19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Master:

1863-75 Callaghan McCarthy b.1817 (Youghal)* 1863 Thomas Egan b.1808 (Youghal)* 1868 – 72 Maurice Sims b.1841 (Youghal)*

Mate:

‘John Munro was wrecked at Clerys Bank at Youghal on 18 th January 1875. The cargo was coal from Cardiff for CorK’ (Bourke). Captain Callaghan McCarthy (Cert: 37.055) was the Captain McCarthy in Lloyd’s. He spelt his name as Calaghan on his UK M&M application but both forms are apparent on IMNXL records. *IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.

Fate of ship:

Additional information:

References:

JOHN PEDDAR

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Cork 1826 151t; Brig

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Peddar&c, Phipps&C

Foreign trade

1827 – 8 Tisdale/Teasdale 1830-41 George M Wheatley Atkinson b.1806 (Cove) 1928 – 30 George M Wheatley Atkinson b.1806 (Cove) 1833 – 4/36 David Murphy b.1817 (Queenstown)#12235 1836 Michael Ahern b.1817 (Cork)#1158

Mate:

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

Moved from the Port of Cork.

Additional information:

This ship was involved with Baltic trade 1826 – 7 and later West Indies and America.

John Peddar Phipps was a successful yacht designer. Two of his very well-regarded yachts, Zephyr and the 44t Medina , were built in Passage West and were successful in regattas in 1834 and 1836 (O’Mahony). The merchant princes of Cork, like their English counterparts, enjoyed fine racing yachts during the nineteenth century (see the schooner yacht Urania ). Captain George M Wheatley Atkinson, who was previously Mate on the James Fitzpatrick of Cork, documented West Indies and American trade as Captain in the 1830s. Seaman David Murphy (b.1817, Queenstown) later captained the Dominica of Cork 1847 – 60. #UK Nat Arch BT120; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; O’Mahony, Maritime Gateway to Cork.

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