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1834 D Rees 1834-7 J Cummings
1835 – 40 William Garde b.1803 (near Cloyne) 1842 – 4 Thomas Prosser b.1811 (Milford) 1847 – 8 George Davies b.1806 (St Davids, Pembroke) 1836 Thomas McCormick b.1776 (Bantry)#2297 1835 Evan Lewis b.1795 (Newport)#3787 1837 Henry Murphy b.1815 (Cushendall, Antrim) 1836 William Flynn b.1811 (Cove)#3016 1836 Maurice Harvey b.1809 (Kinsale)#2161 1839 Patrick Sudwell b.1805 (Crosshaven)#574 1835 Joseph McEury b.1817 (Cork)#2296 1840 John Bible Jackson b.1826 (Cove) The inspiration for the Eliz abeth Cronin song: ‘The good ship Kangaroo ’ ? Captain William Garde has service dates on UK M&M at variance with Lloyd’s (not unique). Mate Henry Murphy took a one-way trip to Quebec in 1837. Lloyd’s also lists this ship in trade with New Brunswick at that time. Henry later acquired his Master Certificate. I have found Quebec to have been a popular port for desertions in the nineteenth century. Apprentice (future Captain) John Bible Jackson served repeatedly on ships with Captain William Garde (a possible relative). The Cork Examiner reprinted a Monmouthshire Merlin article (dated around 1 December 1846) on Friday 4 Dec 1846: ‘The barque Kangaroo of Cork, arrived here on Thursday morning, and when near her berth, a man was knocked into the river by the spanker boom, and was drowned. The body has not been found’. Weather conditions were extreme on that occasion (see also Girl I Love and Robert Lawe for the same storm). This vessel was possibly, based on home ports, trade routes and dates of operation, the true inspirat ion for the song ‘The good ship Kangaroo’ .
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# UK Nat Arch BT112, BT120; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Monmouthshire Merlin .
KATE KEARNEY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1841 146t; Brig
190
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