Twin Brothers
 Official Number
51084
photo of Twin brothers, schooner wreck, from an old postcard, courtesy of Terry Belt The Twin Brothers was a two-masted schooner built to Special Survey by John Dawson at Liverpool in 1865. She was bought by the Barrow shipowner Samuel Jervis, but in about 1870 she came under the management of Thomas Ashburner. She was briefly commanded by Capt. John Hughes prior to his taking command of the Mary Ashburner in 1878.

Masters included Capts. J.Gash (Jan.1867), E. Sharples (Jan.1870), Ace (Aug.1874), Evans (Sept.1876), Hughes (Nov.1877 to Aug.1878), Taylor (Dec. 1979), Ace (Feb. to July 1881).

The Twin Brothers operated with the Ashburner fleet in the coastal trade for some years. She was eventually sold to William Hurford, and he had her until she was lost. Carrying coal from Newport to Dungarvan under the command of Capt. Whelan, the schooner was wrecked at Ballinacourty Lighthouse, Dungarvan, in April 1909. The crew managed to save themselves by rowing the ship's small boat to shore.
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Twin Brothers
1865
108.31
83.4 
20.7 
10.3 
2 
Eagle
Elliptic
 

Sources :

  1. Wreck reported in Lloyd's List, 3rd and 5th April 1909
  2. The Ashburner Schooners, ISBN 0-95-16792-0-1
  3. Masters names from the shipping intelligence columns of the Barrow Times, Newspaper Library, Colindale, London.
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