19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

community with master mariners and harbour masters during the nineteenth century (see the Mary Russell ).

Mate (future Captain) Denis Driscoll (b.1838) was married much later (1880) to Anna Sutton, the daughter of Captain Robert Sutton (b.1826/29, Kinsale) and later still would become a Cork Harbour Commissioner.

AB Daniel Donovan has birth dates that vary with sources. # UK Nat Arc BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.

References:

EMILIE

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Mandal, Norway 1866

96/76t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Joseph Thuillier Coastal trade

1893 Joseph Thuillier 1895 – 6 James Cummins b.1866 (Kinsale)* 1897 William G Parker b.1847 (Barnstaple, Devon)* 1897 – 1901 Philip Coleman b.1857 (Kinsale)* 1895 – 6 John Spillane b.1856 (Kinsale)* 1897 John Brien b.1851 (Courtmacsherry)* 1897 – 8 Patrick Collins b.1842 (Kinsale)*

Mate:

Seaman:

1895 – 6 Jeremiah Long b.1854 (Kinsale)

‘On 19 th December 1901, whilst on passage from Garston to Crookhaven, she went ashore in a gale off Askew Spit buoy to become a total loss. Her crew got ashore safely’ (Scott). Askew Spit Buoy was located at the entry to the river Mersey. Thuillier indicates P Coleman to have been captain in foggy conditions with a crew of four with two passengers (also saved). Declared a shipping hazard, explosives were put aboard by the authorities, and she was blown up. Documentation, at the end of the century, of importation of coal from Newport and the Kinsale exportation of oats and pitwood. This same pattern was common for many other small Cork ports. Typically operated with a crew of four which was predictable with a schooner rig.

Fate of ship:

Additional information:

Scott identified Joseph Thuillier of the Kinsale shipbuilding family as the owner and master of this vessel.

Captain James Cummins and Mate John Spillane both served previously on the Kinsale Shipping Co. schooner Harlequin.

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