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Lord Muncaster | Official Number
21759 |
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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.
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.
The Cumberland Pacquet, 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. "
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