Seaman Michael Driscoll and the McNamarra mariners all identified their service on this same vessel by that same Registration: 29/150. # UK Nat Arch BT 98, BT112 and BT 120; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; Harrison, The Carroll family, a Cork Quaker business dynasty.
References:
IRIS
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Little River, Nova Scotia 1851
112t; Brigantine
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
A Sutton
Coastal trade
1862 – 4 John Shea b.1836 (Wexford) 1867 Maurice Dunn b.1840 (Kinsale)* 1872 John Foley b.1834 (Dungarvan)* 1869 – 72 Daniel Looney b.1839 (Cork)* 1872 John Murphy b.1850 (Crosshaven)* 1864 Michael Keating b.1829 (Crosshaven) 1864 Denis Flanahan b.1843 (Cork) 1864 Michael Riordan b.1840 (Cork) 1864 Thade Donovan b.1839 (Kinsale, Cork)
Mate:
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
This vessel voyaged mainly between Cork, Waterford and Welsh ports. There were three mates in an 1864 six-month period and three captains documented in one 1872 six-month period. This was probably a feature of coastal trade. Captains John Shea and Maurice Dunn both served on other Sutton ships. Captains John Foley, Daniel Looney and John Murphy served on multiple Sutton ships, facilitating the coordination of their captaincies in that same year of 1872. Captain John Murphy would die of natural causes at Newport August 15, 1872, very shortly after moving to Sutton’s Sarsfield (IMNCL), Mates Michael Keating, Denis Flanahan and Seaman Thade Donovan also served previously on Sutton ships. Seaman (future Captain) Thade Donovan was a son of Captain Tim (Thade) Donovan (b.1805, Kinsale). His brother, Andrew Donovan (b.1834), who married Margaret Sutton, a daughter of Captain George Sutton (b.1804), was a sailmaker and shipowner in business with his brother-in-law, George Sutton Jr. (b.1836) at Sutton & Donovan Sailmakers of Cork.
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