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Official Number
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Official Number
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Launch report from the Ulverston Advertiser, Saturday, 14th September 1865, page 7:
" LAUNCH OF THE SCHOONER "ALICE LATHAM."- This neat little schooner was launched from the ship building yard of Mr.Ashburner, of Barrow, on Saturday last, at half-past one o'clock, in the presence of a goodly number of spectators. She was christened by Eliza, only daughter of Captain Henry Bond, Barrow. Mr. John Latham will be captain of her. She has been built for the coasting trade. Her dimensions are : - Length, 70 feet; breadth of beam, 19 feet; depth, 8 feet; and her registered tonnage is 75 tons. A dinner was provided by Mr.Hunt, at the Ship Inn, which was partaken of by parties interested in the vessel. After dinner, Mr.Roper took the chair, and gave the customary toasts, which were well received by the company."The Alice Latham was the ninth schooner built by William & Richard Ashburner at Barrow, and was the last to be built at their original shipyard on the Barrow Channel. Subsequently Richard retired from shipbuilding and William moved to a new shipyard at Hindpool. The new schooner could carry 140 tons and was destined for the short sea trade around the Irish Sea. In the year after her launch, the Alice Latham became the first vessel to be managed by William Postlethwaite, secretary of Millom's Hodbarrow Mining Company, when he started to build himself a substantial schooner fleet in 1866. In the 1870's she frequently carried iron ore from the Duddon to Ellesmere Port, where the Hodbarrow Mining Company had a stockpile.
Her first master was Capt. John Latham (b.1819) of Tarleton. Crew Lists show that in 1872 Capt. Latham sailed the vessel with his three sons, William (20), John (14) and Thomas (11). Other masters of the vessel included Capt. John Holmes from 1876 to 1882, then Capt. Thomas Davies of Lytham until 1884, and again in 1887. In 1884 her master was Capt. Benjamin Bennet of Connah's Quay, who later owned the William Ashburner.
The Alice Latham was berthed at Garston at the time of the Census
in April 1881. Her crew were listed as follows:
| John Holmes | M | 47 | Ulverston, Lancashire, England | Master (Seaman) |
| Patrick Callaghan | 18 | Preston, Lancashire, England | Mate |
In the 1870's the Alice Latham returned to the management of Thomas Ashburner and Co., until early in 1900 when she was repaired at Robert Cock's shipyard at Appledore and then sold for £430 to John Monaghan.
The Alice Latham and Elizabeth Latham were driven ashore at Moelfre, Anglesey, in the gale of early November 1890, in which several vessels leaving the Dee river were wrecked or foundered. The crew were taken off by lifeboat (see Source 5).
The Alice Latham was sold to shipbreakers at Kilmore, County
Wexford in 1911.
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