Ann Rennison

Official Number
none

The Ann Rennison was a two-masted schooner, the largest vessel built by Richard Ashburner at  his Greenodd shipyard. She was owned by two millers from Cark, Edward Hall and Joseph Allenby, and her first master was Capt. William Henry Ainsworth.

Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser, 20th September 1849;

" PENNY BRIDGE, SHIP LAUNCH AT GREENODD - A new and splendid vessel was launched into its future element amid mirth and music on Tuesday last. It was built by Mr. Richard Ashburner and is supposed to be the largest and most handsome which has been seen so far up the estuary for a great number of years. It is called Ann Rennison and is thought to be about 180 tons burthen. "

The Ann Rennison was commanded by Capt. Isaac Stones of Ulverston in October 1852 when she was lost on a voyage from Ulverston to Bristol with iron ore. She had endured stormy weather all down the coast, losing some of her sails off Holyhead and finally foundering at Scarweather Sands in Swansea Bay. The crew saved themselves by taking to their small boat, and they landed at Porthcawl. Their rail fares home were paid for by the Fishermans' Society, to which Capt. Stones belonged.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Ann Rennison
1849
113
70.5
18.4 
10.5 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Launch also reported in the Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, 25th September, 1849.
  2. "The Ashburner Schooners" by Tim Latham (1991), ISBN 0-95-16792-0-1
  3. Lancaster Shipping Register at Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
  4. Loss reported in the Ulverston Advertiser, 4th November 1852.