Apprentice: Fate of ship:
1841 – 3 Richard Spillane b.1826 (Queenstown)
An emigrant ship during the Famine. Arrival at St John, New Brunswick 4 July 1847. This brig was thirty-seven days out from Cork under Captain Betty with 166 passengers. Eleven died and two contracted smallpox ( Appendix: Emigrant ships). This ship voyaged between Cork and New York as well possibly with emigrants. Scott ships commonly carried emigrants at that time, when 24% of all Irish emigrants to New York travelled on ships directly from Ireland (Appendix: Famine and emigration) Captain Stephen Stack is likely to have been the Captain S Stack in Lloyd’s. He was issued his Master Certificate in the Port of Cork 13 Jan 1851. He was also captured as ‘Stephan’ Stack of Cork b.1816 and captain of an illegible vessel from Cork for the year 1845 in the British National Archives BT115. Captain Samuel Hughes was probably the Captain S Hughes in Lloyd’s and was also probably the same Samuel Hughes who was mate on another Scott sailing ship, the Albion , in 1843 (see same). Seaman Michael Spillane later became Mate on the Princess Royal 1850 – 1 in North American trade (including emigrants) and obtained his Master Certificate in 1851. #UK Nat Arch BT115 and BT115/31; Lloyd’s; UK M&M ; New Brunswick Courier .
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