19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Apprentice (future Captain) Henry C Raynes would much later become Cork Harbour Master in 1873. A connection existed between the Gould and Raynes families of Cork since a Captain Raynes was the Cork Lower Harbour Master in May 1828, when the Mary Russell returned from Barbadoes with seven murdered sailors aboard. One of the victims was a Captain James Gould Raynes, the Lower Harbour Master’s brother (see the Mary Russell ). UK M&M ; Lloyd’s; Bielenberg , Cork’s Industrial Revolution; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners.

References:

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Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Bristol 1818

132t; Brigantine

Home port:

Kinsale, Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Large & C

Foreign trade

1827 – 9 McCormick 1829 – 31 J Mahoney 1831 – 3 T Fox 1834-8 C Thorpetra

Mate:

1829 – 30 George Barclay b. 1806 (Cork) 1834 – 6 John Dunbar b.1793 (Dublin) 1836 – 7 Benjamin Matson b.1816 (Cork) 1837 Arthur Herbert b.1812 (Cork) 1829 John Stoakes b.1810 (Newchurch, Kent) 1835 Maurice Ahern b.1803 (Cork)#1162 1824 – 8 John Stoakes b.1810 (Newchurch, Kent)

Seaman:

Apprentice: Fate of ship:

Moved to the Port of Stockton1840, then on to Arundel and sunk 5 March 1862 (Lloyd's and Unseaworthy Ship Commission). Mate John Dunbar has dates on his UK M&M record that appear to be erroneously off by 10 years (see Cambria ). The dates have been adjusted here. Mate Benjamin Matson later sailed, as Captain of Kingston , with his brother, John Matson (b.1822, Cork), as an AB seaman.

Additional information:

References:

#UK Nat Arch BT120; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.

LIFFEY

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Cork 1844

232t; Barque

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