19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

ST PATRICK

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Berehaven 1806

41t; Sloop

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Captain

Coastal trader 1821 – 7 J Sutton

Fate of ship:

Unknown

Additional information:

This ship traded between Cork and Dublin.

Lloyd’s Captain J Sutton could well be John Sutton (b. c.1775), related to the Clonakilty Sutton mariners, who assumed the captaincy of Industry of Cork in 1826 (see the Carroll’s 64t sloop Industry ).

References:

Lloyd’s; Sutton Family History.

ST PATRICK

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Dungarvan 1820

63t; Sloop

Home port:

Cork, London, Waterford

Owner: Activity: Master:

L Veale&C

Coastal trade

1822 – 7 William Veale b.1791 (Dungarvan) 1827 – 9 Attridge 1819 – 24 Michael Veale b.1805 (Dungarvan)

Apprentice: Fate of ship:

‘The ‘St Patrick’ of Dungarvan sank near her home port on 13 June 1834’ (Bourke). This ship traded between Cork and Glasgow but its association with the Port of Cork was quite brief. Captain William Veale was likely to have been Lloyd’s Captain W Veale. He documented serving on a 54t St Patrick of Dungarvan from his apprenticeship in 1804 until becoming the captain in 1811. His captaincy ran from 1811-27. Apparently not all on this St Patrick (families were known to replace vessels while keeping the same name). More pertinently Lloyd’s also listed L Veale as master/owner of another sloop at this time trading between Waterford and Cork; the 54t St Patrick & Bridget which was built in Dungarvan in 1788. Noting that William Veale claimed the exact same tonnage (54t), William’s earlier service was probably on that vessel. William Veale would be Master of

Additional information:

279

Powered by