Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

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

Seaman: Fate of ship:

Voyaged to St John NB Wrecked much later at Youghal January 1862 with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors recued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. Captain Meredith also served on the Scott vessels Pero and Susan transporting emigrants across the Atlantic. Cove Ship News, Lloyds, UK Nat Arch, irishwrecksonline.com., List of Shipwrecks-Wiki

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PACIFIC Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

New Brunswick 1811

241t Brig

Cork

Home port:

J Graham

Owner: Activity: Master:

Emigrant years: 1826

1826 M Driscoll

Mate: Seaman: Fate of ship:

Voyaged to Quebec Lost in the ice at Miramichi 24 Nov 1827 – crew saved (Southern Reporter, List of Shipwrecks-Wiki) M Driscoll could well have been Michael Driscoll b. 1774 (Kinsale), Master of Sally of Cork in 1837. Other Kinsale family members were serving on Nancy and Scilly Girl of Cork at that time. Note that West Cork provided Driscolls generously to Cork’s merchant navy.

Additional information:

Ships List, Lloyds, UK Nar Archives

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PALLAS Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

New Brunswick 1826

322t Ship

Cork

Home port:

Harris & C / McMullen/Clifton

Owner: Activity:

Emigrant years: 1828, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56 1828 Gifford Campion 1832 Robert Hall b.1797 (Aberdeen) #301 1849 William Henry Deane Hargrave b.1827 (Cork) 1850 Joseph Young b.1823 (Cork) 1856 John Spillane b.1819 (Crosshaven)

Master:

1835 William Bransfield b.1800 (Cove) #11326 1836 Mathew Murphy b.1816 (Cork)

Mate:

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