Captain Benjamin Eastaway was one of two Eastaways brothers who captained the Barry vessels Pretty Maggie and Ballinacurra Lass ; he later sailed on the Mary & Anne and William S Green out of Youghal. Mate Thomas Taylor resided in Ballinacurra when he obtained his Master Certificate in 1851 and subsequently sailed out of Youghal.
(Appendix 6: Ports of Cork, Youghal and Kinsale).
References:
Lloyd’s ; UK M&M; O’Brien, Blackwater and Bride ; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners ; McCarthy, Cork Harbour ; Scott, Irish Sea Schooner Twilight .
BARBADIAN
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Liverpool 1832 245t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Gimlett&
Foreign trade
1846 Morris 1846 – 50 John Gimlett b.1813 (Cork) #2715
Fate of ship:
Moved to Port of Belfast in 1852.
Additional information:
This ship carried immigrants from Liverpool to Baltimore.
This ship was listed by Lloyd’s with Gimlett as both the captain and the o wner and Anderson confirms that: ‘another emigrant ship was the Liverpool-built barque Barbadian , 245 tons, owned and commanded by Captain Gimlett who sold her to W. Herron of Belfast in 1850 for their West Indian trade ’ . Captain John Gimlett was listed in the UK National Archives as the Captain of John Daniel in 1835. He was also listed as the captain/o wner of that Youghal/Cork vessel by Lloyd’s in 1839, facilitating his identification here. Lloyd’s, #UK Nat Arch BT112; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland .
References:
BARBADOES
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1832 219t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner:
Knight&c
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