Ann Crewdson

Official Number
68228

The Ann Crewdson was built at Ulverston in December 1873, at the shipyard of Richard & William Charnley. She was a two-masted schooner and was owned by Millom's William Postlethwaite until she was sold on the 2nd July 1885.

In a Force 10 gale from the NNE the Ann Crewdson was stranded and lost on Great Yarmouth beach on the 19th November 1893.  All the crew were saved. The schooner was bound from Northfleet to Peterhead with a cargo of cement, under the command of Capt.P.Cameron and with four others aboard. At the time the schooner was  registered at Chester and was owned by J.Flint Gordon in Scotland. 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Ann Crewdson
1873
152
91.5
23.1
11.7
2
 
 
9 years A1

Sources :

  1. Research by Trevor Morgan
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1873-4 (Supplement): Ann Crewdson, schooner, 134 tons, built by Charnley at Ulverston in December 1873, official number 68228, registered at Barrow, owned by William Postlethwaite.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1878: Ann Crewdson, schooner, 134 tons, built at Ulverston in 1874, official number 68228, signal letters NGMF, registered at Barrow, owned by William Postlethwaite, of Holborn Hill, Cumberland.
  4. Report of loss in "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" by Richard and Bridget Larn. Also reported in the Standard, 21st November 1893, citing Lloyd's List, and a fuller report in the Ipswich Journal, 25th November 1893.