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Official Number
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Official Number
68223 |
| The schooner Coniston was built at the
Canal Side Shipyard at Ulverston by William & John White. She was launched on Saturday, 17th January 1874
and was intended for the coasting trade, her first commander to be Captain Fairclough. The Coniston was owned by William Postlethwaite, of Murthwaite Green, Silecroft, for the Duddon Shipping Association. <>The Coniston was berthed at Saltney on Census night in April 1881, and had two crew aboard, namely Solomon Durham (mate) and Samuel Hocking (AB). Durham was later to become master of the Elizabeth Latham, and died commanding that vessel at Waterford in September 1885. The Coniston was an ore trader, exporting iron ore from the Hodbarrow mines, and she was lost in sight of her home port. Homeward bound from Wicklow with a cargo of pit props, and coming in against a strong head wind, the Coniston hit the Duddon Bar and capsized on Sunday, 2nd September 1917. There were five people aboard, all natives of Co. Wicklow, and they all drowned. The master was Capt. William Dunne, who was taking over command from his father, who was also aboard on his last voyage before retirement. Also aboard was the master's sister and a cousin, and another crewman. |
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