JAMES & RICHARD WALSH
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Mecklenburg 1859
309t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
James&Richard Walsh
Foreign trade
1865 – 74 James Herbert b.1834 (Wiscasset, Maine) 1867 – 9/72 William Burke b.1833 (Haulbowline, Cork)
Mate:
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
This ship voyaged on transatlantic and European routes. This ship (Reg: 52546), built in the German Baltic area, bore the foreign name Frederick Bruning (CLIP) and IMNCL records document a highly international crew. Captain James Herbert was from Wiscasset, Maine which had once been a shipbuilding centre and the busiest American Seaport north of Boston.
Mate William Burke earned his Master Certificate in 1869 and moved from sail to Cork steam ships.
CLIP documents the ownership of James & Richard Walsh by James Walsh of Queenstown until 1876.
References:
CLIP; IMNCL; UK M&M.
JANE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island, 1841
94t; Brigantine
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
E Collins
Coastal trade
1849 – 55 Daniel Driscoll b.1816 (Kinsale)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
A schooner of similar name and vintage, owned by W Penny, was also coasting out of Cork at this time (Lloyd’s 1853 ; see next entry).
Captain Daniel Driscoll was previously Mate on the Henry Paterson.
References:
Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
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