The Arthur White disappeared from CLIP records after 1880. *IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyds; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.
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Fig. 14: Entry in the Calendar of Wills and Administration regarding the estate of Thomas Sutton. ASIATIC
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Cork
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Sutton & C
Coaster
1853 Thomas Sutton b.1797/98 (Clonakilty) 1852 – 3 Thomas Donovan b.1831 (Courtmacsherry) Captain Thomas Sutton drowned in 1853 when the Asiatic , laden with coal, was rammed and sunk off the coast of Wales by Sophia Burbridge of Liverpool 7:30 pm, 16 Jan 1853. She sank in five minutes. Captain Thomas Sutton and one passenger were drowned. The crew, including the Mate, Thomas Donovan, was rescued and survived. Captain Thomas Sutton had four master mariner brothers. Little more is known of his family except that he had a daughter, Catherine, who was married 20 Feb 1849 to Captain John Gibbons (b.1823) of Dungarvan (see Isabella and Annette ) but died 12 September that same year (1849) and was buried with her grandparents in the Lislee cemetery. Mate Thomas Donovan served for at least one year on the Asiatic and, after the sinking, resumed service on 16 April 1853 as Mate on the Sutton ship Garland. He obtained his Master Certificate in 1856 and later moved to Youghal. He would captain Jersey Tar of Cork/Youghal and Dei Gratia of Youghal. The Dei Gratia was famed for the discovery of the
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