She burned 13 February 1872 and was declared a wreck by the Unseaworthy Ship Commission. Spelt George Laurence by the Commission but she was the same ship. The IMNCL report also used the same spelling and documented the event at Passage East, Waterford. Captain Michael Whelan of Dungarvan and the crew were saved. Despite the spelling variation this ship was likely named for George Laurence, Cork merchant and shipowner, who died prematurely in 1847 when he contracted Famine Fever after attending a workhouse as a Poor House Guardian.
Additional information:
Captain William Flynn was briefly the captain here before moving to the Caravan of Cork.
Captain H Browne in Lloyd’s was found to have been Henry Brown (b.1811, Passage) in UK Nat. Archives BT112. This is most likely Captain Henry Brown (b.1812) of the Passage West shipbuilding family and is consistent with Colman O’Mahony’s data. His prior ship was Nancy Brown. Captain Nicholas Reynolds identified by a process of elimination to be the Captain Reynolds in Lloyd’s. Nicholas, who had served part of his apprenticeship under Captain George Sutton (b.1804, Clonakilty), married George’s daughter Catherine in 1849 and subsequently resided in the same St Luke’s/Wellington Rd. locale of Cork (see Section 3). Mate John Stoakes provided dates on George Lawrence in UK M&M records that are slightly inconsistent with the date of construction. He served on Cork ships from his apprenticeship in 1824 until obtaining his Master Certificate in 1850 when he resided in Kinsale.
Mate Andrew Organ had his name misspelled as Horgan on one IMNCL report.
The two AB seamen named John Flynn are so close in age and birthplace that they are likely to be one and the same and possibly related to Captain William Flynn. Seaman William Sutton died at St Jago de Cuba 1840. His relationship to the other Sutton mariners is probable but unclear. Seamen Thadeus and Julius Driscoll are closely linked by birthdates and birthplace. Seaman Thomas Leonard could be related to the Kinsale Leonards. Seaman William Dineen
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