CLIP documents this Passage West built schooner until 1891. Sixty years of service (see Jane & Mary Anne for another long surviving Brown schooner). # UK Nat Arch BT112, BT98/616; *IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; O’Mahony, Maritime Gateway to Cork.
References:
NANCY DAWSON
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1835
108/94t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
J Brenan
Coastal trade
1836 – 47 John Murrow b.1797 (St Davids, Pembroke) 1847 – 54 Timothy McNamarra b.1817 (Crosshaven) 1836 David Lewis b.1789 (Pembroke)#3799 1835 George Ledger b.1800 (Dartmouth)#3800 c.1835 David Daise b.1821 (Newport)#1600 1836 John Davies b.1807 (Newport)#1610
Mate:
Seaman:
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
1837 John Ronayne b.1819 (Rostellan)
Moved to Port of London 1855.
Additional information:
Coastal trade is documented by Captain Murrow and the ship has a modest Welsh representation.
Captain Timothy McNamarra, from a Crosshaven mariner family (see crew listing), captained several Cork coasting vessels prior to obtaining his Master Certificate in 1858. Apprentice (future Captain) John Ronayne, who commenced his apprenticeship on Nancy Brown and Nancy Dawson , would sail on many ships (some from Cork) and obtain his Master Certificate in 1861. Another John Ronayne (b.1816, Queenstown) obtained his Master Certificate in 1852. # UK Nat Arch BT120, 112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
References:
NANCY McSWEENEY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Unknown 197t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Dan Sweeney, G & AG Sutton, Hannah Sutton
Coastal and foreign trade
1868 John Daly b.1834 (Kinsale)* 1868 – 9 Robert Jeffers b.1844 (Kinsale) 1870 – 6 Benjamin Reynolds b.1834 (Passage West)*
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