Mary Atkinson

Official Number
56948

The Mary Atkinson was the third schooner to be built by shipbuilder William White at Ulverston. She was launched broadside into the Ulverston Canal on the afternoon of Tuesday, 31st March 1868. Her first master was Capt.J.Swainson and her owner was William Postlethwaite. However, he kept her only until November of that year, and she later turned up in the fleet of Harrison, Ainslie & Co., or listed under the name of their shipping agent, James Geldart, in the Barrow Times shipping intelligence columns.

The Mary Atkinson was reported "Missing" in January 1881. She had departed Newport for Newry with a coal cargo on the 19th October 1880, and was last seen at Milford on the 22nd October 1880.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Mary Atkinson
 1868
 96
81.4 
21.1 
9.9 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research notes by Trevor Morgan.
  2. Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 4th April, 1868, page 8.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1: Mary Atkinson, schooner, 96 tons, built at Ulverston by White in March 1868, owned by Harrison, Ainslie & Co., registered at Lancaster, master Capt.J.Thomas.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Mary Atkinson, schooner, 96 tons, built at Ulverston in 1868, official number 56948, signal letters QKCG, registered at Lancaster, owned by Aymer Ainslie, of Hall Garth, Carnforth.
  5. The Emma and the Mary Atkinson were both reported "Missing" in the Glasgow Herald newspaper, Thursday, 13th January 1881, and were probably lost in the same storm.