19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Captain Henry Bowman was previously the master of Dominica .

Mate James Hughes Tunbridge gives a perfect description of this vessel, though his dates are slightly off (not unique). Mate David Manning indicated that he sailed on the 200t Albion . He later sailed on Harley ships. The Scotts and the Harleys were related, further justifying his placement here. Mate Samuel Hughes is identified in UK Nat. Archives as the Mate on the Cork vessel Albion in 1843 which seems most likely to be this Scott brig. A Captain S. Hughes was later listed in Lloyd’s as the captain of the Scott vessel Bache McEvers 1850 – 1. This is probably the same man (see Bache McEvers ). Captain D. Driscoll in Lloyd’s has not been identified. There were numerous mariners named D. Driscoll from Cork/West Cork listed in the UK Nat Archives! Kelleher in the book: The Alliance of Pirates indicates the Driscolls of West Cork to have been a major established seafaring family, notably in the Baltimore area, prior to the seventeenth century. Lloyd’s; UK M&M; UK Nat Arch. BT112/31; Kelleher, The alliance of pirates.

References:

ALERT

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type

Milford 1833 97t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork and Youghal

Owner: Activity: Master:

Green&Co

Coaster

1835 Charles McCarthy b.1809 (Timoleague)#2216 1835 David Davies b.1807 (Newport)#1597 1842 – 3 John Towell b.1794 (Cork) 1843 E. Lloyd 1849 Robert Nicholls b.1824 (Fermoy) 1836 Daniel Twohig b.1814 (Kinsale)#7924 1846 Robert Nicholls b.1824 (Fermoy) 1846 – 9 John Flynn b.1811 (Rathcoursey) 1835 Thomas Treyer b.1805 (Padstow) #6208 1835 Michael Sullivan b.1809 (Berehaven) #17884 1835 – 6 John Spillane b.1819 (Crosshaven)

Mate:

Seaman:

Apprentice: Fate of ship:

Unknown

Additional information:

Captain Charles McCarthy’s BT112 record also documents his subsequent captaincy of the Nancy Brown in 1837.