1832 – 3 W. Murdock 1833 – 6 John Murrow b.1796 (Pembroke, Wales) 1838 – 44 W. Jones
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Captain McDonogh, whom Lloyd’s names as the first captain of this ship, was most probably Captain John McDonogh (b.1816) of Galway. Obviously, at just sixteen years, he was too young to be a sea captain. His UK M&M paperwork shows that he continued to captain ships as a teenager from 1833 onward. It is likely that he sailed this Galway-built family vessel to Cork and that Lloyd’s listed him as the captain unti l W Murdock took over.
References:
Lloyd’ s; UK M&M.
ADELAIDE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type
Newfoundland 1835
138t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Lefebure, Coates&C
Coastal trade
1840 Badcock 1844 Josiah Hughes b.1818 (Youghal) 1841 – 2 William Felkins b.1823 (Cove)
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
Lost. Lloyd’s Register for 1844 listed this schooner Adelaide as missing. Lefebure & Coates also had experience with steamers. The first vessel of note from [George] Robinson’s Yards was the famous old paddle steamer Cork Screw , built in 1835 for Coates & Lebefure. It was to run in opposition to the St George Steam Packet Company ships on the Cork-Liverpool route. Lebefure & Coates later teamed up with another shipowner, Thomas Somerville Reeves (1789 – 1868) in the 1846 purchase of the 209t screw steamer Rattler to compete against Ebenezer Pike’s City of Cork Steam Packet Company. However, they failed to capture the cross-channel market. Rattler was rigged as a two-masted schooner, fitted with a fifty horse-power engine, had good sailing qualities and would later cross the Atlantic under sail (Anderson) (see T S Reeves ).
Additional information:
Lefebure and Barry would own the schooner Ballinacurra Lass , built in Youghal 1846.
Captain J. Hughes in Lloyd’s was likely Josiah Hughes (b.1818, Youghal), who did not declare captaincy of Adelaide in his UK
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