Captain Thomas Coleman would obtain his Mate Certificate in 1855. Captain James Prendergast lost his cousin, Captain James Prendergast (b.1846, Youghal), when his ship, the Charles, went missing in 1861. Captains Patrick Walsh and Michael Kelly would later both become Masters of Albert of Youghal, another Gorman ship. Mate Edward Harriss Sheehan appears with his namesake in the mariner listing under Sheehan. *IMNCL, CLIP, UK M&M, Slater’s National Commercial Directory, 1881.
References:
ARTHUR WHITE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Argyle, Nova Scotia 1854
734t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
O’Connor&
Foreign trader
1867 – 79 David Murphy b.1817 (Queenstown)* 1870 John Smiddy b.1835 (Youghal)* 1874 Maurice Cogan b.1842 (Passage West) 1875 William Foster b.1829/32 (Cork)* 1877 John Twohig b.1838 (Cork)* 1877 – 9 James Kidney b.1844 (Crosshaven)* 1879 William Dineen b.1844 (Cork)*
Mate:
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Transatlantic trade.
Some disparity in William Foster’s dates reflecting differences in IMNCL and UK M&M data sources.
Captain David Murphy and Mate William Foster both served previously on Dominica and Urania .
Mate John Twohig, who was captain of Sutton’s Staghound 1864 – 9, when he obtained his Master Certificate, was a son of Captain John Twohig (b.1804, Kinsale). He was related to the Suttons and would drown two years later in the Bristol Channel, when he was the captain of the Sutton’s Shields , which was run down and sunk returning from Newport to Cork. Mate James Kidney was a boatswain here (an elevated AB seaman role). Mate William Dineen was previously Mate on Abraham Sutton’s George Lawrence before becoming Master of Abraham Sutton’s Girl I Love which, after this voyage, he would purchase and remain as captain until 1883.
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