JOHN HARLEY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1854 189t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Harleys, E Scott Foreign trade
1855 – 8 Austin Harley b.1827 (Cork) 1859 – 69 Andrew Harte b.1812 (Crosshaven) 1874 John Spillane b.1819 (Crosshaven) 1855 – 6 John Goold b.1830 (Cork) 1858 – 61 Michael Keane b.1824 (Cork)
Mate:
Seaman:
1857 Patrick Buckley b.1824 (Cork) 1862 – 3 Austin Harley b.1842 (Cork) 1858 – 62 Austin Harley b.1842 (Cork)
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
On the 28 May 1877, this brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nash’s Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). This ship sailed on Cork to Canada and America trade routes. Captain John Spillane was confirmed by matching certificate numbers on UK M&M and IMNCL records. Captain Austin Harley lost his shipping papers off Wilmington Delaware in 1863 due to confiscation by a US vessel. Suggestive of blockade-running during the American Civil War (see the Mary and the John Harley for Mate Robert Sutton ’s involvement in a similar event).
Additional information:
Two Austin Harleys here (master and apprentice/seaman); they mostly served on Harley and Scott ships.
Seaman Patrick Buckley was previously a seaman for over four years on the Jane & Mary Anne . He earned his Second Mate Certificate in 1858 and Only Mate Certificate in 1859.
CLIP documents continued ownership of John Harley by Edward Scott in the 1870s.
References:
CLIP; IMNCL; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
JOHN MUNRO
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Sunderland 1849 113t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork,Youghal
Owner: Activity:
Patrick O’Keeffe, John McCarthy
Coastal trade
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