19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Additional information:

Charlotte was built by the Browns of Passage West; William Brown Senior having previously built S isters and E liza in 1813. William Brown Junior (b.1808) was likely to have participated in C harlotte ’s construction. She was launched 9 May 1826 (O’Mahony). Otherwise, I have found no further record of this ship or captain. As for William Brown Junior’s brother and future partner, Henry Brown (b.1812) who was referred to as Captain Brown, he was likely at sea as an apprentice mariner in 1826. The C harlotte remains important because of the place and time of her construction being relevant to Bielenberg’s analysis of Cork shipbuilding (Appendix 6: Port of Cork and the Ports of Youghal, Kinsale, Ballinacurra, Clonakilty, Courtmacsherry). Lloyd’s; Anderson, Sailing ships of Ireland ; Bielenberg, Cork’s industrial revolution ; McCarthy, Cork harbour ; O’Mahony, Maritime gateway to Cork; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork harbour commissioners ; Thuillier, Kinsale harbour .

References:

CHEPSTOW

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Chepstow 1822 60t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Reed&C

Coastal trade

1839 – 42 John Hooper b.1802 (Monkleigh, Devon) 1841 – 4 Thomas Nicholas b.1816 (St Dogmells, Pembroke) 1845 – 7 Williams 1845 – 8 William Lloyd b.1818 (St Dogmells, Pembroke) 1849 – 66 Thomas Lewis b.1821 (St Davids, Pembroke) 1863 Henry Lewis b.1817 (St Davids)*

Seaman:

1838 John Clark b.1817 (Cork)#6825

Fate of ship:

Driven ashore near Lymington, Hampshire in December 1840. She was re-floated 7 December 1840 and taken to Lymington (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). Lost, per annotation in Appropriation Book, 7 January 1867, and disappeared from Llo yd’s Register and CLIP at the same ti me. Chepstow is located on the River Wye above Beachly on the Bristol Channel.

Additional information:

Owner John Reed frequently called upon Welsh masters (see the Orange ).