19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Additional information:

The Brisk sailed between Cork and Jamaica. Scott & Co owned many vessels in Cork (Appendix 6: Scott Shipping).

Captain Charles Daly would later captain the barque Albion of Cork 1845 – 54 in North American trade.

Apprentice Austin Harley would obtain his Master Certificate in 1854. He was compelled to renew his papers in 1863 after their confiscation by a Union Naval Commander off Wilmington, North Carolina for blockade running during the American Civil War on the SS Duoro (UK M&M). That ship was a 180t Confederate iron-screw steamer carrying 20 tierces of tobacco, 279 boxes of tobacco, 550 bales of cotton, turpentine and rosin and she was captured by the USS Quaker City on 9 March 1863 and subsequently sold as a prize vessel (Gaines 2008). This was not a unique experience for a Cork mariner at that time (see the Sutton brigantine Mary and Fig. 28: below in this Catalogue 4 and Sophia of Liverpool: Appendix 6)

References:

#UK Nat Arch BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M & M.

BROWN

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Kinsale 1814

150t; Brig

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Brown Coaster

1818 – 25 J Harris

Fate of ship:

Unknown.

Additional information:

The Browns were already established shipbuilders in the early nineteenth century and O’Mahony indicates that two successful racing yachts, Sisters and Eliza , were built by William Brown (Senior) of Passage in or before 1813 (Appendix: Shipyard, Browns). George Brown of Kinsale was another shipbuilder in the nineteenth century (Thuillier). His relationship to the Browns of West Passage is unclear as of this time. Lloyd’ s ; Brown family records; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners ; Thuillier, Kinsale Harbour ; O’Mahony, Maritime Gateway to Cork.

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