HUTCHINSON
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Ulvstn 1825 289t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Hargrave
Probably foreign trade
1836 – 9 Robinson
Fate of ship:
Moved to Port of Bristol 1840.
Additional information:
Ulverston is a town on the southern edge of Cumbria. A 1.25- mile-long ship canal was constructed in 1796 from the middle of town to the navigable estuary of the River Leven. Ulverston became a centre for shipping and trade, exporting iron ore and importing coal.
Information on Joshua Hargrave can be found under the H ebe .
Failed to find Captain Robinson, however I did find a mariner Richard Robinson (b.1825, Ulverstone, Lancs) with a Mate Certificate.
Port of Registry moved to Bristol in 1840. Lloyd’s; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners.
References:
Fig. 26: Register of Seamen, UK Nat. Archives BT120. Captain Nathaniel Sutton b.1794 of Industry and siblings on their respective vessels at that time. (Image copyright. Kind permission granted from National Archives, Kew).
INDUSTRY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1807 64t; Sloop
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