References:
# UK Nat Arch BT120; CLIP; Lloyd’s; MNL1852; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; Charbonneau & Sévigny, 1847, Grosse Île .
URANIA
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cowes 1848
122/93t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
William Wise, George Ames Pleasure yacht: racer, cruiser
1863 – 6 George Brailey b.1819 (Ardleigh, Essex) 1861 – 2/1863 – 6 William Mullins b.1834(Cork)
Mate:
Fate of ship:
‘Sold, foreign – France’ (CLIP).
Additional information:
The Urania (Reg: 11152) participated in the June 1861 Queenstown Regatta (Appendix: America ) prior to registration in the Port of Cork in December 1863. She sailed from Ryde, Isle of Wight, September 1863 for Queenstown and then sailed around the coast for pleasure (IMNCL).
Captain George Brailey was previously in the Merchant Navy (see Blue Jacket ).
Mate William Mullins obtained his Master Certificate in 1866.
References:
CLIP; IMNCL; UK M&M; Neblett, Civil War yacht .
VENUS
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Sunderland 1840 118t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Ogilby&c, Rumley&, Shaw&
Coastal trade
1840 – 6 J Plumer 1844 – 7 Thomas Plumer b.1811 (Harwich, Essex) 1847 Robert Johnston b.1816 (Leith, Midlothian) 1849 – 50 Patrick Hart b.1815 (Crosshaven)
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Captain Thomas Plumer documented Cork to London voyages and he obtained his Master Certificate at the Port of Cork in 1851. Captain Robert Johnston would next be a mate on the 402t barque Pandora of Cork and obtain his Master Certificate
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