19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Fig. 47: The Marina by the River Lee Navigation Wall.

Master, while Captain William Sleigh and Mr. Andrew Hennessy (the shipbuilder) were appointed Deputy Harbour Masters at Cove and Passage: positions important to the coordination of shipping and trade within the harbour. A similar position would be filled in Ballinacurra by Captain John Richards in 1826.

Cork ship construction (Bielenberg 1991)

In 1776, fifty years prior to the construction of Charlotte , Lloyd’s reported that 40% of all ships built in Ireland that year were built in Cork. An additional 40% were built between Waterford and Dungarvan (De Courcy 1992). By the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 – 15) Dublin had become the most prominent shipbuilding centre in the country, with 300 shipwrights, but suffered a major post-war decline. Cork re-emerged slowly as the main centre and in 1826 Cork Port and Harbour alone accounted for 41% of the total tonnage launched in the whole country. The second half of the century saw the slow decline of sail and the emergence of Belfast as the dominant shipbuilding centre in Ireland. Regardless of Cork’s aptitude in ship building, this review makes clear that Cork’s registered tonnage was largely of British American origin, particularly from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Individual Cork Harbour shipyards are discussed below in this Appendix. Also see Barbadoes , Mary Macklin and Joseph Wheeler , built in Cork shipyards (Section 4).

Cork shipping fleet

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