19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

JAMES

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

New Brunswick 1837

58t; Schooner

Home port:

Kinsale

Owner: Activity: Master:

Newman, Lauder

Coastal; and foreign trade

1839 – 42 G Moyes 1845 – 50 Patrick Leonard b.1828 (Kinsale) 1848 – 50 P Daly 1843 – 4 Patrick Leonard b.1828 (Kinsale) This ship (Reg: 8425) was lost 28 December 1861 (Unseaworthy Ship Commission).

Mate:

Fate of ship:

Additional information:

Captain Patrick Leonard documented trade with Portugal. This is another example of a small Canadian-built sailing ship ending up across the Atlantic in Cork (see the schooner Caledonia ).

References:

Lloyd’s; UK M&M

JAMES

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Unknown

96t; Unknown

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Unknown

Coastal trade

1841 – 2 Timothy McCarthy b.1810 (Clonakilty) 1848 Patrick McNamarra b.1819 (Crosshaven)

Fate of ship:

Unknown.

Additional information:

Captain Timothy McCarthy, who apprenticed on the Robert Boyle , was of similar age to the Clonakilty Sutton mariners and they likely would have known each other well (see 64t Sarah ).

References:

No Lloyd’s information; UK M&M

JAMES A HARLEY

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Southwick 1866

228t; Brig

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

James A Harley

Coastal and foreign trade

1878 – 80 John Shea b.1836/38 (Wexford)* 1878 – 80 Jeremiah Collins b.1854 (Cork)* 1878 James Bert b.1838 (Crosshaven)* 1880 John Thomas O’Neill b.1855 (Cork)*

Mate:

170

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