Fate of ship:
The Cork brig Victory was wrecked at Dollar Bay near Duncannon, Wexford on 13 Feb 1881. She was carrying a cargo of coal bound for her home port of Cork (Bourke). These facts are consistent with her disappearance from CLIP. Captain Sutton stated that the ship departed Newport 28 January and was totally wrecked 8 February 1881 (IMNCL report: 14 February 1881).
Additional information:
This ship voyaged to Barbadoes in 1867.
Captain George Sutton and Apprentice Abraham Sutton on the Victory were sons of Captain Robert George Sutton (b.1832, Courtmacsherry) and grandsons of Captain George Sutton (b.1804, Clonakilty).
Mate William Goggin earned his Master Certificate in 1872 a nd would next captain A. Sutton’s Eagle .
Apprentice (future Captain) Jeremiah Collins was a son of Captain Patrick Collins (b.1830, Clonakilty). Later Captain Jeremiah Collins would serve as a Cork Harbour Commissioner 1904 – 16, and 1917 – 39; he was Chair of the Pilotage Committee for much of that time. He was involved in the War of Independence, helping to smuggle rebels out of the country in 1916 (Appendix 6: Upnor and Marco Polo ). CLIP; IMNCL; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; Bureau of Military History, Document WS 1480 which is a Statement by Daniel O’Donovan of Ballybeg, Buttevant, Cork; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
References:
VOLUNTEER
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Whitehaven 1812
398t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Carrol&Co
Foreign trade
1827 – 33 R Thompson
Mate:
1828 Thomas Cooper Clarke b.1808 (Cork)
Fate of ship:
‘On 30 -3-1833 the Volunteer was lost near Louisberg. The ship was bound for Quebec from Cork’ (Bourke). She no longer appears on Lloyd’s in 1834. Another report states that all aboard were rescued and that the shipwreck actually occurred on 30 May 1833 on a voyage from Cork to Quebec (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki).
Additional information:
This ship was trading between Cork and Quebec.
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