Additional information:
Home ports of London and Cardiff between 1857 – 68 when purchased by H Fryer and Jeremiah Clancy and returned to Cork. Thomas Somerville Reeves was High Sheriff of Cork 1848 – 9. Although he was poorly educated, he was accepted into the firm of Isaac Morgan, who owned Tivoli House and had a flour business on White St. in Cork. Ultimately, through hard work, he came to run the firm, become a partner, and marry Rebecca, Isaac’s daughter (O’Riordan). Thomas Reeves became a major Cork shipowner and was a Director of Morgan & Reeves, West Indian traders. This ship was named in his honour (Anderson). Captain Jeremiah Clancy was previously Master of the George Brown and the George of Kinsale and would own additional sailing ships including Abra ham Sutton’s White Eagle , which was caught in a tragic storm at Penarth Roads in 1881. Captain Robert Fowler would later captain the T Crowley of the Kinsale fleet, which was later lost to a U-Boat in WW1. CLIP; IMNCL; UK M&M; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland ; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners.
References:
TEMPERANCE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Nova Scotia 1831
97t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Downes &, Roche & C
Coastal trade
1839 – 42 Roland 1842 – 6 Llewellyn 1846 – 50 William Roche b.1790 (Kinsale) 1864 – 9 William Lewis b.1793 (Newport, Pembrokeshire)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Captain William Roche was Master of Industry 1813 – 20, owned by the Cork Quaker Carroll family (four Sutton captains or future captains served on that vessel 1820 – 37). Captain Roche followed up as Master of the 75t Nelson, 69t Hazard , 47t Murre and 73t Forrester of Kinsale 1820 – 38. He documented slightly reduced tonnages for these vessels and also documented coastal trade for the T emperance in the 1850s .
References:
Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
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