THE SUNDERLAND SITE - PAGE 149

SHIPS BUILT BY
i) JOHN ROBINSON ii) JOHN SMITH

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? To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL + F' & then enter your search term. Corrections in any of the material which follows, however tiny, would be most welcome. And additions, of course! JOHN ROBINSON OF AYRES QUAY, DEPTFORD VESSELS BUILT BY 'JOHN ROBINSON' The 'John Robinson' shipyard listing can be found here. The information which follows (or more accurately at this moment will follow), mainly originates from the research of Peter Kirsopp who has kindly provided a list of vessels built by John Robinson & other members of the Robinson family. Peter's list, an 'rtf' Word file, is available here. It will surely, in due course, be further modified by the webmaster as new data is located. The numbering at left below is the webmaster's numbering. No official lists would seem to exist. The vessels are listed in alphabetic order within each year - so you and I can find them easily. VESSELS BUILT BY 'ROBINSON' (? known) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 1 Dinorah 360 1860 barque J. (James) Dryden North Shields 27708 2 Statesman 341 1860 barque Jobling & Co. South Shields 28332 3 Colleen Bawn - a little data about the vessel is here 280 1861 brig or snow J. Smith Sunderland 43730 4 Plover 342 1862 barque Potts Bros. Sunderland 44462 5 England - a partial history of the vessel is here 853 1863 ship W. de Mattos London 45769 6 Rushing Water 422 1864 barque C. Newman Liverpool 50168 JOHN SMITH OF PALLION VESSELS BUILT BY 'JOHN SMITH' The 'John Smith' shipyard listing can be found here. The information which follows mainly originates from the research of Bill Swift who has written & kindly made available to site visitors a 'pdf' file about the builder. Bill's list, however, has been & will further be modified by the webmaster as new data is located. The numbering at left below is the webmaster's numbering. No official lists would seem to exist. The vessels are listed in alphabetic order within each year - so you and I can find them easily. VESSELS BUILT BY 'JOHN SMITH' (32 known) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No. 1 Janet Willis - a partial history of the vessel is here 572/666 1850 ship J. Willis London  32728 2 Sara Anne - a partial history of the vessel is here 340/352 1850 barque Riddell London 24813 3 Violet 203 1850 snow Hutchinson Sunderland 23737 4 Dumfriesshire - a partial history of the vessel is here 380/419 1851-09 barque John Martin Glencaple, S. of Dumfries 10535 5 Shakspeare - a partial history of the vessel is here 810 1851 ship Kendall & Co. Liverpool   6 Brahan Castle - a partial history of the vessel is here 109 1852 schooner Smith & Co. Sunderland 17973 7 Eleanor 850 1852         8 George Kendall - a partial history of the vessel is here 897 Apl061852 ship Kendall & Co. Liverpool 24058 9 Jane Gray - a partial history of the vessel is here 315 1852 barque G. Gray Newcastle 8522 10 Oak   1852 lighter     11 Richard Battersby - limited data about the vessel is here 432/528 1852 barque Chisholm Liverpool 24539 12 Sir Walter Raleigh - a partial history of the vessel is here 410/477 1852 barque W. A. Barr London 1072 13 African - a partial history of the vessel is here 780/888 1853 ship J. Gregg Belfast 23091 14 Catherine Pemberton 313 1853 barque Pemberton London 6098 15 Lady Elizabeth - a partial history of the vessel is here 496/496 Oct051853 barque J. Tyler London 10756 16 New Ed 267 Aug211853 snow J. Oldrey Hamburg, Germany   17 Prima Donna - a partial history of the vessel is here 136 Mar241853 snow or brig Prew London 10798 18 Sir William Gomm 700/840 1853 ship Blyths & Greene London   19 Uncle Tom 900 Jun211853 ship possibly Kendall & Co. Liverpool   20 Walter Duncan - a partial history of the vessel is here 257/201 Feb091853 snow or brig Martin & Co. Dumfries   21 Damietta 326/266 1854 barque Joyce & Co. London 23259 22 Golddigger 152 1854 snow G. Gorton London   23 Joshua & Mary 243 1854 snow Miller & Co. London 26482 24 Lady Ann - a partial history of the vessel is here 685/745 1854 snow Sir George Hodgkinson London 23076 25 Stuart Wortley - a partial history of the vessel is here 873 1854 ship Sir George Hodgkinson London 136 26 Tijarety Misr - a partial history of the vessel is here 311/251 1854 snow or brig Grey or Gray Newcastle 25984 27 Alliance 354 1855 barque W. Tindall Scarborough 5977 28 Geelong 455 1855 barque G. Gray Newcastle 26949 29 Greetings 426 1855         30 Hannah Marks - most limited data re the vessel is here   Sep271855 barque A. J. Marks Sunderland   31 Sebastian 398 Apl041855 barque Joyce & Co. London 23332 32 Sir James - a partial history of the vessel is here 670/646 Jan181855 ship Tyler & Co. London 497 SHORT BROTHERS SHORT BROTHERS LIMITED SHORTS' SHIPBUILDERS The 'Short Brothers' shipyard listing, such as it is, can be found here. The information which follows is just a start on a best efforts listing of the vessels built by Short Brothers & predecessors. It will further be expanded and/or modified by the webmaster as time goes by. We have a very long way to go! Miramar lists, 17 pages, (highest hull number on page). It used to be that you could click on the links that follow & get to the relevant Miramar page. But no longer! The new procedure must be to go to Miramar (here) & log in (you must be registered to view any page). And once you are logged in, return to this page & all the following links should work for you:- 70, 101, 131, 162, 193, 225, 257, 286, 316, 346, 377, 410, 426, 456, 500, 517, 548. (548) VESSELS BUILT BY 'GEORGE SHORT' (? known) # Name Tons Year Rig Built for Of Official No.   Defiance 302/315 1851 barque A. Strong Shields   Kate Evelyn 333 1851 barque G. Avery North Shields 7276   Pocahontas 370/443 1851 barque James Leslie North Shields 11954   Lebanon - a partial history of the vessel is here 400/452 1852 barque A. Strong North Shields 25691   Anne 382/393 1853 barque Eltringham Sunderland   George Avery - a partial history of the vessel is here 434/463 1853 barque George Avery North Shields 14704   Brothers - a partial history of the vessel is here 385 1854 barque Greenwell Sunderland 4980   Carinthia 434/425 1854 brig W. Mackey Newcastle 26644   Balaklava - a partial history of the vessel is here 621 1855 ship, later a barque R. Greenwell Sunderland 23733   Raby Castle - a partial history of the vessel is here 692 1856 ship S. Greenhill London 15874   Elizabeth & Ann - a partial history of the vessel is here 359 1857 barque, later a ship J. Carr Newcastle 12910   Deptford Packet 51 1858       21884   Breeze 215 1859   T. Reed Sunderland     Lady Beatrice - a partial history of the vessel is here 250 1860 initially a brig Reay & Co. Sunderland 28772   Industry - a partial history of the vessel is here 254 1861 snow or brig R. Ness Shields 43629   Jesmond 255 1861   T. Reay Sunderland 29256   Elizabeth Ferguson 270 1862   Ferguson Sunderland 44495   Wearmouth 270 1862   Reay & Co. Sunderland 44463   Alexander 298 1863   Swan Bros. Kirkaldy, Scotland 29567 # Name Tons Launched Year Built for Of Official No. 41 Hugh Streatfield 806 Apl??1871 1871 J. S. Barwick Co. London 62623 42 Tabor 811 Jun??1871 1871 J. Westoll & Co. Sunderland 62640 43 Thomas Parker, later Petr Karpov 1152 Aug??1871 1871 J. Westoll & Co. Sunderland 62633 44 Launceston 652 Sep??1871 1871 Henry T. Morton Sunderland 62636 May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001. PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE [ ] To the Special Pages Index. 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