Lord Muncaster
 Official Number
 21759
The Lord Muncaster was the third schooner built by William & Richard Ashburner at Barrow. She was launched in March 1859 and was named after a Furness landowner. Under the command of her first master, Capt. Robert Charnley, she was considered to be a fast ship, and once made a passage of 5 days from Cardiff to Lisbon, the usual time for Ulverston schooners being nine days. She participated in the home trade and the copper ore trade to Spain and Portugal, later coming under the command of Capt. Thomas Charnley after Capt. Robert Charnley took command of the R & MJ Charnley in 1868. Lord Muncaster by J.S., probably Joseph Semple, undated. Courtesy of Keith Thompson
The Lord Muncaster was lost together with Capt. J.Blundell and four crew,  in early 1873, when bound from Newport to Waterford with a coal cargo. She disappeared with no cause known for her loss. Five months later her small boat was found on the Brittany coast.

From the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 11th March, 1873, page 2 :

" BARROW .- SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE LORD MUNCASTER - There seems to be very little doubt that the schooner Lord Muncaster, Captain James Blundell, of Barrow, has foundered on her voyage from Newport to Waterford, and that the whole of her crew have been drowned. She left Newport, with coals, at the commencement of the year, and has not since been heard of. We believe the James and Agnes, Captain Latham, left Newport at the same time, and was within hailing distance of the Lord Muncaster up to three o'clock on the afternoon of the day leaving that port. The mate of the lost vessel was a West of England man, and two of the crew, we believe, belonged to Fleetwood. The Lord Muncaster was built at Barrow, by Mr.William Ashburner, and was one of the vessels for which Mr.Thomas Ashburner is agent. Captain Blundell leaves a widow and six children. "
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Lord Muncaster
1859
97
84.0
20.2 
10.6
2
Male 
Square 
9A1 

Sources :

  1. Loss reported in Lloyd's List 15th May and 19th July 1873
  2. Survey Report (Lord Muncaster) LIV 15679 Box 14 at the National Maritime Museum
  3. The Ashburner Schooners, ISBN 0-95-16792-0-1
  4. A wreck report containing the same information as that of the Cumberland Pacquet appeared in The Scotsman newspaper, Tues.4th March 1873, page 5.
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