Annie Fisher

Official Number 54536

The Annie Fisher was a brig, owned for her brief career by James Fisher & Son, of Barrow. She was launched at Kingston in 1866 (by Duncan ? - see Ann Bradshaw). On a voyage from Newport for Montreal with a cargo of steel rails, under the command of Capt.Leslie, the brig developed a leak and was abandoned in a sinking condition on the 20th May. The crew of twelve were taken off by the Hamburg American screw steamer Borussia, 8 days out from New York, bound for Hamburg.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Annie Fisher	1866

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
2. Rescue of crew reported in the Times newspaper, Monday 28th May 1866, page 10.