1836 William Callaghan b.1815 (Cork)#455 1839 William Cain b.1818 (Cork)#16811 1836 Henry Dennison b.1819 (Cork)#3150 1838 – 42 Stephen Bertridge b.1825 (Cork)
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This brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane in Barbadoes, 25 August 1855. Two of her crew were lost (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). The William Large of Cork was wrecked in the same hurricane. This ship engaged in West Indies and Mediterranean trade under Captain Clarke. West Indies trade was also documented in 1840s. Construction of the ship was probably at Wheeler’s Yard on the Lower Glanmire Road. The name differentiates this sailing vessel from the City of Cork , which was the first Irish-built steamship launched from the Hennessy Yard in Passage West in June 1815. Captain Thomas Cooper Clarke would, in 1854, replace Captain William Preston White, the first Cork Harbour Master and Bailiff who had been appointed by the Board of Harbour Commissioners on 4 August 1820. Clarke’s captaincy dates on New City of Cork are slightly inconsistent with the ship’s construction. Captain Hugh Pollock was the Captain H Pollack in Lloyd’s, which documents him taking over as captain in 1832. His dates on New City of Cork overlap with his service on Joseph Wheeler . Both were Wheeler ships. Mates Henry Raynes and John Healy also served on Joseph Wheeler and on Lauriston , which had been captained by Francis Raynes (b.1820, Cork) 1845 – 6. Mate Henry Raynes went on to earn his Master Certificate in 1854. In 1873 Captain Henry Raynes would replace the aforementioned retiring Captain Thomas Cooper Clarke (b.1808, Cork) as the third Cork Harbour Master, a position Raynes held until his death in 1877 when Captain Edward Byrne (b.1817, Dundalk) replaced him. Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1832/35) would replace the retiring Captain Byrne as the fifth Harbour Master in 1883, which rounded out the century since he retained the position until his death in 1917 (see Erato and T ry Again ). Mate James Leake was, almost certainly, the captain of James Wright in 1841. Mate Timothy Hynes) was possibly related to Captain Thomas Hynes (Cert: 16597; b.1799, Cork), who was Master of Hamilton of Dublin in 1835 and Edward Hynes (Cert: 6608; b.1815, Cork), who was Mate on Hamilton (UK Nat Arch BT120).
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