19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Apprentice (future Captain) John Ronayne must be differentiated from Captain John Ronayne (b.1819, Rostellan).

References:

# UK Nat Arch BT120; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.

ROYAL STANDARD

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

St Mary’s, Nova Scotia 1857

90t; Brigantine

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Martin Kenefick Coastal trade

1865 – 70 John Stamp b.1819 (Kinsale)

Mate:

1868 James Coleman b, 1837/1839 (Kinsale)*

Fate of ship:

On 11 January 1871 the ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, Co Cork to Southampton. She was re- floated on 15 January (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). This ship (Reg: 37398) moved from Cork to Penzance in 1872. St Mary’s is located east of St John, New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy. Captain John Stamp briefly sailed out of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in his early years and first became a captain in 1843. He was captain of Hannah of Kinsale 1852 – 65. His next captaincy after Royal Standard would be the Naomi of Kinsale in 1870. Mate James Coleman was previously Mate on Abraham Sutton’s Perilla . He would again join Captain John Stamp as Mate on Naomi in 1873 before taking over as captain of the Naomi in 1874. He would later captain Sutton vessels in the 1870s and 1880s.

Additional information:

References:

*IMNCL; CLIP; UK M&M.

SACKVILLE

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Sackville, New Brunswick 1841

147t; Brigantine

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

E Harris

Coastal trade

1842 – 4 J Mills 1842 – 5 John Leonard b.1815 (Kinsale)

Fate of ship:

Unknown.

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