Mate James Nagle (b.1828, Youghal), who lacked certification, would later take a turn as Captain of the Jane & Mary Anne in 1875, another ship with strong Sutton associations. Apprentice Patrick Walsh would earn his Master Certificate in 1877. IMNCL; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; O’Brien, N., Youghal vessels in 1860 (online resource, see Bibliography).
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JESSIE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Pictou, Nova Scotia 1837
144t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Hardy&S
Coastal trade
1837 – 50 Joshua Nicholas b.1801 (St Dogmells) 1858 Thomas Nicholas b.1821 (St Dogmells) 1858 Nicholas Hurley 1838 – 40 Thomas Davies b.1814 (St Davids) 1852 – 3 John Griffiths b.1830 (St Dogmells)
Mate:
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
1848 – 50 John Johns b.1835 (Cork)
Thomas Nicholas renewed his Master Certificate after its loss in the wreck of the Jessie at Nohaval, Cobh, 8 Feb 1858. The collier was en route from Newport to Cork and ‘Captain Nicholas Hurley and his crew were saved by clinging to a portion of the wreckage. The coastguard found them at daybreak on the rocks’ (Bourke). It would seem a Captain Hurley substituted on this voyage.
Additional information:
This ship was a Cork collier.
Captain Joshua Nicholas was previously master of the 100t Esther of Cork 1829 – 37 and the 65t Ceres of Youghal 1827 – 9. Captain Thomas Nicholas previously sailed on Welsh vessels. An older captain, Thomas Nicholas b.1816 (St Dogmells), had been Master of Chepstow and Woodland Castle of Cork 1840 – 4. Mate John Griffiths would get his first assignment as a captain on Abraham Sutton’s Perilla 1854 – 5 and obtain his Master Certificate in 1861. Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
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