Elizabeth Worthington
 Official Number
56937

The schooner Elizabeth Worthington was built by William White at Ulverston in November 1866. In her launch report (see Source 2) her first master is named as Capt. Henry Holmes. The schooner was bought by William Postlethwaite of Millom in the following year and was owned by him for thirty years.

From Lloyds List, 10th May 1878, Shipping Intelligence, column 22:

FLEETWOOD, 8th May - the schooners Elizabeth Worthington and Nanny Latham, from Duddon, were in collision in the river early this morning, when the former had jibboom and bowsprit carried away and the latter port bulwarks slightly damaged.
The Elizabeth Worthington foundered on the 5th January 1900 at Waterford harbour, after colliding with the steamer Carlingford Lough. The schooner was bound from Porthcawl to Barrow with a coal cargo. At the time of the wreck she was still registered at Lancaster, but was owned by S.Roche of Ballygow, Co.Wexford.
 
Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Elizabeth Worthington
 1866
82 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research by Trevor Morgan
  2. Launch reported in the Ulverston Mirror, 24th November 1866, page 5 column 2
  3. "Shipwreck Index of Ireland" by Richard and Bridget Larn (pub. Lloyd's Register-Fairplay, 2002), ISBN 1 900839 03 02 - citing from BoT Wreck Returns.
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