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Furness Maid | Official Number
45683 |
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Furness Maid | Official Number
45683 |
The Furness Maid was built by William & Richard Ashburner at Barrow and she was launched on the same day as the Elizabeth Barrow. She was a small schooner intended for the short sea trade in the Irish Sea. Despite Capt.Salthouse being named in the newspaper report of her launch, Crew Lists show that her first master was Capt.John Latham of Tarleton, who later would have command of the other Ashburner-built schooners James & Agnes and Mary Bell. In the years after her launch the Furness Maid was regularly employed carrying sand from Fleetwood to Ulverston.
The Furness Maid was at Whitehaven on Census night in April
1881, with two crew aboard, namely Rober Cookson, the master, and Thomas Faitliff.
The Furness Maid was sold in 1886 to a Carrickfergus merchant and she was lost a few years later, whilst under the command of his son, Bailey Lavery. On the night of 7th May 1891, bound for Carrickfergus carrying 86 tons of dross, she was run down by the steamer Comorin off Brodick Head, Isle of Arran. With her rudder and sternpost gone, the Furness Maid sank almost immediately, but the crew had time to launch their small boat and were safely picked up by the steamer, then landed at Liverpool. John Lavery and Bailey Lavery, both of Carrickfergus, were awarded £300 and £20 respectively, from the owners of the Comorin, in an action brought at Glasgow Sheriff Court in August.
Lloyd's List, Saturday, 9th May 1891, column 20;
"FURNESS MAID - Liverpool, May 8, 4.22
pm - Comorin (s), from
Rouen, via Glasgow, arrived here today, when off Brodick Bay, Isle of
Arran, on 7th, at 3.30 a.m., was in collision with the Furness Maid, schooner, of
Lancaster, cargo 86 tons dross, bound to Carrickfergus. Schooner had
sternpost and rudder carried away and sank in a few minutes, crew
gewtting into own boat and brought onto Liverpool by Comorin. Steamer undamaged"
"FURNESS MAID - Lamlash, May 9, 10 35 am - the schooner that was run
down off Brodick proves to be the Furness
Maid, of Lancaster, official number 45,683. A board with name on
it, lifebelt, cabin fittings, skylight, and boat hooks have washed
ashore at Sannax."
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