Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

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

IDEA Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

290t Cork

Home port:

Probably Scotts

Owner: Activity: Master:

Emigrant years: 1845

1845 Thomas Howell b.1812 (Solva) 1845 Benjamin Askey b.1811 (Stockton)

Mate:

Seaman: Fate of ship:

Voyaged to St John NB Documented abandoned and waterlogged 140 miles west of Slyne Head, Galway in January 1847; cargo supposed to have been timber. Information lacking in Lloyds Register. Both Howell and Askey served on Scott vessels.

Additional information:

Cove Ship News, UK M&M

References:

Fig. 64.

Thomas Howell - Particulars of Service

INDUSTRY Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

New Brunswick 1836

145t Brig

Cork

Home port:

196

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