Fate of ship:
This vessel (Reg: 41413) and owned by George Sutton, departed the Port of Lydney on the Severn, 1 February, 1873. A report sent 15 March 1873 from Bideford to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen stated: ‘ The Kaloolah of Cork stranded at Wellcomb Mouth on the 4th February broke up and was sold as a total wreck on the 10th’ . The crew were saved (IMNCL). The spelling of Welcombe is as in report and it remains interesting that her deletion from CLIP did not occur until 1885. Wallace NS lies west of Tatmagouche and south of Prince Edward Island. There was an apparent master overlap. The coastal trade, with so many voyages every six months, was quite amenable to part-time captains and full-time captains did take breaks. Captain Patrick O’Neill commenced his apprenticeship on Kingston in 1840, sailed on many Cork vessels, and obtained his Master Certificate in 1852. Mate (future Captain) Benjamin Reynolds was a younger brother of Captain Nicholas Reynolds (b.1822, Cork). Mate Patrick Collins was a prior master on Cork vessels and partook in a voyage to Lisbon and Oporto on Kaloolah as late as 1864. The Sutton and Collins families were related (Patrick was married to Sarah Sutton of Clonakilty) and they had close professional ties. Kaloolah was owned by Captain George Sutton (b.1804, Cl onakilty), who lived at St Luke’s, Cork from the 1830s until his death in 1882. Seaman (future Captain) Denis Driscoll was later married in 1880 to Anne Sutton, daughter of Captain Robert Sutton (1826/29, Kinsale), and granddaughter of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794, Clonakilty). That was the second marriage for Denis Driscoll (see also Alexandria Victoria ).
Additional information:
CLIP documented Kaloolah in service until 1885.
References:
#UK Nat Arch BT124; CLIP; IMNCL; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland.
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Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Yarmouth 1818 151t; Barque London, Cork
Home port:
Owner: Activity:
Dunnall&, Lawrence
Foreign (Mediterranean/Atlantic) and coastal trade
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