bridge (Fig.12) was completed December 1861, limiting any further shipping up the North Channel of the Lee. His widow, Maryanne, would establish a grocery and spirit dealership at 30 St Patrick’s Quay, located immedia tely to the right on the far side of the bridge (Section 3). Mate Henry Carthy was documented on BT98 papers for 1845 at Kew. Mate James O’Brien is listed as James Brien in the Section 5, Nineteenth-century Cork Crew List. Seamen (future Captains) Robert Sutton and John Sutton were sons of Captain George Sutton (b.1804) . John’s birth year on his Master application was 1832 while it was 1834 on his Mate application (and his Parish Record). The official age requirement for a captain was twenty-one and for a mate was nineteen. Apprentice Robert Sutton commenced his service at the age of ten. Mariner’s children commonly went to sea at an early age with senior family members at the helm. Robert’s son, future Captain Abraham Sutton (b.1867, Cork), would start his career at an even younger age under his older brother Captain George R Sutton (b.1856, Cork) (see Shields ). CLIP documents the Alexandrina Victoria in service until 1880. #UK Nat Arch BT98/615; *IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyds; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.
References:
ALMA
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type
Prince Edward Island 1856
69t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
G.Howe, John Lewis, Tomkin Foreign and coastal trade
1857 – 64 John Shea b.1819 (Passage West) 1864 – 6 Jeremiah Clancy b.1834 (Kinsale)* 1870 – 3 Patrick Collins b.1832/4 (Kinsale)* 1866 Patrick Collins b.1832/4 (Kinsale)*
Mate:
Fate of ship:
Wrecked off the coast of Cornwall, 3 March 1873, voyaging between Kinsale and Portsmouth. Crew were all safe, returned home and paid off (IMNCL).
Additional information:
Cork to Lisbon. Cork to Wales and England
There were two men called Captain John Shea. Captain John Shea (b.1819, Passage West) was the captain here; the
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