19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Althea 1874 – 5. Captain Patrick Mulcahy appears in Lloyd’s Register as Captain ‘Mulcatry’.

Mate Cornelius Kirby served previously under Captain Thomas Murray (b.1828, Clonakilty), who was related to the Captain Timothy McCarthy on this vessel. *IMNC; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; O’Brien, Blackwater and Bride .

References:

ANN

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Little Hampton 1839 165/157t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Ogilby & C Unknown

1841 – 9 W. Bailey

Fate of ship:

Unknown

Additional information:

While information is scarce, this ship demonstrates the problem of differentiating vessels with similar names.

References:

Lloyd ’ s.

ANNA

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

New Brunswick 1841

94t; Brigantine Kinsale/Cork

Home port:

Owner: Activity: Master:

Lauder

Coastal trade

1856 – 7 John Coleman b. 1815 (Kinsale) 1858 – 66 Jeremiah McCarthy b.1795 (Courtmacsherry)*

Mate:

1864 Robert Foley b.1837 (Kinsale)* 1866 William Dempsey b.1809 (Kinsale)*

Fate of ship:

On the 8 June 1866, the brigantine struck a sunken rock and was wrecked at Kinsale , Co Cork. All ten people on board were rescued by the coastguard. She was on a voyage from Kinsale to Cardiff, Glamorgan (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki).

Additional information:

Mostly coastal trade between Kinsale and Wales.

Robert Lauder of Long Quay, Kinsale owned this vessel until 1866.

Captain John Coleman (b.1815, Kinsale), who captained the Kinsale/Cork schooner Bedouin in 1866, was likely to be the Captain J. Coleman in Lloyd’s.

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