Alice Banister

Official Number 76876

The Alice Banister was built by Gough & Co. at Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1877. She was a two-masted schooner, owned from her launch until her loss by Barrow's James Fisher.

The Alice Banister was at Portishead, Somerset on Census night in April 1881 and the crew were listed as follows:
 

The Alice Banister sank in collision with the steamer Borrowdale, of Sunderland,  off the Welsh coast, 10 miles W of Bardsey Island, Caernarvonshire, on the 3rd November 1898. She was carrying china clay from Par to Runcorn, and during a strong SW gale the schooner was struck on the port side by the steamer, and foundered in less than three minutes. The mate, Owen Roberts, of Amlwch, died in the rigging, but the rest of the crew, including master Capt. Owen Owens, were all taken aboard the steamer. All the crew were from Amlwch, and were landed at Holyhead by the steamer
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Alice Banister	1877	99	87.6	22.1	10.0	2

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
2. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X.
3. Shipwrecks around Rhiw, Aberdaron and Bardsey - reports one crew member lost in the wreck.
4. Wreck reported in "The Times" newspaper, Friday, 4th November, 1898, page 4 - reports the vessel to have been sailing from Falmouth with clay.
5. Sources 2, 3 and 4 all use the spelling "Bannister", though the Barrow Shipping Register uses "Banister", and this was the common spelling for the family from Tarleton that was involved with Furness schooners.