References:
#UK Nat Arch BT112; Lloyd’s .
EVENUS
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island 1865
197t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Abraham Sutton, P.Donovan Foreign and coastal trade
1866 – 74 Randel McCarthy b.1834 (Scilly, Kinsale) 1878 – 92 Patrick Donovan b.1841 (Cork) 1869 – 70 Jeremiah McCarthy b.1842 (Kinsale) 1872 – 3 James McCarthy b.1843 (Kinsale) 1873 Michael Driscoll b.1835 (Clonakilty) 1864 – 6 Daniel Looney b.1839 (Clonakilty) 1869 James McCarthy b.1841 (Kinsale) Moved to the Port of Newport 1894. In earlier years this ship sailed on trade routes to the West Indies and the Black Sea.
Mate:
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
Additional information:
Captain Randel McCarthy was previously Mate on Abraham Sutton’s Perilla and Master on Sutton’s N ithsdale and Wave.
Mate James McCarthy has birthdates 1838-43 in IMNCL records. He served on a few Sutton ships and again as the Mate under Captain Randel McCarthy on the Ellen Sutton . Seaman (future Captain) Daniel Looney who held a Mate Certificate, would later replace Captain John Murphy (b.1850), who died of natural causes (IMNCL), as Master of S arsfield in 1872.
References:
Lloyd’s; IMNCL; UK M&M.
FAME
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Bridport 1822 84t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Michael Driscoll, Francis Driscoll
Coastal trade
1864 Michael Driscoll b.1836 (Clonakilty)* 1866 – 72 Patrick Driscoll b.1841 (Courtmacsherry)* 1873 – 94 Francis Driscoll b.1852 – 6 (Courtmacsherry)* 1864 Michael Driscoll b.1804 (Clonakilty)* 1871 – 2 Francis Driscoll b.1851/2 (Courtmacsherry)*
Mate:
118
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