References:
*IMNCL; UK M&M; UK M&M.
ELIZA TAYLOR
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1844 45t; Sloop
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
J Taylor
Coastal trade
1842 – 6 Timothy McCarthy b.1810 (Clonakilty) 1845 – 8 W Barry 1849 Charles Fortune b.1812 (Wexford) 1848 – 50 William Shea b.1824 (Cork) 1850 Philip McDaniel b.1818 (Youghal)
Mate:
1845 Robert Nicholls b.1824 (Fermoy) 1846 – 7 William Shea b.1824 (Cork)
Fate of ship:
The sloop Eliza Taylor of Cork struck Hore Rock off Ballygeary (Wexford) on 7 Apr 1850 and sank in four fathoms. She was en route from Liverpool to Youghal with salt. The Captain, Philip McDonnell, and crew came ashore in their jolly boat. I believe the captain was more likely to have been Captain Philip McDaniel (Appendix 6: Salt). Captain Timothy McCarthy’s dates slightly at odds with Lloyd’s shipping data (probably an innocent error). Captain Charles Fortune was from Wexford, the predominant county of the Irish Fortunes. Lloyd’s Captain W Barry would most logically be William Barry b.1810 in Passage West, however, that is not consistent with his UK M&M record. Captain William Shea would also captain A Sutton’s Elisha Thayer 1864 – 8. Lloyd’s; UK M&M; O’Connor Family Tree; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
Additional information:
References:
ELIZABETH
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Wales 1804
75/64t; Brigantine
Home port:
Kinsale
Owner: Activity: Master: Seaman:
Capt&Co, McDaniels
Coastal trade
1844/1851 – 3 Dempsey
1823 – 5 Timothy Donovan b.1805 (Kinsale) 1823 Timothy Donovan b.1805 (Kinsale)
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Seaman Timothy Donovan documents a 105t brigantine and this is the only vessel that approximates the description.
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