1869 – 9 John Power b.1829 (Dungarvan) 1875 John Foley b.1834 (Dungarvan)* 1844 – 6 Philip Gough b.1822 (Dungarvan) 1849 – 50 William Whelan b.1823 (Dungarvan) 1866 John Veale b.1836 (Dungarvan) 1868 Michael Brien b.1832 (Dungarvan) 1869 Frank Roche b.1814 (Dungarvan) 1874 Thomas Brien b.1846 (Dungarvan)* 1866 Maurice O’Brien b.1833 (Dungarvan) 1868 John Nugent b.1850 (Dungarvan) 1868 – 9 Patrick Whelan b.1850 (Dungarvan)
Mate:
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
Lost at sea 6 September 1875; the crew was saved (IMNCL). On the 7 September 1875 the ship foundered five nautical miles off St Ann’s Head, Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Cork (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). St Stephen is located west of St John on the Bay of Fundy. Denis Whelan on an 1863 IMNCL record lists himself as the owner/master of this ship (Reg: 8340) and his birth in Dungarvan. Captain Denis Whelan (b.1820) married Margaret Sutton, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794, Clonakilty) on 7 Aug 1849 at St Pats, Cork. He was Master of the George Sutton for many years and ultimately became the owner of that vessel, which sank in an 1883 storm with total loss of the crew (see George Sutton ).
Additional information:
Seaman Patrick Whelan obtained a Mate Certificate in 1876.
CLIP indicates continued operation of Unity until 1875. #UK Nat Arch BT98/618; CLIP; IMNCL; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.
References:
URANIA
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Whitby 1825 286t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Laurence&, Wright&Morgan
Foreign trade
1835 – 46 Thomas Cooper Clarke b.1808 (Cork) 1847 Robert Mills b. 1817 (Cork) 1852 James Mahony b. 1826 (Kinsale) 1848 – 64 William Cole b.1817 (Bona Vista, Newfoundland) 1867 William Foster b.1829 (Cork)* 1835 Thomas Young b.1813 (Cove)#120 1836 – 7 Patrick Deasy b.1804 (Monkstown)#3141
Mate:
309
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