rather wrecked on Dec. 22, 1870, en route, in ballast & under the command of Captain Mann, from Shields to Amble. Most of that data is, I now find, stated re the vessel's loss on line 35 of this page. Can anybody clarify the apparent data conflict? Y 49742 127 Shakspeare (a barque) 719/656 G. Peverall J. Hibbert of London. 157.1 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 notes that the vessel had been 'LOST'. 50046   Sheref Ressair or maybe Sheref Ressan (limited data) 1116 T. R. Oswald A foreign owner   128 Silver Craig (a barque) 322 W. Briggs & Son The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by the 'Sproat' family of Kircudbright, Scotland, though always registered at Liverpool. On Nov. 7, 1880, the vessel ran aground on Seca or Rasa island, off Port Polonio, Uruguay. It was later towed by Norsmann, a steamer, to Maldonado, Uruguay. The loss was, per a Naval Court of Inquiry, caused by an error of judgment of her master. 50272 129 Skerryvore (a barque) 348 W. Chilton The vessel was launched in Apl. 1864. Foreman & Co, later (1870) William Mears, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Robert Mansell of New York, registered at Bermuda. 117.0 ft. long 47698 130 Sophia Joakim (or Sophia Joachim) (an iron ship) Note 999 W. Pile The vessel was launched in Aug. 1864. (John) Willis & Son of London, later (1870) Mackertich Catchick Joakim of Calcutta, India, later (1880) Philip Bennett of London, later (1890) Hajee H. Esmile of Calcutta. 204.8 ft. long. 48748 131 Spirit of the Morning (an iron barque) 599 T. R. Oswald Cunard & Co. of Liverpool 50293 132 Star (a snow) 299 Peter Austin The vessel was launched in Feb. 1864. W. Kish of Sunderland. 108.9 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'). 47689 133 Starbeam (a brig) Note 242 W. H. Pearson The vessel was launched in Nov. 1864. B. Fairley of Sunderland, became (1964/65) Scrafton & Co. of Boston, later (1870) Matthew Scrafton of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, later (1880 & 1890) John Physic Mountain of Boston. 99.7 ft. long, signal letters HBDF. 51157 134 Stranger (a barque) 348 R. H. Potts & Bros. Potts Bros. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Later (1870) Robert H. Potts of Sunderland. 119.9 ft. long, signal letters VPSD. 47718 135 Strelna 858/664 James Laing Norwood & Co., later (1880) C. M. Norwood both of London 50096 136 Sunshine 1 & 2 Note 253 Sykes & Co. Rowell & Co. of Sunderland 47694 137 Superb 350 Robert Thompson & Sons Cropton & Co., later (1870) William Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Colin S. Caird of Greenock 47682 138 Tasso (an iron steamer) 746/598 T. R. Oswald The vessel, per Lloyd's Register, was owned for its lifetime by Swainston & Co. of Sunderland. 47733 139 Thalia (a brig) 299 later 296 John T. Alcock 'T.Adamsn' initially (per Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1865/66), later, per the 1870 edition of the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL'), Thomas Adamson, both of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, thru the 1874/75 edition at least of LR. I say at least because LR of 1875/76 is not available to the webmaster. The MNL of 1880 lists Isaac Bedlington of West Hartlepool as the vessel's then owner but LR records him as owning the vessel from 1876/77 (at least) thru 1880/81, in which year Mrs. S. Pearson of West Hartlepool became recorded as the vessel's new owner - Mrs. Sarah Pearson per the MNL of 1882. 107.2 ft. long, signal letters VPSJ. LR of 1883/84 notes that the vessel had been 'LOST'. Is it possible that you can tell us about the circumstances of her loss? 47722 140 Thames 1376/1090 T. R. Oswald Temperley of London ? 50003 141 Thurso 490 W. Pile 'Adamsn' of London, have also read Sir John Pirie, Bart, later (1880 & 1890) Charles W. Turner, later (1900 to 1920) Graham L. Greenwood, both of Christchurch, New Zealand 50038 142 Tinnevelly 458 W. Naizby 'W. Neimnn' of London, later (1870) J. Robinson of South Shields 48708 143 Ulleswater (a barque) 360 J. Robinson, of Deptford The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1871/72, owned initially by T. Nicholson of Sunderland for service ex Sunderland, but soon from Sunderland to Montreal, Canada. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867 & 1870 both list Thomas Nicholson, of Sunderland, as her then owner. However, LR of 1869/70 advises that S. Tandevin of Guernsey had become her owner for service ex Sunderland. i.e. Sydney Thos. Tandevin per MNL of 1871. The various editions of LR indicate no captain name thru 1866/67 but from 1867/68 to the end, under two owners, LR lists 'Mew' (Charles Mew) as the vessel's captain. See here for some 'Mew' documents kindly provided by Chris Caines. Which indicate that 'Mew' was Ulleswater's captain only between 1864 & 1868. 120.8 ft. long, signal letters WMDJ. LRs from 1869/70 list the vessel as a snow - surely in error. LR of 1871/72 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. On Jul. 7, 1871, per line 1412 here, the 360 ton barque was stranded at Martinique (Lesser Antilles in eastern Caribbean), while en route from Martinique to Barbados (eastern Caribbean) with a cargo of coal. I would presume that the coal was ex Sunderland & that a part of the cargo was landed at Martinique. Crew of 14 - none lost. Then owned by S. T. Tandevin. A strange thing is that crew lists for the vessel, thru 1874, are on file at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Could the vessel have survived the 1871 stranding? Can anybody clarify the history? Y 51156 144 Valdarno (a barque) 298 B. & J. Gardner The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1871/72, owned for its lifetime, per LR, by D. Johnson of Arbroath, Scotland. Initially for service from Sunderland to Archangel, Russia, later from Dundee to the Mediterranean & later again from Alloa to the West Indies. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 393, image soon) lists Dick Johnstone of Arbroath as her then owner, while the 1870 equivalent rather lists Dick Johnston. 110.3 ft. long, signal letters VTNK. LR of 1871/72 states 'Wrecked'. On Apl. 12, 1871, per line 1320 here, the 298 ton barque was stranded in Caernarvon Bay, while en route from Matanzas, Cuba, to the Clyde with a cargo of sugar. Crew of 11 - 4 lost. Then owned by Dick Johnston of Arbroath. A gentleman named Thomas Jones later received an award for the rescue of one of the crew of Valdarno from a rock. Per this article, the wreck would seem to have occurred at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, during thick mist on Apl. 13, 1871. Can anybody clarify the circumstances? Y 48638 145 Village Belle 172 Liddle & Sutcliffe Colling & Co. of Sunderland, later registered at Newport 47704 146 Voluna 297/245 James Hardie 'J. Dicks'n' of Liverpool, Doward Dickson & Co. The Mercantile Navy List (1870) states John Dickson, (1880) E. DuMaresq of Liverpool 51038 147 Walker Hall 345 J. Davison T. Anderson, later (1870) Thos. Anderson, both of Sunderland 47724 148 Walrus 65 A. Simey Initial owner not known to webmaster, later (1870) Wm. Davison of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) of Roker 47701 149 War Cloud (a barque) 406 later 417 later 407 J. H. Watson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1872/73, owned for its brief lifetime, per LR, by G. Watson of Sunderland. Initially for service from Sunderland to India, from 1867/68 from the Clyde to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), & later ex Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 & 1870 list George Watson, of Sunderland, as the then owner of the 417 ton vessel. 127.4 ft. long, signal letters VPQD. LR of 1872/73 states 'Missing'. On Aug. 19, 1871, per line 2177 here, the 407 ton barque left Saigon (then the capital of Cochinchina, a French colony, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), for Yokohama, Japan. And went missing en route. Crew of 12 - all lost. Then owned by George Watson. Can anybody clarify the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 47688 150 Warwick (an iron ship) 1005 T. R. Oswald I have previously noted that the vessel was launched as Earl of Warwick. But it is launched here (in red), on Nov. 30, 1864, as Warwick. 'Temperly', later (1870) John Temperley, later (1880) Henry W. Carter, all of London. On Jan. 31, 1887, the vessel stranded & was lost on the North Reef of Heligoland. As per the report of the Official Inquiry into her loss, available here. 50165 151 Whisper (a barque) 345 W. Chilton Cumming of Plymouth. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 states the vessel, was missing. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel sailed from London on Jan. 1, 1865 for Mauritius. It passed Plymouth on Jan. 7, 1875 & was not heard from again. 48969 152 William Naizby (a barque) 468 later 482 W. Naizby W. Naizby of Sunderland, later (1870) Thomas Francis Wilding, later (1880) Chas. Campbell Dawson, both of London. Owner became Dawson & Co. in 1872/73, C. C. Dawson by 1881/82, G. Wood in 1883/84. In 1885, the vessel, renamed Conte Iginio L., was owned by A. T.  Lucovich of Trieste. 47726 153 Zoroya (or Zoroyah) (a barque) 383 W. Briggs & Son Glynn of Liverpool, later (1880) Jno. Rogerson Anderson of London 51007     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1864? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 153 vessels of 71987 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1865 (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.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No.   A barge 56 W. Johnson Per Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 & 1871/72, Armstrong & Co. of Newcastle. 56.9 ft. long.   1 Achilles (iron steamer) 985/781 James Laing E. T. Gourley & Co. of Sunderland 51181 2 Adelphoi 350 T. Robson Blain & Co. of South Shields, later (1870) Edward Story of Newcastle, later (1880) Alexander A. Farthing of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 47173 3 Advance (an iron steamer) 758/608 T. R. Oswald There is confusion as to whether this is an 1864 or an 1865 vessel. On Dec. 16, 1870, the vessel left Gothenburg, Sweden, for Leith, Scotland, & went missing en route. Crew of 20 - all lost. 51170 4 Albany (limited data) 1480 James Laing Diamond Steam Navigation Co. of London 51184 5 Albatross 348 B. Hodgson Humble & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Richard Humble, both of Sunderland 53112 6 Aldersons 233 W. Chilton 'Philliskrk', later (1870) Richardson Maddison, later (1880) Douglas Philliskirk, all of Sunderland, later (1890) Thomas W. King, later (1900) George Edmund Widger, both of Southampton but registered at Sunderland 53090 7 Alexandra 162 G. Gardner 'Abn.Sh. Co. i.e. Aberdeen Shipping Co., later (1870 & 1880) Alexander Nicol, both of Aberdeen, later (1890) Thomas Jefferson of West Hartlepool, later (1900) George A. Pettman of Gravesend, later (1910) John W. Pattison of West Hartlepool 53244 8 Alliance 352 B. Hodgson Mills & Co., later (1870) William Mills, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) The Great Grimsby Ice Co. Ltd. of Grimsby 51168 9 Alvington, later Saint Jean (a barque) 313 William Watson Was owned for many years by Balkwill & Co. of Salcombe, Devon. In Nov. 1887 the vessel is stated to have been sold to French owners. Was wrecked in 1889/90, it would seem. 47274 10 Amy Serena (a snow) 227 Wm. Pickersgill The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire period, per LR, by J. D. Pain, of Newport, Monmouthshire. The vessel would seem to have been always registered at Newport. For initial service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, but from 1868/69 for service ex the Clyde to South America, or to Brazil, & from 1871/72 for service from Newcastle to South America. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 20, image soon) & 1870, however, both list John Moses of Newport, as her then owner. 102.2 ft. long. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'wrecked'. On Oct. 5, 1872, per line 3284 here, the 227 ton snow went missing while en route from Runcorn (River Mersey, E. of Liverpool), to Limerick, Ireland, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 8 & 2 passengers - all lost. Then owned by John Moses. Can you add anything? Y 49700 11 Annie Ellison  298 Gray & Young W. D. C. Balls, later (1880) Wm. D. C. Balls, both of North Shields 49780 12 Arabian 292 George Barker Dove & Co., later (1870) Joseph Dove, both of Sunderland, later (1880) W. Emery Denton of Wivenhoe, Essex, later (1890) Peter Taylor of Guernsey 53101 13 Archos (a barque) 449 W. Adamson Adamson, later (1870) William Adamson, of London & then (1880) of Sunderland, later (1890) Robert H. Bruce of Amoy, China, registered at Shanghai 52725 14 Arcturus  203 G. Gardner S. W. Kelso thru 1870, later (1880) Ellis Edwards, both of Liverpool 29891 15 Ashford (an iron steamship) 1058 later 1065 James Laing On Feb. 04, 1870, Ashford was in violent collision with the steamer Advance, off Whitby. Damaged, the vessel went on to Sunderland, where it sank. With no loss of life. 52771 16 Atma (a barque) 523 G. Peverall Was launched in Jul. 1865. W. Atkinson, later (1870) M. H. Atkinson, both of North Shields, later (1880) John R. Anderson of London. 143.8 ft. long, signal letters JVWR. 49781 17 Ayton 296 James Hardie J. & J. Wait, later (1870) John Wait, both of North Shields, later (1880) John Davison of Newcastle 53445 18 Balgowan  349 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Reed & Co. of Sunderland 51188 19 Belmont 647/511 James Laing Bell & Co., later (1870) W. T. Bell, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) John Burn of London. On Jan. 16, 1888, Belmont was in collision with Mischief, an 18 ton pilot cutter, near Sully Island in the Bristol Channel. Three Mischief crew members, her entire crew, were lost as a result. You can access the report of the Court of Inquiry into the collision here. And in this summation of the Inquiry. 53118 20 Blanche 1 Note 499 William Doxford Thompson & Co., later (1870) George Thompson, both of Sunderland 53096 21 Cambridgeshire (an iron steamship) 729/579 James Laing R. Young, later (1870) Richard Young, both of Wisbech 44553 22 Castle Eden  274 W. Naizby J. Dobbing, later (1870 & 1880) John Dobbing, both of Sunderland. Wrecked in Oct. 1887 51190 23 Catherine 193 A. Simey J. Chisholm of Sunderland, later (1870) Frederick Adolphus Rosoman of Woolston, Hants, later (1880) Robert C. Whicker of Guernsey. 53084 24 Catherine & Mary  253 Gray & Young R. Mushens, later (1870 & 1880) Robert Mushens, both of Sunderland 51187 25 Cedric  398 Sykes & Co. W. Abbey of Sunderland, later W. R. Abbay of Knaresborough, Yorkshire 51182 26 Ceylon (a barque) 396 J. M. Reed The vessel was always Sunderland owned, by William Dawson & then by Thomas Scott. On Apl. 24, 1877, the vessel was abandoned at sea, SW of Cape Town, South Africa, while en route from London to Yokohama, Japan. With no loss of life. 51191 27 Charles George  193 Liddle & Sutcliffe Curd & Co., later (1870) George Curd, both of Shoreham, later (1880) Walter W. Woodnutt of Newport, Isle of Wight 53030 28 Chimborazo (a brig)  274 J. & E. Lumsden of Pallion A vessel which was always owned at Sunderland - owned by John Fenwick & then by John Hall & their associates. On Apl. 4, 1877, the vessel was severely damaged in a storm in the N. Atlantic, & after 8 days had to be abandoned. No loss of life. 53098 29 Chipchase (a barque) 369 Tully (of Hylton) The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1871/72, owned throughout by E. H. Watts of Newcastle. Initially for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, from 1868/69 for service from Blyth to Singapore. Registered at Newcastle throughout. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by E. H. Watts, jun., of Blyth, Northumberland. 120.2 ft. long, signal letters HBLT. On Nov. 16, 1871, per line 1658 here, the 369 ton barque was stranded near Liverpool, while en route from Liverpool to Bahia, Brazil. No cargo is stated. Major loss of life - 12 crew & 2 passengers, all of them lost. Then owned by Edmd. Hannay Watts. Can you tell us more about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 49649 30 City of Durham (an iron steamer) 697/538 James Laing W. Inman & Co., later William Inman, both of Liverpool. Likely by New York and Philadelphia Steamship Company, i.e. Inman Line 29960 31 Cleopatra (an iron steamship) 1012/812 W. Pile Completed in Jul. 1865. Pile & Co. of Sunderland, later ? Temperley, Carter & Co. of London. 228.4 ft. long, 130 HP engines (I think). The webmaster has spotted that Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. Then owned by Temperley of London for service from London to Quebec, Canada. 53113 32 Como 645/504 George Haswell Gray Bros. of Sunderland 53121 33 Confidence (a snow or brig)  279 J. & E. Lumsden The vessel was always registered at Sunderland & owned by S. W. Rackley & his associates. On Nov. 9, 1875, the vessel left Sunderland bound for Santander (N. coast of Spain) with a cargo of coal. The vessel was never heard from again. 53126 34 Congou (a barque) 324 James Robinson The vessel is, it would seem, Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1886/87. Congou? A black tea from China. Congou was owned, thru 1875/76, by W. Eggleston of Sunderland, for consistent service, thru 1872/73, from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. With only two captains per LR - P. Souter thru 1869/70 & 'Wate' thereafter to 1876/77. There would seem to have been two gentlemen named W. Eggleston, father & son. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 & 1872 list William Eggleston of Sunderland as her owner, while MNL of 1875 lists William Eggleston jun. And then W. Eggleston again in 1876 & 1879. W. Eggleston must have died in or about 1876 because LR of 1876/77 & (thru?) 1878/79 advise that the vessel was then owned by the Executors of W. Eggleston, with J. Kemp her captain. A part way thru 1879/80, the vessel became owned by Staunton, Tranter & Co., of Liverpool, Richard Staunton as per MNL of 1880 thru 1885. With N. S. Jobson her sole captain under the new ownership. Jobson, more exactly Richard Stephenson Jobson, had a rough start to his new command. He had been 2nd officer with 'West India and Pacific Steamship Company' until May 1879 & left their employ to advance himself. It would seem that he for many years had sailed out of Liverpool & likely was unfamiliar with sailing on the E. coast & in the Channel. Anyway, on Jul. 6, 1879, Congou left Hull bound for Buenos Ayres, Argentina, with a cargo of 502 tons of coal, with a crew of 10 all told & with Jobson in command. The vessel soon ran into gale force conditions & to cut a long story short ran aground early on Jul. 9, 1879, on a shoal in the vicinity of the Sandettié & Out Ruytingen banks. Where are they? Wikipedia states 'The Sandettie Bank is an elongated sandbank in the North Sea, more specifically about in the middle of the eastern entrance of the Strait of Dover. North-western of it are the most dangerous Goodwin Sands, south of it the sandbank Ruytingen'. The vessel bumped a number of times on the sands & then found itself across them & in clear water. It was able, damaged, to reach Lowestoft, making much water, & presumably was soon repaired. The Court found Jobson to be guilt of negligent navigation in keeping the vessel too long (18 or 19 hours), on a single course & not using the lead to confirm his exact location. Jobson was, apparently, a man of noted diligence & honour. The Court took that into account & gave him a warning only. His employer stated at the hearing that they still had confidence in Jobson & LR indicates that he indeed remained the vessel's captain until the very end. Which was, per LR of 1886/87, to be 'Condemned'. 117.0 ft. long. You can read the report of the Court of Inquiry here. A summary is here. It would seem that there are lots of Congou crew lists available at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Is there anything you can add? Y 51179 35 Corra Linn (a yacht?)  316 W. Pile John Hay of London 51195 36 Cotopaxi, later Fortuna 487 W. Pile J. Hay of Sunderland, later (1870) John Hay of Durham, later (1880) H. & C. W. Bonus of London 53123 37 Cubana (a barque) 1 Note 477 James Hardie of Southwick The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1865/66 & 1866/67 only, owned by Ord & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the West Indies. In the first such listing the vessel is listed as a barque; in the second as a brig. It would seem that the vessel was, in fact, a barque. 138.2 ft. long. LR of 1866/67 states 'LOST'. The vessel made one successful voyage, from Swansea, rather than from Sunderland, to Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. The vessel returned to Swansea & on Apl. 25, 1866 again left for Santiago to Cuba, with a cargo of coal, iron & mining gear. At 2:30 a.m. on Apl. 26, 1866, the vessel bows-on struck the rocks of Seven Stones, off the Scilly Islands. 15 or 20 minutes later the vessel fell over on her starboard side & sank. A pinnace was launched under the command of Wm. Lovelace, chief mate, & 10 crew members (including Lovelace) and a single passenger made it to the nearby lightship, to be later landed by a pilot cutter at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Seven other crew members, including G. Jackson, her captain, refused to leave the ship & lost their lives when the vessel sank. The weather was clear & the winds were moderate at the time of the grounding (have also read they were strong) which happened during the captain's watch. He, however, remained asleep in his bunk - as was the mate. The vessel was actually under the control of the ship's carpenter who was one of those who lost their lives. A contemporary newspaper article is at left & here is a second article, strangely from the same edition of the very same newspaper. So a crew of 17 - 7 lost, 1 passenger - saved. Now the O.N. number at right may prove to be incorrect - the Mercantile Navy List records Cabana as having that number - but I cannot track a vessel named Cabana. Y 53093 38 Daring 191 J. Barkes Vallance & Co. of Shoreham, later (1870 & 1880) Charles Catt of Brighton, later (1890) Thos. Jefferson of West Hartlepool 53022 39 Deerfoot (a composite barque) 499 G. Gardner The vessel, which was first registered in Oct. 1865, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1881/82, owned thru that entire period by J. R. Kelso of North Shields. For service where indicated (thru 1873/74) from Sunderland to China in 1865/66 & from Shields to China from 1866/67 thru 1873/74. With D. Carlin serving as the vessel's captain thru 1869/70 or 1870/71 & thereafter, per LR, W. Eassons. It seems likely that the vessel was a frequent visitor to London & particularly to Hay's Wharf there. A 1952 volume entitled 'Three Hundred Years on London River: the Hay's Wharf Story (1651-1951)' by Aytoun Ellis, clearly refers to the vessel & may, if I interpret the data 'snippet' I saw correctly, contain a painting of the vessel. 148.0 ft. long. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1866 thru 1879 (1870) all list J. R. Kelso of North Shields as the vessel's then owner. It is not recorded in MNL of 1880. On Nov. 14, 1878, Deerfoot, under the command of Captain Easson, en route from London to Shields in ballast, having unloaded at London a cargo from Madras, now Chennai, India, encountered a strong gale & put into the Humber River for shelter. Many other vessels had done the same thing so the river was crowded. Deerfoot anchored S. of the Hawk Roads, 'only a short distance to the northward of mid-channel'. Enter Angelo, a 1536 ton mail steamer built at Hull in 1874, bound from Christiania (Oslo, Norway) for Hull with Captain Nicholson in command. Angelo had a crew of 30 & carried 47 passengers & the Norwegian mail. In the early evening of Nov. 17, 1878, Angelo entered the Humber River. It headed to what it though was a clear passage up the river but found the space was occupied by vessels without lights. Angelo ran into Deerfoot with such force that it sank in 10 minutes. Captain Easson's daughter and Deerfoot's crew got aboard Angelo while they were locked together. The Captain's wife was ready to get aboard also when, maybe wanting to recover something from the cabin, she went aft. Deerfoot, alas, sank & she was drowned, the sole loss of life. It is clear that Deerfoot should not have anchored where she did & might best have moved when possible. But that said there were no regulations governing the matter. The court concluded that Captain Easson was justified in mooring where he did. Further that Angelo i) should also have anchored after passing Bull light & ii) took too long in launching a ship's boat - 25 to 30 minutes. Nicholson's certificate was suspended for 3 months. I have not located the Inquiry Report but its findings were published in The Law Journal & can be read here. A summary is here. 'Fun' of Dec. 4, 1878 wryly commented  'Had there been anything in a name, we should have expected that the 'Deerfoot' had been doing the "running down" part of the affair'. Andy Bratley has kindly provided this newspaper article re the Inquiry & also the Mrs. Easson gravestone image at left. This article confirms that J. R. Kelso was still Deerfoot's owner at the time of the collision. I cannot tell you what happened next. I presume that the local authorities would have wished to raise Deerfoot as soon as possible & move her clear of the shipping channel. In that regard LR continued to list the vessel thru 1881/82. It is not unusual for LR, at that time, to continue to list vessels after they had been lost. I suspect that Deerfoot was too damaged to be repaired & returned to service but that is not confirmed. It is of interest that the Mercantile Navy List, which recorded the vessel in 1879 did not record her in 1880. Is there anything you can add? Or correct? Y 53436 40 Deucalion (a composite barque) 399 later 413 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel would seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1896/97. I express uncertainty because the LR registers of a few of those years are not available to the webmaster. The vessel was, per LR, initially owned by Smith & Co. & registered at Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean (in 1865/67), from Newport, Wales, to India (in the period of 1867/71), from Amsterdam to India (in 1871/72), & from Amsterdam to Rangoon (Burma, now Yangon, Myanmar) in 1872/74. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 & 1870 both record Alex. Smith of Sunderland as her then owner. In 1876/77, per LR, G. R. Booth, also of Sunderland was her owner for a short period. Soon (1878/79 certainly but the 1877/78 LR is unavailable) W. Hunt was the owner of the London registered vessel, now of 413 tons. The Mercantile Navy List of 1880 advises that the vessel was then registered at Weymouth & owned by William Hunt of London. Per LR, W. Hunt served as the vessel's captain from 1878/79 at least until part way thru 1881/82 when W. A. Hornbuckle of or registered at London, became the vessel's owner - thru 1889/90 perhaps or maybe a little later. The vessel is not listed in the Mercantile Navy List of 1890, Deucalion having become Greek registered & owned by D. Economides of Corfu, Greece - with A. E. Economides her captain. The vessel is not recorded in LR of 1897/98, which suggests that the vessel had by then been lost in some way. 122.9 ft. long, signal letters HDWS, later HFPK. Can you tell us what finally happened to her, or otherwise add anything? Robert Hunt has been in touch to advise that his great uncle, presumably William Hunt, owned the vessel & asks if an image of the vessel is available. While I do not have such an image, I am advised that a model of the vessel is in the Sunderland Museum model collection. Y 53105 41 Devonport (a ship) 1188 John Smurthwaite at Pallion I refer you, via the link at left, to ownership & operational history re the vessel. On Sep. 27, 1869, en route from London to Shanghai, China, the vessel struck on an unmarked reef off Great Natuna Island (NE of Singapore) in the China Sea. The vessel was run aground, soon filled with water & was sold in situ. 50143 42 Dipton 346 Richard Thompson Golightly & Co. of Sunderland, later George Golightly, (1870) of Sunderland, (1880) of East Bolden 53107 43 Duchess 371 W. Barklay Davison, later (1870 & 1880) William Davison, both of North Shields 49758 44 Dunholme 360 J. Crown Nicholson, later (1870) R. T. Nicholson, both of Sunderland 53081 45 Eagle 78 D. A. Douglas Mawer, later (1870 & 1880) George Mawer, both of Boston, later (1890 & 1900) William Robert Smith of King's Lynn 28714 46 Elizabeth & Catherine (a barque)  348 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Not known to webmaster   47 Ellen Browse  345 W. Naizby H. Browse, later (1870) H. Browse, junr., both of London 52799   Ellen Holt   W. Richardson Not known to webmaster   48 Emily 291 G. Bartram W. Irvin (William Irving perhaps), soon (1865/66) 'T. Farlan', later (1870) Thomas Farlane, all of North Shields 49757 49 Emily & Eliza, later became Emily Eliza 157 D. A. Douglas Sims & Co. of Portsmouth, later (1870 thru 1890) Thos. Smart of Bosham, Sussex, registered thru 1890 at Portsmouth 48890 50 Emma (a brig) 184 J. Briggs Paddon & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Peacock Brothers, later (1880) Bligh Peacock, both of Bishopwearmouth, later (1890) Charles Paddon, of Pallion. Wrecked Nov. 18, 1893. 53089 51 Empress (a barque) 391 Jas. Crown of Southwick The vessel, which was completed in Sep. 1865, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1882/83. For most of those years, thru part way thru 1880/81, the vessel was owned by C. Hodgson of Sunderland (from 1876/77, C. Hodgson & Co.), with C, Hodgson her captain thru 1872/73 & thereafter, under Hodgson ownership, C. Westerbrg (Westerberg or Westerburg). The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1880 all list Cuthbert Hodgson, of Sunderland, as her then owner (1870, 1880). For service initially from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, in 1866/67 & in 1870/1872 fro service from Sunderland to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from London to India from 1867/68 thru 1869/70 & from Sunderland to India in 1872/73. In 1880/81, per LR, G. Lewis became the vessel's owner, of & registered at Shanghai, China. i.e. George Lewis per MNL of 1882. With W. G. Willis serving as the vessel's captain. 131.1 ft. long, signal letters HFBR. Many crew lists for the vessel are on file at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. LR of 1882/83 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. I cannot tell you yet what happened to the vessel & when. Can you tell us about it? Y 53106 52 Erycina (a barque)  575 William Nicholson & Sons Nicholson & Sons, later (1870) Wm. Nicholson, jun., both of Sunderland, later (1880) Rosser Rosser, later (1890) David John Hughes, both of Swansea, Wales. On Nov. 22, 1877, the vessel, overhauled & repaired, lay at South Dock, Sunderland, for sale at public auction that day. As per this (in blue) contemporary newspaper advertisement. In early Sep. 1896, the vessel, then owned by 'Damara Land Guano Company, Limited', was moored at Cape Cross (Namibia, SW coast of Africa), unloading cargo. It dragged its anchors a number of times, ended up on shore & taking up water on Sep. 4, 1896 & became a total loss, The report of the Official Inquiry into her loss can be read here. 53094 53 Evening Star (a snow)  296 J. & J. Gibbon 'Donldsn' & Co, later (1870) Benjamin Dodd, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Monro of Arbroath. p059 53116 54 Fatfield 647/511 T. R. Oswald Fenwick & Co. of London, later (1870) William Stobart of Cockenhall, Durham, later (1880) John Burn, later (1890) "Fatfield" Steam Ship Co. Ltd., both of London 53114 55 Felis Bella 371 Reay & Naisby D. C. Scott of London. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 says wrecked 52670 56 Five Sisters 193 S. Metcalf McTaggart, later (1870) Donald McTaggart, both of Aberdeen 48867 57 Francoli (iron steamer)  1035/829 James Laing Tintoré & Co. of Barcelona, Spain   58 Fruiterer  357 J. Robinson Brown & Co., later (1870) William Brown, both of Sunderland 51193 59 General Nott  298 J. Lister Morris & Co., later (1870) Thos. Morris, both of Aberystwyth 49665 60 George & John Yourdi 249 Rawson & Watson N. Yourdi, later (1870) N. G. Yourdi, both of Queenstown, Cork 52554 61 George Bartram 284 G. Bartram G. Bartram of Sunderland, later (1870) of Hylton, later (1876) Robert Appleby Bartram of South Hylton, later (1880) John Paul of King's Lynn. The vessel was lost in a collision in the North Sea on Feb. 4, 1888. David Tranter has extensively researched the history of George Bartram ex the Kings Lynn Shipping registers in the Norfolk Record Office. His data can be seen here. Thanks so much, David. 53082 62 George Mills (a barque) 333 G. & J. Mills G. Mills of Sunderland, later (1870) George Mills of Southwick, later (1880) Robert Moffat of Gloucester. On Aug. 10, 1881, the vessel struck a shoal not marked on the charts near Narcisse Patches, Rio de la Plata, Buenos Aires. The vessel was not lost & later arrived at Maldonado, Uruguay. The report of the Official Inquiry into the matter can be read here. 53086   Georges & Rosine (limited data) 213 Reay & Naisby Initial owner not known to webmaster. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that M. Sakakini of Marseilles, France was the then owner   63 Gitanilla (a barque) 472 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) T. B. & R. Ord of Sunderland. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. The vessel is briefly referenced re Eunice here. 51167 64 Glencairn 243 Rawson & Watson Shotten & Co., later (1870) John Hall, later (1880) James Trattles, all of Sunderland 53091 65 Glendevon (an iron barque)  336 William Doxford The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1867/68. Owned by 'G. Lngridge' i.e. George Hy. Longridge of Bishopwearmouth, & registered at Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. LR of 1867/68 notes 'wrecked'. 130.4 ft. long. On Dec. 2, 1867, en route from Ibrail (now Brăila, eastern Romania, Black Sea) with a cargo of wheat, the vessel ran aground on Ushant Rocks (Ushant, French, Channel Islands, off Brest). No lives were lost. As per this contemporary newspaper article. Is there anything you can add? Y 53103   Glenroy (limited data)  351 G. Short Not known to webmaster   66 Golden Plover (a snow)  295 Gibbon & Nichol Morgan & Co., later (1870 & 1880) John Morgan, both of Sunderland. p059 53128 67 Grasmere (a ship)  465 G. Gardner Devitt & Co., later (1870) J. W. McLaren, later (1880) Thomas Lane Devitt, all of London, later (1890) The Kaurie Timber Co. Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia. The vessel was lost on Dec. 25, 1895 as per the report of the Official Inquiry available here. It was then owned by Samuel Morison & James Wilson, both of Sydney, New South Wales. 52663 68 Green Olive, later Glad, Green Olive 240 Gray & Young Richrds'n of Shields, later (1870 & 1880) R. Richardson of Amble, later (1890) Joseph Robinson of Littlehampton. It would seem that in or about 1881 the vessel was sold to foreign owners (Danish, I think) & renamed Glad. But soon, by 1885/86, became Green Olive again. LR of 1882/83 at p.817 is confusing indeed. 49762 69 Halicore 256 D. A. Douglas Milburn of Newcastle 51381 70 Hartlepool, later Caerau 466/351 James Laing J. (John) Forster of London, later (1870) Edward Temperley Gourley of Sunderland, later (1880) Geo. N. Wilkinson of London. It was later named Caerau & owned by Mawson & Goss & others of Newport, Wales, went missing in Mar. 1888. As per this report of the Official Inquiry into her loss. And this summary of the Inquiry. I have previously mentioned in this spot that the vessel was foreign owned along the way & possibly bore the name Reine des Belges. 52844 71 Harvest Queen (a barque) 374 W. H. Pearson J. & R. Hopper, later John Hopper, both of Sunderland 53085 72 Hiogo (an iron steamship) 738/502 James Laing A vessel which was lost on its maiden voyage. On Oct. 01, 1867, the vessel crashed into Sugar Loaf Rock, at the NE end of the Eddystone reef, 9 miles off Plymouth, Devon. Amazingly within 150 yards of & illuminated by the Eddystone light itself. 58083 73 Horriang (limited & confusing data)  1122 J. Davison It would appear that the vessel was first recorded in Lloyd's Register of 1974/75, stated to be built in 1875 & owned by J. White of London. In Lloyd's Register thru 81/82 with no owner name or number recorded. I include the vessel here because my source list indicates built in 1865. ? 70692 74 Huntleys 186 James Robinson J. Turner of North Shields, later (1870) John Turner of Amble, later (1880 thru 1900) George H. Gann of Whitstable, registered at Faversham, later (1910 & 1915) The Whitstable Shipping Co. Ltd. of Whitstable, also registered at Faversham. 49789 75 Hypatia 394 T. Metcalf Walker, later (1870) Thomas Walker, both of Sunderland, later (1880) George S. Stymest of Liverpool. 53099 76 Ida 389 W. Barklay J. Robinson, later (1870) John Robinson, both of South Shields. 'crewlist.org.uk' advises 'Wrecked and sold foreign 29/8/1874' Here 53206 77 Ilva (a barque) 300 later 288/307 later 313/324 W. H. Pearson Jr., at Pallion The vessel was first owned by Fairley Bros. of Sunderland. On Aug. 16, 1866, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, she drifted onto sharp rocks, was badly damaged & soon sold. Two South African owners. In 1873/74, the vessel became owned by W. Cook & Co of London. On Feb. 1, 1884 the vessel left Liverpool for Brazil, & was never heard from again. 53108 78 Isle of Beauty (a barque) 286 later 291/282 (G/N) T. Metcalf The vessel, which was first registered in Apl. 1865, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1873/84. It was owned, thru 1873/74 per LR, by J. Potts of Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867 thru 1874 all list John Potts of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, as the vessel's then owner (MNL of 1870 is here). With J. Potts serving as the vessel's captain thru 1872/73 & 'Trotter' for about a year thereafter. For service to the Mediterranean a) ex Sunderland (thru 1868/69) & b) ex Bristol (from 1869/70 thru 1871/72). And from Liverpool to the West Indies in 1872/73. In 1873/74 (thru 1882/83 per LR), the vessel was owned by J. Wood, which owner name per MNL's of 1875 thru 1883 means Jas. Wood, of Blyth, Northumberland. MNL of 1880 is here. A tiny puzzle. The available MNLs consistently record the vessel as registered at Sunderland, while LRs of 1873/74 thru 1875/76 record the vessel as registered at Blyth, becoming Sunderland thereafter. In 1873/74 the vessel, per LR, traded to the Baltic ex Sunderland. 'Robinson', per LR, served as the vessel's captain for the entire period of Wood ownership. In 1882/83, the vessel was sold again, to W. Shields of Blyth, i.e. per MNL of 1883, William Shields. With 'Godfrey' serving as the vessel's captain. 108.6 ft. long, signal letters HGWK. LR of 1883/84 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. Now this listing was created as a result of receiving a message from Stewart Wood, who tells me that Jas. Wood i.e. James Crasswell Wood (1852/1900) was Stewart's great grandfather & that he, in fact, resided during his whole life in Sunderland. Stewart further advises that Isle of Beauty was wrecked near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Dec. 27, 1883 (also per this page). I have read here that the vessel was wrecked at Papho, near Larnaca, (or at Paplio, in blue). Which location seems correctly to be Paphos, on the W. coast of Cyprus, quite a way to the W. of Larnaca. The crew were transferred to Limassol on the S. coast of Cyprus, & likely were repatriated from there by a British vessel. Many crew lists are here. Is there anything additional you can add? The circumstances of her loss, perhaps. Y. 51183 79 James Shepherd, later Vergine della Guardia (a ship, later a barque)  849 later 843/887 (N/G) tons W. Briggs Have only partially tried to research this vessel, which was launched in Jun. 1865 & first registered, at London, on Jul. 25, 1865 (scroll to #52742) Was owned by J. (presumably James) Shepherd, later J. Shepherd & Co. of London, thru 1881/82 per Lloyd's Register ('LR'). I checked LR of 1879/80 thru 1881/82 - then a barque with W. C. Madden her captain - to the time of sale. In 1881/82 the vessel was sold & re-named - sold to M. A. Lubrano of Castellammare di Stabia ('Stabia'), which is in Italy, located about 19 miles SE of Naples. And renamed Vergine della Guardia - registered #1311 at Stabia. Many vessel's captains during period of 'Lubrano' ownership - A. Mencino to 1882/83, S. Rinaldo thru 1884/85 at least, Mancini thru 1886/87, Albano thru 1889/90 at least, Lubrano thru 1892/93, Mancine thru 1896/97 at least, A. Castagliola in 1899/90. The 'Registro Italiano' records re 1886 (then owned by Michele Lubrano with Lubrano her then captain) & 1902 (A. Assante her then captain). In 1902 the vessel would seem to have been owned by 'Giuseppe Librano e S.' of Stabia & registered at Napoli #3440. 180.4 ft. long, signal letters KMVC later SQVR later SQTC. Of 843/887 tons from LR of 1891/92. The vessel traded frequently, it would seem, to the eastern seaboard of the United States. On Jan. 25, 1902 when en route from Barbados to Philadelphia, U.S.A., with a crew of 13 all told & under the command of 'Lubrano', all 13 crew members were saved from the vessel stranded at a point 1/2 mile SE of Wash Woods Life-Saving Station. Wash Woods is on the outer banks of North Carolina, just S. of the Virginia border. It would seem that the vessel was in ballast & not lost, indeed this further detail tells us that, after the crew had evacuated the vessel, it was hauled afloat by a wrecking tug & towed into port. The vessel must have been repaired because the vessel is still listed in LR of 1908/09. Crew lists, thru 1881, are available here. Need help. Y 52742 80 Jane  153 Liddle & Sutcliffe W. King of Portsmouth, later (1870) William King of Emsworth, Hants 48891 81 Jane Avery, later Catterina B. 422 Taylor & Scouler R. Avery, later (1870 & 1880) R. B. Avery, both of North Shields. Later, as Catterina B. (LR 1880/81 page 898) was owned by C. Babich of Finme (Fiume?) with L. Babich the vessel's captain. 49782 82 Jeanne et Mathilde 386 Blumer Initial owner not known to webmaster. Later, per Lloyd's Register of 1869/70, Lasnièr & Co. of Le Havre, France 49782 83 John Eyston  346 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) 'Harrild Br' i.e. Harrild Bros. of London 50195 84 Julia Ann Gale (a brigantine)  163 J. Rodgerson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1871/72, owned for her short lifetime, per LR at least, by Gale & Co. of Portsmouth, Hampshire. For initial service ex Sunderland but from 1870/71 for service as a Portsmouth coaster. However, the Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 & 1870 list the Portsmouth registered vessel as owned by Edward Flowers of Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 93.6 ft. long. LR of 1871/72 notes 'wrecked'. On Oct. 21, 1871, per line 2066 here, the 163 ton brigantine was stranded at Shipwash (near Felixstowe, Suffolk), while en route from Sunderland to Portsmouth with a cargo of coal. Crew of 7 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by Edward Flowers. Anything you can add? Y 48893 85 Juliana, later Nova Uniao (a barque)  399/415 J. Gill Was owned by J. de Arano of Bilbao, Spain. In 1882/83, renamed Nova Uniao, the vessel became owned by J. D. d'Oliviera, of Oporto, Portugal. 53102 86 Juliet 213 Reay & Naisby Cooper & Co. of London 52804 87 Lady Head 457 G. & J. Mills Hudson's Bay Co. of London thru 1900 52674 88 Lady Louisa, possibly later Ison (see text at right) (a composite barque) 542 later 543 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1888/89, was launched in Aug. 1865, owned thru 1883/84 at least (LR of 1884/85 is not available to the webmaster) by Wilson & Co., of Sunderland, but from 1873/74 of London. For some quite varied service. Initially from Sunderland to London, from 1867/68 thru 1869/70 for service from London to India, in 1870/71 for service ex London to the Swan River Colony at Perth, Western Australia ("WA"). Per Trove, Australia, the vessel, on Jan. 23, 1870, left Gravesend, London, for Fremantle, WA. It arrived there on Apl. 25, 1870 after a voyage of 88 days - with a single passenger. The vessel moved on from Fremantle to Champion Bay (Geraldton, WA), took on a load of wool, pearl shells, gum & lead ore & on or about Oct. 15, 1870 left Geraldton for her return voyage to Gravesend, arriving there on Jan. 23, 1871. From 1871/72 to 1872/73 the vessel served China ex London, & in 1873/74 served China ex Cardiff, Wales. But something seems amiss with the ownership data per LR as stated above. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 220, image soon) & 1870 both list Joseph Oliver of Blackheath, Kent, as her then owner, while the 1880 edition records John Wilson of South Hackney, London. There are many later ownership changes. In 1885, John H. Hadley of London was the vessel's owner. T. Rhys of London became the vessel's owner in 1885/86, West of England S. (Ship?) Co. Limited, of London, in 1886/87, R. Jarvis of London in 1887/88 & also in that year, renamed Ison, F. Regnier of Le Havre, France, with F. Regnier also serving as her captain. The name Ison was quite difficult to read - that is what it looks like to me. But that LR data may well prove to have been in error. Since in 1888/89 no vessel named Ison is LR listed rather Lady Louisa is listed again, owned & captained by D. Regnier, of Le Havre. 152.0 ft. long, signal letters RWPQ. The vessel is not listed in LR of 1889/90 or 1890/91. I do not know what finally happened to the vessel. If you know, or have any additional data, do consider being in touch. Y 52850 89 La Mare (limited data)  423 J. Robinson Adolphe & Co. of Bordeaux, France   90 Leader (a barque) 359 R. Pace The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71, owned for that entire if short period by Eggleston & Co. of Sunderland. For service initially from Sunderland to the West Indies, later the Clyde to the West Indies. 119.9 ft. long, signal letters HGFK. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records Henry Eggleston of Sunderland as her then owner. LR of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. On Mar. 6, 1871, per line 1268 here, the 359 ton barque was abandoned at sea, at 44N/8W in the Bay of Biscay, while en route from Sunderland to Venice, Italy, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned by Henry Eggleston. Y 53122 91 Lena 875/679 James Laing Norwood & Co., later (1870 thru 1890) Chas. M. Norwood, both of London. Sold to Norwegian owners. Ilkka Järvinen advises us (thanks!) that on Sep. 14, 1865. Lena was in collision with Hannah Park, a snow, in the Gulf of Finland. Lena was not damaged, however, Hannah Park which had been en route from Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia) to London with a cargo of wheat, sank as a resukt. No loss of life. Hannah Park was also built in Sunderland, by C. W. Crown in 1856. As per this Finnish newspaper archive entry (marked in red) & from two more references also available here.  52684 92 Lennox Castle (a ship) 693 G. S. Moore Skinner, later (1870 & 1880) Thos. Skinner, both of Glasgow. I read that on Sep. 20, 1865, the vessel, en route from Sunderland to Hong Kong with 'Dobbie' in command, was in contact off Flamboro' Head, Yorkshire, with the Marquis of Bute, a brig, & suffered considerable damage. The webmaster cannot yet identify any brig named Marquis of Bute. It may well have been the barque of the name built at Greenock in 1841 - ON 12314. 52624 93 Leonie 267 J. Denniston Jackson & Co., later (1870) Richard Jackson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Fras. Stafford of Blyth registered at North Shields. 51185 94 Lizzie 346 G. Short J. Russell, later (1870) Jno. Russell, both of Cork 52551 95 Loch Lomond (a snow)  286 Gibbon & Nichol Dodd & Co., later (1870) Philip Dodds, both of North Shields. p059 49775 96 Lumley (iron steamer) 683/538 James Laing Morton & Co. of Sunderland, later Henry Thos. Morton of Biddick Hall, Durham. 51197 97 Madby Ann  99 L. Wheatley Grayd'n & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870 thru 1900) William Johnson of Knottingley, Yorkshire, later (1910) William Caisley of Howden Dyke, Yorkshire, later (1920) Allan Adams & Co. Ltd. of Southampton. 53119 98 Maitland (a ship) 799 William Pile Kelso, later John R. Kelso, both of North Shields. 53441 99 Marinus (a snow)  291 J. Lister Wilkinson & Co., later (1870) John Wilkinson, both of Sunderland. 110.5 ft. long, signal letters WQPH. It seems likely that this in the Marinus which briefly ran aground, at Antigua, in May 1876, as referred to here. 53087 100 Mary & Catherine  281 J. Briggs J. Crisp, later (1870) Joseph Crisp, later (1880) Samuel P. Austin of Wear Dock Yard, all of Sunderland. Later sold to Russian owners. 53124 101 Mary Ann (a barque)  342 John Thompson W. Richardson of South Shields, later (1870) Noble C. Richardson of Newcastle. p092 47179 102 Mary Hick  430 J. Gill Hick & Co., later (1870) Pantland Hick, both of Scarborough. 45498 103 Marys 366 J. Robinson Varey & Co., later (1870) Henry G. Rugg, both of Sunderland. Foundered Dec. 17, 1874. 51180 104 May Queen 473 Wm. Pickersgill Harper & Co., later (1870) Jno. S. Harper, later (1880) John S. Harper. Later sold to foreign owners. 53203 105 Medway (iron steamer) 1823/1464 T. R. Oswald Temperley, later Jno. Temperley, both of London. 52791 106 Melania (a brig) 247 Barkes N. Olaguivel of Bilbao, Spain.   107 Memphis Note 1210/956 W. Pile Pile & Co. of Sunderland, later? David Verbist & Co. 51200 108 Merlin (a barque) 367 R. H. Potts & Bros. Potts & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Later (1870) R. H. Potts, later (1880) John Firth, both of Sunderland. 121.8 ft. long. 51198 109 Miranda 293 W. Richardson Rickinson, later (1870) Matthew Rickinson, both of West Hartlepool 49807 110 Monkchester 549 G. Peverall A. Strong, later (1870) Anthony Strong, both of North Shields 49769 111 Moorhill Note 484 A. Simey Simey & Co., later (1870) Francis Riston, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) Elijah Brown of Liverpool. 51166 112 Morning Glory  440 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Tully & Son of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 states BURNT. 51164 113 Natalian (an iron steamer) 453 later 405/620 (net/gross) George Haswell So far as I can see, the vessel was never listed in Lloyd's Register. An iron steamer, 405/620 tons (in 1872), 80 HP. Its initial owner is unknown to webmaster, however, the Mercantile Navy List of 1867 states that Diamond Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., of London, was the then owner of the London registered 453 ton vessel. The 1870 equivalent lists the vessel, now registered at Sunderland, as owned by James Westoll of Sunderland. He may well have acquired the vessel in 1969. Signal letters HDGN. On Dec. 17, 1872, per line 3207 here, the 405/620 ton steamer was stranded at Sunderland, while en route from London to Sunderland in ballast. Crew of 16 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by James Westoll. What exactly happened to her? 'Blue Peter' tells us on page 161 as follows '.... in December 1872 ... her engines broke down and she was taken in tow off Whitby by one of her sisters, the WEAR. When the towline broke the NATALIAN set all sail - steamers were all well equipped in those days - and she made good progress on her way to Sunderland. Unfortunately she drifted on to rocks on the East side of Hendon Dock and rapidly broke up. The crew of 17 getting ashore by rocket apparatus.' Anything you can add? Y 52738 114 Neva (an iron steamer) 971 T. R. Oswald John A. Dunkerley & Co. of Kingston upon Hull 53268 115 Newbiggin (a barque) 336 B. Hodgson at Hylton The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71, owned for her short lifetime by G. Dawson of Blyth, Northumberland. For service initially from Sunderland to the Black Sea, later Aberdeen & Swansea to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists the Shields registered vessel as owned by George R. Dawson of Blyth. 115.9 ft. long, signal letters HLMV. On Jun. 11, 1870, per line 234 here, the 336 ton barque burnt when in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, while en route from Britonferry (Briton Ferry, between Swansea & Port Talbot, Wales) to Constantinople (now Istanbul) with a cargo of coal. LR of 1870/71 states 'BURNT'. Crew of 10 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by G. R. Dawson. Y 49778 116 Nile (an iron steamer) 725 T. R. Oswald John A. Dunkerley & Co. of Kingston upon Hull 53264 117 Nonpareil (a barque, later a lighter) 399 J. & E. Lumsden of Pallion The vessel was Sunderland owned (Marshall) thru 1867, then French owned (Noe), but from 1875 became Australian owned. Ownership details via the link at left. The vessel became a lighter in or about 1889 & served in that capacity thru 1913. 51174 118 Northumbria 295 G. Bartram Adamson & Co., later (1870) John Adamson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Dixon of Blyth 54821 119 Northwick (an iron steamer) 770/594 George Haswell Gayner & Co. of London. 202.0 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 states 'wrecked'. 52667 120 Ogmore (a barque) 328/347 John Thompson William Nicholson of Sunderland. 51178 121 Onward (an iron steamer)  783/624 T. R. Oswald The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1871/72, owned initially by T. Oswald of Sunderland but very soon by C. Gumm of London. I had previously noted that the vessel was launched as Needlegun, though I cannot recall the source of that data. For service initially from Sunderland to London, soon from London to Boston, U.S.A. In 1867/68, Priest Brothers of Hull became the vessel's owner for service from London to the Mediterranean. J. Priest was the vessel's captain during their period of ownership. In 1869/70, per LR, Prynn & Co. of Hull became the vessel's owner for service from Hull to the Baltic. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists the Hull registered vessel as owned by Augustus Wm. Henry Prynn of Kingston-upon-Hull. 218.8 ft. long. LR of 1871/72 notes that the vessel was 'wrecked'. On Apl. 2, 1871, per line 1775 here, the steamer was sunk off Domesness, located at the tip of land at the entrance to the Gulf of Riga, Latvia, while en route from Hull to Riga, Latvia, with a cargo of machinery etc. Crew of 19 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by August W. H. Prynn. Can you tell us about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? Y 53110 122 Pacific (a barque) 386 later 379/391 James Hardie of Southwick A vessel which had a relatvely short life. On Apl. 02, 1878, the vessel arrived at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, ex Marseilles, France, in ballast & departed that port for Valparaiso, Chile. When in the Pacific Ocean, the vessel encountered heavy weather, lost its rudder, took on water & had to be abandoned. The crew were saved by Cranger, said to be a London barque, & were 2 weeks later landed at Valparaiso. 49768 123 Pauillac 366 R. Pace Lopes & Cie of Bordeaux, France   124 Phillis (a barque)  347 John Thompson A vessel, always owned by Mark Foreman of South Shields, that had a very short life. On Oct. 17, 1871, the vessel foundered at Kileradan, mouth of River Shannon, W. Ireland, while en route from Limerick, Ireland, to Shields in ballast. Crew of 12 - none lost. 47176 125 Phillis & Mary 242 James Hardie Turnbull & Co., later (1870) James Turnbull, both of Blyth, later (1880) James B. Williams, later (1890) Thomas Gould Robins, both of Guernsey & registered at North Shields, later (1900) Robert Parker of West Hartlepool, registered at Guernsey 49767 126 Preston 347 W. Chilton Hunton & Co., later (1870) Christopher Hunten, both of North Shields, later (1880) William Davison of Morpeth, Northumberland 53438 127 Primus (a steamship) 656/521 James Laing Thomas & Co. of Whitby, later (1870) John R. Thomas of York registered at Whitby, later (1880) Robert Harrowing of Whitby. I previously recorded J. H. Thomas & Co. 45740 128 Prince Rupert, later Biland 1, 2, 3 Note 491 W. Briggs & Sons Hudson's Bay Company 52682 129 Prudhoe (a barque) 576 later 580 John T. Alcock The vessel was launched on May 29, 1865 for John Dryden of North Shields, intended for the China trade. Or launched, per this page, on May 27, 1865. The vessel is essentially Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1899/1900 at least though it is not listed in 1874/75 & there are a number of years where the LR edition is not available to the webmaster. The vessel was owned by J. Dryden of North Shields thru 1873/74, initially for service from Sunderland to China, for service from London to China in 1867/68 & 1868/69 and for service to India in 1869/70 & 1870/71. LR of 1871/72 references service from Shields to Penang, Malaysia, which service became that year Shields to China & that last service continued thru 1873/74. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 313, image soon) & 1870 both list the vessel's then owner as being Jno. Dryden of North Shields. LR of 1875/76 is not available to the webmaster. From 1876/77 thru until 1889/90 at least, the vessel, per LR, was owned by J. L. Ugland of Arendal, on the SE coast of Norway. For a few years, from 1893/94 thru 1896/97, Joh. Klöcker, also of Arendal, was listed as the vessel's owner, but ownership would seem to have reverted maybe to J. L. Ugland in 1897/98 thru 1899/1900, the last LR register I have available. Perhaps the two individuals were business partners? A friend of the site has advised that he has read that in 1905, the vessel was owned by T. H. Aarstad of Egersund, near Stavanger, Norway. 151.9 ft. long, later 152.9 ft. The vessel became of 580 tons in 1888/89. Can you advise the webmaster what finally happened to the vessel? It had a very long life! Y 49773 130 Queen of the North 398 W. Pile Ellis & Co., later (1870) Henry Ellis, later (1880) Edwin S. Houlder, all of London, later (1890) Jas. de V. Le Couteur of Altona, Germany, registered at Guernsey. Became Gertrude Henriquez, not registered in the U.K. Later, in 1915 thru 1930, renamed Daggry & registered at Middlesbrough, the vessel was owned by William Slater of Middlesbrough.  52681 131 Rebecca (a snow) 200 J. M. Reed The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71, owned for that short period by Burnacle & Co. of Sunderland. For service initially from Sunderland to Hamburg, Germany, then for service as a Sunderland coaster but soon from Sunderland to the Mediterranean and/or the Black Sea. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870 records Jno. C. Burnacle of Sunderland, as the vessel's then owner. 95.3 ft. long. LR of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. On Jan. 3, 1871, per line 1153 here, the 200 ton snow foundered near Syra, Greece, while en route from Swansea to Syra with a cargo of coal. Crew of 9 - none lost. Then owned, per such report, not by Burnacle but rather by Septimus Hutchinson. Y 53088 132 Republic 386 John Blumer 'Le Lach'r & Sons', later (1870) Jno. A. Le Lacheur, both of Guernsey 50213 133 Robina  322 Taylor & Scouler Taylor & Co., later (1870) Richard Taylor, both of North Shields 53207 134 Robin Hood (a ship)  941 Taylor & Scouler The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1872/73, owned for that short period by 'Stuck'y &', i.e. Stuckey & Co., of London. For initial service from Sunderland to China, but from 1867 for service ex London, to such places as China, India & Batavia (today Jakarta, Indonesia). The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 329) & 1870 record Vincent Stuckey, of Langport, Somerset, as the then owner of the London registered vessel. 180.3 ft. long, signal letters HRNS. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'wrecked'. On Feb. 19, 1872, per line 3214 here, the 941 ton ship went missing while en route from Sourbays (Surabaya, Java) to Rotterdam with a cargo of sugar, tobacco, etc. Crew of 22 - all lost. Then owned, per such report, by Vincent Stuckey. Anything you can add? Y 52675 135 Robinson's 213 Rawson & Watson 'Robinsn' & Co., later (1870) Francis Robinson, both of Whitby, later (1880) Richard Allix of Saint Helier, Jersey 45741 136 Romeo 210 Reay & Naisby D. C. Scott, later (1870) David C. Scott, both of London 52752 137 Rosetta (a barque) 398 W. Barklay The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1872/73, owned for that short period by Jacobs Bros. of Swansea. For service initially from Sunderland to South America, but from 1870/71 for service from Swansea to South America. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 332) & 1870 record Chapman Jacobs, of Swansea, as the then owner of the Swansea registered vessel. 127.0 ft. long. LR of 1872/73 states 'foundered'. On Aug. 23, 1872, per line 2547 here, the 398 ton barque foundered near Mocho Island (Isla Mocha, a small island off the coast of Arauco Province, Chile), while en route from Lota, Chile, to Swansea with a cargo of bar copper. Crew of 15 - none lost. Then owned by Chapman Jacobs. The circumstances of the vessel's loss have not yet come to hand. Can you tell us more? Y 53120   Royal Standard (a snow or brig) 287 Edward Potts of Seaham The vessel, which was registered at Sunderland, on Mar. 10, 1865 (scroll to #51172), is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1864/65 & 1865/66 only, owned by Dodds & Co. of Sunderland, with 'Dodds' the vessel's captain. LR does not note the vessel's rig - likely a snow or brig. For service from Sunderland to Hamburg, Germany. 104.6 ft. long, no crew lists are available. LR of 1865/66 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. While en route from Sunderland to Cronstadt (St. Petersburg), Russia, likely with a cargo of coal, the vessel, on May 31, 1865, struck upon Læsoe (Læsø island, Bay of Kattegat, Demark) & sank. There was no loss of life, the crew being landed at Elsinore, Denmark. As per this newspaper cutting. The circumstances? This newspaper cutting tells us that there was a massive storm in the Baltic that caused the loss or damage of not only Royal Standard (noted to be a brig) but also of more than 60 other vessels. Can anybody tell us anything additional? Y 51172 138 Royal Union 285 W. Barklay R. Ness, later (1870 & 1880) Robert Ness, both of South Shields 53209 139 Saint Angelo 319 Rawson & Watson G. & J. Robinson, later (1870) Joseph Robinson, both of Littlehampton, Sussex 43513 140 Saint Vincent 1 892 William Pile Devitt & Co., later (1870) Devitt & Moore, later (1880) Thomas Lane Devitt, all of London. Ebay vendor 'scott-base' advised that the ship was reduced to a barque in about 1887 when sold to Joh. Boysen of Kristiansand & renamed Axel. Was sold in 1896 to S. T. Jørgensen & in about 1907 was broken up. 52770 141 Sallee Rover  108 William Doxford T. (Thos.) Anderson & Co. of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1866/67 states Wrecked 53100 142 Sanderson (a barque)  490 James Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire if short period by Sanderson of Sunderland. For service initially from Sunderland to India, in 1867/68 from Sunderland to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from 1869/70 for service from Liverpool to India. The Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1867 (page 341) & 1870 record Wm. Sanderson of Sunderland, as the then owner of the Sunderland registered vessel. 141.3 ft. long, signal letters HKTJ. LR of 1872/73 states 'BURNT'. On Sep. 30, 1872, per line 2602 here, the 490 ton barque was burnt off Cavo (where is it, I wonder), while en route from Algoa Bay (E. coast of S. Africa, about 425 miles E. of Cape of Good Hope) to London. Crew of 15 - none lost. Then owned by John Sanderson. The essential circumstances of the vessel's loss have now come to hand. Via this reference in Illustrated London News. Which tells us that a silver tankard was awarded to F. S. A. Ahlers of the ship Mathilde of Hamburg, Germany, for the rescue of all 16 crew from the burning Sanderson, at a point about 70 miles off the Azores. Sanderson's cargo was wool. The crew were landed at Hamburg. Can you tell us more? Y 53097 143 Sarah King  155 Liddle & Sutcliffe J. King, later (1870) Joseph P. King, both of Portsmouth, later (1880) William Turner of Fareham, later (1890) George Judson of Seaham Harbour, Durham 48887 144 Scotland  375 T. Stonehouse Brightman & Co., later (1870) Chas. J. Brightman, later (1880) William Hy. Turner, all of London 52709 145 Sea Drift  376 W. Naizby J. Short, later (1870) John Short, both of North Shields 49759 146 Sisters (a brig)  221 L. Wheatley of North Hylton J. Hall, later (1870) Jno. Hall, both of North Shields, later (1880) Thomas Lyons of Belfast. Lost Dec. 07, 1886 49763 147 Southwick (a barque) 337 later 316 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) R. Penney, later Robt. H. Penney, both of Shoreham. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 51194 148 Souvenir (a composite barque) 327 Blumer and Company Walker & Co. of Sunderland 53104 149 Spring 377 George Barker W. Kish, later (1870) Wm. Kish, later (1880) Thomas Kish, all of Sunderland 51177 150 Star of Gwent  369 J. Robinson H. Beynon of Newport 49699 151 Star of Peace (a brig) 235 Blumer and Company F. Stafford, later Francis Stafford, both of Blyth 49765 152 Star of the East (a barque) 392 W. Pile Pardew & Co., of Plymouth. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel was lost on the coast of Corea [sic] on Sep. 21, 1869. Ex The Pall Mall Gazette, Tue. Jan. 11, 1870 - Casualties, Hong Kong, Nov. 30. – The Star of the East, Smith, from Shanghai for Passiete, was stranded at Garshkewitch Bay, Corean Coast, Sept. 20, and was abandoned on the 24th, the natives not allowing the crew to land or the vessel to be touched. The vessel was not listed in Lloyd's Register of 1868/69. 48978 153 Star of the North, later Etoile du Nord (a ship, later a barque) 662 Pile Hay & Co. Pardew & Co., later (1870) Arthur Pardew, later (1880) Charles F. Ellis, all of Plymouth. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel's Plymouth registry ended on Jun. 8, 1887 when the vessel was sold to a French owner. That owner was H. Prentout-Leblond of Rouen, France, who renamed her Etoile du Nord. Later E. Boniface was added as an additional owner. Likely condemned in or about 1894/5. 53109 154 Star of the South, later Etoile du Sud (a ship, later a barque) 665 Pile Hay & Co. Pardew & Co., later (1870) Arthur Pardew, later (1880) Edwin Smith, all of Plymouth. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel's Plymouth registry ended on Aug. 24, 1887 when the vessel was sold to a French owner. That owner was M. Thomas of Le Havre, France, who renamed her Etoile du Sud. 53115 155 Star of the West (an iron barque) 387 Pile Hay & Co. A vessel which had a very short life. On Jun. 10, 1870, while en route from Algoa Bay, S. Africa to London, the barque ran aground, in thick fog, on one of the Kella rocks, off the island of Ushant (French, Channel Islands) & sank nine or so hours later. Her crew & passengers were all rescued & safely landed at Brest, France. 48974 156 Syv Brodre (a brig) 229 W. Adamson P. Clausen of 'Xensnd'. Where is 'Xensnd'?    157 Tae Wan 566 G. Peverall Davison of London. Lloyd's Register of 1867/68 states wrecked ? 52656 158 Tavistock 533 J. Davison W. Atkinson of Shields, later (1870) William Ball Atkinson of Tynemouth 49756 159 Titania 231 Reay & Naisby D. C. Scott of London. Lloyd's Register of 1865/66 says wrecked   160 Tynedale 583 Wm. Pickersgill J. & H. or J. J. & H. Scott, later Jas. Jackson Scott, both of Newcastle 51353 161 Uitenhage, later Bourgogne (an iron steam  passenger vessel)  1462/1118 (gross/ net) James Laing So far as I can see, this vessel was not Lloyd's Register listed. It was launched, as Uiten, on Sep. 17, 1864 as per this contemporary newspaper cutting. Built, per that article, for Diamond Screw Steam Shipping Company. Capable of carrying 160 passengers & intended to serve the Cape (of Good Hope), Algoa Bay (E. coast of South Africa) & Port Natal (Durban, South Africa), with direct passenger & mail service. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 records her then owner as being Diamond Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. of London. Thanks to this page (with image), (Google translated into English) I learn that later in 1867, Sociètè Generale du Transports Maritimes of Marseilles, France, acquired the vessel, for service from Marseilles to Brazil and the River Plate ports including Buenos Aires in Argentina. 318.2 ft. long, 250 HP, 3 masted, speed of 10 knots, equipped, apparently, with a fireplace. That page advises that the vessel was dismantled at Marseilles, in 1896. See also this translated page. Can you tell us more? Y 51159 162 United Service 910 George Haswell Initial owner unknown to webmaster, later (1870) Wm. Gray of London, later (1871/1895) James Westoll of Sunderland. Sold to Norwegian owners. 52836 163 Unity, later Melanie 247 J. Barkes J. Smith of London. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that the vessel, renamed Melanie, was owned by N. Olaguivel of Bilbao, Spain ? 52782 164 Verena  426 Peter Austin Ayre & Co., later (1870) James Ayre, later (1880) John Hopper, all of Sunderland 51169 165 Vigilant 235 Rawson & Watson J. Hall, later (1870) John Hall, both of Sunderland 53092 166 Wanderer (a barque) 360 W. H. Pearson Ayre & Co., later, per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867, James Ayre of Sunderland. Later, per the 1870 MNL edition, John Hopper, also of Sunderland. 123.8 ft. long, signal letters HBTM. 51173 167 Warkworth Castle (a snow)  269 L. Wheatley J. Shotton, later (1870 & 1880) Jas. Shotton, both of Amble, registered at Shields. 108.5 ft. long, signal letters HGMJ. Lloyd's Register of 1881/82 notes that the vessel had been 'Stranded'. 49786 168 Waterlily (a snow)  233 Gray & Young The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1869/70, owned by J. Cole of Blyth, for service from Sunderland to the Baltic. 101.0 ft. long. LR of 1869/70 states that the vessel had been LOST. An important source has stated that the vessel was launched as England and is on lists as both England & Water Lily. Lloyds Register seems to consistently record Waterlily. The source stated the ON number to be 53095. The Mercantile Navy List confirms (enter England) there was an England of that number. 53095 169 Wear  699/556 T. R. Oswald Oswald & Co., later (1870) Thomas Ridley, later (1880 & 1890) James Westoll, all of Sunderland. Collided & sank in 1898 53083 170 Weardale, later Marchiani (a snow or brig, later a barque)  287 J. & J. Gibbon, of Hylton The webmaster has not researched this vessel. Which was, however, owned, per Lloyd's Register of 1867/68, by T. & E. G'rdner', with T. Gardner serving as the vessel's captain. For service from Sunderland to the Baltic. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1866 lists Thomas H. Gardner, of Sunderland, as her then owner. Later (in 1870 per MNL), by Edwin Gardner, both of Sunderland. The vessel is last MNL listed in 1878, still owned by Edwin Gardner. 105.4 ft. long, signal letters HWTD. It is the webmaster's belief that the vessel, in or about 1878, was sold to foreign owners. And renamed. This Italian register of 1886 lists what I believe to be the vessel, now of 287.40 tons, re-named Marchiani, owned by Fort. Marchiani of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, registered there in Apl. 1885, with F. Braschi then her captain. Livorno vessel #1061. I happened to spot the vessel later, in Lloyd's Register of 1891/92, now a barque of 287/303 tons. Still owned by F. Marchiani with the same captain. Signal letters QLBD. Needs work on the history! 51199 171 W. E. Gladstone (a composite barque) 534 G. Peverall The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 likely thru 1881/82, owned thru 1878/79 by Glover Bros. of London. The vessel was named after William Ewart Gladstone, a prominent British politician who later, in a career of over 60 years, served as U.K.'s Prime Minister for no less than 4 separate terms. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of both 1867 (page 403) & 1870 advise that the vessel was then owned by Robert Reavelly (correctly, per Bill Swift, Reaveley) Glover, of London. For initial service ex Sunderland, with voyages to India & China noted. From 1871/72, per LR, the vessel served ex London to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) & to Algoa Bay (E. coast of South Africa). LR of 1879/80 is not available to the webmaster. The MNL of 1880 still records, however, Robert Reavelly Glover as her then owner. In the 1880/81 LR edition, the vessel was stated to be owned by G. (George) B. Meager of Swansea. 148.5 ft. long, signal letters HFVB. LR of 1881/82 notes that vessel had been 'abandoned'. Under some most extraordinary circumstances - do read on. Now Bill Swift has researched the history of W. E. Gladstone, a history far more extensive that can be accommodated here. You will, I know, enjoy reading Bill's truly extensive research paper, crammed with contemporary newspaper cuttings & a possible image, now available here. Re the vessel's 'abandonment', Bill advises that the vessel had sailed from Pisagua (then in Chile), for the U.K. with a cargo of saltpetre. On Sep. 5, 1881, in the vicinity of Cape Horn, the vessel was abandoned, the entire crew being rescued by Columba, an Italian barque, & landed 3 months later at Queenstown, Ireland. A Board of Trade (BoT) Inquiry into the loss determined that the vessel had been deliberately scuttled (holes drilled into her hull below water line, etc.) & the licences of the captain (John Harries) & mate (David L. John) were cancelled. Strangely the vessel & its cargo had been underinsured. Do read Bill's fine research study which contains the text of the Inquiry Report. Y 54581 172 William Clowes 562 James Robinson J. Robinson, later (1870) John Robinson, both of South Shields 47171 173 William Dyer (a brig, later a brigantine)  186 J. & E. Lumsden Dyer & Co. of Weymouth 28017 174 William Shillito (a barque) 289 J. Davison Anderson & Co., later (1870) Thomas Anderson, both of Sunderland. Some modest repairs (in blue) in 1879. 111.5 ft. long, signal letters HCFN. 51196 175 William Thurlbeck, later Ispilen (a brig or snow) 294 Jas. Crown Wilkinson & Co., later (1870 & 1880) John Wilkinson, both of Sunderland. I have not researched this vessel but note that it was later, presumably after 1880, renamed Ispilen, & owned by AktieSelskabet "Ipsilen" of Kragero (Kragerø), Norway. The 1887/88 edition of Lloyd's Register notes that the vessel had been 'STRANDED". 108.6 ft. long, signal letters HGBD. 53125 176 Zoe (a composite barque)  492 William Doxford Candlish & Co. of Sunderland 51186     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1865? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 172 vessels of 73134 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1866 (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.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Agatha 431 Mills Hankey & Co. 54611 2 Aldebaran (a barque) 399 Robert Thompson Junior Penney & Co. of Shoreham, later (1870) R. H. Penney, later (1880) Robert Horne Penney, both of Southwick, Sussex. Stranded Nov. 15, 1880 54787 3 Alice Scott 239 William Doxford D. C. (Cooper) Scott of London, later (1890) Edwin Frasr. Hickman, later (1900) Andrew Ewing, all of London 54761 4 Alpine Crag (a snow or brig) 268 D. A. Douglas The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1870/71, owned by J. Spence of North Shields. For service initially ex Sunderland but from 1868/69 for service from Swansea to South America. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the 254 ton vessel as registered at North Shields & owned by John Spence of North Shields. 106.1 ft. long, signal letters HQLN. LR of 1870/71 states 'wrecked'. On Aug. 24, 1870, per line 859 here, the 268 ton brig was stranded in Tralee Bay, while en route in ballast from Tralee. Tralee Bay is on the W. coast of Ireland in County Kerry, S. of the Shannon estuary. This site records the wreck (about 25% down page) as being at Leary's Island. Crew of 8 - none lost. Vessel then owned by John Spence. Y 56468 5 Alswold (a brig) 300 Gibbon & Nichol Bennett & Co., later (1870) Thomas Bennett, both of South Shields, later (1880) William Allen of Weybourne, Norfolk. Lost Oct. 10, 1880. p059 56111 6 Amadine (a composite barque) 547 Robert Thompson Junior It would appear that this vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1876/77. It may well be also listed in LR of 1877/78, which edition is not available to the webmaster. The vessel was consistently owned by 'Atkinson', initially M. Atkinson of North Shields but from 1876/77 M. H. Atkinson & registered at London. For service, thru 1873/74, from Sunderland to China, & then, where such data is provided, from London to India. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 18, image soon), 1875 & 1876, all record the vessel as registered at North Shields & owned by M. H. Atkinson of that city. 152.5 ft. long, 3 masts, signal letters HMBD. On or about Dec. 10, 1876, the vessel, ablaze from stem to stern, was abandoned & sank in the Indian Ocean at a point roughly 3,500 miles due E. of the S. tip of South Africa. At 33S/81.49E. The vessel, under the command of John Watson, with a crew of 14 (reduced from 15 due to death), was en route from London (left Aug. 30, 1876) to Penang, Malaysia, with a cargo that included coal, coal tar, matches, spirits, wine & beer. The coal, 325 tons, was ex the Davison's Hartley & West Hartley mines. On Dec. 6, 1876, a sulphurous smell was noticed but no effort was made to establish the cause. The smell increased over the following two days. On Saturday Dec. 9, 1876 additional ventilation of the cargo was provided, soon at many points along the deck. A fire had taken hold & water was pumped into the hold as best was possible since the main pumps had been burnt & were useless. By 2 or 3 a.m. on Dec. 10, 1876 the fires were beyond control & the crew were forced to abandon ship & take to the boats. To be rescued 9 days later by Ardgowan. a Glasgow ship, & landed at Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. The Court of Inquiry concluded that the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of the coal in the cargo. The master was considered to be partially at blame for not investigating the smell of Dec. 6, 1876 & taking action earlier. David Watts has alerted the webmaster (thanks!) to the report of the Board of Inquiry, available as a 'pdf' file here, from which this account was derived. The vessel was then owned by Matthew Hall Atkinson, who had died by the time of the Inquiry. A summary of the Inquiry's findings is here. The vessel's loss is also reported at line 638 of this U.K. Government wreck summary. Anything you can add? Y 56466 7 Ancestor (a composite barque) 346 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71, owned by Culliford & Co. of Sunderland. For service initially from Sunderland to Montreal, Canada, later Sunderland to France. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as registered at Sunderland & owned by J. H. W. Culliford. 122.6 ft. long, signal letters HJKC. On Jun. 6, 1870, per line 225 here, the 346 ton barque foundered in the ice while en route from Montreal to Bristol with a cargo of flour and grain. LR of 1870/71 states 'wrecked'. Crew of 13 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by Jas. H. W. Culliford. Y 54836 8 Ancient Promise 248 J. Barkes Alder & Co., later (1870 & 1880) C. G. Alder, both of Blyth 53484 9 Annie Scott (an iron brigantine, possibly later a brig) 245 William Doxford The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, as a brigantine, from 1866/67 thru 1873/74. It was initially owned by D. C. Scott of London for service from Sunderland to South America. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 47) lists D. C. Scott, of London, as her then owner. The 'C' means Cooper, I understand. In 1869/70, W. Cotton of Bedford became the owner of the vessel for continued service from Sunderland to South America. A tiny puzzle is that LR lists the vessel as belonging to the port of Bedford. Which port is that? The city is very much inland in the U.K., I believe. The 1870 edition of the Mercantile Navy List records the vessel as registered at London & owned by William Joseph Cotton, of Bedford. 110.6 ft. long. LR of 1873/74 notes that the vessel had gone 'missing'. On Sep. 30, 1872, per line 3226 here, the 245 ton brig went missing while en route from Shanghai, China, to Hiogo (Hyōgo), Japan. Crew of 12 - all lost. No additional data is provided. Then owned by Wm. J. Cotton. Anything you can add? Y 56730 10 Arabella 349 B. Hodgson Hick & Co, later (1870) Thomas Hock (a typo?), both of Scarborough 53176 11 Araunah 449 James (or G.) Gardner T. B. Walker of London thru 1880. 54728 12 Arkansas (a barque) 381 T. Metcalf A vessel which had a very short life. On Jul. 29, 1867, the vessel, with a crew of 12 and 1 passenger was lost in the Bay of Tunis, off the coast of Tunisia. Four lives were lost including that one passenger - the captain's wife. 54864 13 Aurea 393 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Tully & Son of Sunderland, later (1870) W. B. Tulley of Fulwell, Durham, later (1880) Wm. B. Tully of Gateshead, later (1890) John Tully of Sunderland 53130 14 Aurora 346 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Walker, later (1870 & 1880) J. H. Walker, both of Sunderland, later (1890) Thomas D. Woodhead of Hull 54837 15 Belle Flower 379 J. Robinson Brown & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Brown, both of Sunderland, later (1890) "Belle Flower" Sailing Ship Co. Ltd. of Newcastle 54862 16 Brinkburn (a barque) 540 J. Davison A vessel which had a short life. On Aug. 01, 1871, the vessel stranded at Falmouth, Jamaica, (NW coast of Jamaica, E. of Montego Bay), broke her back & became a total loss. No lives were lost. 54835 17 Britannia 363 R. Pace W. Davison, later (1870) William Davison, both of North Shields 53465 18 Bryn Ivor 382 W. Briggs G. Jones, later (1870) G. W. Jones, later (1880 & 1890) William Pickford, all of Newport 53347 19 Caradoc (an iron steamer) 499/401 later 340? W. Pile The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1873/74, owned, per LR, for its lifetime by Gray Brothers & Co. of Sunderland. Initially for service ex Sunderland to the Mediterranean but soon from Leith to the Baltic and (from 1869/70), Swansea to Spain. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists T. & J. C. Gray of Sunderland as the then owners of the 340 ton vessel. 180.0 ft. long, later 180.7 ft., signal letters HJCL. It is a puzzle that LR listed the vessel beyond 1870/71. On Sep. 29, 1870, per line 661 here, the 401/499 ton (net/gross) vessel foundered at Ushant (an island in the English Channel off the coast of Brittany, near Brest, France) while en route from Bilbao, Spain, to Middlesbrough with a cargo of ore, presumably iron ore. Crew of 16 - 1 lost. Vessel then owned by Thomas Gray. I have also read that Graydon & Hay were her owners. Can you tell us more? Y 54834 20 Ceylon (a snow or brig) 240 James Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1869/70, initially owned by J. Berry of Amble, Northumberland, data corrected in 1867/68 to read J. Barry. For service from Sunderland to the Baltic, then Sunderland to the West Indies. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as registered at North Shields & owned by J. H. Barry of Amble. 103.0 ft. long, signal letters HJGL. On Apl. 18, 1870, per line 172 here, the 240 ton brig was involved in a collision & sank at Yarmouth, Norfolk, while en route from Blyth, Northumberland, to Port Said, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. LR of 1869/70 states 'run down'. Crew of 9 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by John Henry Barry. Y 53459 21 Charles Howard, later Mineral (an iron steamer, later a tanker) 751/411 later 1304/849 (gross/ net) W. Pile Since the data below was first made available, Bill Swift (who provided much of the data upon which it was based) advises that he has completed a 12 page history research study of Charles Howard / Mineral & makes such 'pdf' study available here. Bill has also created an 'pdf' spreadsheet listing the vessel's data from both Lloyd's Registers & Mercantile Navy Lists. The webmaster will gladly pass on to Bill any communication in due course received re such research study & spreadsheet. We thank you, Bill! The webmaster has not researched this vessel. It was initially owned by Ryde & Co., later, per the Mercantile Navy List of 1870, John Ryde, both of London, later (1880) Charles S. Briggs of Hylton Castle, Durham, later (1890) Alfred Suart of London. In or about 1870/71, the vessel was rebuilt - it became of 1304 gross tons & its length was increased from 205.9 ft. to 249.0 ft. Signal letters HMSP, later WQGC. HP 120, became 200 became 120, schooner rigged. At a date unknown to the webmaster, the vessel's name was changed to Mineral. As per these two contemporary newspaper reports (1 & 2), & this 'pdf' Wreck Inquiry report, on Nov. 4, 1895, the vessel, then named Mineral, a tanker, was at Zorritos, at the NW tip of Peru, loading a cargo of crude petroleum for carriage to San Francisco. A crew of 20 & three passengers were aboard. A fire broke out while loading was in progress & the crew made all efforts to first bring it under control. When the attempts proved un-successful they tried to sink the vessel. Later that day, seeing no smoke, the captain & some volunteer crew members returned to the vessel to inspect her. A massive explosion in the fore part of the vessel ensued, causing severe injuries to 3 crew members, 2 of whom later died. The crewmen's names are in the above links. The vessel became a total wreck - it was then owned by the Petroleum Transport and Storage Company Limited, of London, which company was in some way related to Alfred Suart & was of the same London address. I wonder when it was converted to carry petroleum products? Likely at the time when it was renamed Mineral. Is there anything you can add? Y 56748 22 Christian IX 1348 T. R. Oswald Not known to webmaster 54881 23 Clara Lamb (a barque) 246 James Hardie The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1872/73. Was always registered at Liverpool. The vessel was owned, thru 1868/69, by Doward Dickson & Co. for initial service from Sunderland to the West Indies, but from 1866/67 for service from Liverpool to the West Indies. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 lists her then owner as being John Doward of Liverpool. From 1868/69 thru 1872/73, the vessel was, per LR, owned by G. B. Lamb, however the Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Robert B. Lamb of London. 107.0 ft. long. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'BURNT'. On Nov. 2, 1872, per line 2655 here, the 246 ton barque was burnt at St. Thomas while en route from New York to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of naptha. Which St. Thomas would that be? Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean, seems likely to be too far to the south to be the correct place. (Of interest, I see that two vessels were burnt at St. Thomas on Nov. 2, 1872, both of them en route from New York to Antwerp. The second vessel was Samuel J. Holbrook, a brigantine.) Crew of 9 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by R. B. Lamb. Y 54954 24 Cleta, later Nelly & Mathilda, & Frideborg (a composite barque) 530 James Gardner John Hay of London 56780 25 Colorado (a brig) 314 George Barker A vessel which had a short & difficult life. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1866/67 & 1868/69 thru 1870/71, owned throughout by Barwick & Co. of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to France which in 1866/67 became Liverpool to South America. LR of 1866/67 states BURNT. Can anybody tell us the circumstances & when? I presume that the vessel was rebuilt - it was not LR listed in 1867/68. From 1868/69 thru 1870/71 the vessel's service is listed as being Clyde to the West Indies. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as registered at Sunderland & owned by J. S. Barwick of that city. 110.0 ft. long, signal letters HGRK. LR of 1870/71 states 'wrecked'. On Dec. 7, 1870, per line 579 here, the 314 ton brig was stranded at Tendra (Gulf of Tendra, northern Black Sea) while en route from Constantinople (today Istanbul) to Odessa, Ukarine, in ballast. Crew of 11 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by John S. Barwick. Y 54826 26 Concordia (a snow) 179 Sykes, Talbot & Sykes The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1871/72, owned for that entire period, per LR, by Clark & Co. of Sunderland. Initially for service from Sunderland to France, but soon ex Harwich. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, lists Wm. Branfoot, of Sunderland, as her then owner. 94.0 ft. long. LR of 1871/72 states 'wrecked'. On Jul. 15, 1871, per line 1422 here, the 179 ton snow was stranded on the W. coast of Flores (an island in the western group of islands of the Azores, owned by Portugal), while en route from St. Lucia to London with a cargo of sugar. Crew of 5 - none lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by William Branfoot. Y 54891 27 Coronel 387 James Hardie W. Nichol, later (1870) Wm. Nichol, W. Nicol in 1872/73, later (1880) Wm. Nicholl, all of Liverpool, later (1890) Wm. Thomas of Swansea registered at Liverpool 55036 28 Coronella 277 James Robinson J. Robinson, later (1870) John Robinson, both of North Shields 53472 29 Courier (a brig) 283 Jas. Crown The name of the initial owner is not known to the webmaster. But it may well have been Kelso & Co. of North Shields, who are recorded as the vessel's owner in Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1868/69. The vessel, which was completed in Sep. 1866, is LR listed from 1868/69 thru 1880/81. Owned by Kelso & Co. thru 1871/72 at least with J. Dodds her captain. For service ex Sunderland in 1868/69 & 1869/70 & from Shields to the Mediterranean from 1870/71 thru 1871/72. Note, however, that the Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1868, 1870 & 1872 rather list George Bell jun., of North Shields, as the vessel's owner. LR of 1872/73 lists no owner name. From 1873/74, per LR, to her loss in 1880, the vessel was registered at Aberystwyth, Wales, & owned by J. Francis with J. Francis serving as her captain until part way thru 1873/74 & R. Davies thereafter. MNLs of 1875 thru 1880 list John Francis of Borth, Cardiganshire, as owner of the Aberystwyth registered vessel. LR of 1880/81 notes that the vessel had been 'Burnt'. 112.0 ft. long, signal letters HPFV. Many crew lists exist. I have read that the vessel was burnt on Nov. 27, 1880. The only contemporary data that I have been able to find is this brief reference to her loss - that the vessel was en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, & burned at sea. The crew took to the boats, were picked up & landed at Rio. Can you tell us more as to what happened? Y 56494 30 Cydonia 250 W. H. Pearson Fairley B., i.e. Fairley Brothers? 54897 31 Czarewitch 886 G. Peverall Adamson & Co. of London 54724 32 Delaval 271 W. Richardson T. Eccles, later (1870 & 1880) Thos. Eccles, both of Blyth 53457 33 Dignus (a snow or brig) 296 J. Lister The vessel, which was completed in Apl. 1866, had a very short life indeed. It is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1865/66 & 1866/67 only, owned per those two listings by Lister & Co. of Sunderland, i.e. by the vessel's builder. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean with S. Proud serving as the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867, however, rather lists John Wilkinson of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. 109.1 ft. long. LR of 1866/67 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. The first line 33 on this page advises that on Jan. 14, 1867, the 296 ton snow was abandoned near Sinco, Portugal, while en route from Cardiff, Wales, to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. The vessel had a crew of 11 and 3 of the crew lost their lives. 'Sinco' clearly means Sines - read on.. On Dec. 22, 1866, the vessel left Cardiff with 506 tons of coal bound for Alexandria. The vessel encountered what must have been a severe storm as a result of which the vessel was abandoned on Jan. 14, 1867 off Villa Nova de Milfontes, about 16 miles S. of Sines, Portugal, absent its rudder & making a great deal of water. The master (Proud), the first mate & the ship's carpenter had all been swept overboard & drowned. By Jan. 15, 1867 the vessel had become a wreck. Within a few weeks, the vessel's hull was sold for £125 & its cargo for £8. A part of the surviving crew were landed at St. Ubes (now Setúbal), Portugal, on Jan. 21, 1867. All as per these contemporary newspaper cuttings. Is there anything additional you can add? Y 54847 34 Dorothy Thompson (an iron barque) 411/432 William Doxford The vessel was always owned by the 'Tully' family of Sunderland. It had a relatively brief life. On Feb. 16, 1880, the vessel was blown over & foundered off the Lizard - with no loss of life. 54838 35 Drydens, later Lugar 425 Peter Austin J. Dryden, later (1870) John Dryden, both of North Shields, renamed Lugar maybe late 1872, later (1880) Hugh McEwan of Ayr 53458   Durham (a snow) 312 Robert Potts of Seaham As per this newspaper cutting, the vessel was launched on May 17, 1866 for Stavers & Co. of Blyth. Stavers & Co. was, I learn, the partnership of George & John Stavers, brothers, who farmed near Morpeth, Northumberland & became, both of them, master mariners. Durham was first registered at Shields on Jun. 8, 1866 (scroll to #53467). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1868/69 only, owned by Stavers & Co., registered at North Shields, with J. (i.e. John) Stavers stated to be the vessel's captain. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The vessel is Mercantile Navy List listed in both 1867 & 1868, owned by Geo. Stavers of Waterloo, Blyth, Northumberland. 109.6 ft. long. An 1867 crew list exists. LR of 1868/69 notes that the vessel had been 'BURNT'. A site visitor has kindly been in touch to advise that the vessel was built for her great-grandfather George Stavers & was his pride & joy. In Jun/Jul 1868, the vessel, then & also in 1867 under the command of John Darling, was en route from Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Constantinople, with a cargo of coal. Alas, on Jul. 7, 1868, while off Cape St. Angelo (southern tip of mainland Greece), the vessel caught fire as a result of spontaneous combustion in her cargo. The site visitor adds that 'Before the Mast - And After', by Sir Walter Runciman, published in 1924, graphically describes the scene. Yes indeed! Durham, on fire, asked for the assistance of two vessels, both named Isabella, & the three crews worked all day to try to extinguish the fire. Without success. In the middle of the following night, Durham hailed Walter Runciman's Isabella to take Durham's crew off, the fire being then totally out of control. Now I could transcribe Walter's brilliant description of the scene but suggest instead that you read it for yourself - here. Durham's crew was landed at Syra (Syros), her captain disconsolate at the vessel's loss. Runciman's volume contains an image of a painting of the vessel - that you can see at left & here. Such painting, commissioned when the vessel was in Genoa, Italy, in 1867, was, it is believed, painted by local artist Domenico Gavarrone. Can you add to and/or correct the above text? Y 53467 36 Durham 998 T. R. Oswald Temperley of London 54713 37 Edeline (a barque) 499 James Hardie Ord & Co. (or William Ord & Co.), later (1870) T. B. Ord, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Brodie of London 54883 38 Eden 343 George Barker Rankin & Co., later (1870) J. N. Rankin, later (1880) Joseph Nicholson Rankin, all of Sunderland 54867 39 Edwin Bassett 414 Walshaw & Whelan H. Edwards of Sunderland, later (1870) Henry Edwards of North Shields, later (1880) Wm. Robert Williams of Wellington, New Zealand 54868 40 Elizabeth A. Oliver 619 G. Peverall Wilson & Co. of London, later (1870) John Wilson of Hackney, Middlesex, London 54677 41 Elizabeth Mary (a barque) 262 William Watson Was initially owned by Duncan & Co., of London. Later in life, the vessel was sold to Australian owners. It was wrecked on the Barrier Reef, Queensland, on Oct. 24, 1877. 54686 42 Ellen (a snow) 191 J. Lister Peacock Brothers of Sunderland thru 1870, later (1880) Thos. Gann, jun. of Whitstable, Kent. Lloyd's Register of 1880/81 notes that the vessel, then owned by Holden, Gann & Co., of Faversham, Kent, had been 'Lost'. 95.5 ft. long, signal letters HKWF. 54853 43 Emilia Lamb (a barque) 226 or 225 G. (or James) Gardner The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1868/69, owned initially by Doward Dickson & Co. of Liverpool for service from Sunderland to the West Indies, which service from 1866/67 became Liverpool to the West Indies. LR of 1867/68 lists Doward Lamb & Co. as her owner, while LR of 1868/69 lists Lamb & Co., both of Liverpool. 106.0 ft. long. LR of 1868/69 states 'LOST'. Was registered at Liverpool. On Oct. 29, 1867, per line 48 here, the 225 ton barque was lost at Mayagnez, Puerto Rico, West Indies, while en route from Samana Bay (NE coast of Dominican Republic), to Liverpool with a cargo of timber. Crew of 12 - 3 lost. Can you add anything? Y 54940 44 Emmaus (a schooner) 77 W. Crinson or Crinson Bros., of Hylton The vessel, which was launched or completed on Oct. 27, 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1878/79. It was, per LR, owned thru 1870/71 by 'J. Hmphry' of Boston, Lincolnshire, for service as a Sunderland coaster & with J. Billings serving as the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867, 1868 & 1870 all clarify the owner's name to mean James Humphrey of Sunderland. In 1870/71 the vessel had new owners & became registered at Wick, County Caithness, Scotland (NE tip of Scotland). The name of the new owners is less clear. LRs of 1870/71 thru 1875/76 tells us that the new owner was Walker & Co. of Wick, with H. Milne serving as the vessel's captain. For continued service as a Sunderland coaster. MNLs of 1871 thru 1875, however, rather list Alex. Mackay of Thurso, County Caithness, as her new owner. It may very well be that Walker & Mackay were partners. LR of 1876/77 advises that J. Coghill became the vessel's new owner - John Coghill per MNLs of 1876 & 1878. H. Milne, per LR, continued to serve as captain under 'Coghill' ownership. 69.6 ft. long, signal letters HNFW. LT of 1878/79 notes that the vessel had 'Foundered'. In Oct. 1877, the vessel sailed from West Hartlepool to Sandside (located W. of Thurso), Caithness, with 20 tons of coal & a crew of 4. On Oct. 15, 1877, when at anchor in an exposed position in Thurso Bay, the weather turned bad. The vessel was hit by gale force winds & a very high beam sea. All 4 crew members lost their lives when the vessel foundered. An Inquiry into the vessel's loss was of the opinion that the vessel had insufficient ballast to withstand the weather conditions. This site tells us that A. Swanson was the vessel's captain at the time of her loss. All as per item 748 on this page & per the site just referenced. I was pleased to find, thanks to 'Google' books, detail about the Inquiry, held at Wick on Dec. 8, 1877, into the vessel's loss. I learn that 'A. Swanson' means Alexander Swanson, who with others was then the vessel's owner & also her captain. The vessel, at anchor, was en route from Sandside to Thurso. While the Inquiry attributed no blame to Emmaus crew members, the court 'regretted' that the lifeboat had not been made ready for use at the appropriate time. Some crew lists are available here. Can you tell us more? Y 56281 45 Emmeline (a barque) 489 James Hardie The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1872/73. It was, per LR, owned throughout that entire period by Ord & Co. of Sunderland. For service, initially, thru 1866/67, from Sunderland to Valparaiso, Chile, but thereafter always ex Swansea, Wales, to the West Indies from 1867/68 thru 1869/70 & to South America thereafter. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 123, image soon) & 1870 both state that William Ord of Sunderland was her then owner. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'Abandoned'. 140.6 ft. long, signal letters HJVP. Per item 12 here, on Jan. 25, 1873 the 489 ton barque was thrown on its beam ends when it encountered a hurricane in the North Atlantic. At 47.20N/11.10W. The vessel's cargo (725 tons of copper) shifted & the vessel was abandoned in a sinking condition. While en route from Lota, Chile, to Swansea, Wales. Crew of 15 - none lost. Then stated to be owned by R. Ord & Co. of Sunderland. Can you tell us more? Who rescued the crew, perhaps. Y 54833 46 Envoy (a snow) 298 Gibbon & Nichol J. Short, later (1870) John Short Bank, both of North Shields. p059 53466 47 Ethel 556 W. Pile Fenwick & Co, later (1870 thru 1890) C. R. Fenwick, all of London 54667 48 Ettie 500 G. Short E. Knight, later (1870 thru 1878/79) Edwin Knight, both of Cardiff, then Peter D. Wilson of Plymouth. Lloyd's Register of 1881/82 states 'Foundered', then owned by Caroline Wilson. Gary Hicks advises (thanks!) that the vessel foundered, on Nov. 25, 1881 at Soccoa, France. Soccoa would appear to be at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, S. of Bayonne, near the Spanish border. 54884 49 Euclid 680/468 T. R. Oswald G. Clark, later (1870 & 1880) Robert Weatherley, later (1890) Ed. J. Weatherley, all of Sunderland 58047 50 Fairy 482 Wm. Pickersgill Harper & Co., later (1870 & 1880) J. S. Harper, both of South Shields, later (1890) John I. Jacobs of London 56105 51 Fides 264 D. A. Douglas Dobson & Co., later (1870) R. F. Dobson, later (1880) Robert Fairclough Dobson, all of Sunderland 54845 52 Fido, later Congo (a snow) 294 later 298 Jas. Crown at Southwick The vessel, which was completed in May 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, most likely, from 1866/67 thru 1887/88. And from 1891/92 thru 1893/94. It would seem that the vessel was always registered at Sunderland, thru 1886/87 at least. It was initially owned by G. Wilkin of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, with 'Errington' her captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867, 1868 & 1870 all list the vessel as owned by George Wilkin of Monkwearmouth. In 1869/70, per LR, M. Rickinson (from 1876/77 M. Rickinson & Co.), became the vessel's owner for service to the Mediterranean from Sunderland & from 1871/72 from Shields. Rickinson owned it thru 1882/83 as is confirmed by MNLs of 1872 thru 1880 all of which lists Matthew Rickinson of West Hartlepool, as the vessel's owner. Per LR, 'Errington' continued to serve as the vessel's captain thru 1871/72, then Z. Hodgson thru 1879/80 & J. Watson thereafter, thru 1886/87. LR of 1882/83 advises of two changes in ownership, initially to A. Marshall & then to Miss J. W. Marshall. Both of whom were from Falkirk, Scotland, as per MNL of 1882 (Alexander Marshall) & 1883 & 1885 (Miss Janet W. Marshall). LR of 1886/87 lists no owner name. LR of 1887/88 lists the vessel, renamed as Congo, now 105.6 ft. long (previously 108.9 ft.), owned by L. G. S. Larsen of Sandefjord, Norway. Per this website, (translated here), from 1885, the vessel, renamed Congo, was registered at Hauan, Sandefjord, Norway, with L. G. S. Larsen her owner & O. Møller her captain. 108.9 ft. long, later 105.6 ft., signal letters SPVW, later HMQS. The vessel is not listed, that I can see, as either Fido or Congo in LR of 1888/89 or 1889/90. It is recorded, as Congo, in LR of 1891/91 thru 1893/94, owned by 'Larsen'. LR of 1893/94 notes that the vessel had been 'Lost'. The last noted website advises (thanks!) that on Dec. 31, 1893, Congo went missing off the coast of Congo, W. Africa. Can you tell us anything additional? Y 54851 53 Flora (a snow or brig, later a barquentine) 249 or 250 later 224 J. & E. Lumsden of Pallion The vessel was owned, thru 1872, by George Sinclair, of Aberdeen, Scotland, & by his associates. For most of the rest of the vessel's life, it was registered at Guernsey, Channel Islands, with a long list of owners. Detail via the link at left. The vessel, per Lloyd's Register, was involved in a collision in or about 1894. 53258 54 Florence 196 J. Barkes, later recorded as built by Barker D. Jenkins, later (1870) John Moses, both of Newport, later (1880) H. Holden, & (1890 & 1900) Henry L. Daly, both of Whitstable, Kent, but registered at Newport 53344 55 Floresta 300 T. Metcalf Watson & Sons, later (1870) W. H. Watson, both of Sunderland 53129 56 Friends 290 Sykes, Talbot & Sykes Taylor & Co., later (1870) F. W. Taylor, later (1880) Wm. Taylor jun., all of Sunderland 54854 57 Galilee 247 Richard Thompson Richardson, later (1870) Geo. Richardson, both of Amble 53474 58 Gem (a barque) 371 Benjamin Hodgson & Co. The vessel, which was first registered in Jul. 1866, had a very short life indeed - about 3 1/2 years only. Though you would not think that was so were you to check Lloyd's Register ('LR') which lists the vessel from 1866/67 thru to 1873/74. Per LR, the vessel was always owned by Walker & Co. of Sunderland with but a single captain i.e. J. Oates (or from 1872/73 J. Oats). The Mercantile Navy Lists, however, of 1867, 1868 & 1870 all list George Oates of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. Might Walker & Oates have been partners? It may well have been so but I cannot address or answer that question today. LR advises that the vessel served ex Sunderland i) to the Mediterranean (from 1866/67 thru 1868/69) & ii) to the Black Sea from 1869/70 thru 1873/74. 120.5 ft. long, signal letters HLDR. On Dec. 30, 1869, per line 45 on this page, the vessel stranded on the sands 8 miles from Helen Fort, Carnarvonshire, while en route from Marianople (now Mariupol, Ukraine, Sea of Azof, Black Sea) to Dublin, Ireland, with a cargo of wheat. The vessel is stated to have had a crew of 11, all of whom lost their lives in the disaster. Thanks to 'Welsh Newspapers Online' you can read, here, the detailed circumstances of the vessel's loss during violent storms in the area. The vessel may have been seeking shelter by crossing the bar into the Menai Straits, but the article expresses other possibilities also. It was, I read, under the command of Captain John Oates, the brother of the owner. The wreck is said to have ended up at Dinas Dinnle, or Dinnle Fort on the outer side of Carnarvon Bar. Is it possible that you can add anything? Y 54870 59 George Shotton 460 Moore E. Shotton, later (1870 & 1880) Edward Shotton, both of North Shields, later (1890) British and Continental African Co. Ltd. of Liverpool, later (1900) Sir Claude M. Macdonald of Oil Rivers, West Africa 53454 60 Gladstone (a barque) 349 John Thompson T. Rudd, later (1870) William Robinson Wylie, both of South Shields. In 1880 James Harrison Nicholson, also of South Shields. p092 53212 61 Guam (a brig) 291 W. Adamson W. Adamson, later (1870 & 1880) Wm. Adamson, both of Sunderland 54885 62 Gulnare 399 J. M. Reed Robson & Co., later (1870) Francis Robson, both of Sunderland 54863 63 Hampshire 1 ex 2 625/490 T. R. Oswald Hill & Co., later (1870) William Hill, later (1880 thru 1900) Jas. Ledger Hill, all of Southampton 51295 64 Hendon (a brig) 258 J. & E. Lumsden of Pallion The vessel was always Sunderland registered & owned by John Crossby & his associates. On Apl. 29, 1877, the brig was lost, near Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Islands, while en route from Liverpool to Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia), with a cargo of 433 tons of salt. Crew of 8 - none lost. 54860 65 Henry Fenwick 57 G. (or James) Gardner Name of the initial owner is not known to the webmaster, later (1870) Thomas William Roberts of Great Grimsby, later (1880) Thomas William Ready, later (1890) Henry John Atkinson, both of Grimsby. Later broken up, maybe in 1892 54874 66 Hilda (an iron steamship) 444/653 (N/G) James Laing A vessel which had a short life. Owned by 'Thomas' and 'Harrowing' of Whitby. On Oct. 22, 1873 Hilda stranded 2 miles S. of Windau (Ventspils, Latvia) & became a total wreck. One crew member was drowned. 45747 67 Hofflun 350 G. Wood G. Wood of Sunderland, became (1866/67) J. J. Clay   68 Holly Bough 324 J. Briggs Smith & Co., later (1870) W. B. Smith, both of Whitby, later (1880) John Rosser of Swansea 45746 69 Hot Bank, later Hotbank 249 W. Chilton Robinson & Co. later (1870) William Robinson, both of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1871/72 records Popplewell & Weston, of London, as the new owners & Hotbank as the new vessel name 54842 70 Houghton (a steamship) 536/429 (G/N) T. R. Oswald The vessel, which was completed in Feb. 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71. Per LR it was always owned by Morton & Co. of Sunderland, noted for the carriage of coal ex Sunderland to U.K. ports primarily to London. For service ex Sunderland, with 'Gregory', per LR, her sole captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867, 1868 & 1870 all list H. T. Morton of Biddick (Hall), Durham, as the owner of the 428 ton steamship. 192.0 ft. long, with 70 HP engines (per LR) or 76 HP engines (per MNL). LR of 1870/71 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. I cannot yet tell you what happened to the vessel & when, but it would seem it must have happened in 1871. Chris Caines has kindly been in touch to advise that Charles Mew was the vessel's captain in 1871 & to provide these 'Mew' documents. Can you tell us more? Y 54830 71 Iduna 350 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Thompson of Newcastle, later (1870) Emily Hancock of London, later (1880) Joseph Hodgson, later (1890) George Lough, both of Blyth 56046 72 Indian Empire 520 J. Robinson Brewis, later (1870) Robert Brewis, both of Hartlepool 29477 73 Iron Age 889 or 1094 T. R. Oswald T. R. Oswald in 1867 54866 74 Jane Alice (a snow or brig) 285 Robert Pace A vessel which had a very short life - wrecked on the coast of Brittany, France, on Dec. 02, 1867. The history of this vessel is most interesting & I invite you to read the full story via the link at left. 54887 75 Jane Emily (a brig or snow) 298 Richard Thompson The vessel, which was completed in Nov. 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1875/76. It was, per LR, owned thru 1872/73 by Brewis & Co. of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean (in 1866/67 thru 1868/69, & in 1871/72), from the Clyde to the Mediterranean in 1869/70 & ex Sunderland in 1870/71. With, per LR, J. Jones serving as her captain not only thru 1872/73 but for the vessel's entire lifetime. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867, 1868 & 1870 all list Robert Brewis of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. In 1872/73, LR reports G. B. Sully, of Bridgwater, Somerset, as the vessel's new owner, for service thru 1873/74 from Shields to the Mediterranean. Bridgwater is located on the upper reaches of the River Parrett, which feeds into the Bristol Channel. MNL of 1874 lists George B. Sully of Bridgwater as the vessel's then owner. 111.5 ft. long, signal letters HMNK. On Jan. 5, 1875, per line 370 here, the vessel was en route from Sombrero to Gloucester (River Severn, Gloucestershire) with a crew of 9 & a cargo of about 490 tons of coprolites. Sombrero, also known as Hat Island, is an island in the Territory of Anguilla in the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean, an island then noted for its guano deposits. Coprolites are apparently fossilized feces, of value due to their phosphate content. When in the N. Atlantic, at 38.05N/38.25W, (about 600 miles W. of the Azores) the vessel ran into heavy weather which damaged her rudder & permitted water to enter the vessel. The crew abandoned the vessel, which sank 5 hours later. I wonder how the crew were rescued. Many crew lists are available here. Is there anything you can add? Y 54894 76 Jane Fenwick 58 G. (or James) Gardner Name of the initial owner is not known to the webmaster, later (1870) James Alward of Great Grimsby, later (1880 & 1890) Arthur Cullum of Grimsby 54875 77 Jane Lamb 299 G. (or James) Gardner Doward Dickson & Co. of Liverpool, later (1870) Robert B. Lamb of London registered at Liverpool, later (1880) Edward Clifford Cummins of Bristol, later (1890) George Brownell of Liverpool. The vessel was lost at Valparaiso, Chile, in 1893 as per this 'pdf' re the Official Inquiry into her loss.. 54996 78 Jessica later Chispa 249 William Doxford D. C. (Cooper) Scott of London. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that the vessel, now Chispa, was owned by Serra & Co. of Coruna (or Corunna), Galicia, Spain 54703 79 Joseph Brown 300 G. Bartram Johnson & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Brown of Sunderland 54849 80 Kebroyd 363 J. Robinson W. Bedford, later (1870) William Bedford, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Henry S. Bird, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 1890 the vessel was owned by The Adelaide Steam Ship Co. Ltd. of Adelaide, South Australia. 58049 81 Kedron 373 B. Hodgson Richardson & Co. of North Shields, later Andrew Richardson (1870) of Amble & (1880) of Reading. Lost Dec. 09, 1885 56473 82 Kelloe (an iron steamship) 500/340 James Laing The webmaster happened to spot that on Jun. 29, 1869, Kelloe, Hardy in command, put back to Sunderland. Having been in collision in the lower Elbe river (Germany) with Harmony, stated to be a Shields brig with Matthews her captain. The brig was damaged & one of her crew members lost his life in the collision. Per this news report. J. Forster, later (1870) John Forster, later (1880 & 1890) Jas. Duke Hill, all of London, later (1900) The Wallarah Coal Co. Ltd. of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, registered at London. The vessel was involved in two collisions, in 1884 & 1902. The reports of the Official Inquiries into such collisions can be accessed here. 54748 83 Labrador (a steamship) 391/266 William Watson Was owned thru 1888/89 by the Hudson's Bay Company of London, later by George W. Ashdown of Brighton, Sussex, & later again by St. John's Newfoundland owners incl. James Baird. Was wrecked in 1913. 54697 84 Lasborough (an iron steamship) 966/787 Iliff & Mounsey Lasborough? An ancient settlement located 5 miles W. of Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Mentioned in the Domesday Book but today just a church and a manor house. Perhaps the name is associated in some way with the Gayner family? Lasborough, the vessel, which was first registered in Jun. 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1866/67 & 1867/68 only, owned by R. Gayner of Sunderland with T. Billett serving as the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 & 1868 both list R. H. Gayner of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. I understand that the 'R' stands for Robert. For service ex Sunderland. 199.4 ft. long, signal letters HNKF, 80 HP engines by R. & W. Hawthorn of Newcastle, a company more noted for the manufacture of railway engines than for marine engines, which company later became incorporated into (in 1886) R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company Ltd. of Hebburn. LR of 1867/68 notes that the vessel had gone 'Missing'. Line 28 on this page rather tells us that at an unknown date in 1868, the vessel, en route from Newcastle to Genoa, Italy, with an unknown cargo, stranded at the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. It had a crew of 22 at the time, all of whom were lost. Now I have read  elsewhere that the vessel  was last seen off Dungeness, Kent, on Jan. 20, 1868 & was subsequently reported missing. Perhaps it will be possible, in due course, to reconcile the partially conflicting data as to what exactly happened to Lasborough. Can you tell us anything more about the circumstances of the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 54880 85 Lavinia - later Busturiana 244 William Doxford D. Scott maybe D. Cooper Scott of London, became (per Lloyd's Register of 1867/68) Busturiana, owned by Arrotegui of Bilbao, Spain 54733 86 Life Brigade 245 Taylor & Scouler J. Avery, later (1870) Jane B. Avery, both of North Shields 53469 87 Livonia 1283/872 James Laing Norwood & Co. maybe C. M. Norwood & Co. of London 54684 88 Lowestoft 294 J. Denniston W. Balls, later (1870) W. D. C. Balls, both of North Shields, later (1880) John Gray, later (1890) Richard L. Manners, both of Blyth 56478 89 Loyal Sam 460 William Doxford S. Johnston, later (1870) C. C. Johnston, later (1880) Carruthers C. Johnston, all of Liverpool 54959 90 Magnet 484 J. Haswell Thru 1880 W. Ord, jr., of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) Lawrence Tulloch, later (1900) Lawrence Tulloch jun., both of Swansea, later (1910) William Slater of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire 54829 91 Mary Ann Annison 297 T. Metcalf R. Annison, later (1870) James Humphreys, both of Sunderland, later (1880) David Hughes of Lyttelton, New Zealand. Signal letters HLRD. Lloyd's Register of 1885/86 notes that the vessel had been wrecked. 54848 92 Mary Elizabeth 116 Liddle & Sutcliffe Buttler & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Buttler, both of Faversham 52902 93 Mary Nelson (a barque) 486 Robert Thompson Junior H. Nelson, later (1870 & 1880) Henry Nelson, both of Newcastle 51383 94 Meridian 392 Wm. Pickersgill J. Gibson, later (1870 & 1880) John Gibson, both of Blyth 53480 95 Mersey 608/482 T. R. Oswald Powell & Co., later (1870) Fredk. H. Powell, both of Liverpool 55051 96 Minerva 349 Robert Pace Kirkwood & Co. of Sunderland 54878 97 Myra (a brig) 222 W. H. Pearson Hall & Co., later (1870) John Hall jun., both of Sunderland, later (1880) Thos. Ruddock of Blyth, later (1890) Richard G. Sanders of Folkestone, Kent 54857 98 Nant-y-glo (a snow or brig) 264 Mills The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1872/73, owned for the vessel's lifetime by J. Pegg of London, initially for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. From 1868/69, the vessel's service is listed as from the Clyde to the West Indies & later ex London. 104.4 ft. long, signal letters HKTM. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 states that the vessel was then owned by Joseph Pegg of St. Helen's, London. LR of 1872/73 states 'wrecked'. Yes indeed. On Apl. 26, 1872 the vessel was wrecked (thanks wrecksite.eu') during a SE gale on the east side of Buffalo River, East London. That is not at London, England, Rather at East London, Eastern Cape, SE coast of South Africa. Per line 2406 here, the 264 ton brig had a cargo of wool & hides. Crew of 9 - none lost. Then owned by Joseph Pegg. An inquiry (ex Nautical Magazine of 1872) into her loss was held - the loss was determined to be due to 'stress of weather'. No blame attached to the ship's mate (the captain was ashore at the time). Y 54717 99 Narva 1282/782 James Laing Norwood, later (1870) C. M. Norwood & Co., both of London 54705 100 Nenthorn (a snow, later a brig) 219 W. Chilton The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1872/73, owned thru 1870/71 by 'Fairw'ther' of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to South America. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 records A. Fairweather of North Shields as the then owner of the North Shields registered vessel. The 1870 equivalent, however, records the vessel as still registered at North Shields but owned by James Hunter of North Shields. In 1870/71, per LR, J. Hall of North Shields became the vessel's owner for service from Sunderland to the Baltic, in 1872/73 for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. 94.7 ft. long. LR of 1872/73 notes, I think, 'run down'. On Sep. 29, 1872, per line 2600 here, the 219 ton brig was involved in a collision & sank at Malaga, Spain, while en route from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 8 - 1 lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by John Hall. Can you tell us with which vessel Nenthorn collided & tell us about the circumstances? Or otherwise add anything? Y 53475 101 Norfolk (an iron steamship) 725/575 James Laing The vessel, which was first registered in Feb. 1866, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1873/74. Which is a puzzle since the vessel was clearly lost in early 1868. Per LR, the vessel was owned for the entire period thru 1873/74 by R. Young of Wisbech. For initial service from Sunderland to the Baltic, which service changed in 1867/68 to thereafter become service as a London coaster. Per LR, the vessel had just one captain - J. Ferndale. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867 & 1868, both list the vessel at 575 tons & owned by Richard Young of Wisbeach. Who was, I read, a Member of Parliament. The vessel is not listed in MNL of 1870. 205.2 ft. long, with 90 HP engines which I have read were supplied by Mr. George Clark of Sunderland. As per the first line 4 on this page, in Feb. 1868, at a date which is not specified, the vessel, en route from the Tyne to Barcelona, Spain, with a cargo of coal, stranded near Brest, France. The vessel is stated to have had a crew of 19 all of whom were lost. Thanks to this 'Welsh Newspapers Online' article, published on Feb. 22, 1868, I can advise you that the vessel encountered heavy gales & hurricane force winds when off the French coast near Brignogan-Plages on the Brittany, France, northern coast. A steamer was seen disappearing among the reefs which extend off Pontusval Point & wreckage later came ashore at Plouescat to the E. of Brignogan. The ship was identified as being the Norfolk by means of a lifebuoy found by boatmen from nearby Roscoff & by papers found amongst the wreckage that came ashore. Captain Ferndale was in command at the time of her loss. The article does not provide an exact date rather saying that she was lost in 'late very heavy gales'. It would seem that many vessels were lost in that dangerous area. As a result of those shipwrecks, a lighthouse was built at Pontusval Point & became operational in Sep. 1869. Is it possible that you have any additional data? Y 54873 102 Ocean Chief (a composite ship) 748 G. Peverall The vessel, which was completed on Aug. 27, 1866, was first registered, at London, on Dec. 6, 1866 (scroll to #56744). Planked on an iron frame. I note, in two lists of Sunderland built vessels, that the vessel was launched as either Apollo or Appollo, but was completed as Ocean Chief. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867, confirms such London registration & records John Evans of Bristol as her then owner. Lloyd's Register ('LR') does not reference such early registration & ownership. It lists the vessel from 1866/67 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire if short period by 'Thoms'n' & Co., later Thomson & Co., of Leith. With, per LR, 'Morris' her captain thru 1868/69 & A. Pennie from 1868/69 thru 1872/73. For service initially, thru 1867/68, from Sunderland to China, then from London to China (1868/69 thru 1870/71) & from 1871/72, for service from London to India. MNLs of 1868 thru 1872 (1870) all record the vessel as registered at Alloa, Firth of Forth, Scotland, & owned by William Thomson, of Leith, Edinburgh. 164.0 ft. long, signal letters HNRQ. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had 'Foundered'. John Barr has kindly been in touch (thanks so much!) to advise that Archibald Pennie, John's GG grandfather, was the master of Ocean Chief on all of its 5 voyages under the ownership of Wm. Thomson and Co. On the first such voyage, which commenced on Apl. 28, 1867 ex Sunderland, Ocean Chief had two other masters. Archibald Pennie was packaged out to New York to return the ship to Liverpool as the vessel's third master on that voyage. He remained in charge sailing out of Liverpool to Singapore, China & other locations in the far east. On Mar. 11, 1872, per line 2328 here, the 748 ton ship, stated to be owned by William Thomson, was involved in a collision & sank at Rajahpore, India. With a crew of 20 one of whom was lost. While en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. John Barr advises that the vessel was, in fact, lost at Royapore Reach on the Hooghly river, a few miles downstream from Calcutta. As per this contemporary newspaper report. This report states that the collision was on Mar. 16, 1872. 'Thos Wilson', i.e. Thomas Wilson, ON 60207, a 150 HP, 1502 gross ton steamship built at Hull in 1870, collided with Ocean Chief which sank 5 minutes after the collision. Both vessels would have had pilots aboard since vessels navigating up and down the Hooghly river between Calcutta & the coast were required to have a pilot on board. A court case, John advises, determined that the cause of the collision & the vessel's loss was poor pilotage. Can you tell us anything additional about the collision & its circumstances? Maybe a summary of the resulting court case? Or otherwise add anything? No crew lists seem to be available. Y 56744 103 Ocean Drift 270 Walker & Carr Bell & Co., later (1870 & 1880) John Bell, both of Blyth 56464 104 Orion (a barque) 381 W. Naisby of Hylton The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1879/80, owned throughout that entire period by Mears & Co. of Sunderland (from LR of 1876/77, W. Mears & Co.) Many editions of the Mercantile Navy List (1870, 1880) confirm that the vessel was owned by William Mears of Sunderland. With M. Anderson serving as the vessel's captain thru 1871/72 & J. J. Scott thereafter. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean in 1867/68 & in 1871/73, ex London from 1868/69 thru 1870/71 & from Sunderland to India in 1873/74. 122.6 ft. long, signal letters HLGF. In early Feb. 1880, the vessel. then owned by William Mears & others, left New York for Gijon, northern Spain, with a cargo of about 568 tons of maize, mostly in bulk. John James Scott was her captain with a crew of 12 all told. All went well until Feb. 16, 1880 when the vessel was hit by a major gale, of such intensity that it lasted for 5 whole days. The vessel suffered major structural damage on the 2nd day with the bowsprit, foretopmast, maintop-gallantmast & mizen-topmast being carried away. The foremast had to be cut way in an attempt to save the vessel. The pumps were manned to control the water which was entering the ship. Later, a part of the cargo was jettisoned. Heavy seas broke over the ship which by day 4 had 3 to 4 feet of water in her holds & was essentially a floating wreck. The totally exhausted crew petitioned the captain to abandon ship. During the night of Feb. 21, 1880 distress flares were fired & at daybreak three vessels hove in sight. The crew left in the ship's long boat & were picked up by Mathias of Bremen, with 4 of the crew being later transferred to Atalanta, also of Bremen, Nothing could be saved, not even the ship's papers & crew effects. When last seen, on Feb. 22, 1880 at 40.23N/43.23W in mid N. Atlantic, a fire was seen to have broken out in her stern. The Inquiry considered all of the circumstances of the vessel's loss & concluded i) that the cargo was properly stowed, ii) that the vessel had not been overloaded & iii) no fault was attributed to the vessel's captain. All as you can read here ex here. The loss was listed in Parliamentary Papers Vol. 66 published in 1880. Many crew lists are on file at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Is there anything you can add? Y 54869 105 Pansy 298 J. & J. Gibbon Potts & Co., later (1870) George Robert, both of Sunderland. Foundered Jan. 3, 1879 54840 106 Parramatta 1521 James Laing Devitt & Co. of London or maybe Devitt & Moore 54740 107 Petunia 497 Taylor & Scouler 'Barrass Bros. of Glasgow, later (1870) J. C. & T. Barras of Newcastle, later (1880) Frederick Jacobs of London 56158 108 Pilgrim 178 Liddle and Sutcliffe Adams & Co. of Kingsbridge, Devon 55482 109 Quinteros (a barque) 384 William Watson J. Beynon, of Newport, Wales 56522 110 Red Gauntlet (a barque) 349 John Thompson Graham & Co. of North Shields. p092 56477 111 Rinaldo 691/470 T. R. Oswald Swainston & Co., later (1870) George Swainston, both of Sunderland 54876 112 Rio Grande 117 Wm. Pickersgill Pickersgill & Co. later (1870) William Pickersgill of Southwick 58066 113 Rosario 279 Liddle & Sutcliffe Morrison & Co., later (1870) John Morrison, both of North Shields 56461 114 Rosy Morn 347 Reay & Naisby 'Beayn'n & Co.', later (1870 & 1880) Henry Beynon, both of Newport 53348 115 Royal Berkshire (a barque) 391 J. Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1870/71, owned by Flanagan of Sunderland. For service initially from Sunderland to China, later London to India. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as registered at Sunderland & owned by Michael Flanagan. 130.0 ft. long. On May 28, 1870, per line 218 here, the 391 ton barque, was involved in a collision & sank 'near the equator', while en route from Mauritius to the U.K. LR of 1870/71 states 'wrecked'. Crew of 15 - 6 lost - 1 passenger who was also lost. Vessel then stated to be owned by Michael Flanagan. Y 54827 116 Runnymede (an iron barque) 641 William Doxford The vessel was first owned by Jackson & Co., maybe Jackson and Honan, of Liverpool. And then by 'Carvill' & finally by J. M. Way, both also of Liverpool. On Dec. 22, 1878, awaiting the loading of guano at Browse Island (off the NW coast of Australia), the vessel was driven ashore & lost when hit by a cyclone. With no loss of life. 29999 117 Saffron 276 J. Denniston Watson & Co., later (1870) W. H. Watson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Thomas W. King of Southampton, later (1890) Mrs Margaret E. Mills, of Dover, registered at Hull 54850 118 Saint Cuthbert 237 L. Wheatley Dent & Co. of North Shields became of Blyth, later (1870) John Dent of Blyth 53464 119 Sancho (a snow or brig) 288 later 281/288 & 286/294 Reay & Naisby (or Naizby) of Hylton The vessel was always Blyth registered, owned by 'Lawson', then 'Dent', & finally by Sancho Shipping Company. On Dec. 9, 1887, Sancho left the Tyne for Bonanza, Spain, with a crew of 9. It was never heard from again - presumed lost during a severe hurricane in the Bay of Biscay in late Dec. 1888. 56465 120 Sea Swallow (a barque, later a barquentine) 349 Richard Thompson of Deptford The webmaster does not have all of the editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR') available to him. It seems likely, however, that the vessel is LR listed from 1865/66 thru 1893/94 at least. It was initially owned, thru 1876/77 at least, by W. Thompson of Sunderland, for service ex Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1867 (page 349, image soon) & 1870 both record Wm. Thompson, jun. of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. LR of 1877/78 is not available. The 1878/79 LR edition lists Mrs. J. Shotton, of Sunderland, as the vessel's then owner, thru 1881/82, with W. Shotton the vessel's captain (thru 1882/83 it would seem). It was re-coppered (in red) in 1879. The MNLs of 1879 & 1880 both list Mrs. Jane Shotton, of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. In 1881/82, & thru 1883/84 at least, per LR, J. Palmer, Jun. became the owner of the Sunderland registered vessel. Which owner name, per MNL of 1882 means John Palmer, jun., of London.. LR of 1884/85 is not available to the webmaster, however LR of 1885/86 lists G. Lewis of Shanghai, China, as her then owner - George Lewis per MNL of 1885. Just for a year. In 1886/87, per LR, C. A. L. Dunn, of Shanghai became the vessel's owner, thru 1893/94 it would seem, which owner name is clarified by MNl of 1890 to mean Charles A. L. Dunn. MNLs of 1891 & 1892 list James Maher of Shanghai as her then owner - & also her captain, at least on her final voyage, see below. From 1892/93, per LR, the vessel was listed as a barquentine. 120.5 ft. long, signal letters HJNP. On Dec. 1, 1894, the vessel left Amoy (Xiamen, Fujian Province, China), for Mozi, Fukuoka, Japan, in ballast & with a crew of 12 all told. From Dec. 6, 1894 the area was hit by a N.N.E. gale for many days. On Dec. 9, 1894, when the vessel was only about 25 miles off the coast (at about 42N/122E in the Bohai Sea) some equipment broke under the strain, & the heavily rolling ship lost its foremast which 'jumped out of its step & and laid over the port rails, breaking open the deck'. The mainmast & mizzen mast soon were also lost & had to be cut away from the vessel. On Dec. 13, 1894, Contest, a British sailing vessel, came upon the scene, the crew of Sea Swallow abandoned ship, & Contest took aboard the entire crew of Sea Swallow. James Maher, her owner & master, tried to set Sea Swallow, now a derelict & a danger to shipping, on fire & when that attempt failed he knocked out a ballast port to ensure that she would quickly sink. A Shanghai Court of Inquiry concluded that Captain Maher was justified in both abandoning & sinking the ship. The vessel was, it would seem, significantly under insured. Is there anything you can add? Y 54843 121 Serena (a composite barque) 493 W. Pile Madge & Co. (Henry J. Madge), of Swansea, Wales. On Sep. 8, 1869, 8 of the 64 shares in the vessel, shares previously owned by H. J. Madge, were sold at a public auction held at a Swansea hotel. With the notation 'Cost at sea, £9,558'. As per this auction sale notice (in blue). Later (1870) was owned by Edward Bath, also of Swansea. It would seem that Henry James Bath, his father Henry Bath before him, & generations of the Bath family were involved in the world wide copper trade & in the smelting of copper in Swansea. Over the years the business owned an extensive fleet of some 60 vessels that travelled overseas with coal bringing back copper ore, most particularly from Chile. Do read Mike Jackson's truly extensive 'pdf' about the family's history & businesses - here.  Was later owned (1880) by Bernard H. Hennessey, also of Swansea. 51120 122 Sherburn 644/488 James Laing H. Morton of Sunderland 54877 123 Shincliffe 292 J. Robinson Nicholson & Co., later (1870) Thomas Nicholson, jun., both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Hedley of Blyth 54893 124 Silksworth 247 Rawson & Watson G. Watson, later (1870) George Watson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Herron of Blyth 54844 125 Sjomanden 349 Wood Monsen & Co., later, from 1868, 'M. G. and E. S. Monsen, of Stavanger, Norway   126 Sooloo (a barque) 473 W. Adamson W. Adamson of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1880) Wm. Adamson of London 54653 127 Sparkle 196 L. Wheatley 'Humphry' of Sunderland, later (1870) James Humphrey of Hylton 54886 128 Stag 296 James Robinson J. Robinson of North Shields, 1870 also 53482 129 Star 349 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) W. Kish, later (1870) Wm. Kish, both of Sunderland 54865 130 Stonehouse, later Fanny (a ship) 1153 J. Smurthwaite J. Morison, later (1870) John Morrison, both of London 52814 131 Sumatra 736 James Laing Ingham & Co. of Palermo, Sicily, later (1880 & 1890) John Willis of London, later (1900) Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd. of Fleetwoof but registered at Llanelly 77063 later 132 Sussex 350 George Barker G. & J. Robinson of Arundel, later George Robinson (1870) of Arundel & (1880) of Littlehampton. Later wrecked, maybe in 1884 43515 133 Terentia, later Nadeshda 345 William Watson Walton & Co. of Sunderland, later George Munro Kerr of Glasgow. Later still was sold to H. Noack of Riga, Russia, & renamed Nadeshda. 54822 134 Thalia, later Athina (a barque) 292 W. H. Pearson The vessel would appear to have never been U.K. registered, rather owned by 'L'chamim' & soon 'Cochamani', both of Syra, Greece, where the vessel was registered. Lloyd's Register of 1870/71 reports that the vessel had been renamed Athina. I cannot tell you what happened to the vessel, likely in or about 1877.   135 Thetis (an iron steamship) 548/427 later 669/526 Pile, Hay & Co. The webmaster has not researched this vessel. But ... The vessel was owned by Ryde & Co. of London, later (Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1869/70) by Bell & Co., later (1870) by John Robert Kelso, later (1880) by Jas. Wait, all of North Shields. The Mercantile Navy List of 1873 lists Jas. & John Wait, of North Shields, as the vessel's then owners. Turnbull's Register of 1874 provides details re such ownership. It tells us that the vessel was, in 1874, owned by Jas. Wait, Jno. Wait, R. L. Morton & T. Driver with respectively, 28, 26, 6 & 4 shares. 179.4 ft. long, lengthened in or about 1870 to 219.4 ft. long, signal letters HMFL, 90 HP later 98 HP engines by R. & W. Hawthorn, of Newcastle (certainly the 98 HP engines). I note in passing that LR records T. Driver as the vessel's captain from 1871/72 thru 1874/75. The vessel was last recorded in MNL in 1884. I am not yet aware of what happened to the vessel but LR of 1883/84 notes that the vessel had stranded. 54674 136 Thornton (a barque) 346 W. H. Pearson Dixon & Co., later (1870) Robert Dixon, both of Newcastle 51382 137 Three Brothers (Τρία αδέλφια or close in Greek) 298 J. & J. Gibbon G. Fetele of Syra, Greece   138 Threepwood 364 Walker & Carr J. White, later (1870) John White, both of South Shields 53211 139 Three Sisters (a snow) 292 T. Stonehouse The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1871/72, owned throughout by the Riley family of Sunderland, initially by T. Riley but from 1870/71 by J. Riley. Initially for service ex Sunderland, soon from Shields to South America & from 1870/71 for service as a Dublin coaster. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Thomas Riley of Sunderland. 105.5 ft. long, signal letters HNFM. On Dec. 3, 1871, per line 1694 here, the 292 ton snow foundered off Zea (an island of the Cyclades archipelago, Greece), while en route from Berdianski (Sea of Azov, Ukraine, Black Sea), to England with a cargo of grain. Crew of 10 - none lost. Then owned by Thos. Riley. Y 54841 140 Thrush (a barque) 281 R. H. Potts & Bros. Potts Bros. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Baltic. Later (1870) R. H. Potts,  later (1880) John Firth, bothl of Sunderland. Later sold to foreign owners. 107.0 ft. long. 54872 141 Tongoy (a wooden barque with an iron frame) 484 W. Pile Madge & Co. of Swansea. 51114 142 Trinidad 674 William Doxford Olano & Co., maybe Olano, Larrinaga & Co., of Liverpool   143 Troas, later Maria (a barque) 377, later 401/418 (N/G) J. Robinson Foreman & Co. later (1870) George Foreman, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Joseph H. Teasdale of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. Sold to foreign owners on Jan. 12, 1883. Renamed Maria, the vessel was owned by W. A. T. Witthampf of Schiedam, Neterlands. 54825 144 Valetta (a barque) 348 John Thompson Another vessel that had a short life. Was always owned by Forster & Co. of Sunderland - Ann Forster per Mercantile Navy Lists. In late 1870, the vessel stranded near Rio Grande, (Brazil) while en route from Liverpool to Montevideo, Uruguay, with a general cargo. 54823 145 Velocity (a barque) 491 Robert Thompson Junior T. Todd, later (1870) Thomas Todd, both of London, later (1880 & 1890) Roger Martin of Bridgeport, Nova Scotia, Canada, later (1900) Nils Eric Amelon Möller of Shanghai, China. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 56734 146 Woodbine (a barque) 441 G. Short Doxford & Co. of Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 reports John Doxford of Sunderland as her then owner. 131.1 ft. long, signal letters HJUK. Lloyd's Register of 1872/73 states LOST. A contemporary newspaper article dated Jan. 2, 1868 advises that the vessel, en route from Mersyn (Mersin, southern Turkey) to the U.K. with a cargo of grain, had been lost. Then stated to be owned by Doxford & Bowman. No loss of life. Can anybody tell us about the circumstances of her loss & where it occurred, or otherwise add anything. 54839 147 Young Jessey 155 Liddle & Sutcliffe J. Welham of Lowestoft 49584     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1866? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 145 vessels of 62719 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1867 (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.) # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Abeona 384 B. Hodgson Humble & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Richard Humble, both of Sunderland, later sold to Norwegian owners 58063 2 Aber (a paddle steamer) 166/81 W. Nicholson Aber? A widely used name, particularly in Wales, of Celtic origin that means river mouth or estuary. The vessel, which was completed in Feb. 1867, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1871/72, owned by Nicholson & Sons of Sunderland, for service ex Sunderland - but in LR of 1871/72 for service as a Sunderland coaster. With, per LR, 'Henderson' serving as the vessel's captain until part way thru 1871/72 & 'Walls' thereafter. The Mercantile Navy Registers of 1868 & 1870 list William Nicholson of Sunderland as her then owner. 116.3 ft. long, 76 HP. On Aug. 28, 1871, per line 2133 here, the 166/81 (gross/net) tug (per LR at least) was involved in a collision & sank in the Irish Channel. Stated to have been en route from Donaghadee (County Down, Northern Ireland), to P. Patrick (Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, SW. coast of Scotland) with a general cargo. LR of 1871/72 notes 'Wrecked'. Crew of 8 & 17 passengers - none of them lost. Then owned by William Nicholson. It seems unusual, to the webmaster at least, that a tug would be described as carrying a general cargo. And carrying 17 passengers. It seems clear that the LR description of the vessel being a tug is in error. This site says that Aber was a passenger steamer on the Donaghadee to Portpatrick run, that it collided with 'Prussian Royal Mail steamer' on Sep. 2, 1871, & that one passenger was lost. This newspaper article provides detail. It tells us that, in dense fog, Aber was run down by Prussian, a Royal Mail steamer, was cut in two by the force of the collision & sank five minutes later. Prussian (likely ON 60403, built by 'Inglis' in Glasgow in 1869), was en route from Quebec, Canada, to Liverpool, at the time. It would appear that Nicholson & Sons may have been the Sunderland agents for Aber Coal Company of Swansea, which may or may not relate to our 'Aber'. Can anybody expand upon the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 58062 3 Advena 263 Rawson & Watson T. Gallon, later (1870) Thomas Gallon, both of North Shields 56119 4 Aline 474 James Hardie Ord & Co., later (1870) Robert Ord, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Wilfred Hine of Maryport 58064 5 Altair 399 Iliff R. Penney of Shoreham, later (1870) Robert H. Penney of Southwick, Sussex, later (1880 & 1890) Thomas C. Guthrie of Glasgow 54798 6 Angler (an iron schooner) 195 Iliff & Mounsey The available data re this vessel is confusing indeed. The vessel, which was first registered in Apl. 1867, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1873/74, always owned by Preston & Co. of Sunderland with E. Davies serving as the vessel's captain. And always for service from Sunderland to Dublin, Ireland. The Mercantile Navy List of 1868 clarifies the (managing) owner's name to mean Robert Preston, of Sunderland. I have spotted a couple of references to the vessel being at Port Dinorwic, Menai Strait, North Wales (now Y Felinheli) in Oct. & Nov. 1867, with Davies then her captain. Likely to take on board a cargo of slate. 103.0 ft. long. Even though the vessel is LR recorded thru 1873/74, the 2nd line 6 on this page tells us that on an unstated date in Feb. 1868, Angler went missing while en route from Sunderland to Dublin with a cargo of coal. The vessel had a crew of 7, all lost of course. The listing does not specify, even roughly, where the vessel was when she went missing, stating simply that it was lost 'On voyage'. So the first anomaly is that the vessel would appear to have been LR listed for 5 or 6 years after she would seem to have gone missing. My practice, in listing vessels on site, is to summarise first the data that I am able to find. Once that is done, I WWW search for additional data. And what I find re Angler is most interesting. 'Wrecksite.eu' reports that a 195 ton wooden schooner of the name, built by Iliff, Mounsey & Co. in 1867, went missing on Oct. 14, 1907 while returning to Cancale, Brittany, France, from a season of cod fishing on the Newfoundland Banks, Sailing from St. Pierre, Newfoundland. The vessel was then a French fishing vessel, presumably a 'mother' ship with perhaps 56 lives on board (fishermen & crew) & lost. I note that the vessel is not LR recorded thru 1899/1900 so far as I can see, but LR would no longer record a vessel not owned in the U.K. It is quite possible that the vessel was found drifting in 1868, was recovered, claimed & continued in service with new owners. Is that anything you can add to clarify this confusing history. Y 58059 7 Arbutus 383 J. Davison T. White, later (1870) Thomas White, both of South Shields, later (1880) James Bolt of North Shields. Vessel was later abandoned 56114 8 Ardent 358 G. Bartram Westoll & Co., later (1870) James Westoll, both of Sunderland 58106 9 Argosy 394 J. Gill T. F. Gates, later (1870) Thomas F. Gates, both of Shoreham 54791 10 Aspasia & Eleni, an English translation of Ασπασία & Ελένη, (maybe) in the Greek 188 Liddle & Sutcliffe M. Cumpas, of Taganrog, Russia   11 Auburn 346 G. Bartram Holmes & Co., later (1870) William Henry Gould. later (1880) James Westoll, all of Sunderland. Later sold to Dutch owners 58054 12 Auchencairn 287 W. Richardson Eccles & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Thomas Eccles, both of Blyth 56502 13 Azalea 293 James Robinson Robinson & Co., later (1870) Thomas Robinson, both of North Shields 56506 14 Bells 356 W. Naizby R. Bell of North Shields, later (1870) Robert Bell of Blyth, later (1890) Charles W. Turner of Christchurch, New Zealand. 56487 15 Belted Will 350 T. Metcalf G. Watson, later (1870 & 1880) George Watson, both of Sunderland. Vessel later sold to foreign owners 58101 16 Bertha (a barque) 399/425 William Watson Was owned thru 1885/86 by Goldberg & Co. of Swansea, Wales. Then sold to A. Alm of Tonsberg, Norway. 56036 17 Brothers and Sisters (a keelboat) 39 Unknown to webmaster The vessel is not listed in Lloyd's Register. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists her then owner as being James Hubbard of Monkwearmouth. On Feb. 24, 1870, per line 738 here, the 39 ton vessel sank off Hartlepool while en route from Middlesbrough to Shields with a cargo of pig iron etc. Crew of 2 - none lost. Vessel then owned by James Hubbard. Y 58096 18 Bussorah (a barque) 395 W. Adamson W. Adamson, later (1870 & 1880) William Adamson, both of Sunderland. The vessel was stranded, near Calais, France, on Nov. 14, 1885, as per this 'pdf' Inquiry into her loss. 58100 19 Canaradzo (an iron barque) 497 W. Pile Before I head into what the webmaster knows about the history of this vessel, some background data that may well be of interest to site visitors. For many months now, many new vessel listings have been added into the site, in a way 'back to front'. By that I mean that a U.K. Government 1874 Plimsoll Inquiry report, made available thanks to the folks at 'Google', has provided detail re the losses of thousands of vessels over the period of 1851 thru 1872. So listings are advanced with the vessel's 'end' a known factor. Within such data is recorded the 1867 loss of Canaradzo. What I found, however, was that Lloyd's Register ('LR') lists Canaradzo from 1867/68 thru 1873/74 (LR of 1873/74 notes that the vessel had been 'Lost') and the The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') lists the vessel thru 1875. Having now researched many vessels in the time period, it is NOT unusual for LR to continue to list vessels for many years after they in fact were lost. MNL, on the other hand, has proven to be most accurate in its data, i.e. if a vessel is lost, MNL instantly ceased to list such vessel. So how could I reconcile the loss of the vessel in 1867 with the vessel's existence thru 1875 as reported by both LR and MNL? The truth is now clear. The vessel, which was launched on Jun. 6, 1867 & was first registered in that month, is LR listed from 1867/68 thru 1873/74. Always i) registered at Sunderland & always ii) owned by John Hay of London. For service from Sunderland to Valparaiso, Chile, & always with T. Robertson serving as her captain. The MNLs of 1868 thru 1875 list John Hay of London as her owner. MNLs of 1870 & 1875 are here & here. Per line 12 on this page, at an unknown date in 1867, the 497 ton barque went missing while en route from Sunderland to Valparaiso with an unknown cargo. The vessel is stated to have had a crew of 16, all lost of course. No detail is provided as to where the vessel was when it was lost, it simply being stated that the vessel went missing 'On voyage'.158.7 ft. long, signal letters HPRJ. Welsh Newspapers Online (thanks!) gives us the basic facts as to what in fact happened. The vessel left Sunderland on its maiden voyage on Jun. 21, 1867 (maybe on Jun. 18, 1867), with a crew of 16 all told & under the command of Thomas Robertson of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It passed the Downs & was later seen in a burning condition off Cape Horn by Otorsa (maybe Otossa). Thanks to the Newspaper Archive, I see that the Edinburgh Evening Courant, of Mar. 9, 1868, republished an article ex the Shields Gazette that covers most extensively the circumstances of the vessel's loss. I provide here most of the text (edited as seems appropriate by the webmaster). 'We are sorry to learn that all hope must now be abandoned for the safety of the new barque Canaradzo, of Sunderland, Captain Robertson, which sailed from the Wear on her first voyage on the 18th of June last, coal laden, and bound for Valparaiso, with a crew of sixteen hands, all told. She passed Deal on the 21st of June, and has never since been heard of, although sufficient time has elapsed for her to have gone to her port and returned. The only clue that can be got as to her fate is a report by Captain Clement of the Otossa, who, on his arrival at Valparaiso, states that in the month of September last, when rounding Cape Hom, the chief mate informed him that a steamer must be approaching them. Captain Clement, on looking through his glass, discovered a vessel in the midst of dense smoke, and with her colours hoisted as if in distress. The wind being light, the Otossa could not get alongside the burning vessel. She remained as near to the place as possible for a couple of days, but nothing more was seen of the vessel, and no boats ever came in sight. There were five or six ships at no great distance from each other about the same time, and if the crew of the burning vessel had taken to their boats they would in all probability have been picked up, but it would appear as if no human being had been saved from the doomed ship. The Canaradzo belonged to John Hay, Esq., Sunderland, and was of 496 tons register.' It seems likely that the vessel's loss was due to the spontaneous combustion of its cargo of coal. The Government report proved to be correct & both LR & MNL in this case, got it wrong. Is there anything you can add? Y 58071 20 Carnatic 871 W. Pile, Hay & Co. J. & J. Wait, later by James Wait, both of North Shields 56482 21 Carron (a barque) 344 Jas. Crown The vessel was completed in Apl. 1867. Was owned by Watts & Co., later (1870) Edmund Hannay Watts, jun., both of Blyth. Lloyd's Register of 1879/80 notes that the vessel, then owned by Watts, Milburn & Co. of North Shields, had been involved in a collision. 120.1 ft. long, signal letters QGSV 56495 22 Cicero (an iron barque) 499 William Doxford Launched on New Year's Day 1867. For Tully & Sons of Sunderland, for initial service from Sunderland to Valparaiso, Chile. Later (1870) John Tully, jun. of Monkwearmouth, later (1880 & 1890) John Tully of Sunderland. 148.5 ft. long, signal letters HNDJ. 58048 23 Clarissa (a brig) 256 later 245 or 252 later 269 L. Wheatley The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1871/72. Was initially owned by J. Patterson of Arbroath for service from Sunderland to Cape of Good Hope ('CGH'), soon to CGH ex Swansea. In 1870/71, Cargill & Co., also of Arbroath, is LR listed as her owner for service from Dundee to the West Indies. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, lists David Chapel of Arbroath as the then owner of the 245 ton vessel. 106.7 ft. long, signal letters HVTB. LR of 1871/72 states 'wrecked'. On Aug. 28, 1871, per line 1491 here, the 252 ton brig  was stranded at Marstrand (W. coast of Sweden, N. of Gothenburg), while en route from Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia) to London with a cargo of oats. Crew of 10 - 8 lost. Also a single passenger that was lost. Then owned by David Chapel. The end of her story? Actually no. Clarissa, described as wrecked in 1871, must have been repaired & returned to service. The vessel, now 105.7 ft. long, is again recorded in Lloyd's Registers from 1876/77 thru 1889/90, owned thru 1886/87 by the Burt family of Shoreham, Sussex - initially G. Burt & from 1883/84 Mrs S. Burt. G. Burt is LR listed as her captain during that entire period & even beyond in fact. The Mercantile Navy List of 1880 lists George Burt of Southwick, Sussex, as her then owner. In 1886/87, A. Buckwell, also of Shoreham, became her owner, with, per LR, G. Burt still her captain. LR of 1889/90 states 'stranded'. It would seem that the vessel was stranded on Feb. 11, 1889. Can you tell us anything additional? Y 58081 24 Clematis (a snow or brig, from 1870/71 LR listed as a barque) 298 later 284 W. H. Pearson The vessel was initially owned by James Ayr (or Ayre) of Sunderland, but from 1868 it became owned by John Cole of Blyth, Northumberland. On Aug. 16, 1872, the vessel was stranded & became a total loss while en route from Cardiff, Wales, to Lisbon, Portugal, with a cargo of coal. 58092 25 Coldstream 250 J. Barkes J. Morrison, later (1870 & 1880) John Morrison, both of North Shields 56507 26 Colombo 341 Sykes & Co. Dawson Bros., later (1870) Francis Ritson, both of Sunderland 58080 27 Contest 486 Blumer and Company Ritson & Co., later Francis Ritson, both of Sunderland, later John Lawrence Walsh of Ainsdale, Lancashire, later Nils Eric Amelon Möller of Shanghai, China 58065 28 Cyprus 343 George Barker Chatt & Co., later (1870) Leonard Chatt, later (1880) Leonard Dobson Chatt, all of Sunderland 58104 29 Cyrene (a barque) 354 W. Naizby The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire period by Foreman & Co. of Sunderland. For service ex Sunderland - no destination detail is provided. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists George Foreman, of Sunderland, as her then owner. 118.2 ft. long, signal letters HFCW. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'wrecked'. On Nov. 21, 1872, per line 2722 here, the 354 ton barque stranded at Rattray Head (Buchan, Aberdeenshire), while en route from Sunderland to Cuba with a cargo of iron & coal. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then stated to be owned by Geo. Foreman. The circumstances of her loss have not yet come to hand. Can you tell us what happened, or otherwise add anything? Y 58102 30 Deux Maries (a brig) 245 E. Spowers or Spowers & Co. of Hylton The vessel was launched, on Nov. 24, 1867 I read, per this (in red) launch report, for French owners. Which announcement records the builder incorrectly. 'R. Ringn'z' of Dunkirk, France   31 Duesber (a barque) 349 John Robinson The vessel was owned, for its entire lifetime, by Charles Brightman of London & his partners. It ran aground & was lost on Aug. 18, 1877 near to the Mexican Yucatan coast. 56886 32 Duke (a barque) 387 Thomas Metcalf, often referred to as Metcalfe I refer you, via the link at left, to data concerning the vessel's ownership history. For most of its life, the vessel was owned by the 'Davison' family of North Shields. In 1890, then German owned, the vessel was condemned & sold when at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. 56498 33 Eleanor (a snow) 298 Gibbon & Nichol The vessel was launched, on Nov. 26, 1867 I read, per this (in blue) launch report. 'W&TBnntt', later (1870) Thomas Bennett, both of South Shields. 109.9 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1876/77 notes that the vessel, then owned by Mrs. E. Bennett, had stranded. p059 58700 34 Eleanor Grace (a barque) 336 James Robinson J. Robinson, later (1870) Joseph Robinson, both of North Shields. The vessel went missing in early 1879. I read, here ex here, that at the time of her loss the vessel, with a crew of 10 & J. Spence her captain, was en route from Taganrog (Rostov Oblast, Russia, Sea of Azov, Black Sea) to Stockton-on-Tees with a cargo of linseed. The vessel left Plymouth on Jan. 02, 1879 & was not heard from again. A modest event in the life of the vessel, that the webmaster happened to come across. On Nov. 02, 1869, Bosworth (built at Sunderland in 1855) was in collision with Antonio, a French barque, registered at Bordeaux, France. At, the webmaster has read, 7N/23W, 700 miles or so off the W. coast of Africa. Bosworth sank as a result of the collision. I read that Eleanor Grace, D. Downie in command, rescued Bosworth's crew & likely landed them at Pernambuco or Bahia, Brazil. Some related contemporary news reports 1 & 2. Signal letters HPMK 56499 35 Elleray 342 W. Richardson Gl'holm & Co., later (1870) Thomas Glaholm, both of Sunderland 58050 36 Elliotts (a barque) 376 W. Naizby of South Hylton This vessel, which was completed in Jun. 1867, was Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1881/82. Thru 1880/81, per LR, the vessel was owned by J. Short of North Shields, for, where service is indicated, service to the Mediterranean thru 1868/69, from Shields to Singapore in 1869/70, from Shields to South America in 1870/71 & 1871/72. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870 records John Short of North Shields as her then owner. As does the equivalent list of 1880. During the period of 'Short' ownership, W. Douglas (thru 1870/71) & J. Rumbellow (thereafter) served as the vessel's captain. The vessel is not recorded in MNL of 1882. LR of 1881/82, while it provides no owner or captain names for the vessel, does advise that the vessel then was registered in Austria. I presume that the vessel had been sold in or about 1881. 122.6 ft. long, signal letters HQCD. Can any site visitor advise us if the vessel was renamed & provide detail re its later ownership & history. Y 56501 37 Emily 268 Rawson & Watson Vonn Ronn & Co., later (1870) John J. Holdsworth, both of London, later (1880) Fras. Buckle of Sydney, New South Wales. Australia. A Naval Court Inquiry into the vessel's loss was conducted on Oct. 11, 1881 at Tientsin, China. As per this report. No exact date of loss is therein stated. 56913 38 Emily Anne 121 G. & J. Mills T. Randell of Poole, later (1870) Emily Ann Randell of Swanage, Dorset, later (1880 & 1890) Thomas Smart, later (1900 & 1910) Mrs. Emily Smart, both of Bosham, Sussex. On Oct. 27, 1888, the vessel was in collision with Queen (ON 13042) off Scarborough, Yorkshire, as per this Inquiry report. 48878 39 Emulation (a barque) 392 Robert Thompson Junior Blain & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Blain, both of South Shields. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 58698 40 Espiegle 391 Blumer and Company H. Ellis of London, later (1870 & 1880) Arthur Robson of Sunderland. Broken up about 1887/1888 56843 41 Ethiopian (a wooden barque) 316 later 311/322 J. & E. Lumsden at Pallion The vessel was always registered at Sunderland, owned by, in sequence, Dove, Duncan, Richter & Trattles. Details via the link at left. On Sep. 18, 1889, the vessel stranded near the mouth of the River Plate, near Montevideo, Uruguay, & sank in deep water. Crew all saved. 58077   Eva Maria (a schooner) - go here 91 John Rodgerson A strange story about this vessel - follow the link at left to read about it. 58099 42 Fairway 299 James Hardie 'Tullock' & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Gilbert Tulloch, both of Swansea. Vessel was abandoned on Sep. 9, 1887 56031 43 Flamborough 670/456 T. R. Oswald J. Livesay of Sunderland, later James Livesay of London 58061 44 Fleetly 233 Coxon & Young W. Charlton of Blyth 56481 45 Fleetwing (a barque) 349 later 349/358 (N/G) W. H. Pearson The vessel was owned at Newcastle, by White & Co. & then by Bell & Dunn, but in 1876/77 became owned by J. Isles of Dundee, Scotland. In 1878 the vessel was stranded for some hours on the coast of France, but was towed to London & repaired. Lloyd's Register of 1887/88 states that the vessel had been condemned. 56058 46 Flodden (a barque) 1 343 W. Pickersgill A. Watts, later (1870) Edmund H. Watts, jun., both of Blyth, later (1880) Robert Rae of Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 56520 47 Florence 288 J. Gill W. Tulloch, later (1870) William Tulloch, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) Lawrence Tulloch of Swansea 58084 48 Forest Grove (a barque) 344 W. H. Pearson R. Wynn, later (1870 & 1880) Richard Wynn, both of Sunderland 54899 49 Forfarshire 1238 J. Morison J. Morison, later, in 1870, John Morison, both of London 56779 50 George Herbert later Emmanuel 254 Rawson & Watson J. Graham of Newport. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 advises that the vessel, now named Emmanuel, was owned by G. Kibitos, of Syra, Greece 56528 51 Glen Osmond, later Zora (a composite barque) 776 James Laing The webmaster has not yet researched this vessel. Was owned by W. Stevens of London, later (1870) William A. Stevens of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, later (1880) Alexander L. Elder, later (1890) William G. Elder, both of London. Data & also an image of the vessel is available here. I read there that the vessel when later named Zora (means Dawn in English) was owned by M. Ivetta, of Ragusa (i.e. Dubrovnik, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (or Monarchy) now in Croatia). The vessel was wrecked at Spykerplaat (North Sea off the coast of Zeeland) on Dec. 7, 1895 while en route from Antwerp, Belgium, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. 56864 52 Golconda 353 G. Short W. C. Allen, later (1870) Wm. C. Allen, both of South Shields 56109 53 Harmodius 490 W. Pile Walker, later (1870) Henry Walker, both of London 56770 54 Harraton 654/445 James Laing H. Morton of Sunderland, later (1870 thru 1890) Henry T. Morton of Biddick Hall, Durham. I previously recorded Lambton Collieries 58052   Hay's, later Hays (a brig) 294 Robert Potts of Seaham The data record for this vessel is confusing. Did the vessel really change its name from Hay's to Hays, or is that rather a typographical error? The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, as Hay's, from 1867/68 thru 1873/74. It was initially owned by W. Hay and registered at Amble, Northumberland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1868 thru 1871 all record Hays as Shields registered & owned by William C. Hay, of Amble. On Jan. 05, 1871, the vessel was offered for sale at a South Shields auction. In 1870/71, per LR, I. Bedlington became the owner of the vessel, stated to have been then registered at West Hartlepool, which registration became Shields in the next year. For continued service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, but from 1871/72 for service from Bristol to the Mediterranean. The MNLs of 1872 & 1874 (the 1873 edition is not available) record Isaac Bedlington, of West Hartlepool, as the owner of the vessel, still registered at Shields. 106.0 ft. long, signal letters JLWS, some crew lists are available via this page. On Dec. 21, 1872, per line 2811 here, Hays, a 294 ton brig, was stranded off Groomsport (S. shore of Belfast Lough, 12 miles E. of Belfast, Northern Ireland) while en route from Berdianski (now Berdiansk or Berdyansk, SE Ukraine, Sea of Azov, Black Sea) to Belfast with a cargo of grain (wheat). Crew of 10 - none lost. Then owned by Isaac Bedlington. These newspaper cuttings tell us that the vessel grounded on Brigs Rocks, off Groomsport, during a heavy gale. Further, that the entire crew, said to be 8 in number, was rescued by a boat owned by Samuel Heyburn, a pilot, & landed at Groomsport. The vessel likely became a wreck. On Jan. 09, 1873, Susan arrived at Belfast with a portion of the ship's cargo of wheat. Can you add anything? Y 56517 55 Helpmeet 338 J. Douglas T. Knight, later (1870) Thomas Knight, both of Blyth 56485 56 Hopeful (a brig) 294 J. & J. Gibbon Gooding & Co., later (1870) James Gooding, both of Sunderland. p059 58094 57 Industry 450 J. Hardie W. Ord & Co. of Sunderland. Vessel not listed in Lloyd's Register of 1870/71   58 Inez 450 J. Hardie W. Ord & Co., later (1870) R. B. Moon, both of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. 58107 59 Invicta (an iron barque) 386 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. Mears & Co. or Mears & Foreman, of Sunderland. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1873/74 - for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. LR of 1873/74 states 'LOST'. 142.7 ft. long. Despite the above, it would seem that the vessel was lost on its maiden voyage which left Sunderland on Sep. 23, 1867 bound for Alexandria, Egypt. It likely foundered on Hasborough Sand (near Cromer, Norfolk), with the loss of her entire crew. A new longboat, marked 'Invicta of Sunderland, Alexander Brown' was found at sea, presumably without occupants, & was landed at Yarmouth. A. Brown was the vessel's captain. All essentially as you can read in this contemporary newspaper cutting. Y 58087 60 Ionian 374 G. & J. Mills Wrightson, later (1870 & 1880) Robert Wrightson, both of Sunderland. Later sold to foreign owners 58074 61 Irvine 655 William Doxford D. Hunter, later (1870 thru 1890) David Hunter, both of Ayr 58561 62 Istapa 391 James Hardie Nichol of Liverpool, likely William Nicol, becoming M. Ion in 1872/73, also of Liverpool 55106 63 Jane and Dorothy (a barque) 350 John Thompson W. & J. Brown, later (1870) William Brown, both of Sunderland. p092 58097 64 John Byers 349 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) M. Robson, later (1870) Matthew Robson, later (1880) John Hunter Watson, all of Sunderland 58078 65 Jubilee (a steamship) 718/488 T. R. Oswald The vessel was launched, in Nov. 1867 I read, per this (in red) launch report, for Lambert, Son, & Scott of London. Lambert & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Francis Lambert, both of London. On Mar. 05, 1883, the vessel left East Hartlepool for Rochester, Kent, with a cargo of 932 tons of coal & a crew of 16 all told. A gale sprang up the next morning, when the vessel was near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, a gale which must have overwhelmed the vessel, which was never seen again. The report of the Inquiry, held into the vessel's loss, can be read here. 56897 66 Jumna 1048 W. Pile, Hay & Co. J. Nourse (a captain), later (1870 thru 1880 & 1890) James Nourse, all of London. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 56838 67 Jungfrau (a barque) 585 William Doxford Glover Bros, later (1870) Robert R. Glover, both of London, later (1880) Joseph A. Nicholson of Swansea. 158.3 ft. long, signal letters HTBS. The webmaster has not yet researched this vessel, however extensive research into its history has been completed by Bill Swift, whose copyrighted 'pdf' 15-page study re the vessel is available here. Should any site visitor have any questions or comments about such study, the webmaster would be happy to pass along any messages received to Bill. 56891 68 Kingdom of Italy (a barque) 444 G. Short Gosman & Co., later (1870) Alexander Gosman, both of London. The vessel was wrecked on Jan. 19, 1877 56908 69 Laura Williamson 89 Wm. Pickersgill T. Williamson (a captain), later (1870 & 1880) Thomas Williamson, later (1890 & 1900) William Williamson, all of Boston, later (1910) Frank Nurse of Gloucester 56282 70 Lebanon 199 James Robinson M'Innes & Co., later (1870) Robert G. McInnes, both of Amble 56484 71 Lochleven's Flower (a barque) 299 T. Metcalf The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire period by Watson & Co. of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists John H. Watson, of Sunderland, as her then owner. 112.4 ft. long. LR of 1872/73 states 'wrecked'. On Nov. 23, 1872, per line 2726 here, the 299 ton barque stranded at Gunwalloe (Mounts Bay, Cornish coast, on the Lizard peninsula), while en route from Berdianski (Berdyansk, SE Ukraine, Black Sea), to Falmouth with a cargo of grain. Crew of 10 - all lost. Then owned by John H. Watson. The vessel, under the command of 32 year old Edwin Bachelor Hollowell (image) was caught in a SW gale & lost against the Halzephron Cliffs, at Gunwalloe, Cornwall. This page, (thanks Eric Hardy), with many images of the cliffs, states that 19 were, in fact, drowned but only five bodies were found. Lochleven? There are two lochs named Loch Leven. One is a small fresh water loch in central Scotland, with a castle close off shore noted for having been the prison which in 1567 held Mary, Queen of Scots - the correct Loch Leven as per page 115 & following of this 'pdf' file (Scots Weekly Magazine of Nov. 1832 to Apl. 1833). The second is a sea loch on the W. coast of Scotland, a sea branch off Loch Linnhe.  58046 72 Loochoo (a barque) 495 W. Adamson W. Adamson of London, later (1870 & 1880) William Adamson, of Sunderland, later (1890) Wm. Yeoman of London 56841 73 L. R. H., later Amalia (a barque) 389 later 419/431 (N/G) Reay & Naisby, of Hylton The webmaster does not know, for sure, the vessel's initial name. Always registered at Bilbao, Spain, the vessel became Amalia in or about 1879. On Jan. 29, 1900, Les Andes, a steamship, collided with Amalia, off the E. coast of Spain. Amalia, severely damaged, later sank. With no loss of life.   74 Luca 299 W. Barklay M. Miceli of Messina, Sicily   75 Lyra 399 Iliff Penney & Co. of Shoreham, later (1870) Robert H. Penney of Southwick, Sussex, later (1880) Henry Thomas of Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire 54796 76 Madeline Ann 142 W. Barclay Robertson Bros., later (1870) Charles Robertson jun., both of Dundee, later (1880 & 1890) Robt. Brown of Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. Vessel was lost on Dec. 22, 1894 58226 77 Mangosteen (a barque) 352 W. Nicholson Mangosteen? Three species of tree that grow in SE Asia - one of the species produces an edible fruit, rather like an orange but with a hard purple rind. A strange name, perhaps, for a vessel that served South America. Mangosteen, which was launched on Aug. 03, 1867 & first registered at Sunderland on Sep. 30, 1867, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire period by Nicholson & Sons (probably Wm. Nicholson & Sons) of Sunderland. By its builder it would seem. Initially for service from Sunderland to South America, in 1870/71 for service from Swansea, Wales, to Montreal, Canada, & from 1871/72 for service from Swansea to South America. I note in passing that the owners must have been partial to the name Mangosteen. 'Nicholson' also owned a vessel of identical name (ON #23718), a 427/425 ton barque, built by 'Harkass' at Sunderland in 1855. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1868 thru 1872 (1870) all list William Nicholson, of Sunderland, as her then owner. 124.2 ft. long, some crew lists are available via this page. LR of 1872/73 states 'Missing'. On Nov. 13, 1871, per line 2196 here (a U.K. Government wreck listing), the 352 ton barque left Porthcawl (W. of Cardiff & SE of Swansea) for Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of coal. And went missing en route. Crew of 13 - all lost. Then owned by William Nicholson. The circumstances of her loss have not yet come to hand. I read that 'Edwards' was her captain on that final voyage. Can you tell us more about what happened? Y 58091 78 Marguerite 353 R. Pace Rousanne & Co. of Bordeaux, France   79 Marion 149 Liddle & Sutcliffe Shears & Co., later (1870) John Shears, both of Brixham, later (1880) Wm. Buttler, later (1890) Henry Richard Cornelius, later (1900) Henry John Cornelius, all of Faversham 56624 80 Martha (a smack) 62 Alfred Simey An announcement (in green) re the launch of the vessel on Nov. 26, 1867. 67 ft. long. Initial owner not known to webmaster, later (1870) James Harding of Kingston upon Hull, later (1880) James Redfern of Hull 58103 81 May Flower 277 Wm. Pickersgill G. Lawson, later (1870) George Lawson, sen., both of South Shields, later (1880) Peter Dickson sen. of Adelaide, South Australia 56115 82 Meggie 290 Sykes & Co. J. Gibbon, later (1870) John Gibbon, both of South Shields 58694 83 Midsummer 349 J. Lister J. Lister of Sunderland, later (1870) John Lister of Hylton, later (1880) John G. Lister of Sunderland 58072 84 Minnie Gray 361 J. Robinson Stead & Co., later (1870) William Gray, both of Hull, later (1880) Neal Blaney of Cushendell, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 56275 85 Minora 249 Gray & Young R. Coxon of Sunderland then of Newcastle, later (1870) Robert Coxon of Newcastle, later (1880) William L. Dickson of Port Adelaide, South Australia, later (1890) David Williams of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 56055 86 Mirzapore (a barque) 487 William Watson Baour & Co., of Bordeaux, France   87 Mysterious Star 387 J. Barkes Barkes & Co., later (1870) Wm. Todd Thirkell, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) Rees Davies of Aberayron, Cardiganshire. On Oct. 22, 1894, en route from Cardiff, Wales, to Imbatiba (probably today's Imbituba in southern Brazil), the vessel had to be abandoned in the N. Atlantic, close to the Cape Verde islands, with too much water in her holds. The crew took to ship's boats, were rescued by iron ship Inchcape Rock & later landed at Pernambuco, Brazil. The 'pdf' report of the Board of Trade Inquiry into her loss can be read here. 58058 88 Nantib 298 W. Barclay Stamp & Co., later (1870) Thomas Collie Stamp, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John M. Glover of Liverpool 58067 89 Northumbria 380 James Robinson T. Gibson, later (1870) William H. Gibson, both of North Shields, later (1880) James Gibson of Cardiff 56479 90 Ocean (a barque) 349 John Thompson Forrest Bros., later (1870) William Forrest, both of South Shields, later (1880) John Sutton of King's Lynn, Norfolk. p092 56117 91 Ocean Rover (a composite barque) 548 Robert Thompson Junior A high quality vessel indeed - in the opinion of Lloyd's, as you can read here. 'Thompsn' & Co., later (1870) Joseph Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) Jeremiah C. Richardson of Swansea. 153.0 ft. long. On Mar. 20, 1891, when at Laraquete (near Concepción), Chile, the vessel was destroyed by fire. The Report of the Inquiry into such loss can be seen here. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 58076 92 Oran 759/512 James Laing La Cie. Anon. de Nav. Mixte of Marseilles, France   93 Palestine 296 J. Lister W. Clough, later (1870) William Clough, both of South Shields, later (1880) Geo. Dobson of Blyth. Vessel was lost on Dec. 13, 1883 58692 94 Payta 675/591 T. R. Oswald Turner & Co., later (1870) William Turner, later (1880 & 1890) John Edwards, all of Bristol 53190 95 Pennine 1 296 Peter Austin W. Johnson, later (1870 & 1880) William Johnson, both of North Shields, later (1890) John H. Bull of Newhaven 56480 96 Plover 69 W. Pile J. & T. Park, later (1870 & 1880) John Park, both of Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, later (1890) Lancelot Tuttle jun. of Hull, later (1900) Joseph Holten of Plymouth, registered at Padstow 55350 97 Poonah, later Leif (an iron ship) 1199 William Pile G. D. (George Dorman) Tyser, later William H. Tyser, both of London. Later named Leif. Wrecked in Dec. 1905. 56889 98 Pyrrha (an iron barque) 397 Iliff & Mounsey A vessel which had a very short life. The vessel, which was first registered in Oct. 1867, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1867/68 & 1868/69 only, owned by Smith & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Per LR, 'Topliff' served as the vessel's captain. The owner's name is clarified by The Mercantile Navy List of 1868 to mean Alexander Smith of Sunderland. 141.4 ft. long, signal letters HSTC. LR of 1868/69 notes that the vessel had gone 'Missing'. Line 34 on this page, tells us that on an unknown date in Mar. 1868, the 397 ton iron barque went missing while en route from Alexandria, Egypt, to the U.K. with an unknown cargo. The vessel is stated to have had a crew of 12, all lost of course. No detail is provided as to where the vessel was when it was lost, it simply being stated that the vessel went missing 'On voyage'. This modest newspaper cutting tells us that the vessel left Alexandria on Mar. 16, 1868 for either Queenstown, Ireland, or Plymouth, Devon, & has not been heard from since. Is it possible that can tell us more about the circumstances of the vessel's loss, or otherwise add anything. Y 58098 99 Queen of Devon 399 Peter Austin H. Ellis, later (1870) Henry Ellis, both of London 56851 100 Queen of the West 424 W. Pile, Hay & Co. H. Ellis, later (1870) Henry Ellis, both of London, later William Price (1880) of Harrington, Cumberland & (1890) of Liverpool 56856 101 Resolution 139 T. W. Scarth J. Charlton, later (1870) John Charleton, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Edwin John Brain of Melbourne, Australia. Wrecked on Apl. 27, 1877 58086 102 Ribston (a barque) 1 (ex p#50 of a 'pdf' file available here - W.A. Historical Ships Register) 397 later 407 J. Robinson Brown & Co., later (1870) William Brown, both of Sunderland. Signal letters HNFR. Per 'crewlist.org', the vessel was sold as a wreck on Nov. 8, 1877. Clearly after the vessel stranded as advised by an entry on this page. It must have been rebuilt. Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1881/82 advises that the vessel was then owned by J. Tuckey & Co. & registered at Hong Kong. Data at left states that John Tuckey was of Fremantle, West Australia, where the vessel was registered & further that the vessel was later (1888) sold to Mr. Hempel, a German. LR of 1889/90 states that the vessel had been broken up. 58053 103 Rothbury 267 B. Hodgson Pape & Co., later (1870) Edward Pape, later (1880) John Gibson, all of Blyth. The vessel stranded & was lost on Sep. 28, 1881 as per this ('pdf') report of the Board of Trade Inquiry into her loss. 56505 104 Russell 395 J. Davison W. Atkinson of North Shields, later (1870) William B. Atkinson of Tynemouth, later (1880) Henry Eggleston of Monkwearmouth Shore 56512 105 Salacia (a brig) 244 W. H. Pearson W. Sinclair, later (1870 & 1880) Wm. H. Sinclair, both of Sunderland 58057 106 San Antonio 497 James Hardie W. Nicol, later (1870 & 1880) William Nichol, both of Liverpool, later (1890) Abraham B. Troop of London 60014 107 Secret Shot   W. Adamson Not known to webmaster 58055 108 Selma (a barque) 348 later 356 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, it would seem, from 1866/67 thru 1892/93. It was launched in Mar. 1867 & always registered at Newcastle. It was owned, thru 1876/77 by 'MThompsn' of Newcastle, which means, per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870, Mark Thompson. For service initially ex Sunderland, but from 1870/71 for service from Shields to the Mediterranean. In 1876/77, per LR, D. F. C. Beck became the vessel's owner, which owner name is clarified by MNL of 1880 as meaning Daniel F. C. Beck of North Shields. MNLs of 1890 & 1892 list him as being the managing owner. It would seem that a member of the Beck family was the vessel's captain in, per LR, 1885/86 & 1886/87 - J. A. Beck - though it could be an error since a quite similar name, J. A. Bach was for a great many years her captain. 120.9 ft. long, signal letters HNQC. Her crew in 1891 (22 names). The vessel went missing in Oct. 1892 as you can read here ex here. The barque left Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada, for Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 12, 1892 with a 450 ton cargo of deals with none stored on deck. It was never heard from again. The vessel was then owned by D. F. C. Beck of North Shields & is said to have had a crew of 9. The page comments that the vessel was extensively repaired in 1891. Is there anything you can add? Y 56053 109 Severn 542/368 T. R. Oswald Good & Co. of Hull, later (1870) P. T. Flodman of Kingston upon Hull, later (1880 & 1890) W. C. J. F. Good of Hull 58089 110 Severn (a barque) 398 Jas. Crown R. Gayner, later Robert H. Gayner, later Robert Heydon Gayner, all of Sunderland 58105 111 Shooting Star 449 G. Short H. Ellis & Co., later (1870) Arthur Pardew, both of London 56861 112 Star (a barque) 397 later 373 Walker & Carr The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1869/70, owned by Irvine & Co. of South Shields, for service ex Sunderland. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, records the vessel as then owned by Wm. Irvin of North Shields. 123.1 ft. long, signal letters HNQT. LR of 1869/70 notes 'wrecked'. On Mar. 23, 1870, per line 124 here, the 397 ton barque was stranded at Concha Reef (Cuba?). While en route from Cabarien (perhaps now Caibarién, Cuba) to Falmouth with a cargo of sugar. Crew of 12 - none lost. Then owned by William Irvin. Y 56492 113 Star of Hope (a barque) 353 George Barker Potts & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) John Potts of Monkwearmouth, later W. M. Ward 58073 114 T. B. Ord (a barque) 398 G. & J. Mills F. Ritson, later (1870 & 1880) Francis Ritson, both of Sunderland 58079 115 Thomas Knox (a barque) 346 Richard Thompson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1871/72, owned throughout by T. Knox of North Shields. Initially for service to the Mediterranean ex Sunderland, soon ex Shields, & later from Shields to the Black Sea. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Thomas Knox of North Shields. 117.3 ft. long, signal letters HQRV. On Dec. 5, 1871, per line 1700 here, the 346 ton barque was stranded at Long Sand (Thames Estuary, Essex), while en route from Shields to Sebastapol, Crimean Peninsula, Black Sea, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 11 - 1 lost. Then owned by Thomas Knox. Y 56504 116 Thornhill (a brig) 290 Gibbon & Nichol The vessel, which was owned by the 'Reay' family of Sunderland, had a very short life. On Mar. 21, 1869 the brig stranded near Brulos, Egypt, while en route from Newcastle to Port Said, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 10 - 7 lives lost. 58070 117 Tortola (a barque) 399 J. Davison Anderson & Co., later (1870) Thomas Anderson, both of Sunderland 58051 118 Undine (a composite ship) 796 W. Pile Hay & Co. J. (John) Kelso, later J. R. Kelso, both of North Shields 56514 119 Unison (a barque) 365 Reay & Naisby The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1866/67 thru 1881/82, owned thru 1874/75, per LR, by Farrow, jr. of Sunderland. For initial service from Sunderland to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, in the period of 1869/1872 for service from Sunderland to Japan & thereafter for service ex Sunderland. The vessel is listed in the Mercantile Navy List of 1870 which advises that the vessel was then owned by William Farrow jun. of Sunderland. LR of 1875/76 is not available to the webmaster. It is likely however that the vessel was in that year's edition owned by Fawcett & Greenwell, of Sunderland. Why do I say that? LR of 1876/77 lists the vessel as owned by 'Fawcett & Greenwell TG, Greenwell', of Sunderland. LRs of 1878/79 thru 1881/82 provide no owner names but do indicate that the vessel was then registered in Germany. 123.1 ft. long, signal letters HTLJ. What finally happened to the vessel has not yet come to hand. Can you tell us more? Y 58060 120 Valetta (an iron steamship) 786/608 T. R. Oswald A vessel which had a very short, but eventful, life. On Dec. 24, 1868, when off Orfordness, Suffolk, the vessel ran into & sank Alderman. On Jun. 21, 1869, Valetta was unloading a cargo of railway on the Danube river when it was run into by Guirgveno, an Austrian steamship. And sank. 58121 121 Varuna (a barque) 489 W. Briggs Briggs & Sons of Sunderland, later, M. Amsinck of Hamburg, Germany 58075 122 Victoria (an iron barque) 670 William Doxford Olano & Co. maybe Olano, Larrinaga & Co., of Bilbao, Spain, later (1880 & 1890) Swansea Shipping Co. Ltd.  of Swansea. 172.6 ft. long later? 65543 123 Weardale (an iron steamship) 514/350 James Laing J. Laing of Sunderland, later (1870) John Straker of Tynemouth, later (1880) Wm. Hy. Dixon of Sunderland. A modest event in the history of the vessel. On Nov 19, 1878, Weardale was in collision with Alliance, in the Bute Channel (Cardiff). Weardale suffered minimal damage - Alliance had to be beached. 58095 124 Westbury (an iron barque) 493 W. Pile Walker & Co., later (1870 thru 1890) Thomas B. Walker, both of London. Register closed 1896 56787 125 Woodside (a brig) 176 G. Bartram Bartram & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) George Bartram of South Hylton, later (1880 & 1890) Thomas H. Franks of Folkestone, Kent 58082 126 Yatch, later Eva Maria (a schooner) 91 later 78 John Rodgerson of South Hylton I refer you, via the link at left, to details concerning i) the vessel's ownership history & ii) a bizarre series of events before the vessel was completed. The vessel may have been sold to foreign interests in 1896. 58099     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1867? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 128 vessels of 52249 tons. A summary list of vessels built in the U.K. in 1867, contained within 'Accounts and Papers' Vol. 63, Nov. 19, 1867/Jul. 31, 1868, published 1867-68, (a Google' book), reports 118 sailing vessels & 10 steam vessels built at Sunderland that year for a combined 47,625 tons. 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1868 (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.) A list of vessels built at Sunderland in 1868 was published in the Newcastle Courant on Jan. 7, 1869. It is clearly, however, a partial list & contains only about 50% of the vessels that were built that year. The list is valuable none the less, so I provide it here - thanks to The British Library Board - & also to the site visitor who forwarded it. In Dec. 2018, a copy of the 1868/69 edition of Lloyd's Register was available for sale via e-Bay. Quite damaged it would appear. Offered at 65.00 GBP. # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Acorn (a barque) 374 B. Hodgson 'G. Lngridge', later (1870) George Henry Longridge, later (1880) Thomas Kish, all of Sunderland 129.3 ft. long. 58133 2 Alcestis (an iron barque) 399 Iliff & Mounsey Penney & Co. of Shoreham, later (1870) Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, Sussex, later (1880) Richard J. Swyny of Liverpool, later (1890) Charles B. Stone, later (1900) George T. Niccol, both of Auckland, New Zealand, later (1910) William R. Cave, later (1915) The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., both of Adelaide, South Australia. 149.6 ft. long. 58022 3 Alphonsine (a brig) 282 Rawson & Watson 'Lnmsdon' (i.e. Lumsdon) & Co. of Auray. (Brittany France, perhaps) 112.7 ft. long   4 Annie Florence (a barque) 349 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Barrass Bros. of Newcastle, later (1870) Richard Taylor of South Shields. Lloyd's Register of 1872/73 states Barrass Bros. of Newcastle. 119.2 ft. long 56084 5 Arcot (an iron ship) 1191 W. Pile The vessel, which was completed in Jul. 1868, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1871/72, owned by G. D. Tyser of Sunderland. Initially for service from Sunderland to India, but soon from London to India. The Mercantile Navy Register of 1870 lists George D. Tyser of London as her then owner. 223.3 ft. long, signal letters JFSL. LR of 1871/72 notes 'Missing'. On Apl. 10, 1871, per line 2163 here, the 1191 ton ship left Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, for London with a general cargo. Crew of 30 & 2 passengers - all lost when the vessel went missing en route. Then owned by G. D. Tyser. Anything you can add? Y 60844 6 Argonaut (a composite barque) 547 W. Nicholson & Sons Nicholson & Sons, of Sunderland. 162.8 ft. long, signal letters HRNL. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 advises, on page 31, that her then owner was William Nicholson of Sunderland. Now, thanks to Google & to the Harvard College Library, per line 313 on this page, we can advise you that the vessel, en route from Swansea to Yokohama, Japan, with a cargo of 766 tons of patent fuel, was lost on Oct. 1, 1874, when in the North Pacific Ocean (about 1,000 miles SSW of Los Angeles), specifically at 22.11N/122.55E. Crew of 17 & 2 passengers - none lost. Then owned by W. Nicholson & Sons of Sunderland. Per such page - 'The "Argonaut" was dismasted by a typhoon and severely injured. She was abandoned in a sinking condition.' Anything you can add? How those aboard were rescued, perhaps. 'crewlist.org.uk' advises that the vessel was rather lost on Sep. 28, 1874. Y 62509 7 Assyrian (a brig) 297 Peter Austin Launched in Jun. 1868. J. Dove, later (1870) Josh. Dove, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Mrs Elizabeth Dove of Fulwell, Durham. 110.3 ft. long, signal letters HDFQ. 58145 8 Astarte (an iron steamer) 984 James Laing Initial owner is unknown to webmaster, later (1870) Wm. R. Garthorne & Claude A. Hornstedt, later (1880) Claude Andrew Hornstedt, both of Hull. 220.0 ft. long, 90 HP, signal letters JDHN. Vessel was stranded, likely in 1883 60134 9 Austin Friars (an iron steamer) 1036/666 James Laing Young & Co., later (1870) Richard Young, both of Wisbech, later (1870 & 1890) Edward Pembroke of Austin Friars, London. 250.0 ft. long. On Feb. 22, 1893, the vessel was abandoned about 100 miles off Cape Finisterre, north west Spain. As per this 'pdf' report of the Board of Trade Inquiry into her loss. 44555 Why such a low number? 10 Ben More (an iron ship) 536 Iliff & Mounsey R. Turcan, later (1870) Robert Drysdale Turcan, both of Kincardine, later (1880 & 1890) John B. Gourlay of Glasgow. Initially registered at Alloa. 166.3 ft. long, signal letters HLVS. 52853 11 Brightest Star, later Curonia, Hugo (a barque) 384 J. Barkes Thirkell & Co., later (1870) Richard Southern Burkett, both of Sunderland. Vessel was later sold to Russian owners. 124.3 ft. long, signal letters HGCF. More detail soon. 62479 12 Brinkburn Priory (a barque) 431 James Hardie R. Avery, later (1870) Robert Brotherick Avery, both of North Shields. Later, registered at Newport, Wales, in both cases, (1880) Geo. S. Simpson of London, later (1890) Daniel Davies of Aberayron, Wales. The Mercantile Navy List records the vessel as built in 1869. 134.0 ft. long, signal letters HSBV. 60512 13 Bromsgrove (an iron steamer) 658/428 T. R. Oswald Hill & Co., later John George Hill, both of Sunderland 62477 14 Callisto (an iron barque) 545 W. Pile Jno. Hay of Sunderland, later (1870) John Hay of London, later (1880) George Jackson Hay of West Bolden, Durham. 168.0 ft. long, signal letters HTLM. 58109 15 Cashmere (an iron ship) 1245 T. R. Oswald De Wolf & Co., later J. S. & J. R. De Wolf, later Henry Fernie, later David Fernie, all of Liverpool 58930 16 Cassandra (an iron barque) 711 T. R. Oswald Jones & Co., later (1870) W. H. & E. S. Jones, later (1880) Joseph Steel, later (1890) "Cassandra" Ship Co. Ltd., all of Liverpool. 174.5 ft. long, signal letters HJMK. 58918 17 Catalina (an iron barque) 500 William Doxford Ylurriaga & Co. of Bilbao, Spain, later William O. Gilchrist of London 87085 later 18 Cerastes (an iron barque) 573 W. Pile John Hay of Sunderland, later (1870) G. J. Hay, later (1880) George Jackson Hay, both of West Bolden, County Durham, later (1910 & 1915) Wm. D. M. Cotts of Capetown, South Africa, registered at Port Natal. 177.0 ft. long, signal letters KLWJ. 62490 19 Chacma (an iron barque) 569 W. Pile Hay & Co. John Hay of Sunderland, later George J. Hay of West Bolden, County Durham, later William Turner, later Wm. Griffith Roberts, both of Carnarvon. 62485 20 Charlotte, later Tomaso Drago, Janes & Diego (an iron barque) 398 Iliff & Mounsey J. Russell, later John Russell, both of Cork, later John McKellar of Liverpool, later Charles Hooper of Swansea, later Frederick Charles Johansen of Goole 58548 21 Childers (an iron ship) 896 William Doxford Hughes & Co., later (1870) Horatio N. Hughes, later (1880) Patrick George Carvill, later (1890) Richd. J. Swyny, all of Liverpool. 179.9 ft. long, signal letters HGPQ 58908 22 Chin Chin (a barque) 342 E. Spowers J. & A. Giro'nt of London, became P. A. Pirouet, later (1870) Philip Pirouet of Jersey, later (1880) Abraham Pirouet of St. Helier's, Jersey. 121.3 ft. long, signal letters HPQN. 60876 23 City of Halifax, later Mic Mac (a wooden steamer) 724/478 William Watson W. Inman, later William Inman, both of Liverpool. 58954 24 Columbine (a schooner) 56 later 78 Lawrence Wheatley Storey & Co. of Monkwearmouth, per Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 rather of Sunderland. 62499 25 Concord (a barque) 376 B. Hodgson T. Hick, later (1870 & 1880) Thomas Hick, both of Scarborough. 128.1 ft. long 56205 26 Crofton (a barque) 370 James Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1873/74, owned throughout by T. Knight of Blyth, for service from Sunderland to Singapore. R. Rook was, per LR, the vessel's sole captain. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Thomas Knight, of Blyth, as the then owner of the North Shields registered vessel. The vessel is not listed in the equivalent list of 1875. 126.0 ft. long, signal letters HJRN. LR of 1873/74 notes that the vessel had been 'SUNK'. In a 1947 newspaper article (in blue here), 'Blue Peter' tells us, based upon an old newspaper article, that Crofton had left Sunderland on Oct. 28, 1868 under the command of William Rooke. While en route from Saigon (then the capital of Cochinchina, a French colony, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), to Yokohama, Japan, with a cargo of rice, the vessel was attacked by pirates. All of the Europeans on board were murdered, except for the master & six men who were taken prisoner. William Moulder, the ship's mate, was one of the six & he with two companions were able to escape. The Crofton was last seen in a sinking condition. The article does not state where this happened or when, nor does it state how many lives were lost. A very different version of the events can be read here ex here. Crofton had sprung a leak & was in a sinking state not far from Macao (Macau, China, near Hong Kong). The mate was sent to get assistance & reached Hong Kong in a ship's boat. The pirates captured Crofton & took the crew to Montamba Island, near Macao, where they beheaded prisoners & burned their bodies on the beach. All of this happened prior to Dec. 3, 1869. This page ex here tells us that the Captain & 4 crew members died & that it happened off Kwulan (where is it?), in 1869. Can you tell us more? Y 60503 27 Dacia (an iron steamer) 1517/1163 James Laing Norwood & Co., later Charles M. Norwood, both of London 56907 28 Dacre, later Cimandef (an iron barque ) 425 W. Pile T. Nicholson, later (1870) Thomas Nicholson, both of Sunderland. 149.3 ft. long, signal letters HTPN 58112 29 Daisy (a brig) 315 R. Pace Potts & Co., later (1870 & 1880) George Robertson, both of Sunderland. 112.6 ft. long, signal letters HWRQ 58132 30 Decapolis (an iron barque) 632 William Pile T. B. Walker, later Thomas B. Walker, later Fredk. A. Edelsten, all of London 60858 31 Demetrius (a brig) 289 J. & J. Gibbon Gardner & Co., later (1870) Edwin Gardner, both of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1872/73 states LOST. 111.5 ft. long, signal letters HNVD 62502 32 Derwent (a barque) 372 Jas. Crown R. Gayner, later (1870 & 1880) Robert Heydon Gayner, both of Sunderland, later (1890) The Great Grimsby Ice Co. Ltd. of Grimsby. 128.0 ft. long, signal letters JRTG 58108 33 D. McB. Park, later Vinka (a barque) 388/410 (N/G) tons later 407/423 (N/G) tons Sykes, Talbot & Sykes of North Hylton The data as follows was mainly advanced upon receipt (thanks!) of a guestbook message from Danilo Prestint. The vessel, which was first registered, at Sunderland, on Nov. 5, 1868, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1881/82 & from 1890/91 thru 1897/98. It was initially owned by D. & W. Park of Sunderland, later by D. Park. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 thru 1879 notes that Duncan Park, of Sunderland, was her then owner - per Turnbull's Shipping Register of 1874 he was then her sole owner. On Jan. 2, 1879, per MNL, the vessel was sold to Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) owners. LRs of 1878/79 thru 1881/82 record V. Medanich of Buccari (now Bakar, located E. & a bit south of Rijeka, on Lake Bakar, in western Croatia), as the vessel's new owner. From 1882/83 thru 1889/90, the vessel would seem not to have been LR listed. It was, however, LR listed from 1890/91 thru 1897/98 stated to be owned by 'Va. Vinc. Medanich' of Buccari, with G. Medanich serving as the vessel's captain. 125.5 ft. long, later 126.6 ft., signal letters HKVS later JTPF. LR of 1897/98 notes that the vessel had been 'Broken up'. Can you tell us more? Y 62497 34 Dorset (a schooner) 125 Liddle & Sutcliffe Miller & Co. of London, later (1870) Richard Iliff of Sunderland, later (1880) William Vickers, later (1890 & 1900) Joseph Vickers, both of Connah's Quay, Flintshire. The vessel was involved in a collision on Dec. 12, 1902 86.6 ft. long 60864 35 Dove (a barque) 348 J. Lister J. Dove, later (1870) Joseph Dove, both of Sunderland. The vessel was sold to foreign owners on Dec. 19, 1877. 118.7 ft. long, signal letters HVJL 58120 36 Doxford (an iron barque) 682 William Doxford H. Hughes, later (1870) Horatio N. Hughes, later (1880, 1890 & 1900) Ralph Watts Leyland, all of Liverpool. 178.0 ft. long, signal letters HDLR 60073 37 E. R. J. (a schooner) 121 Liddle & Sutcliffe The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1870/71, owned for that entire if short period by R. Iliff of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to London. 87.0 ft. long, signal letters HWGF. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 (likely incorrectly listed as E. R. I.) records Richard Iliff, of Sunderland, as her then owner. LR of 1870/71 states 'Wrecked'. On Jan. 31, 1871, per line 1208 here, the 121 ton schooner was stranded N. of St. Martin's (Saint Martin/ St. Maarten, NE Caribbean?), while en route from Montevideo, Uruguay (to the U.K. perhaps), with a cargo of bone ash. Crew of 7 - none lost. Then owned, per such report, by Richard Ilitt. Y 58113 38 Euromedha (a barque) 345 Allan, Band & Co. J. Alexander of London, later (1870) Robert Francis Pockley of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 notes 'wrecked' - presumably it was not wrecked rather repaired. 120.2 ft. long 60852 39 Evangeline (a barque, later a barquentine) 344 W. Adamson Adamson & Co., later (1870) John Adamson, later (1880) Wm. Adamson, all of Sunderland, later (1890) Thomas D. Woodhead of Hull. 116.2 ft. long, signal letters HVFM 58118 40 Excellent, later Maria M. (a barque) 381 J. Davison Anderson & Co., later (1870) Thomas Anderson, later (1875) James Horan, later (1880) Joseph Horan, all of Sunderland. 126.8 ft. long, signal letters HGDS. The vessel is not listed in MNL of 1882. In the 1886 edition of 'Registro Italiano', the vessel, renamed Maria M., was both owned & captained by G. Olivari of Genoa, Italy, first registered there, I think, in Jun. 1884. 62480 41 Ferndale (a barque) 416 James Hardie R. Porrett, later (1870) R. B. Porrett, both of Sunderland. 130.6 ft. long, signal letters HTCB 58141 42 Flodden (a barque) 343 Wm. Pickersgill A. Watts of Blyth, later (1870) Edmund H. Watts, jun. of Blyth but registered at North Shields. In 1880, the vessel was registered at Melbourne, Australia, & owned by Robert Rae of Melbourne. 120.0 ft. long, signal letters HTJD 56520 43 Frank Wilson (an iron barque) 326 T. R. Oswald Wilson & Co., later (1870) E. S. Hett, both of Liverpool. 134.8 ft. long, signal letters HFBC. 60084 44 Ganymede (an iron barque) 569 William Doxford Jackson & Co., later James Jackson, both of Liverpool. Many later owners. 60041 45 Gateforth 41 J. Maddison (have also read Alfred Simey & Co.) Initial owner not known to webmaster, later (1870) Richard Iliff of Sunderland, later (1880) James Shearer of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, later (1890) Henry Howie of Whitehaven 58137 46 General Havelock (an iron steamer) 469/673 (N/G) James Laing R. M. Hudson thru 1870 & 1880, later (1890) William H. Thompson, both of Sunderland. 190.0 ft. long, signal letters KNBR, 100 HP engines by Carr & Co. of Sunderland. 62496 47 Gloria (an iron barque) 729 later 735 William Doxford The vessel, which was launched on Oct. 17, 1868, would seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1894/95 at least. I say 'seems to be' because some LR editions are not available to the webmaster. The vessel clearly had a long life. It is a surprise, therefore, to read at the first line 18 here that on Dec. 2, 1868 the vessel foundered in the Bay of Biscay while en route from Sunderland to Coruña (A Coruña or La Coruña), Galicia, Spain, with a cargo of coal. The report indicates that the vessel then had a crew of 17 & that one of her crew lost his life in whatever actually then happened. The vessel's initial owner, per LR, thru 1873/74 was Olano & Co. of Liverpool for service from Liverpool to Santander, Spain, likely returning to the U.K. with iron ore. With M. Bollegui her captain thru 1873/74 & then briefly E. Urrutia. It would seem likely that Olano & Co. were of Bilbao, Spain, & correctly named Olano Larrinaga & Co. Even though the vessel continued to be LR listed throughout, the vessel became foreign (surely Spanish) registered  from 1869 thru 1873/74. The vessel is listed twice in LR of 1873/74 firstly newly owned by 'Brgess Shaddck & Co' (as I read the text), of Swansea, for service from Liverpool to the West Indies, which service was however struck through. And also in the LR supplement, now owned by Swansea Shipping Company ('SwanShip'), which became a limited company from 1876/77, for service ex the Clyde. Swanship owned the vessel for the balance of its lifetime. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1880 records SwanShip as the vessel's then owner, while MNL of 1890 thru 1895 still lists SwanShip with James E. Burgess acting as the vessel's manager. I need to check MNL's of years prior to 1880 when they become available again. Under Swansea Shipping Co. ownership the vessel had many captains - Harris or B. Harris  thru 1876/77 at least, J. M. Lawson from 1878/79 at least to 1880/81, Rosser thru 1883/84 at least, B. Harris (again?) from 1885/86 thru 1888/89, O. A. Newton in 1889/90 at least, Williams from 1891/92 thru 1893/94 & finally W. Owen from 1894/95. The vessel was first LR listed at 735 tons in 1874/75. The vessel's length? Initially, per LR, 171.0 ft., from 1872/73 171.1 ft. & from 1874/75 172.0 ft. signal letters VMBH. What finally happened to the vessel? On Jan. 21, 1895, the vessel left Swansea for Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of coal, under the command of Captain Owen. Owen became ill a few days after leaving port, died & was buried at sea on Feb. 5, 1895. The first mate, Benjamin Miles, took command of the vessel. On Apl. 4, 1895, when I read some 500 miles NE of the Falkland Islands, Gloria encountered a hurricane. The vessel became leaky & the pumps could not control the input of water. As a result the cargo shifted & the vessel was thrown onto its beam ends. To right the ship, the crew cut off the vessel's masts but could not control the water. On Apl. 8, 1895, Carrick, a Glasgow barque, found the vessel in a sinking condition, & the crew abandoned ship. Carrick took off her 12 man crew & landed them at Valparaiso. Six of the crew returned to the U.K., to Plymouth it would seem, via Iberia, a barque, while others returned on other ships. These two contemporary newspaper cuttings set out the record in some detail (thanks to Welsh Newspapers on Line). A puzzle perhaps is this later article which seems to suggest that one of the Gloria crew spent a week in an open boat before being rescued. Maybe it was a different Gloria? The Swansea Shipping Company Limited was not a financial success & was wound up in 1896. Is there anything you can add? Y 62498 48 Golden Russet (an iron barque) 399 soon 408 Iliff & Mounsey Brown & Co., later (1870) William Brown, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Savill & Temple of London. 150.0 ft. long, signal letters HJRP. 62489 49 Good Hope, later Lunedale (an iron steamer) 1221/935 James Laing Cape of Good Hope Steam Ship Co., of London. 60848 50 Goodwood (a barque) 344 James Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1871/72, owned for that entire if short period by W. Atkinson of North Shields. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records William Hall Atkinson, of North Shields as her then owner. 123.7 ft. long, signal letters HJDG. On Feb. 26, 1872, per line 2305 here, the 344 ton barque was stranded at Kutali Island (Sea of Marmora, Turkey), while en route from Salonica (now Thessaloniki, Greece), to Constantinople (now Istanbul) in ballast. Crew of 11 - none lost. Then owned  by Wm. Hall Atkinson. Can anybody tell us about the circumstances of the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 60493 51 Guiding Star (a barque) 340 W. H. Pearson J. Hopper, later (1870 & 1880) John Hopper, both of Sunderland, later (1890) Jno. Winship of Newcastle. 121.8 ft. long, signal letters HDMR. 58144 52 Hampshire (a barque) 329 Gibbon & Nichol T. Bull, later (1870) Thomas Bull, both of Sunderland. 120.2 ft. long, signal letters HJKL. p059 62494 53 Hannah & Mary (a barque) 366 George Barker Rankin & Co., later (1870 on page 167 & 1880 on page 315) Joseph Nicholson Rankin, both of Sunderland, later (1890) John Paul of Lynn. 122.8 ft. long, signal letters HTCG. 58140 54 Hannah Hodgson (a barque) 327 Richard Thompson of Deptford The webmaster believes that this newspaper cutting records the launch of Hannah Hodgson on Aug. 19, 1868, for Richard Hodgson of Sunderland. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1874/75 at least, however LR of 1875/76 is not available to the webmaster. It is not listed in LR of 1876/77. The vessel was owned thru its entire if short lifetime by R. Hodgson of Sunderland for service ex Sunderland to the Mediterranean thru 1872/73 & just ex Sunderland in 1873/74. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records Richard Hodgson of Sunderland as her then owner, as also does the equivalent register of 1875. 118.2 ft. long, signal letters HGJM. It seems likely that the vessel was lost in or about 1875. Can anybody tell us about the circumstances of the vessel's loss or otherwise add anything? Y 62484 55 Hawk (a barque) 357 R. H. Potts & Bros. Potts & Co. of Sunderland for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. Later (1870) Robert Hutton Potts, of Sunderland, later (1880) James Donald of Glasgow. 125.2 ft. long, signal letters RDJT. 58139 56 Hawk (a barque) 361 Reay & Naisby of Hylton This newspaper cutting records the launch of Hawk on Aug. 18, 1868 for Messrs Morgan & Co. of Sunderland. Morgan & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Charlton Elliot Morgan, both of Sunderland. 127.1 ft. long, signal letters HGFP. 62481 57 Hawkesbury, later Pinin (a composite ship, later a barque) 1 Note 1120/1179 (net/gross) W. Pile & Co. Sources:- 1 (extensive data), 2 (soon, data ex the Dec. 1931 edition of 'The Blue Peter, The Magazine of Sea Travel'). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1892/93 at least - the last edition of LR that the webmaster has available to him. Initially owned by Devitt & Co. of London, for service from Sunderland to Australia soon London to Australia. From 1873/74 LR lists Devitt & Moore, of London as her owner. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Joseph Moore, of London, as her then owner, while the same list in 1880 lists Thomas Lane Devitt, also of London. During such period of ownership link 1 records 6 voyages from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to London with cargoes of wool, such voyages ranging from 88 to 113 days. The ship travelled only to Sydney in Australia, it would seem. I read that the vessel had the reputation for being the wettest ship in the Sydney wool fleet. In 1887/88, Wilson Sons & Company Limited, also of London, became her owners, & soon, in 1889/90, J. Ingmansson of Carlshamn, Sweden (i.e. Karlshamn, southern Sweden, located near Mörrum). It would seem that that likely means Johan Ingmansson, of Mörrum, & Otto Banck, of Helsingborg, Sweden. In 1894 the vessel was re-rigged as a barque. 2 advises that in 1896 the vessel was transferred to O. Banck. 1 rather advises that in 1897 the vessel was sold to W. O. Bauch, of Helsingborg (both entries may well relate to the same sale). In Nov. 1899, the vessel was sold to Captain G. Moltedo, of Genoa, Italy, who renamed her Pinin & commanded her himself. In Nov. 1904, but I have also read on Christmas night 1904, Pinin, bound from South America for Dunkirk, France, was stranded on the South Goodwin Sands in bad weather - high winds & seas with blinding snow-squalls. I read 'The London tug Hibernia which was towing a French sailing ship to the Downs came to the assistance and managed to get her off the sands with the help of the Deal lifeboat and boatmen'. Likely she was significantly damaged. She was taken to Dunkirk, where in Mar. 1905 she was broken up. 203.0 ft. long, signal letters JHWR. Y 60903 58 Her Majesty (a ship) 356 J. Lister J. Lister of Sunderland, later (1870) John Lister of South Hylton, later (1880) John G. Lister of Swansea. 122.7 ft. long, signal letters WQCB. On Dec. 16, 1882 the vessel was abandoned at sea while en route from Trinidad to Dieppe, France. As per this 'pdf' report of the Inquiry into her loss. 62476 59 Hooghly, changed to Hoogly in Lloyd's Register of 1872/73, & to Cambrian Queen in LR of 1881/82 (an iron ship) Note 1300 T. R. Oswald G. Stanton, later (1870 as Hoogly) Stanton, both of London, later (1880) Louis H. Macintyre of Liverpool. In 1890, as Cambrian Queen, was owned by Thomas G. Williams, of Liverpool. 221.7 ft. long, signal letters HQSF. 60890 60 Hope (a wooden barque) 371 later 371/384 J. & E. Lumsden at Pallion Hope, initially owned by Thomas Thompson of Sunderland, was in 1877/78 sold to Scottish owners & registered at London. Later owned by C. F. Ellis of London. The webmaster is unable to tell you what finally happened to the vessel, in or about 1887. 58117 61 Hylton Castle (a barque) 548 W. Briggs Briggs & Sons, later (1870) Charles James Briggs, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Charles James Briggs of Hylton Castle, Durham. 145.3 ft. long, signal letters HNTC 62501 62 Imogen (a barque) 384 W. Nicholson Robson & Co., later (1870) Francis Robinson, both of Sunderland. The vessel, which was later registered at Hong Kong, was lost on Sep. 23, 1874. 127.1 ft. long, signal letters HVQN. Now, thanks to Google & to Harvard College Library, per line 310 on this page, we can advise you that the vessel, in ballast, was lost at Hong Kong on Sep. 23, 1874, while at anchor in Sulphur Channel. Crew of 21 - none lost. Then owned by T. Howard of Hong Kong. Per such page - 'Cause of casualty, stress of weather. In a heavy typhoon, vessel foundered at her anchors.' Y 58122 63 Ires-hope, later Highmoor (an iron ship) 1113 Robert Thompson Junior Was owned by Middle Dock Co., later Thomas H. Henderson, both of Newcastle. The vessel burned near Sumatra in 1877 but must have been repaired, resold & renamed Highmoor. Owned at Swansea. The vessel hit a reef off Madagascar & was lost on Jan. 19, 1895. 62306 64 Isabel (a smack, later a ketch) 49 Allan, Band & Co. Fortescue, later (1870 & 1880) Archer Fortescue of Swanbuster, Orkney, registered at Kirkwall. 61.8 ft. long. 62207 65 Isabel (a barque) 586 J. Gill de Arrindga of Bilbao, Spain. The vessel's captain was also named de Arrindga. 152.0 ft. long. 60842 66 Isabella (a brig) 249 E. Spowers A. Woodhouse, later (1870) Andrew Woodhouse, both of South Shields. 107.0 ft. long, signal letters HWNB. 58704 67 Ivanhoe (an iron steamer) 1 650 W. Pile Kelso & Bell, later (1870) J. R. Kelso, both of North Shields. 214 ft. long, signal letters HDBF. 60491 68 James Mason (a brig) 286 R. Pace and Son The vessel was completed in Jan. 1868. Owned by Tully & Co., later J. Tully & Co., later (1870) Thomas Fletcher, later (1880) John Tully, all of Sunderland. 109.0 ft. long, signal letters HTLW. 58111 69 James Ovington 400 J. Hardie Not known to webmaster   70 James Wilson (an iron barque) 326 T. R. Oswald Wilson & Co., later (1870) E. S. Nett, both of Liverpool, later (1880) Archibald Currie of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 134.5 ft. long, signal letters HFBL. 60083 71 Jane Ann (a schooner) 87 J. Maddison J. Maddison of Sunderland, later (1870) John Maddison of Monkwearmouth, later (1880) William Branfort of Sunderland. 77.3 ft. long. 62495 72 John George (a barque) 369 J. & E. Lumsden of Pallion The detail listing of this vessel has been moved within the site - follow the link at left. The vessel was owned, thru about 1879, by Doxford & Co. or John Doxford, of Sunderland. The vessel then became Norwegian owned. Need help with the vessel's Norwegian history. 62474 73 John Ritson (a barque) 513 Mills Ritson & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Francis Ritson, both of Sunderland. 143.6 ft. long, signal letters HWNK. 58131 74 Kingdom of Belgium (an iron barque) 514 later 491 Iliff & Mounsey The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1872/73, owned for that entire period, per LR, by Gosman & Co. of London. For initial service from Sunderland to Singapore, from 1869/70 for service from London to Singapore & in 1872/73 for service from London to India. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, records the vessel as then owned by Thomas Elliot Smith of 3 Crosby Square, London. Note however that Gosman and Smith were of the same address. 164.5 ft. long, signal letters HNKC. On May 01, 1872, per line 2417 here, the 491 ton barque was wrecked at Madras (now Chennai), India. The vessel, at anchor at Madras, was driven ashore near the fort by an unusually intense cyclone that not only destroyed Kingdom of Belgium but also destroyed 8 other British ships including Burlington & John Scott, both built at Sunderland. Many local vessels were destroyed also & many others were damaged as was the Madras pier & the city itself. A contemporary newspaper article ex Trove, Australia (thanks!), about the cyclone. Crew of 19 - none lost. The vessel was then stated to be owned by Alex Gosman. Can you tell us anything additional? Y 60896 75 Lady Aberdour (a brig) 287 L. Wheatley Wilkinson, later (1870) John Wilkinson, later (1880) John Crosby, all of Sunderland. 110.1 ft. long, signal letters HVTJ. 58126 76 Lady Lampson (a barque) 412 Mills Hudson Bay Company of London 1870 & 1880. 131.5 ft. long, signal letters HPLR. 60900 77 Lady Turner (a barque) 430 William Watson B. Balkwill of Salcombe, later Robert Hancock Balkwill of West Alvington, Devon. 55489 78 Langley (an iron steamer) 1 (image ex Delcampe) 683/457 James Laing H. Morton of Sunderland, later (1870, 1880 & 1890) Henry Thos. Morton of Biddick Hall, Durham, later (1900) The Lambton Collieries Ltd. of Newcastle. 193.3 ft. long, signal letter HLRC. 62500 79 Larkspur (an iron barque) 417 James Laing R. Gayner, later (1870) Robert Heydon Geyner, later (1880) Robt. Heydon Gayner, all of Sunderland. 138.0 ft. long, signal letters HGFR. 62483 80 Larnax (a composite barque) 380 later 380/400 Robert Thompson Junior A vessel which was owned at Sunderland & later French owned. On Sep. 30, 1882, en route from West Africa to Marseilles, France, she became dismasted &, badly leaky, had to be abandoned. She apparently was set of fire. All aboard were picked up & landed in the Azores. 62475 81 Leading Star (a brig) 249 J. Barkes The webmaster refers the reader, via the link at left, to extensive ownership & operational detail re the vessel. On Dec. 08, 1880, the vessel stranded & was lost on the South African coast (SE of Durban). In thick (foggy) weather. Four lives were lost, including her captain. 58124 82 L'Esperance (a barque) 300 J. & J. Gibbon 'W. Twedd'll' of Sunderland soon became Moses & Co. of Newport, later (1870) John Moses of Newport, later (1880 & 1890) William Robertson of London. 110.6 ft. long, signal letters HJVW. 62493 83 Lois (a barque) 395 William Watson The vessel was initially owned by Lewis Lewis of Llanrhystid, Cardiganshire, & registered at Aberystwyth, Wales. It later was owned by James Gillan & John Hay, both of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The vessel was wrecked on Jul. 17, 1890 having hit rocks at Port Broome, Western Australia. 56404 84 Lord Byron 195 T. Metcalf Not known to webmaster   85 Louise (an iron barque) 426 Iliff & Mounsey Viale of Marseilles, France. 150.0 ft. long   86 Magdala (a barque) 336 G. Short W. Watson, later (1870) William Hunter Watson, both of Sunderland. 120.4 ft. long 58134 87 Magdala (a barque) 368 George Barker R. Wilson, later (1870) Richard Wilson, both of South Shields, later (1880) James Hardie of London. Vessel missing since Feb. 20, 1882. 120.6 ft. long, signal letters HGVN. 58712 88 Maria Fidela, later Lucia (a barque) 659 Blumer and Company C. Ansoleaga, of Manila, later, as Lucia, Jas. Killick of London, later Thomas Roberts of Llanelly, later Nils E. A. Möller of Shanghai, China later 70689 89 Mariannina Galatola (a barque) 394 later 410 Jas. Crown The vessel, which was completed in May 1868, is, so far as I can see, listed in Lloyd's Register ('LR') from 1868/69 thru 1881/82. Then a gap of some years. It is later LR listed, it would seem, in 1891/92 & from 1893/94 thru 1898/99. Always owned, thru 1881/82, by A. Galatola of Procida, an island off Naples, Italy. For initial service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, but from 1872/73 thru 1873/74 for service from Amsterdam to the Mediterranean. With N. M'ncino, (Mancino?) always her captain. A data 'snippet' indicates that in Jan. 1883 the vessel sailed from Belfast to Naples. In Nov. 1895 the vessel left Cardiff, Wales, for Naples, with a cargo of coal. For most of the years from 1891/92 thru 1898/99 the vessel, stated to have been built by John Crown, was owned by 'Galatola & Mancino' with A. Costaglida her captain. LR of 1898/99, in which year there was a new captain whose name I cannot read (L. Geassi or something like that) was stated to be owned by 'P. Battaglia di P.', & was also noted to have been 'Broken up'. 128.4 ft. long, signal letters QNMB Y   90 Mariner (a barque) 340 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Legender (a captain), later (1870) John Wright Legender, both of Sunderland. 120.0 ft. long, signal letters HFMV. 62478 91 Mary (a barque) 345 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) T. Hays, later (1870) Thomas Hays, both of North Shields. 120.3 ft. long, signal letters HBJT. 60486 92 Mercia (a barque) 347 James Robinson of Pallion The vessel, which was completed in Mar. 1868, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1879/80.It was initially owned, per LR, by T. Gibson of North Shields for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean (from 1867/68 thru 1869/70), from Shields to the Mediterranean (in 1870/71) & from Shields to South America (from 1871/72 thru 1873/74). With J. Pearce her captain thru 1873/74  & G. Gibson, per LR, for the rest of the vessel's life. In 1876/77, LR lists W. H. Gibson & Co. as the vessel's owner but two later editions, i.e. 1878/79 & 1879/80 revert to T. Gibson. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870 & 1872 list Thomas Gibson of North Shields as the vessel's then owner. In early Aug. 1878, the vessel, captain Gibson in command, arrived at Plymouth, Devon, very low on provisions. Notable because the vessel had left Madras (now Chennai), India, 5 months prior & would seem to have been given up for lost. 123.8 ft. long, signal letters HVRW. LR of 1879/80 notes that the vessel had been involved in a 'Collision'. In Nov. 1878, the vessel, stated to be owned by C. Gibson of  North Shields & captained, not by G. Gibson but rather by R. Corrigall, was en route from Cardiff, Wales, to Banana, a port at the mouth of the Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, South America, with a cargo of coal. On Nov. 24, 1878, Mercia and Camoens, a Liverpool registered steamship built at Newcastle in 1871, were in collision. In the North Atlantic at about 16.30N/25.40W. Near Cape Verde, I read. No lives were lost from Mercia's crew of 12. As per this page. So far I have not read the circumstances of the collision nor have located any data re the status of Camoens. Is there anything you can add? Or correct? Y 60482 93 Milbanke (an iron steamer) 1200 T. R. Oswald Initial owner not known to webmaster, later (1870) Ralph Milbanke Hudson of Sunderland. Signal letters HGWV. 62487 94 Navis (a brig) 299 J. & J. Gibbon J. Smith, later (1870) John Smith, both of Sunderland. 111.6 ft. long, signal letters HGVG. 58115 95 Naworth Castle (a barque) 349 T. Metcalf G. Watson, later George Watson, both of Sunderland 58116 96 Nestor (an iron steamer) 383/255 later 429/270 James Laing R. Pope of Sunderland, later (Lloyd's Register of 1870/71) Marquer, Bros, later (Lloyd's Register of 1871/72) G. E. Seymour became Marquer, Bros, later (1870) William Dixon of Sunderland, later (1880) John Crawford of Leith. 162.7 ft. long, signal letters HTVK. 56916 97 Niger (an iron steamer) 1125 Iliff & Mounsey Initial owner not known to webmaster, later (1870) William Gray of London. Vessel was stranded on Nov. 27, 1877, Signal letters HGRK. 60851 98 Nile (an iron steamer) 135 Iliff & Mounsey Not known to webmaster   99 Oceana (a barque) 499 J. Hardie W. Sanderson, later (1870) William Sanderson, both of Sunderland. 143.2 ft. long, signal letters JHQK. 62488 100 Ocean Beauty (a composite barque) 579 Robert Thompson Junior Maule & Co., later (1870) George Maule, later (1880) Livingstone and Briggs, all of London. Later stranded. 154.2 ft. long, signal letters JDMR. 60854 101 Olive Branch (a barque) 1, 2 Note 431 W. Briggs Hicks, later (1870) Pantland Hick, both of Scarborough. I previously indicated T. E. Hick & Co. 142.2 ft. long, signal letters HKRS. 56209 102 Ottercaps (a barque) 583 J. Gill G. Fenwick, later (1870) George Fenwick, both of North Shields, later (1880) Rees D. Richards of Barmouth, then in Merionethshire. The vessel was stranded in Dec. 1882. 152.0 ft. long, signal letters HJKV. 60501 103 Passover (a barque) 463 W. Pickersgill J. Douthwaite, later (1870) William Garrick, both of South Shields. 136.1 ft. long 58705 104 Pera (an iron steamer) 1262/993 James Laing J. Laing of Sunderland. 244.3 ft. long   105 P. Foccas (a brig) 196 Metcalf P. Vagliano of Cephalonia, Greece. 96.0 ft. long   106 Phaeton (a barque) 577 later 596 Blumer and Company F. W. Ritson, later Francis Ritson, both of Sunderland, later William Yeoman of Stratford, Essex. Vessel burned on Sep. 25, 1889 & run aground. 154.1 ft. long 62473 107 Polyxena (an iron barque) 711 T. R. Oswald The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1871/72 only. Was initially owned by Jones & Co., of Liverpool, for service from Sunderland to India. Per LR of 1870/71, Thompson, Anderson & Co., also of Liverpool, became the vessel's owner for service from London to either Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) or to India, in 1871/72 for service from Sunderland to Ceylon. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, lists John Samuel Macknight, of Liverpool, as her then owner. 174.5 ft long, signal letters HMDB. On Jan. 13, 1872, per line 2926 here, the 711 ton barque stranded at Bagenbon Head (Baginbun Head & Baginbun Bay, both near Wexford), while en route, in ballast, from Wexford (Wexford County, SE Ireland)  to Liverpool. Crew of 19 - none lost. Then owned by A. D. Anderson. The circumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. Can you add anything? Y 58947 108 Queen (a barque) 383 G. & J. Mills W. Kish, later (1870) William Kish, later (1880) Thomas Kish, all of Sunderland, later (1890) Robert Thomas of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire. 128.2 ft. long, signal letters LWHN. On Feb. 20, 1891, while en route, in ballast from Rotterdam to Liverpool, the vessel was run into & sunk by Ipswich, a steamship built at Harwich in 1883. The conditions at the time were foggy. Queen had a crew of 11 & 7 of such crew, including her captain, lost their lives. As per this 'pdf' Report of the Official Inquiry into her loss. Frederick Lazelle, Ipswich's 2nd officer, was held to be responsible for the collision which took place close to the continental coast, it would seem. 62471 109 Rhone (an iron steamer) 760/509 W. Pile Ryde & Co., later (1870) Stafford Allen, later (1880 & 1890) William G. Westcott, all of London. 207.1 ft. long, signal letters HVKB. 56915 110 Richard Cobden, later Vidal Sala, Lys, & Science (an iron steamship) 509/761 later 873/1348 (N/G) tons W. Pile Ryde & Co., later (1870) John Ryde, both of London. Later owned per Mercantile Navy Lists by Hy. Head & then Jno. Head, both of London. Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1875/76 lists the vessel, owned by Ryde & Co. of London, becoming, renamed Vidal Sala, owned by Sala & Vidal, later Sala-y-Vidal, of Barcelona, Spain. In 1886/87, per LR, the vessel became owned by Cie. Gantaoise de Nav. of Ghent, Belgium, renamed Lys. In 1890, then named Science, was owned by Wm. Geo. Westcott of London. On Mar. 26, 1899, the vessel, then owned by Westcott & Laurance of London  was en route from Odessa (Black Sea, Ukraine) to Antwerp, Belgium. The vessel was in collision with Daybreak (built Stockton, 1891) at the mouth of River Tagus (empties into the North Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon, Portugal). Science sank with no loss of life. Daybreak put into Lisbon in a damaged condition. A contemporary news report. 206.2 ft. long, later (1871) 249.0 ft. long, signal letters HVST, initially with 120 (maybe 128) HP engines of manufacture unknown to webmaster, later 200 HP engines by Millwall Docks Engineering Works of London. Y 60804 111 Richard Hodgson (a barque) 317 W. Briggs R. Hodgson of Sunderland. Lloyd's Register of 1868/69 states wrecked. 118.5 ft. long 58128 112 Robert Fletcher (a barque) 550 James Robinson The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1873/74, owned throughout that entire period by Mears & Co. of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to India. The Merchant Navy List of 1870 lists William Mears, of Sunderland, as her then owner. 148.0 ft. long, signal letters HTPW. Even though the vessel is LR recorded thru 1873/74, it was, in fact, lost in early 1872. On Feb. 7, 1872, per line 2286 here, the 550 ton barque was stranded at Long Island, New York, U.S.A., while en route from Hong Kong to New York with a cargo of tea etc. Crew of 15 - none lost. It would appear that the vessel ran aground on Nantuck Shoal, came ashore at East Morisches & was sold in situ. The silks contained in her cargo were saved as were 3,000 rolls of 'matting'. As you can read here. Then owned by William Mears. Y 58114 113 Robert Hine (a barque) 327 J. Davison Nicholson & Son, later (1870) Richd. & Wm. Hy. Nicholson, later (1880) Wilfrid Hine of Maryport, later (1890) Samuel Cann of Chudleigh, Devon. 119.8 ft. long, signal letters HDSN. 60079 114 Royal Arch (a barque) 333 Sykes, Talbot & Sykes (of North Hylton) Was launched in May 1868. Was initially ownd by Tillman & Co. (John Tillman Snr.) with Tillman her captain, later (1870) John Tillman, jun., later (1880) Robert G. New of Liverpool, later (1890) David Jenkins of Aberarth, Cardiganshire. 119.7 ft. long, signal letters HCSV. Note. Turnbull's Register of 1874 is a little confused but lists the Sunderland registered vessel as then owned by John Tillman, jun., J. Hewetson & Margaret Tillman with, respectively, 32, 16 & 16 shares. Cherilyn Tillman has kindly been in touch, to advise that The Shields Daily Gazette of Nov. 12, 1879 states as follows:- 'Loss of the Barque Royal Arch, of Sunderland. The Royal Arch of Sunderland, from Liverpool for Halifax has been abandoned at sea; all the crew saved. The Royal Arch was the property of Mr John Tillman, Bridge St., Sunderland was built at Hylton in 1868 and was 333 tons register'. Upon receipt of Cherilyn's e-mail, I have learned detail as to what happened. On Nov. 2, 1879, Royal Arch was in a leaky condition in very rough weather off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. She had been leaky for several days & her crew had manned the pumps until they became choked. One crew member had been drowned. Minnesota, said to be a Boston steamship but built at Newcastle in 1867, came upon Royal Arch & with difficulty took off her 10 man crew, to later land them at Liverpool. The ship's dog had been left aboard the abandoned vessel. The abandoned Royal Arch? It was found on Nov. 7, 1879 (I think) by Zeeland (not Zealand), a Red Star steamer. A prize crew took over the barque & they commenced sailing her to New York. As per these contemporary newspaper articles (1 & 2). It seems likely that Robert New became Royal Arch's new owner when legal ownership of the abandoned vessel was sorted out. Cherilyn Tillman is researching her family history & seeks assistance. She has provided a copy of a death certificate re John Tillman, Master Mariner, who died at Soulina on Oct. 11, 1868, aboard Royal Arch (surely her captain) i.e. the John Tillman Snr. referenced above. Soulina means today's Sulina, Romania, mouth of Danube River, Black Sea. Such death certificate is signed by John A. Keer, captain of Ethel, also at Soulina at the time. Ethel was built at Sunderland in 1863 by Rawson & Watson & is named above. Is there anything you can add? 58142 115 Ruffine (a barque) 235 Rawson & Watson Lumsdon & Co. of Auray. (Brittany France, perhaps). 118.8 ft. long   116 San Juan (a brig) 273 W. Richardson T. Riley, later (1870) Thomas Riley, both of Sunderland. 111.3 ft. long, signal letters HWKS 58129 117 Sarah (a barque) 349 John Thompson Culliford & Co. of Sunderland. 120.4 ft. long. p092 58127 118 Sarah Jane (a barque) 365/382 G. Bartram at South Hylton, built per the Bartram build list at Naisby's Yard The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1872/73, owned throughout that short period by R. Humble of Sunderland. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. R. Humble was the vessel's captain thru such entire period. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Richard Humble, of Sunderland as her then owner. 123.6 ft. long, signal letters HMBW. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'wrecked'. On Dec. 14, 1872, per line 3174 here, the 365 ton barque was stranded at Camden Bay (Queenstown, Ireland, I believe), while en route, in ballast, from Cork, Ireland, to Cardiff, Wales. Crew of 10 - none lost. Then owned by Richard Humble. Y 58143 119 Sea Foam (a barque) 319 Wm. Pickersgill Thompson, jun., later (1870) William Thompson, Jr., later (1880) William Thompson, all of Sunderland, later (1890) John R. Down of Swansea. 121.3 ft. long, signal letters HCKW. 58135 120 Shepperton (an iron steamer) 1033/702 James Laing R. Young, later (1870) Richard Young, both of Wisbech. 210.1 ft. long, signal letters HKRM. 60836 121 Silverlands (a schooner) 121 Alfred Simey & Co. Cleugh & Co., later (1870) William Cleugh, both of Sunderland, later (1880, 1890 & 1900) Thomas Hodge of Pentewan, Cornwall. 87.4 ft. long, signal letters JGNQ 62491 122 Somerville (a brig) 254 Liddle & Sutcliffe Somerville, later (1870) James Somerville, both of North Shields, later (1880) James Porter of London. 106.0 ft. long, signal letters HWVJ. 58119   Sophia Jane (a snow or brig) 278 Robert Potts at Seaham As per this newspaper cutting, Sophia Jane was launched on Nov. 14, 1868 for G. (George) Stavers of Morpeth (near Blyth), Northumberland, intended for the Mediterranean trade. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1876/77, always owned by G. Stavers & registered at Blyth for initial (thru 1871/72) service from Sunderland to the Black Sea & in 1872/73 & 1873/74 at least for service from Blyth to Madeira, Spain. The vessel was LR recorded thru 1871/72 as Sophie Jane however LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel's correct name was Sophia Jane. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists George Stavers of Morpeth, as the then owner of the Shields registered vessel. The equivalent registers of 1875 & 1876 report the vessel as registered at North Shields. 110.6 ft. long, signal letters HMTF. LR of 1876/77 notes that the vessel had been 'BURNT'. On Jun. 24, 1876, while en route from Bahia, Brazil, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of 220 tons of tobacco in bales, the vessel was lost due to fire at about 30 miles E. by S. of Start Point, Devon, in the English Channel. Crew of 9 - none lost. As per item 555 on this page ex here. A Court of Inquiry determined that the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of the cargo. A little more data about 'Stavers' can be found here. Can you add anything? Y 60506 123 South Australian (a ship) 1040 William Pile Devitt & Co., later Joseph Moore, later Thomas Lane Devitt, all of London. The vessel foundered on Feb. 14, 1889 60837 124 Stanley Castle (a barque) 443 Richard Thompson Porter & Co., later (1870) John Poster (means Porter), both of London. 135.7 ft. long signal letters HVLS 56923 125 St. Helens, soon Saint Helens (a barque) 450 G. Short J. Pegg., later (1870) Joseph Pegg, both of London, later (1880) Hy. Eggleston of Sunderland. 128.4 ft. long, signal letters HLFB. 60875 126 Syria (an iron ship) 1010 William Pile J. Nourse, later James Nourse, both of London 60832 127 Syringa (a barque) 379 J. Gill P. Hick, later (1870 & 1880) Pantland Hick, both of Scarborough. 131.9 ft. long signal letters HVGW. 56207 128 Tarsus (a barque) 337 T. Metcalf G. & J. Robinson of Arundel, later (1870 & 1880) George Robinson of Littlehampton, Sussex. 120.3 ft. long, signal letters JLGV. 58002 129 Teviot Dale, became Teviotdale in 1870/71 (a barque) 349 John Thompson W. Graham, later (1870 as Teviotdale) William Graham, both of North Shields. 120.5 ft. long, signal letters HDKL. p092 60492 130 Times (an iron barque) 682 William Doxford 'G. Gardner', later (1870 & 1880) George N. Gardner, later (1890) Geo. N. Gardiner, all of Liverpool. 180.4 ft. long, signal letters QSVR. 60063 131 Trowbridge (an iron ship) 1292 T. R. Oswald G. Stanton, later (1870) George Stanton, later (1880) George Croshaw, all of London, later (1890) Ship "Trowbridge" Co. Ltd. of Liverpool. 221.4 ft. long, signal letters HGMB. 60805 132 Tynedale (an iron steamer) 498/365 James Laing J. Laing, later (1870) James Laing, both of Sunderland, later (1880) The Barrow and Continental Steam Ship Co. Ltd., of Barrow. 181.5 ft. long, signal letters HJFB. 58130 133 Valkyrien (a barque) 495 W. Adamson W. Adamson of London, later (1870 & 1880) William Adamson, later (1890) John Adamson, all of Sunderland, later (1900) Nils Eric Amelon Möller of Shanghai, China. 147.8 ft. long, signal letters JMLN. 60853 134 Veronica (a barque) 374 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1871/72, owned for that entire if short period by T. White of South Shields. For service initially from Sunderland to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) soon from Shields to India. 124.6 ft. long. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 records Thomas White, of South Shields as her then owner. LR of 1871/72 states 'BURNT'. On Mar. 13, 1871, per line 1279 here, the 374 ton barque was burnt at sea while en route from Madras (now Chennai), India, to London, with a cargo of produce. Crew of 12 - none lost. Then owned by Thomas White. The circumstances of the vessel's loss have not yet come to hand. Can you tell us what happened? 124.6 ft. long. Y 58701 135 Vivat Veritas (a barque) 386 Reay & Naisby Crosby & Co., later (1870) Thomas Crosby, both of Sunderland. 125.5 ft. long, signal letters JDQV. 58123 136 Waldridge (an iron steamer) 662/433 James Laing Clark & Co., later (1870 & 1880) Robert Weatherley, later (1890) Edwin R. Dix, all of Sunderland. 189.9 ft. long, signal letters HWFP. On Jan. 31, 1895 the vessel stranded & was lost at Port Mulgrave, near Staithes, Yorkshire. As per this 'pdf' report of the Inquiry into the vessel's loss. 58125 137 Wansbeck (a barque) 1 370 B. Hodgson G. & J. Dawson, later (1870 & 1880) George Robinson Dawson, later (1890 & 1900) Richard L. Manners, all of Blyth. Ebay vendor 'scott-base' advised that in later years the vessel was owned (1905) by Robert Knudsen of Kristiansand, (1909) by M. Pedersen Akerøya of Lillesand, (1913) by T. Thomassen of Kristiansand, & (later) H. Realsen of Porsgrunn. Was sunk on Sep. 11, 1915 by U-6 off Lindesnaes, while en route from Porsgrunn to Leith with pit props. 128.6 ft. long, signal letters HJMF. 60499 138 Water Lily (a barque) 379 later 379/397 George  Bartram & Sons I refer you, via the link at left, to ownership data re the vessel. On May 16, 1880, en route from Sunderland to Macassar, likely with coal, Water Lily grounded at Pooloo, Dawaken Island, Macassar Straits (between Borneo & Sulawesi). The vessel could not be got off. Its hull & cargo were auctioned off where she lay. 62472 139 Windermere (a barque) 497 Robert Thompson Junior J. & H. Scott, later (1870) James Jackson Scott, both of Newcastle, later (1880 on page 504) Henry Scott of Banstead, Surrey, later (1890) Wm. M. Deacon of London, later (1900) George Mills of Dover, registered at Swansea. 144.9 ft. long, signal letters HWKB. On Jan. 17, 1895 the vessel, en route from London to Rangoon with a general cargo, stranded near Littlestone Coastguard Station (near Dungeness, Kent). As per this 'pdf' report of the Official Inquiry into such stranding. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. 56087 140 Zoe (a steamer, schooner rigged) 804/513 (gross/ net) T. R. Oswald So far as I can see, the vessel was not Lloyd's Register listed. It would seem, however, that the vessel was later, from Jan. 5, 1871 at least, registered at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. The vessel's initial owner is not known to the webmaster, but in 1870, per the Mercantile Navy List, the vessel was owned by Ralph Millbanks Hudson, of Sunderland. Signal letters HGDM. On Feb. 21, 1871, per line 1771 here, the 804 gross ton steamship was stranded near Halifax, while en route from New York to Brest, presumably France. A total loss. No crew data is listed. Then stated to be owned by Murray Dodd. This site states that the vessel was stranded at Bell Rock, Halifax Harbour, & was lost due to a navigational error. Such site states that the Brest in question is located in Belarus, USSR. There is a city of that name located there but it is not a seaport & is located far from the sea. Y 62482     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1868? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 131 vessels of 70302 tons. (54) 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. 1869 (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.) A list of vessels built at Sunderland in 1869 was published in the 'North & South Shields Gazette, and Daily Telegraph', of Shields, on Jan. 10, 1870. Even though the list would seem to have omitted many vessels built that year, maybe as many as 16 vessels, the list is most valuable, particularly for its inclusion of builder names. I provide a modified version (here) of what was made available (thanks!) by The British Library Board. I thank also the site visitor who provided it to the webmaster. A partial 'pdf' list of sailing vessels, built at Sunderland in 1869, is available here, in 'Log Chips', published in Aug. 1980 by the National Maritime Historical Society of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. (first 5 pages). In sequence of shipbuilder name. We sincerely thank both John Lyman who researched the data & such Society for publishing it. # Name Gross Builder Built for Official No. 1 Abbey Holme (an iron barque) 516 J. Blumer & Co. Nicholson & Co. of Liverpool, later Wilfrid Hine of Liverpool & later of Maryport. 63204 2 Aldebaran 267 Rawson & Watson J. & E. Lumsden of Auray, Brittany, France. Lloyd's Register of 1874/75 states Laurent Frères of Bordeaux, France, later (1900) Harrison Douglas, later (1910) James Smith, both of Auckland, New Zealand. later 106250 3 Alejandro (a barque) 436 Jas. or John Crown While not all editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR') are available to the webmaster, the vessel is likely listed from 1869/70 thru 1882/83. It is not listed in 1883/84, but is listed in LR of 1885/86. Was completed in Jan. 1869. The vessel had just one owner, i.e. A. Rodriques of Bilbao, Spain. With M. Vilo serving as her captain until part way thru 1870/71 & 'Laviduria' thereafter. For service, where indicated (thru 1873/74 only), from Sunderland to Bilbao thru 1870/71, & from Liverpool to Manila, the Philippines, thereafter thru 1873/74. 138.8 ft. long. LR of 1885/86 notes that the vessel had gone 'Missing'. Info as to the circumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. Can you help any?   4 Amity (an iron barque) 519 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. E. Gourley, later Edward Temperley Gourley, both of Sunderland. 62522 5 Annie (an iron barque) 438 W. Pile 'Holdswth' & Co., later (1870 & 1880) John James Holdsworth, both of London, later (1910) Eusebius Derwent of Newport, Middlesbrough, later (1915) Edward Dawson of Middlesbrough. 60934 6 Annie 449 George Short H. Smith, later (1870 & 1880) Hodgson Smith, both of Scarborough. 62862 7 Aquiline (a composite iron barque) 431 Robert Thompson Junior The vessel is Lloyd's Register listed in 1870/71 only, owned by Foreman & Co. (maybe means Foreman & Stoker) of South Shields. For service from Sunderland to India. 137.7 ft. long, signal letters JHLW. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 lists Robert Stoker of South Shields as her then owner. On Mar. 9, 1870, per line 105 here, the 431 ton barque was sunk when loading coffee etc. at Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Crew of 12 - none lost. Then owned by Robert Stoker. Was there a storm, I wonder? A brief reference to her loss does not explain what happened. A model of the vessel is, I understand, in the Sunderland Museum model collection. Y 62989 8 Ariadne, later Gibraltar (an iron steamer) 1412/1055 Wm. Pile & Co. Ryde & Co., later (1870) John Ryde, both of London. Lloyd's Register ('LR') advises in 1873/74 that the vessel had become owned by 'The Belgian Royal Mail Co. Ltd.' of London, which company, in 1875/76 per LR, sold the vessel to John Hall, jun., of London, who renamed the vessel Gibraltar (Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1880 & 1890). In 1900, per MNL, Adam S. Kettelwell, also of London was the vessel's owner. Register closed in 1903. 254.0 ft. long 63524 9 Arina (an iron schooner, later a barquentine - from 1885 perhaps) 249 later 244 later 260 William Doxford The vessel, which was launched on Feb. 27, 1869 & completed in that month, would seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1891/92. It was initially owned, until part way thru 1874/75, by 'Ylurriaga' of Bilbao, Spain, with 'Garay' serving as her captain. For service from Sunderland to Bilbao thru 1871/72 & to Spain thru 1873/74. In 1874/75 the vessel became owned by Basterra Hermanos, also of Bilbao, with 'Garay' & then 'Basterrechea' serving as her captains thru until 1882/83. In 1882/83, as I read the LR record, there were two new owners, firstly E. Hijos, probably of Spain, & then T. Rhys & that the vessel became registered at London. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1885 lists the vessel as a barquentine of 244 tons owned by Thomas Rhys of Plymouth, Devon. Shaddick & Helten served as her captains under 'Rhys' ownership, which continued thru 1885/86. In 1886/87 again, there would seem to have been two new owners, firstly West of England Shipping Co. Ltd. & then G. C. Stewart ('Stewart') of London. Stewart, which seems to mean George C. Stewart owned the vessel thru 1888/89. In 1889/90 again two owners - firstly T. (Thomas) S. Whitehead & Chambers & then J. (John) Sutcliffe & Son of Grimsby where the vessel became registered. With L. S. Riordean her captain. MNL of 1890 lists the vessel as a barquentine owned by Jack Sutcliffe of Grimsby. LR always listed the vessel as a schooner. The final LR record I have seen, that of 1891/92, lists the vessel as a schooner of 260 tons, owned by J. Sutcliffe & Son of Grimsby. Crewlist.org (enter 87071) advise in the following interesting words - 'Grimsby, 3/1890 Shipping Registers NELA'. What is the significance of the word Nela? 113.2 ft. long, signal letters HKMN. On Aug. 10, 1892, per wrecksite.eu, the vessel was wrecked at Serana, while en route from Cartagena, Columbia, to Laguna with a cargo of coal. Now both Laguna & Serana seem to be in the western Caribbean, there being a Serana sandbank near the Cayman Islands. Another website states that the vessel was stranded at Anchor Cay off Nicaragua. Can anybody provide a contemporary newspaper cutting or such that tells us exactly what happened & where & when? Y later 87071 10 Asterion (an iron barque) 509 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. Per 1 (image at Nelson, New Zealand, image at left ex A. D. Edwardes Collection thanks to the State Library of South Australia). Launched in Jan. 1869. Was owned by R. Penny, later (1870) Robert Home Penney, both of Shoreham, later (1880) Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, Sussex, later (1890) Walter Savill of London. Vessel later sold to foreign owners with no change of the vessel's name. Such foreign owner was, I read, J. Lundbergh, of Malmö, Sweden. 163.0 ft. long, signal letter HDQW. 62506 11 Auriga (an iron barque) 518 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. R. H. 'Penny', later (1870) Robert H. Penney, both of Shoreham, later (1880) Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, Sussex, later (1890) James Hardie of Rye, later (1900) John Neil Patterson of Wellington, New Zealand, later (1910) Charles Geo. Warburton of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ('AU'), later (1915 & 1920) Howard Smith Co. Ltd, of Melbourne, Victoria, AU, later (1930 & 1940) Edward Powell of Footscray, Victoria, AU. 164.5 ft. long 62537 12 Aztecs, later George (a barque) 394 W. Richardson Riley & Co., later (1870) Thomas Riley, later (1880) Thomas E. Hall, all of Sunderland. On Dec. 22, 1879 the vessel was sold to Greek owners & renamed George. Owned by G. Chandra of Scio, i.e. the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. 62535 13 Beltana (a composite ship) 734 James Laing W. Stevens, later William Adams Stevens, both of London 60951 14 Berean (a composite barque) 526 William Pile T. B. Walker, later Thomas Boss Walker, both of London 60996 15 British Empire (an iron ship) 1499 William Pile G. Duncan, later George Duncan, later James Duncan, all of London. I previously indicated Empire Line 63517 16 Caroline (a barque) 349 Allan, Band & Co. The vessel, which was completed in Oct. 1869, was initially both owned & captained (thru 1881/82) by J. (James) Harry of Liverpool. As per the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870 & 1880. 'Harry' still owned the vessel in 1885/86 per LR. LR of 1886/87 lists the vessel but with no owner name, while LR of 1887/88 lists the vessel with a notation most difficult to read. Which notation may possibly read 'broken up'. 121.0 ft. long, signal letter WQDJ. Can anyone clarify what finally did happen to the vessel? 63217 17 Chagford (a barque) 350/362 R. Pace & Sons of Southwick John George Hill, later Wm. Brown, both of Sunderland. 62531 18 Choice (a barque) 394 S. P. Austin & Son Completed in Jul. 1869. Owned by Hicks (Thomas) of Scarborough. 133.0 ft. long 62864 19 City of Auckland (a composite ship) 780 J. Blumer & Co. Suart & Co., later George Suart Simpson, both of London. 60964 20 C. J. Textor, later Fuso Maru, Tagonaura Maru, Kwogen Maru (a composite steamer) 673/448 James Laing The vessel, which was launched on Jan. 1, 1869 & completed in that month, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1873/74 only, owned for that brief period by Textor & Co. of London, for consistent service from Sunderland to Japan. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, rather lists Gustav Janssen, also of London, as her then owner. 'Janssen' may well have been the owner of or associated with Textor & Co. Why do I say that? Because this page (thanks!) advises us i) that in 1873, 'Textor' (and not Janssen) sold the vessel to Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, of Tokyo, Japan, who renamed the vessel Fuso Maru, ii) that the vessel was renamed Tagonaura Maru in 1878, iii) in 1885 the vessel was transferred to Nippon Yusen Kaisha K.K., & iv) in 1901 the vessel was sold to Tsuruga K.K., of Tsuruga, Japan. 190.6 ft. long, signal letters HRQJ, 100 H.P. More data soon. 60916 21 Clementia (a barque) 409/326 later 326/336 (N/G) Richard Thompson of Deptford Was initially owned by W. Edwards, later (1870) William Yeo Edwards, both of Cardiff, Wales, later (1880) by Jno. Ditchburn of London. 128.0 ft. long, signal letters HSFM. Lloyds Register of 1882/83 notes that the vessel, registered at Cardiff & owned by J. Ditchburn, had been wrecked. The Nautical Magazine of 1883, in summary form, tells us that the vessel was wrecked on Feb. 22, 1878, while en route from Demerera (Guyana, N. coast of South America) to Greenock, Scotland, with a cargo that included rum. Lost at Ballytiege Bay, County Wexford, Ireland. A Board of Trade Inquiry into the vessel's loss was held - you can read the resulting 'pdf' report here. It advises that the vessel had a crew of 11 & a single passenger & carried a cargo of 400 tons of sugar & rum. John Watts was the vessel's then master. Very early in the morning of Feb. 22, 1878, in thick weather, the vessel ran onto the beach at the head of Ballytiege Bay - it soon became a total wreck & its entire cargo was lost. Those aboard were, I read, rescued by rocket apparatus. Watts was held to be responsible for the vessel's loss - his master's certificate was suspended for a period of 6 months. Many crew lists are available here. Is there anything you can add? Y 60258 22 Cleopas (a barque) 345 later 345/369 (N/G) John Thompson The vessel, which had a short life, was always owned by Henry Darling of Backworth, Northumberland, while registered at Blyth or North Shields. On Jan. 13, 1869 the vessel, en route from Liverpool to N. Shields in ballast, ran onto the Barnard Sand in the North Sea, off Kessingland, S. of Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast. The captain was held to be blameless. His officers were found to be responsible & were reprimanded. 60521 23 Clifton (a barque) 365 later 380 later 393 Gibbon & Nichol, of South Hylton A vessel which was completed in Mar. 1869 & had both a long life & many owners. The vessel would seem, essentially, to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1894/95. However it is not listed in LR of 1888/89 & 1889/90 & a number of editions of LR are not available to the webmaster. Initially, per LR, until part way thru 1871/72, the vessel was owned by G. Peckett of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, with 'Bullard' serving as her captain. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870 lists, however, George Clifton Pecket as her owner (hence the vessel name Clifton). In 1871/72, per LR, A. McLaren of Greenock, Scotland, became the vessel's owner for service from Hull to the West Indies. And part way thru 1873/74, again per LR, W. Gellatly of Dundee, Scotland, became her owner for service from the Clyde to the West Indies. 'Campbell' served as captain during the periods of both McLaren & Gellatly ownership. On May 07, 1874, when at Lagos, Nigeria, (here in blue) with Butler in command, the vessel caught fire & was run ashore. Then expected to be a total loss. She had esparto grass & 6,062 pigs of lead on board at the time. Clearly she did not become a total loss. MNL of 1875 adds another owner name i.e. Geo. M. Kidd, of Dundee. In 1874/75, W. H. Sunley, of London, became the owner of the vessel, now of 380 tons, with R. Shaw her captain. In 1879/80, per LR, the vessel was sold to owners from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, though registered at Dunedin, New Zealand ('NZ'), i.e. to R. Mailler per MNL of 1880. In 1880/81, per LR, the vessel became owned by J. Preston (name is doubtful, the name is really quite illegible) & then J. M. Jones, still registered at Dunedin (with 'Cowper' her captain), thru 1884, in which year F. Proctor of Dunedin became her owner, thru 1887/88 at least per LR. Now LR of 1891/92 & 1892/93 records J. M. Jones & F. Proctor as the vessel's then owners. The vessel became of 393 tons by 1891/92. LR of 1893/94 records no owner name at all but the 1894/95 edition lists R. Woods as her owner. Woods would seem to have been her captain in 1892/93, though MNL of 1890 lists Richard Woods, of Christchurch, NZ, as then her owner. LR of 1894/95 notes that the vessel had been condemned in 1894. Strangely perhaps, MNL continues to list the vessel as a barque thru 1920, indeed thru 1926, owned by Richard Woods. My understanding is that the vessel was used as a hulk after she was condemned. 128.5 ft. long, signal letters HVFP. Can you add to or correct any of the above? Y p059 62516 24 Collingrove (a composite ship) 861 James Laing W. Stevens, later (1870) William Adams Stephens, later (1880 & 1890) Alexander Lang Elder, all of London, later (1900) Mrs N. Brown of Shanghai, China 60990 25 Concordia later Aldebaran (an iron barque) 519 T. R. Oswald J. G. Lubcken of Sweden. The vessel was later renamed Aldebaran. As such she was in the trans Tasman trade till rigged down and hulked in Sydney in 1912. Towed to Hobart in 1920 where she remained as a coal hulk till 1951. She was the last hulk in service in the port and the last hulkman in charge of her was the late Max Onn. Data ex an e-Bay item re a glass slide by Bert Johnson of Battery Point. Alas, I did not retain the listing images. 150.9 ft. long   26 Coniscliffe (a barque) 346 Geo. Short W. Watson, later (1870) William Hunter Watson, later (1880) John H. Watson, all of Sunderland 62513 27 Cosmopolyta (an iron barque) 498 William Doxford Olano & Co. of Liverpool later 78439 28 Cymric or Cynric, later British Army (an iron ship) 1289 T. R. Oswald 'Mid. Dk. Co', (Middle Dock Co.?) later (1870) (Cynric) Thomas H. Henderson, both of Newcastle. Later, renamed British Army, was owned by The British Shipowners' Co. Ltd. of Liverpool (1880). In 1890 the vessel was owned by Joseph Chadwick, of Liverpool. 221.1 ft. long, signal letters WPTV. 62332 29 Deerhound (a composite barque) 573 W. Pile & Co. J. Kelso, later (1870) John Robert Kelso, both of North Shields. The vessel stranded & was abandoned on Sep. 1, 1875. 157.1 ft. long 60508 30 Edward Austin 75 Wm. Pickersgill Hudson & Co. reg. at London, later (1870 thru 1890) John Hudson of Southwick, Durham, later (1910) Mrs. Rhoda Thompson of Hull 60928 31 Elaion, later Marie Thérèse (a brigantine, later a barque) 131 J. Denniston The vessel, which was completed in Jan. 1869, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1874/75 only. It was initially owned, thru 1868/69 it would seem, by R. Iliff of Sunderland, with 'Hutchinson' serving as the vessel's captain, for service from Sunderland to France. In 1869/70, in which year (1870/71 also) the vessel is LR recorded both as Elaion & as Marie Thérèse, the vessel is stated to have become a barque owned by 'W. Chancrile' of France & captained by 'Stephan'. Such owner name is clarified by LR of 1870/71 which lists W. Chancerelle of France, as her then owner. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870, however, lists Samuel Tyzac (sic) (Tyzack?) of Monkwearmouth, as her then owner. A couple of puzzles with this vessel. I do not pretend to be an expert on such matters but do not recall before such a tiny vessel becoming a barque. Unusual too that Marie Thérèse is LR listed thru 1874/75 when owned by a French owner & registered in France. Normally I believe, LR coverage would cease when the registration is no longer British. The vessel would seem to have been registered at Fécamp, Normandy. 87.3 ft. long. I do not know what later happened to the vessel. Can you help in that regard? 62504 32 Elizabeth (an iron steamship) 1037 T. R. Oswald The vessel was launched as Ninovah. Her initial owner is not known to webmaster, later (1880) Wm. Bailey, later (1890) Walter Samuel Bailey, later (1900) Bailey & Leatham Ltd., all of Hull. Sold to foreign owners, probably in 1900 63585 33 Ella (a barque) 382 Thomas Metcalf Williamson, later (1870) Thomas Williamson, both of Sunderland, later (1880 & 1890) John Davies of Aberayron, Cardiganshire. Lloyd's Register of 1896/97 states that the vessel was then a hulk - no owner's name was stated. 62512 34 Ella Beatrice (a barque) 400 W. Nicholson & Sons Barwick & Co, later (1870) John Storey Barwick, both of Sunderland, later (1880) A. Wilkinson of London. On Feb. 7, 1881, the vessel ran aground & was wrecked at Juisan Mura, Japan. Andrew Thompson, the vessel's captain, was held to be responsible for the loss by the Official Inquiry held in Japan into the vessel's loss. You can read the 'pdf' report of such Inquiry here. Thompson's master's certificate was suspended for 12 months as a result. I wonder where in Japan Juisan Mura is located? Can you tell us? 62521 35 Elliotts, later Hu-nan (a snow or brig) 285 J. & J. Gibbon of North Hylton The vessel, which was completed in May 1869, would seem to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1887/88. It was initially owned, thru 1872/73 most likely, by J. & J. Ellliott of Sunderland for service to Ceylon now Sri Lanka (in 1870/71) & to the Mediterranean thru 1872/73, with F. Liverseed her captain. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870 lists James Elliott of Sunderland, as her then owner. LR of 1873/74 lists no owner name but LR of 1874/75 records W. Brown of Sunderland as her then owner with J. Grimstead her captain. MNL of 1875 rather lists Wm. Brown of Newcastle. By 1876/77 (LR of 1875/76 is not available to the webmaster) the vessel was owned by T. Brooks & J. Goodsir of Newcastle, New South Wales ('NSW'), Australia, with H. Patching (thru 1878/79), T. Blake  (thru 1881/82) & Crighton (thru 1887/88) serving as her captains. The LR data after 1883/84 is suspect however with no owner names being referenced. MNLs of 1880 & 1882 list Thomas Brooks of Newcastle, as her owner. There are many references to the vessel at Trove, Australia. On Oct. 16, 1875 the vessel, with Henry Patching in command, left Newcastle, for Shanghai, China, with a cargo of 480 tons of coal. On May 7, 1877 the vessel arrived at Melbourne, Victoria, from Cheribou, Java, with a cargo of sugar. In the following year the vessel made many voyages from Newcastle with coal, 480 or so tons each time, to Melbourne, to Adelaide (South Australia), & to Auckland (New Zealand). I spotted one reference to the vessel being at Brisbane. John S. Friend served as the vessel's captain from roughly half way thru 1877 to mid 1878. It would seem that the vessel, & many other vessels also, was laid up for a lengthy period at Newcastle due to a lack of orders. Captain Friend would seem to have left Australia aboard Avoca, a P. & O. steamer, for Southampton in Feb. 1879. There were later Elliotts voyages within Australia. One is noted here, from Augusta, SW Western Australia, to Adelaide in Sep. 1880. In that voyage, with Thos. Blake in command, the vessel went on to Newcastle & on Nov. 4, 1880 left Newcastle for Shanghai with a cargo of coal. In Apl. 1881 the vessel was chartered to carry coal from Nagasaki, Japan, to Shanghai. In May 1882, listed as barque 'The Elliotts', Captain Crighton in command, the vessel was at Sydney likely having arrived with sugar. On Dec. 2, 1882 the vessel left Sydney for Shanghai. I could spot no references to her wreckage (page 2 of 'pdf') & loss in Apl. 1883. The vessel is not recorded in MNL of 1885. 110.7 ft. long, signal letters JDKQ. I thought that that would be the end of the story & that detail as to what actually had happened to Elliotts would not emerge. But ... thanks to Google & its amazing scanning of old & obscure books, I can tell you more. The vessel must have found other commissions in the Far East. Elliotts was stranded on Apl. 14, 1883 'at the entrance to the Yangtze' river, China 'and, after being lightened, was towed off on the 21st April'. I believe that her then captain was Roberts & that a court case ensued about the stranding. The record does not say what then happened to her. However a list is available of vessels being re-measured for customs purposes in China, and lo and behold, on Oct. 30, 1883 a vessel named Hu-nan, stated to be the 'Late British brig Elliotts' was so measured at Shanghai. I have not attempted to pursue what later happened to Hu-nan. Can you add to or correct the above? Y 62524 36 England's Glory (an iron ship) 751 W. Pile & Co. Smith & Co. of London, later (1870) Peter Smith of Plymouth. In 1880, the vessel was owned by Edwd. Hy. (Edward Henry) Rowland Moon, also of Plymouth. On Nov. 7, 1881, when about 1 mile W. of Bluff Harbour (S. Island, New Zealand, near Invercargill), the vessel ran aground & became a total loss. Was then under the command of William Knight, who was held to be blameless in the disaster since the vessel was, at the time of the loss, under the charge of a pilot. You can read the 'pdf' report of the Official Inquiry here. 183.3 ft. long. signal letters JNCM. 60919 37 Finchale (an iron steamship) 687/549 James Laing Morton & Co. of Sunderland 62526 38 Fingoe (an iron barque) 488 W. Pile & Co. H. (Henry) Ellis of London. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 states wrecked. 153.8 ft. long 60914 39 Fluellin (a barque) 507 Wm. Adamson W. Adamson of Sunderland. 60911 40 Fornax (a snow) 299 J. G. & H. Lister Lister & Co., later (1870) John Wilkinson of Sunderland. Later (1880) Robert B. Porrett, both of Sunderland. 110.0 ft. long, signal letters JKHQ. 62551 41 Frankland (an iron steamer) 541/706 later 439/728 (N/G) James Laing A vessel which had a long life indeed - about 45 years - it was broken up in 1914. I refer you via the link at left to some interesting & detailed ownership & operation history of the vessel. 62542 42 Garnock (an iron barque, per LR later a ship, later a barque) 677 William Doxford & Sons This iron barque, which was launched on Aug. 8, 1869 & completed in that month is likely Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1887/88. During its lifetime, it had, per LR, essentially one owner, i.e. Hunter & Co. of Ayr, Scotland (from 1876/77, per LR, D. Hunter & Co.). The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870, 1880 & 1885 all list David Hunter of Ayr as her owner. Initially for service to India, but from 1871/72 thru 1873/74 at least for service to Australia. LR lists 5 men who served as her captain i.e. Auld (maybe F. Auld) thru 1871/72, J. (James) Semple to 1876/77, Kerr (Edward T. Kerr) thru 1880/81, J. (James or Joseph Kerr, have read both) Angus thru 1882/83 & G. W. Mudie (extensively referred to as Mundie in Australian newspapers) (George Wilson Mundie) from part way thru 1882/83 to 1887/88. On Aug. 12, 1876, Garnock was in collision with Boussole, a French barque (Pichon her captain) at 48N/9W (about 140 miles SW of the tip of Cornwall) but suffered little or no damage. The French vessel sank & Garnock saved her crew. On the very same date & at the very same position, Garnock spoke with Great Queensland, originally a steamship, then a 1793 ton sailing ship, en route from London to Melbourne, Australia. Great Queensland went missing & was never heard from again. On Jun. 03, 1881 the vessel collided with Mountaineer, a ship built by Doxford in 1875, causing little or no damage to either vessel. Some 'best efforts' as to dates details re the vessel's 13 voyages to Australia. 1) The vessel (Semple) left London on Nov. 28, 1871 for Adelaide, South Australia, with a general cargo. & arrived back in London on Aug. 12, 1872 with a cargo that included 6,484 bags of wheat & flour. 2) On Oct. 05, 1872 the vessel (Semple) left London for Adelaide. It did a side trip to Sydney & Newcastle, both New South Wales, to load coal for Adelaide. On May 08, 1873 the vessel left Adelaide for London (arrived in Aug. 1873) with a cargo of wheat & flour. 3) On Oct. 02, 1873 the vessel (Semple) left London for Adelaide & on Mar. 01, 1874 left Adelaide for London again (arrived Jun. 30, 1874) with wheat & flour, via, I think, Maitland & Sydney. 4) On Aug. 29, 1874, the vessel (Kerr) left London for Adelaide with a cargo that included a new light for the Port Adelaide lighthouse. It went on to Sydney & Newcastle, returned to Adelaide with coal & finally left Adelaide on Apl. 21, 1875 for London (arrived mid Aug. 1875) via Sydney. 5) On Oct. 08, 1875 the vessel (Kerr) left London for Brisbane, went on to Adelaide in ballast & left Adelaide for London (arrived Aug. 21, 1876) on Apl 24, 1876 with 7,550 bags of wheat. En route it collided with Boussole, see above. 6) On Nov. 01, 1876, the vessel (Kerr) left London for Brisbane with a cargo that included 275 cases of Hennessy whisky. On May 30, 1877 it left Brisbane for London (arrived  Oct. 09, 1877) with a cargo that included 1,279 bales of wool. 7) On Nov. 20, 1877, the vessel (Kerr) left London for Brisbane with a cargo that included 300 Snider carbines for use by the Queensland Police Force. On May 08, 1878 the vessel left for Java, Indonesia, with 742 tons of coal ex the Gullard & Lindsay mines in the Brisbane area. It presumably later returned to the U.K. 8) On Apl. 14, 1879, the vessel (Kerr) left Glasgow, Scotalnd,  for Adelaide. En route 3 seamen were swept overboard in heavy seas - one of them (Nash) was not recovered. The vessel went on to Port Victor (80 km S. of Adelaide) where nearly all the crew deserted ship. On Nov. 05, 1879 the vessel left Port Victor for London (arrived Mar. 09, 1880) with 3,298 bales of wool. 9) On May 15, 1880 the vessel (Angus) left London for Brisbane, Queensland, & left Brisbane on Nov. 15, 1880 on the return voyage (arrived London Mar. 09, 1881) with a cargo of wool. 10) On May 12, 1881, the vessel (Angus) left for Brisbane & on Dec. 16, 1881 left on the return voyage (arrived London Apl. 16, 1882). 11) On Jun. 11, 1882 the vessel (Mundie) left London for Brisbane, which it later left on Nov. 24, 1883 for Astoria, Oregon, U.S.A., in ballast. On Feb. 26, 1883 the vessel was at Portland, Oregon. 12) On Nov. 02, 1883, the vessel (Kerr) left Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria for Maryborough, Queensland, with a cargo of steel rails. It went on to Geelong (near Melbourne) to load wheat & on May 20, 1884 left for London (arrived Aug. 27, 1884) via Falmouth with 8,618 bags of wheat. 13) I have not spotted the date when the vessel (Mundie) left U.K. in early 1885. On Jun. 30, 1885 it left Port Louis, Mauritius, with 744 tons of sugar bound for Melbourne, went on to Newcastle & there loaded coal for Valparaiso, Chile. The vessel may have been rigged as a ship for a portion of her life - per LR from 1873/74 to 1876/77 at least - LR of 1881/82 has her again as a barque. 175.5 ft. long, signal letters JGSH. LR of 1887/88 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. What happened to the vessel is as follows, distilled from a number of WWW sites, but most particularly from this 1888 source, this Argentinian site in Spanish & English & from this Trove, Australia, cutting. In May 1887, the vessel was en route from London to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, with a cargo that included iron & cement, under the command of Captain Mudie (maybe Mundie). On May 25, 1887, when 173 days out of London, the vessel ran onto rocks off the NE island of the Año Nuevo group, located just N. of Isla de la Estados (in English Staten Island), in the eastern, Argentinian, portion of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. The captain had mistaken his landfall for Observatorio island, the largest island in the group. The vessel broke into pieces, became a total wreck & a part at least of her cargo drifted ashore. The crew of 16, using the vessel's two 27 ft. lifeboats, succeeded in reaching the lighthouse at St. John's, Staten Island, 15 miles distant, where they remained for 2 1/2 months. Until Aug. 08, 1887 when they were rescued by Comodoro Py, a ship of the Argentine Navy, & landed at Sandy Point, the then English name for Punta Arenas, Chile. The vessel was insured. The exact date upon which the vessel was lost is a bit of a puzzle. This site says that it happened on Jul. 26, 1887 & this page (ex here) says on Aug. 28, 1887. The Argentinian site referred to above states May 26, 1887. Is there anything you can add or correct to this interesting history? 58565 43 Gem (a barque) 459 G. Short Hicks & Co. of Scarborough, later (1870) Charles James Briggs of Sunderland, later (1880) Thomas Hick of Scarborough, later (1890) Thomas S. Whitehead of London. Later foundered. 138.8 ft. long 62540 44 Gilsland 312 Liddle & Sutcliffe Dodds & Co., later (1870) Philip Dodds, both of North Shields, later (1880 & 1890) Alexander McKenzie of Stornaway 60525 45 Glance (an iron barque, later a ship & a barque again) 887/912 (N/G) William Watson This vessel was registered at London thru 1888/89 & owned by W. (William) Pellier of St. Helier, Jersey. It was later owned by G. (George) H. Meager, of Swansea. In 1903, the vessel was sold to Norwegian owners. Need later data. 63529 46 Golden Fleece (a composite barque) 500 Wm. Pile & Co. H. Ellis of London, later (1870) Henry Ellis of Star Cross, Devon, later (1880) Edward Davies of Plymouth, later (1890 & 1900) Henry Ellis of London. 130.0 ft. long 60942 47 Golden Wave, later Orion (a barque) 343/364 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) This vessel, which was completed in Jan. 1869, seems to be Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, as Golden Wave, from 1868/69 thru 1879/80, always registered at London. Owned, thru 1874/75, per LR, by J. Wray. For initial service from Sunderland to Bermuda thru 1870/71, from Sunderland to S. America thru 1872/73 & from Havana, Cuba, to Akyab (now Sittwe, Myanmar) in 1873/74. I wonder, however, whether the owner name of J. Wray should correctly have read J. Werry, since the Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 thru 1879 all list John Dan Werry, of St. Mewan, Cornwall as owner of the London registered vessel. LR 'corrected' their data in 1874/75. Under 'Werry' ownership, 'H. Hodge' served as the vessel's captain from 1871/72 thru 1874/75, then S. Richards thru 1876/77 & J. Remon thru 1879/80. LR also lists the vessel, now as Orion, from (it would seem) 1879/80 thru 1894/95 with a couple of exceptions - the vessel is not LR listed in 1881/82 or 1882/83. After 1894/95? I do not have access to LR of 1895/96 but the vessel is not recorded in LR of 1896/97. Anyway, per LR, In 1879/80, the vessel, renamed Orion, & registered at Hamburg, Germany, became owned by J. C. Oestmann of Hamburg, with H. Stehr serving as her captain thru 1883/84 at least & then H. Fack thru 1889/90. In 1885/86, J. O. Williamson, also of Hamburg, became her owner & later, from 1891/92, Williamson & Day, also of Hamburg, with Soensson?, A. A. F. Gallas & W. Bauermeiuster? serving as her captains. 120.6 ft. long, signal letters HRFN, later RFQM. I cannot tell you what happened to the vessel in or about 1895. Crew lists are on file at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Can you add to or correct the above? Y 60907 48 Grassendale (an iron ship) 1271 Oswald & Co. Was launched as Erapendale, I have read. Owned by 'M'Intyre' & Co. of Liverpool. Lloyd's Register of 1869/70 states wrecked. 219.1 ft. long 58975 49 Halia (a barque) 378 George Bartram at South Hylton The vessel, which was completed in Jul. 1869, was initially owned by R. Humble of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1875) Richard Humble of Sunderland. 127.6 ft. long, signal letters JFLG. I read that the vessel was lost on Dec. 28, 1876, but so far have no detail. 62528 50 Hermon (a barque) 391 (net) later 411/391 (G/N) & 420/407 (G/N) B. Hodgson This vessel, which was completed in Feb. 1869, seems to be Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1887/88. During its lifetime, it had, per LR, essentially one owner, i.e. A. Richardson, at least thru 1887/88, in which year, per LR, T. S. Howitt became her owner. With 4 captains - J. Duthie thru 1873/74, R. Mann thru 1876/77, W. Stephen thru 1883/84 at least, J. Davison in 1885/86 & J. Duthie again in 1886/87 & 1887/88. Per LR, the vessel was registered at Amble, Northumberland, thru 1874/5 & at North Shields thereafter. The data above is however not in agreement with the Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870, 1875 & 1876 all of which list William Davison of Alnwick, Northumberland as owner of the North Shields registered vessel. The equivalent lists of 1879, 1880 & 1885 all list Andw. Richardson of Reading, Berkshire, as owner of the North Shields registered vessel. Is it a coincidence that William Davison per MNL owned the vessel & J. Davison later served as her captain? Maybe Davison & Richardson were partners? Hermon would seem to have served Singapore ex Sunderland in 1869/70 & 1870/71, served China ex Liverpool in 1871/72 & 1872/73 & served ex Liverpool in 1873/74. The vessel was LR recorded for many years at 391 tons which seems to have been her net tonnage - since LR of 1878/79 lists 411 gross & 391 net. Became 420 gross & 407 net in 1880/81. 132.3 ft. long, signal letters HQVC. LR of 1877/78 notes that the vessel had been lost. I have read (on page 2) that it was lost on Jan. 19, 1888 but so far have not found any contemporary confirmation, nor have I learned the location & circumstances of her loss. Can you add to or correct the above? Y 60510 51 Hugh Bourne 391 James Robinson J. Robinson, later (1870) John Robinson, both of South Shields, later (1880) John Paul of Lynn 58719 52 Inarime (a composite ship) 665 William Doxford & Sons A vessel that had a very short life. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1868/69 & 1869/70 only, owned by Glover Bros. of London, for service from Sunderland to China. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 advises that the vessel was then owned by Robt. R. & John Glover of London. 173.0 ft. long, signal letters HQSN. LR of 1869/70 notes that vessel had been 'wrecked'. Bill Swift has researched the brief history of Inarime, in a study available here. Bill advises that the vessel left Sunderland for Shanghai, China, on Mar. 3, 1869, likely with a cargo of coal, certainly on her maiden voyage. On Sep. 16, 1869 she left Foo Chow (now Fuzhou, China) with a cargo of tea. And ran aground on one of the London Reefs, Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea - on Oct. 4, 1869. A Singapore Court of Inquiry determined that the vessel's loss was due to poor navigation & the 'carelessness & imprudence' of Robert H. (Humphrey) Ivey, her master. His certificate was suspended for 9 months. St. Ives, a French ship, & Bonito, a German barque, rescued two boats with portions of the Inarime crew & landed them at Labuan (off the coast of Borneo) & Saigon respectively. A native prow landed other crew members at Labuan. Y 60913 53 Inheritance (a barque) 394 W. H. Pearson, jun. W. Eggleston, later (1870) William Eggleston, sen., both of Sunderland, later (1880) James Irvine of London 62511 54 Ione (an iron barque) 520 Iliff & Mounsey F. Ritson of Sunderland, later Hugh McEwan of Ayr, later James Hardie of London, later Lewis Powell Rogers, later, in 1920, The Ione Navigation Co. Ltd, both of Port Louis, Mauritius. 165.0 ft. long 62564 55 Iris 340 Thomas Metcalfe D. Patterson, later (1870) David Patterson, both of Arbroath, later (1880) Geo. Nipper of Melbourne, Victoria, later (1890) James Gillan of Stockton, New South Wales, later (1900 thru 1940) McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. Ltd. of Melbourne, all Australia 62092 56 Isabel (a smack or ketch) 49 Allan, Band & Co. Fortescue of Kirkwall, later (1870 & 1880) Archer Fortescue of Swanbuster, Orkney. 61.8 ft. long 62207 57 Jane 282 J. G. & H. Lister 'Humphry', later (1870) Edward Humphreys, later (1880) E. Humphreys, later (1890) William Morris, all of Aberystwyth. The vessel was later sold to foreign owners, maybe in 1894 56406 58 Kepier (an iron steamer) 703/518 James Laing H. T. Morton of Sunderland, later (1880) Henry T. (Thomas) Morton of Biddick Hall, Co. Durham. See listing available at left. 194.7 ft. long 62549 59 Kingsbridge (an iron ship) 1499 Oswald & Co. G. Stanton of London. The vessel foundered on Oct. 14, 1874. 230.7 ft. long 63540 60 Knightsbridge (an iron ship) 1511 Oswald & Co. A ship which had a very short life. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1873/74, owned by G. Stanton of London, for service from Sunderland to India. The 'G' stands for George. 230.1 ft. long, signal letters JHKB. On Jan. 5, 1870, per line 3 here, the 1511 ton ship was abandoned at sea while en route from Sunderland to Bombay, India, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 30 - none lost. Then owned by George Stanton. I wonder why the vessel was still LR listed thru 1873/74? Y 60993 61 Lacydon (an iron steamer) 1400/1040 Wm. Pile & Co. Ryde & Co., later (1870) John Ryde, both of London 60985 62 Lady Clive (an iron steamer) 770/513 James Laing Cory Bros & Co., later (1870 & 1880) John Cory, later (1890) Cory Brothers and Co. Ltd., all of Cardiff 63393 63 Lady Elizabeth (a composite barque) 658 Robert Thompson Junior Wilson & Co., later (1870) John Wilson, both of London. 160.0 ft. long 60966 64 Langstone (an iron ship) 746 W. Pile & Co. H. Ellis, later (1870) Henry Ellis, both of London, later (1880) Jas. Wm. Temple, later (1890) The Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Ltd., both of London but registered at Southampton. 186.4 ft. long 60950 65 Laurel (a barque) 336 John Davison The vessel, which was completed in Jun. 1869, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, it would appear, from 1869/70 thru 1881/82. It was initially owned by T. Anderson of Sunderland, thru 1874/75 at least, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean thru 1871/72 & ex Sunderland in 1872/73 & 1873/74. Such ownership is confirmed by the Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1870 & 1875. 'Snowdon' served as the vessel's captain, per LR, thru 1876/77 at least. In 1876/77 Anderson, Horan & Co., also of Sunderland, became the vessel's owner, thru 1879/80 per LR, with Snowdon then W. Boys then T. Sawyer serving as her captains. MNL of 1879 lists Joseph Horan, of Sunderland, as her then owner. LR of 1880/81 & 1881/82 both list the vessel as registered in France but provide no owner name. 119.8 ft. long, signal letters JDPQ. I have read that, in fact, the vessel was lost on Mar. 28, 1878 but have read no detail - certainly the vessel is not listed in MNL of 1880 which may, however, relate to the vessel being possibly then registered in France. Can you tell us, definitively, what happened to the vessel & when? Y 62527 66 Lenore 396 T. Metcalf Foreman & Co., later (1870) George Foreman, both of Sunderland 62530 67 Leverington (an iron steamer) 1017/680 James Laing R. Young, later (1870) Richard Young, both of Wisbech, later Robert H. Penney of (1880) Shoreham & (1890) Brighton, both Sussex 62758 68 L'Imperatrice, later Outalpa, later Dido (an iron ship or barque) 706 tons gross, (671 tons net, later 676 tons) W. Pile & Co. Per 1 (data), 2 (Devitt & Moore). The clipper ship, which was launched on Jan. 28, 1869, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1883/84. It was initially owned, thru 1871/72 per LR, by A. Pardew, i.e. per the Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 & 1872, by Arthur Pardew, of London. For consistent service from London to China, with 'Forbes' (H. N. Forbes it would appear) serving as the vessel's captain. LR of 1871/72 lists the vessel twice, first as L'Imperatrice & secondly as Outalpa, now owned by Devitt & Moore of London. Outalpa? A sheep station located about 205 miles NE of Adelaide, South Australia. For service from London to Australia from 1871/72 thru 1873/74 when LR listing of intended voyages came to an end. It made, however, many voyages to Australia after such date. MNL of 1874 lists the vessel as owned by Devitt & Moore while the equivalent register of 1880 lists T. Lane Devitt as the vessel's then (managing?) owner. 'Devitt' owned the vessel thru Apl. 8, 1881 and during such period had a number of captains per LR - J. Barrett thru 1876/77 (John H. Barrett), R. (Robert) Watts from 1879/80 thru 1880/81, & Panton (B. G. Panton) from 1879/80 thru 1880/81. T. A. Odell was the vessel's captain for one return voyage to Adelaide, South Australia in 1875/76. The vessel made 9 voyages to Australia as Outalpa. Details re such voyages can be read here. The vessel was listed twice in LR of 1880/81 also. I read that on Apl. 8, 1881 the vessel was sold to C. H. Donner, i.e. Conrad Hinrich Donner, of Hamburg, Germany, was renamed Dido & registered at Hamburg. 'Donner' owned the vessel thru 1883 when the vessel was lost, with F. G. Crantz serving as the vessel's captain. 187.7 ft. long, later (1882/83) 188.0 ft., signal letters HRCQ. Most references are to the vessel being a ship, but it is clear that for a portion of its life, certainly as Outalpa & likely as Dido, the vessel was a barque. As in part is stated in this rather confusing Jul. 1878 Australian newspaper article. LR of 1883/84 notes that the vessel had 'Stranded'. In Aug. 1883 the vessel was en route from Liverpool to New York with a cargo of salt & a crew of 14. On Aug. 26, 1883, the vessel stranded one mile E. of Kedgets, in County Cork, Ireland, & became a total loss. There was no loss of life. 'Kedgets' refers to Kedge Island, located off the S. coast of County Cork, Ireland, near to the communities of Laghtneill & Trafaska & also near Baltimore. A contemporary reference to the loss (which refers to the vessel as being a barque). Only modest remains of the vessel exist at the wreck site today (per 'wrecksite.eu'). Detail as to the circumstances of the loss are not yet to hand. Is there anything you can add to or correct in the above text? Y 60909 69 Lizzie Ann (a brig) 269 A. Simey & Co. Only limited data is available about this vessel, via the link at left. We do know that on Feb. 17, 1873, Lizzie Ann parted from both her anchors & went ashore in the bay at Acre (today northern Israel). It ended up sunk & 8 ft. deep in the sand. It was raised in Apl. 1873. No later data is presently available. It is possible that it survived, as Lizzie Anne, thru 1885. 62520 70 Malta (a steamship) 945/616 (gross /net) T. R. Oswald at Pallion The vessel was not recorded in Lloyd's Register. Its initial owner is not known to the webmaster but the Mercantile Navy List of 1870 advises that the then owner was Francis Devereux Lambert of London. 99 HP. On Nov. 16, 1872, per line 2894 here, the 945/616 ton steamship was abandoned in the North Sea while en route from Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia) to London. Crew of 21 - none lost. Then owned by Commercial Steamship Co. (a London company). The circumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. Can you add anything? Y 60960 71 Marie (an iron barque) 544 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. A. Viale of Marseilles, France. 164.2 ft. long   72 Mary Ann (a barque) 301 John Barkes The vessel was completed in Apl. 1869. Was owned by J. Gibbon, later (1870) (page 256) John Gibbon, both of South Shields, later (1880) (page 412) Jos. Netherclift of London. 111.1 ft. long, signal letters HVTN. 62982 73 Mary Smith (a brig) 157 later 162 W. Barkley & Co. The vessel was completed in Jun. 1869. Owned by 'Tweddle', later (1870) John Tweddell junr, both of Hartlepool, later (1880 & 1890) William E. Marmion of Fremantle, West Australia. 94.2 ft. long, signal letters JDKM. The vessel was stranded on May 3, 1890 58757 74 May 237 R. Pace & Sons T. Potts, later (1870) Thomas Potts, both of Sunderland, later (1880) Walter Turnbull of Wellington, New Zealand ('NZ'), later (1890) Henry Cathcart of Bundalong, Queensland, Australia, later (1900) John Harrison of Aratapu, NZ 62536 75 May Queen, later Dona Feliciana, later Dona Telesfora (a barque) 534 later 505 James Hardie The vessel was completed in Apl. 1869 as May Queen. It is recorded in Lloyd's Register ('LR'), as May Queen, only in 1869/70, with no owner name stated. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870 (it would seem the sole MNL listing for the vessel) helps us with the initial owner's name - it lists the vessel (May Queen) as being owned by William S. Forest of Sunderland. It served ex Sunderland initially. The vessel is LR listed as Dona Feliciana from 1869/70 thru 1874/75, owned by 'de Olaquiv'l' (likely Nicolás Olaquivel, a merchant. Yes?), of Bilbao, Spain. For service from Liverpool to the West Indies (in 1869/70), from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba (in 1870/71 & 1871/72), & for service from Liverpool to Manilla in 1872/73 & 1873/74. The vessel would appear to have been LR listed as Dona Telesfora from 1874/75 thru 1881/82, owned by Olano Larrinaga & Co. of Bilbao. (A couple of LR editions are not available to the webmaster). The vessel became of 505 tons only in 1874/75. Lloyd's Register of 1881/82 notes that the vessel had been 'LOST'. It is interesting to note that from 1869/70 thru 1881/82, the vessel would seem to have had but one captain i.e. Portuando or C. Portuando from 1869/70 thru 1874/75 & C. Portuondo from 1874/75. This page confirms that in 1879 Dona Telesfora, was owned by Olano Larrinaga & Co. of Bilbao. 148.1 ft. long. I have not spotted any signal letters. A report in the New York Times, dated Apl. 9, 1881, advises that Dona Telesfora was lost at Borneo & that the crew was saved. The loss most likely was in Mar. 1881. The detail circumstances of her loss are not yet to hand. Can you tell us about them or otherwise add anything? Y 62519 76 Menam, later Deodata (a barque) 467 Richard Thompson The vessel was completed in Jul. 1869. Initially owned by Swainston & Co., later (1870, Menan) George Swainston, both of Sunderland, later (Lloyd's Register of 1872/73, & maybe earlier) G. le Queane of Jersey. I have read that in 1879 the vessel, renamed Deodata, was owned by E. C. Hannevig of Horton, Norway, with C. Hennevig the vessel's captain. 139.8 ft. long, signal letters KHNT. 62538 77 Mera 237 R. Pace & Sons 'Thorm'n' & Co. of Sunderland, later (1870) Robert Thorman of Seaham Harbour, Durham 62544 78 Miako (a composite barque) 516 W. Pile Per 1. Killick & Co., later (1870 & 1880) James Killick, both of London, later (1890) Thomas Roberts of Llanelly, Wales. 160.1 ft. long 60935 79 Miss Preston (a barque) 450 William Watson Was owned by Preston & Co., i.e. Robert Preston, of Sunderland. The vessel was wrecked prior to Jul. 4, 1869 in the Sunda Straits. No loss of life. 62508 80 Mizpah (an iron steamer) 741/494 later 954 James Laing Middleton & Co., later (1870) John Forster Middleton, both of North Shields, later (1880) Andrew M. Cohen of Newcastle. 204.8 ft. long 60511 81 Neptune (a barque) 387 John Davison The vessel, which was completed in Mar. 1869, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1868/69 thru 1873/74 only. It had just one owner i.e. W. Davison of North Shields, which means William Davison as per the Mercantile Navy List of 1870 (on page 280). For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean thru 1872/73 & from Shields to India in 1873/74. Per LR, the vessel had just two captains - Gittins until part way thru 1872/73 & G. Thomas thereafter. 126.3 ft. long. LR of 1873/74 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. The cicumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. Can you tell us, definitively, what happened to the vessel & when? Y 60513 82 Nevada (a barque) 490 W. Nicholson Barwick & Co., later, (1870 on page 427) John Storey Barwick, both of Sunderland. From 1872/73, (1880) Wm. Augustus Mitchell of London. 141.7 ft. long, signal letters JKGT. 62553 83 Niger 1442 Iliff & Mounsey? C. M. Norwood & Co., later (1870) William Gray of London. Signal letters HGHK 60851 84 Ocean Mail (an iron ship) 1039 Robert Thompson Junior Patton & Co., later (1870) John Patton, junr., both of London. 208.2 ft. long 60971 85 Osaka (a composite barque) 527 W. Pile & Co. Per 1. Killick & Co., later (1870 & 1880) James Killick, both of London, later (1890) Thomas Roberts of Llanelly, Wales, later (1900) Nils Eric Amelon Möller of Shanghai, China. 165.0 ft. long 60965 86 Oxford (an iron ship) 1282 Oswald & Co. 'Temperly', later (1870) John Temperley, later (1880) Henry W. Carter, all of London. 223.3 ft. long 63527 87 Pelaw (an iron steamer) in blue 763/601 James Laing Hill & Co, later (1870) John Sheriff Hill, later (1880) Commercial Steam Ship Co. Ltd., later (1890) Francis D. Lambert, jun., later (1900 & 1910) Wm. Cory & Son, all of London 63532 88 Penthesilea (an iron ship) 1668 Oswald & Co. Jones & Co., later (1870 & 1880) William Hen. Jones, later (1890) William D. Reid, later (1900) Walter de Wolf, all of Liverpool. 243.3 ft. long 63167 89 Pepita, later Flora (an iron brigantine, later a barque, later a brigantine again) 241 later 224 William Doxford & Sons The vessel, initially owned by 'de Zuricaldy' of Bilbao, Spain, later became renamed Flora, registered at Liverpool & owned by i) J. Pender, ii) P. H. Cowley & iii) McVicar, Marshall & Co., all of Manchester. It stranded, likely in 1887. 69309 90 Phoenix (data is limited) 345 William Doxford So far as I can see, this vessel was not listed in Lloyd's Register. The Doxford build list on site lists Pile & Co. as her initial owner. The Mercantile Navy List, however, re late additions to the 1870 list, advises that Charles James Briggs of Sunderland was the then owner of the vessel said to be of 217 tons with 60 HP engines. Which you can read as follows:- (1870 but you must change the page number to 427, I seem unable to link you directly). I cannot tell you what happened to the vessel & when. Can you help? 62550 91 Primos (an iron barque) 448 T. R. Oswald 'de Anduza' of Bilbao, Spain. 155.6 ft. long   92 Pyrrha (an iron steamer) 1089 T. R. Oswald James Westoll of Sunderland 1870 thru 1890. Lloyd's Register of 1890/91 states wrecked Dec. 1890. Signal letters JGLM. 62533 93 Rays of Light (a barque) 287 W. Barkley & Co. The vessel was completed in Aug. 1869. Was owned by W. Burnett of Sunderland, later (1870 & 1875) William Burnett of Monkwearmouth. Lloyd's Register of 1876/77 lists the vessel as registered at London & owned by J. G. Swankie. 111.7 ft. long, signal letters JGDT. I read that the vessel was wrecked on Aug. 5, 1877. 62534 94 Resolute (an iron steamer) 360/240 later 375/240 (G/N) James Laing This vessel was launched on Sep. 6, 1869 & completed in Sep. 1869. It is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed, it would seem, from 1869/70 thru 1892/93 at least. No applicable LR edition after that last date is available to the webmaster. Thru 1888/89, the vessel essentially had just one owner, W. France, with 'J. Woodh'd' her captain thru 1873/74, 'T. Woodh'd' thru 1883/84 & J. Smith thereafter, thru 1888/89. Note, however, that while LR consistently lists the vessel as registered at Goole, the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870 (on page 325) lists the vessel as registered at Sunderland & owned by William France, of Leeds, Yorkshire. While MNL of 1880 notes that the vessel had become registered at Goole in 1871 & was then owned by William France, now of London. LR of 1885/86 lists W. Clarke of Goole as her then owner, as is confirmed by MNL of 1885 which lists William Clarke, of Leeds, as her owner. Clarke is likely a nominee only because in 1886/87, per LR, the vessel became owned by W. France Limited, still registered at Goole. In 1889/90, per LR, the vessel became owned by H. D. Dennis & registered at Sunderland, with J. Atthowe briefly her captain. MNL of 1890 confirms such data & lists Hy. D. Dennis as her managing owner. LR of 1890/91 lists Ponsonby & Co. of Sunderland as her then owner but only briefly, since the equivalent edition of 1892/93 lists the vessel as owned by The Resolute Mercantile Steamship Company, Limited, of Newport, Wales, with I. Crocker her manager & G. Bond her captain. The vessel was, apparently, fitted with a new boiler in 1891. On Apl. 28, 1894, Resolute, under the command of John Popham, her captain since Sep. 1893, left Greenock, Scotland, for Le Havre, France, with a cargo of coal. With a crew of 10 it would seem. Fine weather was experienced until they reached Ailsa Craig, but soon thereafter the vessel ran into dense fog. The vessel passed within 1/2 mile of Corsewall Point Lighthouse, Wigtonshire, & soon thereafter stranded upon the nearby Ox Rocks. With the rising tide she soon floated off the rocks & though considerably damaged proceeded to Stranraer making about 3 in. of water an hour despite her pumps. From Stranraer she was towed to Ayr to be repaired. The damage was considerable - frames & plates bulged & dented, stern post & 2 floor plates broken, & three of the 4 blades on her propeller broken off. The captain was held to be solely at fault having not used the lead nor taken into effect the flood tide, having proceeded too close to land at too high a speed in conditions of dense fog. Isaac Crocker, of Newport, was apparently then her managing owner having been so appointed on Jun. 24, 1892. All as you can read in the 'pdf' Wreck Inquiry report here. Crewlist.org (insert 62539) advises that in 1899 the vessel was sold to foreign owners & the U.K. register was accordingly closed in 1899. A 3-masted schooner-rigged iron steamer, 165.5 ft. long, signal letters HFCQ, 60 HP engines by T. Clark & Co., of Newcastle. Can you add to or correct the above, maybe tell us who acquired the vessel in 1899 & what finally happened to her? Y 62539 95 Rialto (an iron ship) 1166 Oswald & Co. Saunders & Co., later (1870) Charles Saunders, both of Liverpool. Lloyd's Register of 1872/73 states Merchant Shipping Co. ('Merchant'), of London, to be vessel's new owner, later (1880) Merchant. 211.3 ft. long 58992 96 Rover of the Seas (a composite barque) 417 Robert Thompson Junior T. Thompson, later (1870) Thomas Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) James Gaudin of St. Saviours, Jersey. 136.9 ft. long 62503 97 Runnymede (an iron barque) 700 Wm. Pile & Co. J. Alexander, later (1870 & 1880) James Alexander, both of London. 200.0 ft. long 60940 98 Sailor (an iron steamship) 192 later 408/275 later 446/289 Oswald & Co. The Lloyd's Register ('LR') record for this vessel (from 1869/70 thru 1873/74), is, to the webmaster at least, most confusing. The vessel is first listed in LR of 1869/70, a brigantine of 192 tons, 94.0 ft. long, owned by Lambert & Co. of London for service from Sunderland to London. I think that LR simply omitted in such listing to note that the vessel was a steamship, brigantine rigged, rather than a brigantine. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 advises that the 192 ton vessel's then owner was Francis Devereux Lambert of London. So far so good. But ... LR of 1870/71 records the vessel as being a 70 HP steamer, 149.3 ft. long, of 408/275 (gross/net) tons, with no owner stated (Lambert & Co. was printed but lined out). In LR of 1872/73, the vessel had become of 446/289 tons, owned by 'Marquer, fréres' of Antwerp, Belgium, for service from Belgium to London. On Nov. 28, 1872, per line 2900 here, the 446/289 ton 70 HP steamship was stranded at Wellsoorde, (where is it - could it mean Willemsoord, Den Helder, in Northern Holland?) while en route from Antwerp to London. Crew of 13 - none lost. Then owned by H. Marquer. Is it true that a brand new vessel was so soon rebuilt, indeed doubled in size? Marquer Fréres, of Antwerp & perhaps of Anvers, would seem to have been, amongst other things, publishers of art prints. Can you clarify this unusual data record? Y 61000 99 San Antonio 502 Iliff & Mounsey? G. Lubrano di Scampamorte?   100 Satsuma (a barque) 350 later 356 later 364 later 380 Jas. or ohn Crown A wooden vessel with iron beams, which was completed in Apl. 1869. With some contradictions in the available data. It is likely that the vessel was Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1894/95 at least. It was initially owned by W. Abbay of Sunderland, later, certainly by 1876/77, by W. R. Abbay, also of Sunderland (William Richard Abbay (1870 on page 346). With 'Kinmond' serving as her captain during the period of Abbay ownership. The vessel served France ex Sunderland in 1869/70 & 1870/71 & served the Falkland Islands ex Bristol from 1871/72 thru 1873/74. I also saw a reference to the vessel arriving at Montreal, Canada, ex Shanghai, China, on Jul. 10, 1871. Now the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1880 still records William Richard Abbay, now of Knaresboro', Yorkshire, as her then owner. When LR of 1878/79 listed R. K. Knevitt of Sunderland as briefly her owner with R. Wizzell her captain. And LR of 1879/80 reports the vessel, now of 364 tons, as being then owner by Shanghai Shipowners' Assn. of Shanghai, with J. B. Frail & then S. A. Lord serving as her captain. In 1882/83, per LR, China Shipowners' Assn. ('China') of Shanghai became the vessel's owner with S. A. Lord her captain thru 1883/84 & then Swenson thru 1894/95. LR of 1892/93 still reports China as her owner with Morris & Co. her managers while LR of 1894/95 lists Morris & Co. as her then owner. Note that MNL of 1890 listed John Morris of Shanghai, as being her then owner. 137.9 ft. long, signal letters JCBM. I read that the U.K. register for the vessel was closed in 1895, further, the vessel is not MNL recorded in 1896. Can you tell us what happened to the vessel in or about 1895? Y 62523 101 Selim (an iron barque) Note 723 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. J. Simpson, later (1870) John Annan Simpson, both of Leith, later (1880) Thomas Thompson of Halifax, Yorkshire. 185.8 ft. long 62282 102 Sharperton (a barque) 363 John Thompson The vessel was owned, thru 1880/81, by John Hedley of Blyth, Northumberland. In 1880/81 Lewis Dedwith, of Barmouth, became the vessel's new captain & owner. To be soon followed (1881/82) by W. Hutchinson & Co. (William Hutchinson) of Newcastle. Jas. J. Wallace of London became the vessel's final owner in 1884. The vessel was broken up in or about 1887. 60518 103 Shield, later Giulia, later Shield 401 Wm. Pickersgill J. Douthwaite, later (1870) John Douthwaite, both of South Shields, later (1880) Salvadore Gauci of Leghorn, Italy, reg. at Malta ('Guaci'), later (1890) as Giulia, Gauci, later (1900 thru 1915) as Shield, Gauci 62986 104 Sisters (a barque) 355 later 355/373 J. & E. Lumsden at Pallion A vessel which had a short life. Was always owned by Thomas Thompson & his associates, of Sunderland. On Nov. 1, 1877, the vessel was driven ashore & wrecked near Drogheda (56 km. N. of Dublin), Ireland. No lives were lost. 62505 105 Speranza 455 W. Nicholson & Sons Nicholson & Co, later (1870) William Nicholson, both of Sunderland. Vessel was abandoned on Nov. 23, 1877 62525 106 Spirit of the Dawn (an iron barque) 692 Oswald & Co. Jackson & Co., later (1870) James Jackson, later (1880 & 1890) Johnston Bell, all of Liverpool. 175.1 ft. long 63151 107 Spirit of the South (an iron barque) 533 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. Maule & Co., later (1870) George Rowland Briggs, both of London, later (1880) William Price of Harrington, Cumberland. 165.2 ft. long 60946 108 Stanfield (a barque) 570 Wm. Adamson W. Adamson of London, later (1870 & 1880) William Adamson, later (1890) John Adamson, both of Sunderland, later (1900) Harry Wilson of Hong Kong. 153.1 ft. long, signal letters KMDN. 63533 109 Stavers, later Dussan (a wooden barque) 459 but see text Towers & Nesbitt While the webmaster does not have every edition of Lloyd's Register ('LR') available to him, the vessel would seem to have been LR listed from 1869/70 thru 1894/95. A launch announcement re the vessel (in blue). The vessel, thru 1879/80, was registered at Newcastle & owned by Stavers & Co. Which name, per the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870 thru 1879 means George Stavers of Morpeth, Northumberland. With, per LR, R. Darling serving as her captain (thru 1871/72), followed by J. Robinson (thru 1873/74), R. Yeaman (thru 1876/77) & W. Gilroy thru 1879/80. For initial service, thru 1870/71 from Sunderland to Singapore, then from Blyth, Northumberland, to China (in 1871/72 & 1872/73) & from Blyth to India in 1873/74 (when the LR listing of intended voyages came to an end). The vessel is listed twice in LR of 1879/80, firstly as Stavers, owned by 'Stavers' & secondly as Dussan, owned by C. D. Andrianch of Buccari. Bought at the end of Jul. 1879, I am advised. Now Buccari is, I am told, the Italian name for Bakar, near Rijeka, Croatia. The new owner's name is spelled in a number of ways by LR over the years thru 1894/95, as Adrianich, as C. Adrianich fu (son of) A., & as C. D. Adrianich fu A. A book written in Croatian by Radojica F. Barbalić & Ivo Marendić in 2004 (Google referenced here) tells Divna Baljak (see below) that the correct owner family name is 'Andrianic', of Bakar. In particular per Divna from another source, Dussan was owned by two brothers Kuzma Damian Andrianic & Cesar Andrianic, sons of the late Andrija Andrijanic, and it seems that their wives were registered as owners too. LR tells us that from 1879/80 thru 1886/87, 'Andrianich' served as the vessel's captain. Thereafter, thru 1894/95, the vessel was, per LR, captained by Marochino, or P. Marochino, or, from 1892/93, P. Marochini. The vessel's tonnage is a little confused. It was initially LR recorded at 459 tons, but was later recorded at 476, 472, 495 & 497 tons. Its length, initially listed at 138.0 ft., became 140.0 ft. in 1887/88, signal letters JGLK, later JFCV. Austrian registered number 2811. This listing has been substantially advanced by Divna Baljak, of Rijeka, who advises, per the above volume, that the vessel was damaged in the summer of 1893 & was sold, at an auction in Dover, Kent, on Dec. 12, 1893. Thanks for your input, Divna! So many vessels end up lost or destroyed by some calamity or other. Not so re Dussan which LR of 1894/95 tells us was 'Condemned', a year or so after it was sold at auction. Can you add to or correct the above? Y 62329 110 Stockbridge (an iron ship) Note 1495 Oswald & Co. G. Stanton, later (1870) George Stanton, later (1880) Jas. Nourse, all of London. 230.4 ft. long 60962 111 Suez (data most limited) 926 T. R. Oswald Not known to webmaster. In 1870, Ralph M. Hudson of Sunderland. Signal letters JHPN 62546 112 Sweden (an iron steamer) 591/395 James Laing C. Webster of West Hartlepool, later (1870 thru 1890) Christopher M. Webster of Pallion Hall, Sunderland. Vessel was wrecked on Oct. 19, 1893. 190.4 ft. long 63031 113 Talbot (an iron barque) 498 Iliff, Mounsey & Co. W. Ord, jr. of Sunderland. 165.0 ft. long 62510 114 Tamesa (a composite ship, maybe later a barque) 713 later 734/714 G/N William Doxford & Sons The vessel, which was launched on Sep. 4, 1869, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1876/77, owned throughout that period by Jolly & Co. of London. LR, in 1869/70, refers to Jolly & Sons & then Jolly & Co. - maybe '& Sons' was being corrected? It would seem not. This cutting refers to the vessel being initially owned by Richard Jolly & Son & intended for the Adelaide (Australia) trade. For service ex Sunderland in 1869/70 & from London to Australia in 1870/71 thru 1873/74 after which edition LR does not record voyage destinations any more. Some detail of her voyages 'down-under'. i) On Nov. 18, 1869, the vessel left Gravesend, London, for Adelaide, with a varied cargo & just 2 passengers. It experienced a couple of cyclones en route & arrived at Adelaide on Feb. 12, 1870. She was termed a Devitt & Moore vessel, presumably chartered by them. A few days later, on Feb. 17, 1870, still with all of her cargo aboard & in control of a pilot, the vessel ran aground in Adelaide harbour & ended up on her beam ends. Eleanor, a steamer, tried to pull her off but failed in the attempt. She soon floated off, apparently undamaged. On Apl. 17, 1870, the vessel left for Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka, arrived May 17, 1870) with 60 horses & 8 caws amongst her cargo. ii) On Apl. 24, 1871, the vessel left London for Sydney, New South Wales, arriving there on Aug. 9, 1871. She later sailed for Hong Kong ('HK') on Sep. 12, 1871 & arrived at HK on Oct. 27, 1871. iii) The vessel left London on Jan. 11, 1873 for Adelaide, where she arrived on Apl. 28, 1873, but not without incident. On Apl. 28, 1873 she went ashore in bad weather on a sand spit at Port Malcolm, between Glenelg & the Semaphore. She got off OK with no damage. She later sailed for Sydney on Jun. 12, 1873 & left Sydney on Sep. 1, 1873 for Hong Kong. I cannot spot any later references to the vessel at Trove, Australia. Per LR, the vessel became a barque in 1874/75. 178.3 ft. long, signal letters WPVF. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870, 1875 & 1876 all record Richard Jolly, of London, as the then owner of the vessel, which was, in the last two such lists, recorded as being a ship. 178.3 ft. long. LR of 1876/77 notes that the vessel was 'Missing'. On Jun. 17, 1876, Tamesa, a ship, left Hiogo, Japan, for Yokohama, Japan, in ballast & with a crew of 18. The ship was not heard from after leaving port. Then owned by R. Jolly & Co. of London. All as per item 336 on this page. Y 63525 115 Tees Force 236 Spowers Brothers Thompson & Co., later (1870) John Swinbank Thompson, both of Sunderland, later (1880) John Connel of Burntisland, Fife 62529 116 Town of Liverpool 656/286 L. Wheatley 'L'ngton' & Co, later (1870) John Longton, both of Liverpool, later (1880) Charles Francois, jun. of Port Louis, Mauritius. Vessel later abandoned, maybe in 1893 63206 117 Trevanion (a barque) 478 Robert Thompson & Sons (JLT) Barras (or Barrass), Bros. & Co. of London, later (1870) Richard Taylor of South Shields, later (1880) James Goodwin jun. of Ardrossan. 142.2 ft. long 60941 118 True Blue, maybe later named Mathias (an iron barque) 449 Oswald & Co. J. Parker of London, later (1870) John Lake Parker of Exeter, later (1880) Johan F. Hummel of Adelaide, South Australia ('SA'), later (1890 thru 1940) The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., of Semaphore & then Adelaide both SA. It would seem that at a date after 1910 & before 1915 the vessel was owned by a foreign owner & named Mathias. 158.4 ft. long 60915 119 Union (a barque) 295 John Barkes The vessel was completed in Oct. 1869. Was owned by Gallop & Co., later (1870) Thomas Clench Gallop, both of Dartmouth. 114.0 ft. long. Lloyd's Register of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been wrecked. 60109 120 Wave 348 Wm. Pickersgill Lawson & Sons, later (1870 & 1880) George Lawson, both of South Shields 62984 121 White Rose (a barque) 381 Reay & Naizby The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed at least from 1870/71 thru 1871/72, owned by Brown & Co. of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean. The Mercantile Navy Register of 1870 lists William Brown of Sunderland as her then owner. 129.6 ft. long, signal letters JGHF. On Jan. 14, 1871, per line 2148 here, the 381 ton barque left Sunderland for Odessa (Ukraine, Black Sea), with a cargo of coal. And went missing en route. LR of 1871/72 notes 'LOST'. Crew of 12 - all lost. Then owned by William Brown. Anything you can add? Y 62532 122 William (a barque) 354 Robert Pace & Sons W. C. Allen, later (1870 & 1880) Wm. Chris. Allen, both of South Shields. 122.8 ft. long 58720 123 Ysusquiza (a barque) 1, 2 447 W. Briggs N. Oliquives of Bilbao, Spain, later, maybe from 1874, W. Balfour & Co. of Arbroath. On Feb. 23, 1879, the barque was wrecked, en route from Baltimore, U.S.A., to Newry, Ireland, with a cargo of grain. Hugh Clark, the captain, & 6 crew were rescued by Italian barque Armonia. 5 crew were lost. 138.0 ft. long later 67602 124 Zohrab (a barque) Note 412 W. H. Pearson Jr. Holmes of London, later (1890) Melbourne Coal, Shipping & Engineering Co., later (1900 thru 1920) Melbourne Steamship Co., both of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 130.2 ft. long 62559     -------         Total tonnage             -------       What were the official build numbers for 1869? Do please advise me if you know. 'Where Ships Are Born' states 122 vessels of 72420 tons. (55) May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001. PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869. To Thomas M. M. Hemy Data Page 41. All of the other Thomas Hemy pages, including image pages, are accessible though the index on Thomas Hemy page 05. [ ] £ æ á ć ç è é Î ñ Ö ö ø ó ° To the Special Pages Index. A SITE SEARCH FACILITY Search This Site for Get a Free Search Engine for Your Web Site THE GUEST BOOK - GO HERE E-MAIL THIS LINK Enter recipient's e-mail:                                                 Best efforts detail re the Australian voyages of Outalpa, ex L'Imperatice, built by Pile in 1869. Thanks to the newspaper archives of Trove, Australia. 1) The vessel left London on May 27, 1872, with a general cargo that included gunpowder & no passengers, John H. Barrett in command, for Adelaide, South Australia, arriving there on Aug. 18, 1872. On Nov. 6, 1872 the vessel left Adelaide for London, with a cargo of wool, preserved meat & copper. On Feb. 1, 1873, arriving in the U.K., the vessel dragged an anchor & modestly collided with Southern Wells in the Thames. It arrived at London on Feb. 3, 1873. 2) On May 3, 1873 the vessel left London (Barrett) with a varied cargo & arrived at Adelaide on Aug. 4, 1873, It went on to Port Augusta (200 miles N. of Adelaide) to load wool & left that port for London on Oct. 26, 1873 with a cargo that included 3,267 bales of wool & 20,829 ingots of copper. It arrived back in London on Feb. 1, 1874. 3) A voyage similar to #2. On Apl. 20, 1874 the vessel left London (Barrett) with a varied cargo & a single passenger & arrived at Adelaide on Jul. 11, 1874, It went on to Port Augusta, running aground on her way up Spencer Gulf. She left Port Augusta on Oct. 25, 1874 with a cargo of wool etc. & arrived back in London on Feb. 4, 1875. 4) On Jun. 7 or 9, 1875 the vessel left London, T. A. Odell in command, & arrived at Adelaide on Sep. 15 or 16, 1875 after a 98 day voyage. Partially loaded with flour & copper, it went on to Port Augusta, loaded 2,743 bales of wool & on Dec. 25, 1875 left for London where it arrived on May 5, 1876. 5) On Jun. 29, 1876 the vessel left London, Robert A. Watts in command, & arrived at Adelaide on Oct. 28, 1876 overdue after a slow passage. En route an able seaman committed suicide by jumping overboard during bad weather. It left Adelaide for London on Dec. 3, 1876 with 3,139 or maybe 3,035 bales of wool plus wheat & tallow & arrived back in London on Mar. 5, 1877. 6) On May 10, 1877 the vessel left London (Watts) for Adelaide with a varied cargo & arrived at Adelaide on Aug. 10, 1877. Partially loaded with copper ore, the vessel went on to Kingston, Lacapede Bay (150 miles SE of Adelaide) & there loaded wool. It left for London on Oct. 25, 1877 with 3,169 bales of wool & arrived back in London on Feb. 16, 1878. In time for the important wool sales held annually in London each February. 7) A voyage similar to #6. The vessel left London (Watts) for Adelaide on Mar. 28, 1878 & arrived at Adelaide on Jul. 2, 1878. The vessel went on to Kingston, & there loaded (about?) 3,000 bales of wool. It left for London on Oct. 25, 1878 for London & arrived there on Feb. 18, 1879. 8) Another 'repeat' voyage. The vessel left London (Watts) for Adelaide on Mar. 28, 1879 & arrived at Adelaide on Jul. 1, 1879. The vessel went on to Kingston arriving there on Sep. 22, 1879. On Oct. 25, 1879 it left for London with 3,073 bales of wool arriving there on Feb. 2, 1880. 9) In what would appear to have been the vessel's final voyage to Australia, the vessel left London for Adelaide on Apl. 23, 1880 under the command of B. G. Panton. It arrived at Adelaide on Jul. 12, 1880, went on to Kingston & left Kingston for London on Oct. 26, 1880 with 3,330 bales of wool. It arrived in London on Feb. 2, 1880. On Apl. 4, 1880 the vessel was said to be loading at London for a further voyage to Adelaide. It would seem that such voyage did not take place, presumably as a result of the vessel's sale to C. H. Donner of Hamburg, Germany.