BLUE JACKET
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1854
140t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Scott&Co
Coaster
1855 George Brailey b.1819 (Ardleigh, Essex)
Fate of ship:
This vessel (Reg: 24139) moved to the port of London in 1857 (CLIP; Lloyd’s Register) . A ship with a brief Cork history, but many discussion points. Built of Irish oak, coppered and copper-fastened for the Scotts of Queenstown at Peasley’s Yard in Passage. Originally destined for the Russian trade (O’Mahony and the Southern Reporter ). The Scott Shipping Co . of Queenstown was started by James Scott and further developed with assistance from his sons, George and Philip (Appendix 6: Scott Shipping). Captain George Brailey must have been a superb sailor, since he was later selected in the 1860s as master of the 140t. racing yacht/cruiser yacht Urania of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, owned by William Wise of Blackrock Cork (see Urania and Lark for associated information). CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Southern Reporter 13 Jul 1854; O ’ Mahony, Maritime Gateway to Cork; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners.
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Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Quebec 1826
123t; Brig
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Scott & C
Foreign trader
1832 – 5 Champion 1834 – 7 William Errington b.1807 (Queenstown) 1836 Thomas Allen b.1816 (Cove) #1480 1836 Andrew Brown b.1796 (Hull) #11534
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Fate of ship:
Wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 5 July 1837. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St John, New Brunswick to Cork (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki).
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