19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Additional information:

Tatma is Tatmagouche, Nova Scotia (Gulf of St Lawrence) just west of Pictou and south-west of Prince Edward Island. . Captain William Gore spent several years on Cork ships and would captain Simeon Hardy in West Indies trade in 1848 – 9.

Captain Michael Spillane was previously a seaman on Bache McEvers and the Captain of Mary Macklin of Cork.

John Prendergast was likely to have been the Captain J Prendergast in Lloyd's. He received his Master Certificate of Service in 1855. His namesake, Captain John Prendergast (b.1823, Youghal) documented his service on other Cork vessels during this 1856 – 7 period.

References:

Lloyd’s; UK M&M.

FORESTER

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Plymouth 1822 73t; Schooner

Home port:

Kinsale

Owner: Activity: Master:

A Copely

Coastal trade

1834 – 9 Andrew Copley b.1794 (Kinsale) #9299 1834 – 44 John Dempsey b.1809 (Kinsale) 1836 – 8 William Roche b.1790 (Kinsale) 1837 – 8 John Stoakes b.1810 (Newchurch, Kent) 1839 Timothy Donovan b.1805 (Kinsale)#6047 1829 – 30 John Stoakes b.1810 (Newchurch, Kent) 1835 – 6 Timothy Coglan b.1802 (Kinsale)#9300 1839 John Donohue b.1815 (Kinsale)#6048 1839 James Donohue b.1813 (Kinsale)#6045 1843 Jeremiah Hogan b.1826 (Kinsale)#

Mate:

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

‘The Kinsale schooner Forester was wrecked within the bar at Youghal 16 Mar 1844. She carried coal from Newport. The Youghal lifeboat was thrown ashore in an attempt to reach the stricken ship. The crew were all saved’ (Bourke). Further information indicates she was en route to Kinsale and was re- floated on 23 March 1844 (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). Date overlaps here are noted; they were common in ‘coastal trade’, where , with two or three trips per month, the captaincy was easily rotated. Captain Andrew Copley was Lloyd’s Captain A. Copely. Apparent service overlap as he was also documented as captain of Friends of Liberty 1837 — 8.

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