19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

The Cork Carrolls were a major Cork Quaker merchant family in the nineteenth century and Volunteer was one of their earlier ships (see also Industry ). The Carrolls had a timber yard at Devonshire Marsh, Cork and the Quebec-trading Volunteer was likely to have been in the timber trade (Appendix 6: Timber trade). Mate Thomas Cooper Clarke had previously served his apprenticeship and a year as mate in North Shields and would remain in Cork after this posting, becoming Captain of New City of Cork in 1829 and much later, in 1854, the Cork Harbour Master (also see Try Again , New City of Cork , Erato ). Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast ; McGowan, The Ship ; Milne, Shipbuilding and repair; Wilson, A history of shipbuilding and naval architecture in Canada.

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WAFT

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Brixham 1866 131t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Kendrick, Andrew Donovan, Catherine Buckley

Coastal trade

1888 George Lane Sutton b.1865 (Queenstown) 1888 – 92 Timothy Buckley b.1830 (Crosshaven)* 1892 – 3 Andrew McDonnell b.1842 (Crosshaven)*

Fate of ship:

‘On passage from Port Talbot to Waterford with coal, her steering carried away at midnight on 23 October 1924. She was driven ashore in a SE gale next day at Kilfarassy, five miles west of Tramore. Her crew were saved by line from shore, but the vess el broke up’ (Scott). The Home Port for Waft switched from Brixham to Cork in 1888, and back to Brixham in 1896. Andrew Donovan (b.1834), a Cork sailmaker, was a son of Captain Thade Donovan (b.1805, Kinsale) and he was married to Margaret Sutton, who was a daughter of Captain George Sutton (b.1804, Clonakilty). Captain/Mate George Lane Sutton (b.1865, Queenstown) was a son of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1832/35, Kinsale), Cork Harbour Master, and grandson of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794, Clonakilty). His birth date is incorrect in an IMNCL report where he is also indicated to be a Mate. He indicated his role on Waft to have been a Master (UK M&M papers). He possibly shared that role with Timothy Buckley, while piloting

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