Baron Hill

Official Number
74520

The three-masted schooner Baron Hill was built by William Thomas at Amlwch in April 1876. She was registered at Liverpool and was owned by Millom's William Postlethwaite from 1876 until her loss on the 22nd March 1898.

Travelling from Flint to Newcastle with a cargo of salt, the Baron Hill was stranded and lost in wind conditions ENE Force 6, in the Dee estuary 2 miles below Flint. The master was Capt.L.Hughes and there was a crew of six, all of whom were saved.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Baron Hill
1876
224 
119.0 
25.4 
13.0 
 3
 
 
11 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. Research by Trevor Morgan
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1878-9: Baron Hill, three-masted schooner, 224 grt, 208 nrt, built at Amlwch in April 1876, official number 74520, registered at Liverpool, owned by W.Postlethwaite, master Capt.J.Hughes.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1896: Baron Hill, schooner, 198 tons, built at Amlwch in 1876, official number 74520, signal letters KHJP, registered at Liverpool, owned by William Postlethwaite, of Millom.
  4. Shipwreck Index of the British Isles", Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn ISBN 1 900839 61 X (pub.2000). - cites BoT Wreck Returns and Lloyd's Register. This gives the date of loss as 25th March 1898.
  5. Wreck reported in the Times, Tuesday 29th March, 1898, page 12 - states that the schooner was 350 tons, and was blown ashore off Bagillt.