19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Mate (future Captain) William Dempsey served for many years on Cork ships as both mate and master, often with Captain Thade Donovan (b.1805, Kinsale) to whom he was related (see Grand Master ).

References:

*IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M& M.

ANNE

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Passage West 1837

119t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Laurence&

Foreign and coastal trade

1839 – 44 William Sutton b.1814 (Clonakilty) 1845 – 8 Patrick Collins b.1802 (Clonakilty) 1849 – 50 Tim McCarthy b.1810 (Clonakilty) 1848 – 9 John Donovan b.1823 (Clonakilty) 1844 – 7 Patrick Collins b.1830 (Clonakilty) Moved from the Port of Cork in 1850.

Seaman:

Apprentice: Fate of ship:

Additional information:

Mediterranean and coastal trade.

Almost certainly from the Brown Yard, which would have been the dominant yard for sailing ship construction in Passage West at this time. The Browns built many schooners in the 1830s. The Joseph R Pim , the Browns’ eighteen th schooner, was launched on 2 July 1836 and by September a further three were under construction with the yard’s nineteenth being launched on 13 September (O’Mahony). Captain William Sutton was the youngest of five Clonakilty master mariner brothers. He commenced his apprenticeship in 1820 under Captain Thomas Sutton (b.1897/98, Clonakilty). This was the second vessel that he commanded. Captain Patrick Collins who married Sarah Sutton 28 May 1825 in Clonakilty, has his teenage apprentice son and future mariner captain, Patrick (b.1830, Clonakilty), documented here on board the Anne as an apprentice (a common practice). Young Patrick Collins would, in 1850, captain the Sutton ship Herbert , which previously had been captained by Thomas Sutton (b.1797/98, Clonakilty). Lloyd’s ; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; O’Mahoney, Maritime gateway to Cork .

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