Becca and Mary

Official Number 109639

The Becca and Mary was a wooden barquentine built by the Duddon Shipbuilding Company at Millom. She was launched on the 14th July 1904, and in her early years was managed by Hugh Jones, proprietor of the shipyard who had been unable to find a buyer for her. She was built to special survey, largely of teak, and her builder regarded her as his finest vessel. She was said to be destined for foreign trade at the time of her launch, but her masters were uncertificated and it seems she operated in the home trade in her early years.

In February 1913 the Becca and Mary was sold to Portuguese owners, subsequently changing her name to Figueira, Alcion and then, in 1947, Louzado. In the 1940's she was virtually rebuilt and enlarged, her gross tonnage increasing to 224 tons. She spent her final years engaged in dory fishing for cod off Newfoundland, and she met her end in this trade. She sprung a leak and foundered, on 11th August 1953, off the Virgin Rocks, Newfoundland.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Becca and Mary	1904	161.55	104.3	23.1	11.2	3			14A1

Sources :

1. "Hugh Jones, Shipbuilder, Millom" by Trevor Morgan in Maritime Wales, (1983) pp69-95