Clonakilty), on 29 Nov 1866 at St Pat’s, Cork. Mate William Simmons (b.1836, Bristol) earned his Master Certificate in 1864. Seaman (future Mate) Thomas McCarthy documented trade with Quebec in 1866. Seaman Philip Punch apprenticed on Scott Harley’s O nward and on Troubadour was an AB seaman on Margaret Sutton under Captain Nicholas Reynolds 1875 – 6 and on Abrah am Sutton’s Evenus in 1878, before returning to a Scott vessel Lily Dale 1881 – 82. Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1832/35, Kinsale), the Cork Harbour Master, was related to the Punches on his mother’s side. Apprentice Thomas Crofts Clarke would next serve for two years as an apprentice on Blanch of Cork, then as boatswain for four years on Cork vessels before later earning his Master Certificate in 1861. CLIP documents the Canada (Reg: 8438) to have been in service until 1885. *IMNCL; CLIP; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; De Courcy, Ireland’s Maritime Heritage ; Stokes, Samuel Kelly: An Eighteenth-Century Seaman ; McGowan, The Ship ; O’Mahony, Maritime Gateway to Cork .
References:
CARAVAN
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Nova Scotia 1830 105t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Fitzgerald
Coastal trade
1836 – 44 William Flynn b.1801 (Cove) #3004 1840 – 1 Emmanuel Murray b.1818 (Kinsale) 1843 William McNamarra b.1819 (Crosshaven)
Mate:
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
Captain Emanuel Murray would take over the captaincy of Robert Lawe in 1850 after the death of Captain Nathaniel Sutton b.1794 (Clonakilty). Captain William Flynn was previously the captain of Abraham Sutton’s George Lawrence. #UK Nat Arch BT 112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family history.
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