Annie Brocklebank
 Official Number
62708

The Annie Brocklebank was a brigantine built by Margaret Wilson at Ulverston in November 1869. She was owned by William Postlethwaite of Millom from 1873 until her sale to James Renay of Connah's Quay in November 1899. In 1894 the Annie Brocklebank was converted to a three-masted schooner.

The Annie Brocklebank was berthed at Milford Haven on Census night in April 1881, and her crew were listed as follows:
 

Daniel Jones U  25 Newquay, Cardigan, Wales Master 
John Jones U 30 Newquay, Cardigan, Wales Mate 
Richard Humphreys U 25 Caernarvon, Wales  AB 
Thomas Thomas M 54 Llangranog, Cardigan, Wales AB

The Annie Brocklebank, bound from Le Treport to Stockton-on-Tees with a cargo of phosphate rock, was wrecked at Hasboro Sands on the 23rd March 1914.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Annie Brocklebank
 1869
119 
91.2
21.0
11.0
 2
 
 
8A1

Sources :

  1. Research by Trevor Morgan and Peter Sandbach, from Barrow Shipping Register
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1870-71 (listed as Ann Brocklebank, names owner as Brocklebank, ship operating in the trade to Pomaron).
  3. 1881 Census details from Bob Sanders, Ships in Port 1881 website
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