Owner: Activity: Master:
Robert George Sutton, George R Sutton
Coastal trade
1875 – 8 George R Sutton b.1856 (Cork) 1879 John Twohig b.1838 (Cork)* 1877 Timothy Cronin b.1832 (Kinsale)* 1879 Andrew Barry b.1834 (Courtmacsherry)* 1879 Thomas Kidney b.1828 (Cork)* 1879 Michael Kent b.1852 (Cork)* 1874 – 8 Abraham Sutton b.1867 (Cork) 1875 Timothy Cronin b.1832 (Kinsale)*
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Fate of ship:
Captain John Twohig, Mate Andrew Barry and seamen Thomas Kidney and Michael Kent were shipwrecked and drowned 13 Feb 1879. The IMNCL report states Shields was run down off Nash Point (Bristol Channel) on her return trip from Newport to Cork. Captain John Twohig’s birth year, well documented on UK M&M and on multiple Sutton vessels in IMNCL records, was inconsistent with that stated on his death report. Blyth is an old English seaport near Newcastle upon Tyne. Captain George Robert Sutton and Apprentice (future Captain) Abraham Sutton were sons of Captain Robert Sutton (b.1832, Courtmacsherry) (see Nancy McSweeney and Staghound ). Captain John Twohig was an uncle to Captain George Robert Sutton and Apprentice Abraham Sutton and was outlived by his father, Captain John Twohig (b.1804, Kinsale), who would be documented actively captaining Marco Polo in 1880. Mate Andrew Barry’s IMNCL records indicate he was born in Courtmacsherry with notable birth year variation, 1831 – 9 (approximating 1834). Apprentice Abraham went to sea at the age of seven with his older brother George as captain. But only for four months every summer for five years on Shields and then two years on Victory . He took off for two years when 18 years old. Abraham would be Master of Nancy McSweeney in 1890 and would obtain his Master Certificate for Home Trade Passenger Ships in 1893. *IMNCL; CLIP; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; Deaths at Sea (Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874).
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References:
SIMEON HARDY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1837
186/225t; Brig
287
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