and foundered with the loss of eight of her nine crew. The survivor was rescued by Montcalm. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cork (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). This West Indiaman sailed on routes to Jamaica and Trinidad. Morgan & Reeves were one of the prominent Cork firms in West Indies trade (see the Hebe ). Captain Richard Wallis (Cert: 587) was almost certainly the Captain R Wallis in Lloyd’s. His service on Fanny Ann Garrequis of Cork is captured in UK NAT Arch BT120. The Wallis family were notable Cork merchants in the early nineteenth century and John and James Wallis both served as Sheriff of Cork and ex-officio Cork Harbour Commissioners in the 1820s (O ’ Riordan). The name Wallis is interchangeable with Wallace. Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794, Clonakilty) is documented in the UK Nat Arch BT112 as Master of the Michael Wallis of Cork in 1837, while that same Brown Brother’s ship is referenced by O’Mahony in Maritime Gateway to Cork as the Michael Wallace .
Additional information:
Mate Richard Francis Cuthbert would captain Liffey 1844 – 50, receiving his Master Certificate in 1850.
Seaman (future Captain) Arthur Herbert ventured around the world as a seaman and mate. His first posting as Master would be on Thomas Hanford 1841 – 8 in colonial and coastal trade. Lloyd’s; UK Nat Arch BT120 ; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners .
References:
JAMES WRIGHT
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1839 126t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Brown&C
Foreign trade: European and Transatlantic. 1841 James Leake b.1812 (Waterford)#2955 1841 – 2 John Keohan b.1814 (Kinsale)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Captain James Leake was almost certainly Lloyd’s Captain J Leake who was previously Mate on the New City of Cork .
Captain John Keohan became Captain of George & Henry 1836 – 9 and would later be Captain of Henry Paterson of Cork 1845 – 50.
References:
# UK Nat Arch BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
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