TERROR
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1840
257t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
J Knight
Foreign trade
1840 – 6 Thomas Davis Watkins b.1806 (Pill, Somerset)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
The Knights of Cork were important West Indies merchants (Anderson) and the Terror was engaged in West Indies trade.
Captain Watkins documented service for 1839 – 40 in contrast to Lloyd’s dates and inconsistent with construction date. A lag time in recog nition of new captains was not unusual in Lloyd’s Register. Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland.
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THOMAS
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island 1849
96t; Brigantine
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
J Laughlin
Coastal trade
1850 – 64 James Laughlin b.1811 (Tintern, Waterford) 1866 William Best b.1809 (Crosshaven)* 1866 Andrew Organ b.1836 (Dungarvan)* 1868 James O’Brien b.1806 (Dungarvan)*
Mate:
1868 Maurice O’Brien b.1833 (Dungarv an)* 1868 Richard O’Brien b.1839 (Dungarvan)* 1868 James Roach b.1839 (Queenstown)* 1868 Benjamin Baker b.1832 (London) 1868 Henry Goodlet b.1852 (Liverpool)
Seaman:
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
Lost 11 December 1868 at Carnsore Point, Co Wexford. Seaman Benjamin Baker and apprentice Henry Goodlet were drowned (1869 IMNCL report). While the List of Shipwrecks - Wiki, misspelled the vessel’s name as Thames, it indicated her voyage to have been from Queenstown, Co Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire Lloyd’s described this vessel as a brigantine, however James Laughlin, the captain/owner, indicated her to be a schooner. Captain James Laughlin was identified by certificate number (Cert: 43.220). Previously sailed as Mate and Master on Champlain and Richard N Parker in American trade 1838 – 46. Captain William Best would share the captaincy of the
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