been laid up for these last four months & I have been appointed ship keeper, that the rats have taken the Certificate and destroyed it as there is a great number of them on board & the Certificate has been entirely destroyed ’ (Appendix 6: Rats). *IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; U K M&M; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast ; Thuillier, Kinsale Harbour.
References:
ELIZA REED
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Ipswich 1864 127t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
John Reed
Foreign trade
1864 – 5 Rees Lewis b.1820 (St Dogmells,Wales)* 1867 William Williams b.1836 (Liverpool)* 1867 Henry J Squire Youlden b.1840 (Brixham)* 1868 Samuel Richards b.1822 (Cornwall)* 1869 – 70 Thomas Palmer b.1840 (London)* 1871 – 2 John Henry Stevens b.1845 (Hayle, Cornwall)* 1870 John Appleton b.1834 (Whitby)* 1867 – 8 John Holland b.1839 (Berehaven, Cork) 1869 George Williams b.1824 (Monkton, Pembroke)* This ship sunk after collision with SS Barton of Glasgow off the south coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, 21 Nov 1872. IMNCL (1873) indicated all the crew to have been saved. Captain John Henry Stevens who replaced his lost Master Certificate in January 1873, provided details of the collision (UK M&M). This was important, since another report incorrectly indicated the event near Valentia Island, Co Cork on 21 November 1872 (a confusion of Valencia and Valentia). This ship traded in the Azores, Canary Islands and Mediterranean. John Reed also owned the Orange of Cork.
Mate:
Fate of ship:
Additional information:
Mostly non-Irish crew which was predictable on this John Reed vessel. Mate John Holland the only Irishman listed.
Captain Samuel Richards was identified by certificate number (Cert: 1.118). Captain Williams obtained his Master Certificate (Cert: 13.326) in 1865. Captain Thomas Palmer was previously mate on Orange of Cork and obtained his Master Certificate (Cert: 81.365) in 1868.
Mate John Holland (b.1839, Berehaven) would obtain his Master Certificate at the Port of Cardiff in 1870.
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