Annie Ripley

Official Number 47799

The Annie Ripley was a large brig, built at the Ulverston shipyard of John Wilson in July 1864. She was owned in Ulverston, and later by the Barrow shipowner James Fisher and in her early years she traded across the Atlantic. Her master in 1876 was Capt. Casey.

The Annie Ripley was stranded at Terheyden, Holland, on passage from Vlaardingen to Newcastle in ballast, on the 15th January, 1881. The vessel had become leaky due to collision with the ice in the Niewe Waterweg. Capt. J.Wilson and the crew of seven abandoned the vessel in their own boats.

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Annie Ripley	1864	218	111.0	24.5	14.5	2			7 years A1

Sources :

1. The Ashburner Schooners, ISBN 0-95-16792-0-1
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1864-5 (Supplement): registered at Barrow, owned by Fisher & Co., master J.Askew, voyage Whitehaven - Mediterranean.
   
3. Wreck reported in the Liverpool Mercury, 19th January 1881, and the Newcastle Courant, 21st January 1881.