THE SUNDERLAND SITE - PAGE 144

SHIPS BUILT BY
1 - WILLIAM & JOHN GALES & by later 'GALES'
related names thru 1857
2 - J. HARDIE & M. CLARK & later JAMES HARDIE

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. Test. Copyright? Corrections in any of the material which follows, however tiny, would be most welcome. And additions, of course! To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL + F' & then enter your search term. A general site search facility is here. WILLIAM (1782/1838) & JOHN M. (MOWBRAY) GALES (1784/1858) W. & J. GALES L. and T. C. GALES JOHN M. GALES (1784/1858) L. GALES LAWSON GALES (1821/1856) THOMAS CHARLES GALES (1833/?) OF HYLTON VESSELS BUILT BY 'GALES' The 'Gales' shipyard listing can be found here. A start only on a 'Gales' build list. Quite a lot more data to yet be added. But enough data already, perhaps, to get the preliminary page on site. The list which follows is a list of 'Gale' built ships - commencing in 1812 - a transcription of a multi-page James Corder hand written list kindly provided by Simon Gales. It is most easy to make errors in transcribing such data, but I have tried to be as accurate as I can. As always, the data is subject to adjustment as & when additional data comes to hand. And corrections are invited. It would seem that there was no 'Gales' numeric build list maintained.  So there are no 'Gales' hull numbers. The numbers beside each vessel are accordingly MY numbers, for site navigation purposes & for the easy reference of others. Also the listing sequence has been revised, in view of the lack of both official numbers & launch dates, to show the vessels in alphabetic order within the applicable year. So you (and I) can easier find the vessels. ? vessels in total, it would seem. VESSELS BUILT BY 'WILLIAM & JOHN M. (MOWBRAY) GALES' - AT SOUTH HYLTON (88 of I think 89) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 1 Latona 172 1812 brig Rowland Webster     2 Ann Elizabeth 208 1813 snow James Bruce & others Monkwearmouth   3 Marshall Wellington 294 1813 brig John White     4 Nearchus 363 1813 ship John White Noring?   5 Norina 209 1813 brig John Spence Bishopwearmouth   6 Vittoria 178 1813 brig John White     7 Hilton 203 1814 brig J. H. Henzell Boldon   8 Hylton 208 1814 brig may be a repeat of Hilton     9 Leda 165 1814 brig W. Alexander Bishopwearmouth   10 Peace 150 1814 brig John White     11 Thames 185 1814 brig John & Andrew White     12 Thomas & Adah 171 1814 brig For own account     13 Ann & Dorothy 161 1815   For own account     14 Hero 233 1815   Thos. Railston Cooper     15 James 105 1815   James Sheal Sunderland   16 Lavinia 239 1815 snow James Bruce Sunderland   17 Unity 275 1815 snow John White     18 Isabella 220 1816 brig For own account     19 Marsha & Ann 115 1816 brig Mark Thompson Sunderland   20 Starling 192.5 1816 snow For own account     21 Union 194 1816 snow Jonathan & Will Canney Sunderland   22 Agenor 177 1817 brig Richard Clark London   23 Amphitrite 205 1817 snow For own account     24 Darius 165 1817 brig Thomas Bonner Monkwearmouth   25 Factor 124 1817 brig For own account Bishopwearmouth   26 Lyra 159 1817 brig William Guest Monkwearmouth   27 Salus 162 1817 brig Judah Cowen London 12448 28 Scotia 245 1817 brig W. Marshall Monkwearmouth   29 Brothers 253 1818 snow For own account     30 Levant 190 1818   For own account     31 Lovely Ann 156 1818 brig Samuel Bryan London   32 Luna 199 1818 brig Robert Knox Scarborough   33 Mediterranean 114 1818 brig For own account     34 New Albion 162 1818 brig John Bishop London   35 Thames 168 1818 brig John White     36 Anglia 242 1819   Robert Ord Bishopwearmouth   37 Heroine 316.5 1819 ship J. & R. Greenwell Middle Hendon   38 Rhoda 145 1819 snow Turner Thompson Sunderland 6218 39 Tour 172 1819 snow For own account     40 John 242 1820 snow J. M. Gales Hylton   41 Newby 200 1820 snow R. Scurfield     42 Pauline 154 1820 snow John Grimshaw     43 Reaper 139 1820 brig For own account     44 Sericca 103 1820 brig William Nicholson Sunderland   45 Vulcan 176 1820 snow Thomas Young Bishopwearmouth   46 Ford 147 1821 snow Thos. Allen     47 Lady Frances 222.5 1821 snow R. Scurfield Sunderland   48 Lady Louisa 163.5 1821 snow For own account     49 Sisters 269 1821 snow For own account     50 Vasic 187 1821 snow R. Scurfield     # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 51 Argo 225 1822 snow Scott & Horn     52 Doris 200.5 1822 snow For own account     53 Hylton Castle 214.5 1822 snow R. Scurfield     54 Kingston 296 1822 ship Pirie & Co.     55 Malta 162 1822 snow John White     56 Mina 232 1822 snow Boulby London   57 Phaeton 67 1822 sloop For own account     58 Echo 114 1823 snow For own account   16741 59 Henry 213 1823 snow Thomas Young & others Bishopwearmouth   60 Hylton 232 1823 snow For own account Sunderland 25440 61 Russell 210 1823 snow R. Scurfield     62 White 217 1823 snow John Robinson Sunderland   63 XL 166 1823 snow For own account     64 Daphne 165 1824   For own account?     65 Gratitude 213 1824 snow J. M. Gales     66 Mandalena 104.5 1824   Thomas Cockerill Sunderland   67 Return 194 1824 snow H. Magra? Per Lloyds Register 'H. McGhie', but clearly means H. Magee. Bishopwearmouth   68 Sisters 308 1824 barque William Gales     69 Ann 230 1825   Joseph Parkin Sunderland   70 Bywell 222 1825 snow For own account     71 George Canning   1825   Thomas Young Bishopwearmouth   72 Glory 222 1825 snow For own account     73 Humility 175 1825 brig William Gales     74 Pembroke 76 1825   Thomas Craig Sunderland   75 Utility 239.5 1825   J. M. Gales     76 Anns 95 1826 schooner John Cook Hylton   77 Bell 207.5 1826   Turner Thompson Sunderland   78 Briton 369 1826 barque For own account     79 Priscilla 92.5 1826   John Craig Sunderland   80 Renown 231 1826 snow Peter Jackson Liverpool   81 Sylvanus 263 1826 snow For own account     82 Adahline 265 1827 snow W. Gales     83 Aquila 100 1827 schooner John Craig Sunderland   84 Content 187 1827 snow For own account Sunderland 2579 85 Latona 202.5 1827   W. Gales     86 Liddell 247 1827   R. Scurfield     87 Ocolus? 209 1827 snow For own account     88 Vesta 209 1827 snow George Thompson Bishopwearmouth 3412 The hand written list then has the following words. At this point the yard divided; I am not clear if the Latona & Adahline were not built by William Gales only. I do not know of any quarrel but sheer stress of work, too much for one yard. William carried on at So. Hylton followed by his son Thomas. This refers, I believe, to John M. (Mowbray) Gales starting up another yard on the opposite side of the river Wear, but in addition to rather than in competition with the first 'Gales' yard. So the next following list is re William Gales only. The John M. (Mowbray) Gales list will be provided below - just five vessels so far listed. VESSELS BUILT BY 'WILLIAM GALES' - AT SOUTH HYLTON (41 of I think 51) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 89 Lord Farnham   1827   John White     90 Brilliant Star 220 1828   George Thompson Bishopwearmouth   91 Duke of Clarence - a partial history of the vessel is here 229 1828 snow For own account     92 Hilton 202 1828   For own account     93 Lord Durham 199 1828   For own account     94 Ryhope 198 1828 snow For own account     95 Adelaide 325 1829   For own account     96 Dorothy 215.5 1829   Christopher Grey Bishopwearmouth   97 Thomas Gales - a partial history of the vessel is here 226 1829 snow, later a brig R. Scurfield   2850 98 Heber 226 1830   John White     99 Janus 235 1830 snow For own account with Thompson her captain     100 Neva 230.5 1830   Turner & Co., later Tanner & Co. Was advised Tanner & Beckwith     101 Numa 372 1830   For own account     102 Royal William 298.5 1830 snow John Hall Liverpool   103 Sarah 194/212 1830 snow For own account     104 Earl Grey 229 1831 snow Andrew White   23837 105 Ianthe 253 1831   Robert Ord     106 John Frederick 152 1831 schooner For own account     107 Reform 110 1831 brig Matthew Baldwin     108 Renovation 268 1831 brig Young     109 Rose 106 1831   John Thompson Bishopwearmouth   110 Thomas & Hannah 243 1831 snow Thomas Longstaff Sunderland 2717 111 Thomas & Joseph 229 1831 snow Thos. Nesbitt   2088 112 Buchanan 264 1832   Hunter & Elliot     113 Eacria? 235 1832 snow Cuthbert Vaux     114 Maria - for a partial history of the vessel go here. 236.5 1832 snow Turner Thompson Bishopwearmouth   115 Sunderland 230 1832   Andrew White Bishopwearmouth   116 Suphenius 275 1832 snow For own account     117 Ann Gales 303.5 1833   For own account     118 Baltic 217.5 1833   Robert Young     119 David Barclay 360 1833 barque Barclay Bros.     120 Guardiana, later Guadiana - a partial history of the vessel is here 218 later 218/204 1833 snow or brig For own account     121 Robert Gray - a start on the vessel's history is here 253 1833 snow John White Sunderland   122 Eucles 327 1834 barque, later a ship William Gales, soon Nicol & Co. Liverpool 6399 123 Resolution - a partial history of the vessel is here 217 1834 brig Langley & Co. Stockton   124 Socrates - a start on a history of the vessel is here 283 1834 snow John Gales, became Newton in 1834 Sunderland   125 William 91 1834 schooner Will Hetherington Monkwearmouth   126 Fero- a start on a history of the vessel is here 255 1835 snow John Robinson Bishopwearmouth 2960 127 Janet Willis 311 1835 barque J. (John) Willis London   128 Jubilee 235 1836 snow Gales & Co. Will Anderson (Anderson was her captain) Sunderland   129 Lawsons 253/258 1837 snow Gales & Lawson Bishopwearmouth 22910 130 William Gales 311/344 1837 barque Gales & Co., Thos. Gales Sunderland   131 Deva 230/238 1838 snow Morris & Co. Aberdeen 32370 VESSELS BUILT BY 'JOHN M. (Mowbray) GALES' - AT SOUTH HYLTON (97) The lists will be very long once completed. So far as I can see, J. M. Gales built 97 vessels from 1827 thru 1846. Just 21 vessels of such list are so far recorded below. # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 132 Adahbella, maybe Ada Bella 161 1/2 1827 snow John M. Gales Sunderland   133 Earl Bathurst 237 1828 snow or brig John M. Gales. Sunderland 23113 134 Ann 231 1830 snow or brig Unknown to webmaster. G. Wood prior to 1834. Sunderland   135 Dorothea 178 1830 snow or brig Vint & Co. Sunderland 22474 136 Jane Dunn 208 1831 snow or brig W. Dunn Sunderland   137 Courier 320/280 1836 snow J. M. Gales Sunderland 16399 138 Dorothy Gales 330 1836 barque J. M. Gales Sunderland   139 Vernal 239/233 1836 snow Potts & Co. Sunderland 2790 140 Grove 256 1837 snow or brig Unknown to webmaster     141 Elizabeth Jane 251/233 1838 snow or brig Thompson Sunderland 2944 142 Lark 226/229 1838 snow or brig Baker & Co. Sunderland 2899 143 Amazon 321/390 1839 barque builder then J. Kirby Liverpool 24701 144 Cookson 302/349 1839 barque Gateshead & Tyne Shipping Co. Newcastle   145 Maria 267/291 1839 snow J. Hay Sunderland 25592 146 Alyth 206/199 1840 snow or brig Panton & Sons Sunderland 22376 147 Amulet 208/206 1840 snow or brig G. Noble Sunderland 2431 148 Lady Raffles 253/299 1840 barque Osborne Liverpool   149 Constant 415/535 1843 barque Hemery London   150 Sprite 167/167 1843 snow Thompson Sunderland 21501 151 Anne Cropper 440/523 1846 ship Clint & Co. Liverpool   152 Rebecca 155/128 1846 snow Baldwin Sunderland 31720 VESSELS BUILT BY 'THOMAS GALES & partners' - p 225 The hand written list then has the following words. The previous few records do not seem complete. yards were full of work to 1840 as of Thomas. I only have scraps. # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 153 Crusader 160 1838 schooner Union Shipping Company Stockton   154 Isabella Thompson 382 1/2 1838   For own account - to Thompson Sunderland   155 Mary Charlotte Weber - a partial history of the vessel is here 315 1839 barque For own account - to Geo Thompson Bishopwearmouth   156 Kelso 562 1840   David Roxburgh Sunderland   157 Margaret 268 1/2 1840   William Briggs     158 Mary Nixon 319/399 1840 barque J. Nixon London 1889 159 Brunette 326 1841   For own account     160 Robert Matthews 353 1841   For own account     At this point the yard failed in the trade slump. VESSELS BUILT BY 'THOMAS GALES' # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 161 Hyderabad 651/815 1842 (per LR 1841) ship D. G. Harrison. finished by assignees London   162 Hylton 104 1844 schooner John Dawson & Thomas Gales Sunderland   163 Mary 389 1845 barque (Edward) Mesnard Sunderland   164 Lord Dalhousie 764/912 1847 ship Harrison London 25223 165 Sir Thomas Gresham 513/593 1847 ship Lidgett London   VESSELS BUILT BY LAWSON GALES An additional section added into the record by the webmaster to record additional vessels that are credited to Lawson Gales - of South Hylton - as data comes to hand. # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 166 Ellen Simpson - a partial history of the vessel is here 290/310 1847 Barque Newman London 41441 167 Walter Morrice - a partial history of the vessel is here 552/666 1847 Barque Halket & Co. London 10776 168 Alcides 296/325 later 299 1850 Barque John M. Gales Sunderland 15687 169 Viking 294/319 1850 Barque Peter Scott Sunderland 1011 170 Rubicon 507/626 1851 Barque George Thompson Sunderland 13754 171 Scott 370 later 345 1852 Barque Peter Scott Sunderland 14106 172 Glengariff 390/404 1853 Barque Dealy & Co. Liverpool 1750 173 Erromanga, later Hanna 309 1856 Barque Fenwick & Co. Sunderland 7372 174 Ariosto 278 1860 Snow Cropton & Co. Sunderland 4667 J. HARDIE & M. CLARK (1846 thru 1849) JAMES HARDIE (1850 & 1860s) (OF SOUTHWICK) The 'Hardie' shipyard listing can be found here. A 'Hardie' build list. The information which follows originates from the 3 pages of the 'Corder Manuscripts' that relate to James Hardie. The Corder Manuscripts, which comprise many volumes of hand written data assembled over a lifetime by James W. (Watson) Corder (1867/1953), are held in the archives of the Sunderland Central Library or maybe at the Local Studies Centre there. I am advised that binders of page copies are available for viewing by library visitors. Understanding Corder's hand-writing can at times be difficult! Hopefully, in the future, the data will be refined, perhaps in relationship to data recorded in Lloyd's Registers or other sources. Corrections & additions are invited. Images of the three pages in question can be seen here - 1, 2 & 3. I would like to think that James Corder would have wished his research to be made widely available through this modest page. The numbering at left below is the webmaster's numbering. No official lists would seem to exist. And beware! I have amended the Corder sequence so the vessels are in alphabetic order within each year - so you and I can find them easily. And some of the detail has already been modified to reflect data in Lloyd's Registers. VESSELS BUILT BY 'J. HARDIE & M. CLARK' - AT SOUTHWICK (7 known) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 1 Kezia Page 168 1846 schooner Richard Page London   2 Vibilia 249/261 1846 snow Robinson - Margt. Robinson? Monkwearmouth   3 Helena 299/324 1847 barque Thompsn - Turner Thompson Sunderland   4 Mary Ann 55 1847 schooner Bambro - Mary Bambrough Monkwearmouth   5 Mary Clarke 180 1847 snow Clarke&c. Liverpool   6 Water Kelpie 254 1847   Will Briggs Bishopwearmouth   7 Serenader 319 1848 barque Turner Thompson Sunderland   There are no available records for the following 4 year period, during which period M. (Michael) Clark left the partnership & James Hardie continued the business on his own. VESSELS BUILT BY JAMES HARDIE - AT SOUTHWICK (60 so far) The Corder pages indicate that no data was available to him re ships built in 1856 & 1858. # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 8 Wentworth Beaumont 272 or 276 1850 brig or snow Clarke & Co. Newcastle 633 9 Pet 429 1851   Marwood London   10 Libertas 530/602 1853 barque Edward J. Gourley Sunderland   11 Rose Ellis 488/520 1853 barque Henry Ellis of Plymouth London 16993 12 Liddesdale 338/306 1854 barque W. Black -  W. (William) Black & J. Montgomery in 1856 (initially Marwood per Corder) South Shields 15424 13 Margaret 269/247 1854 snow Thompson & Co. Sunderland 33763 14 Napier 56 1854 lighter James Hardie Sunderland   15 Newcastle 378/362 1854 barque Middle Dock Co. Newcastle   16 Rack 31 1854 lighter William Hay Sunderland   17 Venilia 618/674 1854 ship Shield (1855/56) later Thomsn (1858/59) i.e Thompson London   18 Alma 310/331 1855 barque H. Reed Sunderland 11754 19 Mary Louisa 133 1855 snow James Hardie Sunderland   20 Miss Nightingale 397/357 1855 barque Haddock - Will? Haddock Sunderland   21 Thomas Varcoe 132 1855 schooner J. Varcoe Pittenweem, Fife   22 William James 326/293 1855 barque James Hardie Sunderland   23 Hartlepool 208 1856-07 snow Porteous, per Corder A. Scotson & G. Porteous Sunderland   24 Bahia 566 1857 barque F. P. Wilson London   25 Jessie Drysdale 1 Note 500/600 1857 ship? Not known to webmaster     26 Sisters 209 1857 snow J. Robinson - later Crosby & Co. likely from 1870/71 Arundel 16943 27 Lady Alice 419 1858 barque Wilkinson London 21399 28 Melrose 286 1858 barque R. & R. Soutter London 27193 29 James Duncan 344 1859 barque J. Duncan Leith 22022 30 Coila 175/138 1860-07 schooner Note Dicks'n in 1861/62, later Doward, Dickson & Co., later (1870) Hugh Hope Gibson of Liverpool, later (1880) Wm. Thomas of Amlwch, Anglesea Dumfries 28272 31 Glee Maiden 141 1860-07 brigantine Dickson, likely Doward Dickson & Co. Dumfries 28500 32 Joseph Cape 220/177 later 179 1860-01 snow Hargrove Liverpool 28176 33 Raleigh 568 1860-04 ship H. Ellis London 28387 34 Margaret Davis 271 1861-01 barque F. Davies, became in 1862/63 J. Davis London 29373 35 Meg 237/193 1861-02 brig, later a ship H'rgrve - later Shute & C & W. Petrie Liverpool 29177 36 Asphodel 297 1862-03 barque T. Walker became H. (Henry) Walker, both of London. Wrecked Oct. 15, 1878 London 45003 37 Sarah Burnyeat 317/272 1862 barque B. Barwise Whitehaven 44221 38 Glencaple 230/176 1862-07 snow Jno. Dickson - Doward, Dickson & Co. in 1865/66, J. James (or Jones) in 1871/72 Liverpool 44701 39 Montego 335/316 1862-10 barque M'Inroy &, became Tonge & Co. in 1863/64, Roberts likely in 1864/65, certainly (1870) Richard Roberts of Aberystwyth Liverpool 45386 40 Woolton - a partial history of the vessel can be read here 242/194 1863-05 snow or brig Longton & Co. or James Longton jun. & Co. Liverpool 47443 41 Cavalier 355 1864-03 barque J. Doward &, became Doward, Dickson & Co. Liverpool 48818 42 Mary Lawson - a history of the vessel can be read here 432/381 1864-09 barque Hodgson Liverpool 50492 43 Puelchi 189 1864-05 brig, a snow in 1867/68 E. Cooper Valparaiso   44 Queen of the Bay 391 1864-08 barque Ellis & Co. Plymouth 47735 45 Rosemont 1 Note 318 1864-01 barque James Longton, Jr., & Co., became Morris & Co. in 1867/68 Liverpool 48774 46 Voluna 297/245 1864-11 barque Doward Dickson & Co. Liverpool 51038 47 Ayton 296 1865-11 barque J. & J. Wait North Shields 53445 48 Cubana 1 Note 477 1865-07 brig Ord & Co. Sunderland   49 Pacific - a partial history of the vessel can be read here 386 1865-03 barque J. & J. Waite North Shields 49768 50 Phillis & Mary 242 1865-03 snow Turnbull Blyth 49767 51 Clara Lamb Note 246 1866-03 barque Doward, Dickson & Co. Liverpool 54954 52 Coronel 387 1866-10 barque W. Nichol, W. Nicol in 1872/73 Liverpool 55036 53 Edeline 1 499 1866-09 barque Ord & Co. Sunderland 54883 54 Emmeline Note 489 1866-03 barque Ord & Co. Sunderland 54833 55 Aline 474 1867-05 barque Ord & Co., later W. Hine Liverpool 58064 56 Fairway 299 1867-02 barque Tulloch & Co. Swansea 56031 57 Istapa 391 1867-07 barque Nichol, W. Nicol becoming M. Ion in 1872/73 Liverpool 55106 58 San Antonio 497 1867-09 barque W. Nicol Liverpool 60014 59 Brinkburn Priory 431 1868-10 barque R. Avery North Shields 60512 60 Ferndale 416 1868-04 barque R. Porrett Sunderland 58141 61 May Queen - a partial history of the vessel can be read here 534 1869-04 barque William S. Forest Sunderland 62519 62 Name unknown to webmaster   1869-07 barque Unknown to webmaster     May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001.PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE [ ] 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: