1886 Daniel Shea b.1858 (Kinsale)* 1888 Daniel Shea b.1818/20 (Kinsale, Cork) 1889 – 90 Philip Coleman b.1854 (Kinsale)* 1892 Patrick Coursey b.1856 (Kinsale)* 1883 Daniel Shea b.1858 (Kinsale)* 1883 Denis Kennedy b.1856 (Kinsale)* 1884 – 8 Philip Coleman b.1854 (Kinsale)* 1887 – 90 Patrick Coursey b.1856 (Kinsale)*
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
On 10 Aug 1917 the T Crowley was sunk by U-Boat gunfire 12 miles south of Hook Head while en route from Cardiff to Kinsale with coal. Her crew landed safely at Queenstown. This vessel was the first of a series of schooners that were built for Thomas Crowley by William Westacott at Barnstaple, Devon. He previously co-owned the Hannah (Reg: 8354) with his father-in-law, Joseph Hosforth of Kinsale. (Appendix 6: Shipowners). In 1882, T Crowley was damaged near Beaumaris, North Wales, but was repaired and accomplished an exceptional thirty-two passages in 1883, ranging from Liverpool to Penzance and Baltimore, West Cork (Scott).
Additional information:
Captain Robert Fowler previously captained the Hosford/Crowley schooner Hannah .
Mates Daniel Shea (b.1827 or 1818/20) could well be the same man. Mate Philip Coleman would captain Crowley’s Old Head during the early 1900s.
References:
*IMNCL; CLIP; Scott, Irish sea schooner twilight.
T S REEVES
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1831
91t; Schooner
Home port:
Kinsale
Owner: Activity: Master:
Bailey&C, Jeremiah Clancy, Henry Fryer
Coastal trade
1845 William Lelean b.1818 (Plymouth) 1847 – 56 W Bailey 1868 Robert Fowler b.1832 (Kinsale) 1869 Jeremiah Clancy b.1834 (Kinsale)
Mate:
1842 – 3 William Felkins b.1823 (Cove) 1838 – 9 William Carter b.1817 (Weymouth, Dorset) 1869 John Donohue b.1835 (Kinsale)
Seaman:
1869 Laurence Spillane b.1828 (Kinsale)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
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