CLIP indicates the apparent purchase of Rebecca (Reg: 13067) by Captain Denis Driscoll (Cert: 72084) in 1871 and her continued activity until 1776. Denis had apprenticed on Robert Lawe under Captains Abraham and Nathaniel Sutton in the 1830s and was Mate under Thomas Sutton on Herbert in the 1840s.
References:
*IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
RECOVERY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
New Brunswick 1828
289t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Simkin&
Foreign trade
1834 – 9 John Simkin b.1808 (Youghal)#5999 1835 John Cumings b.1808 (Dartmouth, Devon)#14650 1836 George McMasters b.1791 (St Andrews)#2306 1835 Andara Charlston b.1808 (Norway)#3219 1835 – 6 John Predergast b.1797 (Youghal) 1835 – 6 Thomas Llewellyn b.1796 (Fishguard)#5933 1836 William Marks b.1814 (Youghal)#867
Mate:
Seaman:
1831 – 2 Thomas Egan b.1808 (Youghal) 1835 John Curtin b.1804 (Youghal)#14592 1835 James Allen b.1795 (Kinsale)#1992 1836 William Simkin b.1815 (Youghal)#5998
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
This ship traded between Youghal and Quebec.
Captain John Simkin would next be owner and captain of the snow Hibernia .
Mate William Marks indicated service as Mate with the Cork Steamship Co. (see the Pelican ) prior to obtaining his Master Certificate in 1856. Mate Llewellyn would captain Olive Branch of Cork in 1837.
References:
#UK Nat Arch BT120, BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
REGINA
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island 1845
223t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity:
Dawson & C Foreign trade
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