Earl of Glasgow

Official Number
3229

The Earl of Glasgow, described as a smack, was wrecked on Walney Island, Barrow on the 3rd January 1852, Capt. Clarke, from Liverpool for Mulroy - "drove ashore on the W coast of Walney and immediately filled. Crew saved". According to the Lancaster Shipping Register however, the vessel must have been salvaged, because she was bought on the 17th January of that year by William & Richard Ashburner, Barrow shipbuilders, from her owners Thomas Roper, Benson Harrison and Montague Ainslie. The Ashburners probably repaired damage to the wrecked vessel, for they sold the sloop to a Fleetwood owner on the 19th May.

The smacks Earl of Glasgow and  Melfort are mentioned in some 1858-60 papers relating to the Melfort gunpowder works, owned by Harrison Ainslie & Co., showing that they transported the product of the works. The Earl of Glasgow also appears in Ulverston harbour records in 1864-6.

The Earl of Glasgow, foundered 12 miles WNW of Ramsey Island, Milford Haven, on the 30th March 1881. She was owned by J.Parry of Caernarvon, and was transporting a cargo of culm from Britonferry to Caernarvon under the command of Capt.J.Owen. One of the two crew were rescued.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Earl of Glasgow
1843
35 3231/3500
 
 
 
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Sources :

  1. Lancaster Shipping Register 1837-55 (at Lancashire Record Office, Preston).
  2. Wreck in 1852 from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol.5 by Richard & Bridget Larn (citing Lloyd's List).
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1868: Earl of Glasgow, 34 tons, official number 3229, registered at Glasgow, owned by Henry Morison, of Glasgow.
  4. Information on the Melfort works and Ulverston Harbour Records from Peter Sandbach.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Earl of Glasgow, sloop, 34 tons, built at Largs, Ayrshire, in 1843, official number 3229, registered at Carnarvon, owned by Thomas White, of Greenbank, Carnarvon.
  6. Wreck in 1881 from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol.5 by Richard & Bridget Larn (citing BoT Wreck Returns).