Youghal mariner family that I have found. The mariner Prendergasts contributed to the Youghal merchant marine service throughout the nineteenth century as master mariners and owners of ships (see Wild Hunter ). Captain James Prendergast indicates no certification and for multiple reasons does not appear to be the Captain James Prendergast (b.1846, Youghal) who obtained his Master Certificate in 1871.
Seaman (future Captain) Michael Healy would later captain the salvaged S tirlingshire in 1865.
References:
*IMNCL; CLIP; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
ELIZA KEITH
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
St John, New Brunswick 1840
538t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
J E Pim
Foreign trade
1853 – 7 Thomas Edward Sargent b.1812 (Hastings) 1866 – 75 Thomas Edward Sargent b.1812* 1875 – 9 Patrick Healy b.1838 (Passage West) 1855 – 6 Daniel Sargent b.1813 (Hastings, Sussex) 1856 Patrick Spillane b.1833 (Crosshaven) 1861 William Simmons b.1836 (Bristol, Somerset) 1854 – 7 Jeremiah Murphy b.1832 (Carrigaline)* 1869 Arthur Herbert Sargent b.1846 (Cork)* 1869/76 Maurice Cogan b.1842 (Passage West) 1871 Thomas Gilmore Keane b.1849 (Midleton)* 1871 Robert Best b.1841 (Crosshaven)* 1862 – 3 Jeremiah Murphy b.1832 (Carrigaline) 1863 Daniel Looney b.1839 (Cork) 1863 Robert Warner b.1845 (Cork) 1868 Maurice Cogan b.1842 (Passage West)
Mate:
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
Unknown.
Additional information:
This ship was a transatlantic trader. She was constructed in St John, where the sixty-foot tidal swings of the Bay of Fundy are a twice-daily event. J E Pim was from the prominent Cork Quaker merchant ship- owning family (see the Joseph R Pim ). Captain Thomas Edward Sargent of the Eliza Keith 1853 – 67 is confirmed by certificate number (16.096) to be the Captain Thomas Sargent on the *IMNCL records 1866 – 75.
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