Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART III CATALOGUE OF CORK-BASED EMIGRANT SHIPS 1815-60

ALBION Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Tatma (Tatamagouche) 1841

255t Brig

Cork

Home port:

Scott & Co

Owner: Activity: Master:

Emigrant years: 1844, 49, 51, 52 1844 Thomas Howell b.1812 (Solva) 1849 D Driscoll 1849 David Sullivan b.1826 (Queenstown) 1849 John Ronayne b.1819 (Rostellan)

Mate:

Seaman:

Voyaged to St John NB, Boston, Quebec and New Orleans The Scotts were the major Cork shipowners by the mid-19 th century and sent emigrant ships to America and Australia. Captain Howell was previously Master of the Scott brigantine Orleans.

Fate of ship:

Additional information:

Lloyds, Cove Ship News, UK M&M

References:

ALBION Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Nova Scotia 1834

313t Bark

Cork

Home port:

Pim & Co

Owner: Activity: Master:

Emigrant years: 1841, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53 1841 William Errington b.1807 (Queenstown) 1847 Charles Daly b.1800 (Queenstown) 1841 John Sedgwick Savery b.1817 (Cork) 1847 Redmond Bransfield b.1821 (Queenstown) 1849 Richard Sheehan b.1826 (Queenstown) 1850 Edward Long b.1827 (Bandon) 1841 Patrick Hart b.1815 (Crosshaven) Voyaged to St John NB, Quebec, and Boston

Mate:

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

Captain Errington spent much of his career in transatlantic trade. Charles Daly described in his Particulars of Service on this 313t Cork vessel, which he captained from 1845 until she was sold in Jan 1853 (at which time he had to renew a lost certificate). The vessel is described in the 1844 Lloyds Register; the owner is not named. His first voyage of the year in 1847 was from Galway to Quebec. Lloyds, Cove Ship News, UK M&M, ‘Grosse Île’

Additional information:

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