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.

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", by Tim Latham (1991) ISBN 0-95-16792-0-1
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1864-5 (Supplement): Annie Ripley, belonging to the port of Barrow, owned by Fisher & Co., master Capt.J.Askew, voyage Whitehaven - Mediterranean.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Annie Ripley, brig, classed A1 for 7 years, 218 tons, built 1864, owned by Edward Jones Schollick, of Aldingham Hall, Ulverston, registered at Lancaster, master Capt.Askew.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1: Annie Ripley, brig, 205 tons, built by Wilson, at Ulverston, July 1864, official no.47799, owned by J.Fisher & Sons, registered at Lancaster, master Capt.Jenkins, marked "Wrecked".
  5. Wreck reported in the Liverpool Mercury, 19th January 1881, and the Newcastle Courant, 21st January 1881.
  6. Welsh Mariners website names several masters of the Annie Ripley, including Capts.John Jenkins, Daniel Johns, David Lewis, and Daniel Williams (who had his certificate confiscated at Lisbon for drunkeness in February 1867, then was removed to a lunatic asylum).