Bidsie & Bell

Official Number 68221

The brigantine Bidsie & Bell  was built by A.B.Gowan & Son at Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1873. She was owned by Barrow shipowners James Fisher & Son until they dispersed their fleet of sailing ships  in 1921. She was sold to Grounds of Runcorn and was stranded and became a total loss in 1925.

The Bidsie & Bell  was wrecked at Holyhead on the 14th January 1925. She was voyaging from Garston to Bideford with a coal cargo.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Bidsie & Bell	1873					2

Sources :

1. Information supplied by Derek Blackhurst
2. Berwick Shipyard - Build List 1841-1878 - indicates that the Bidsie & Bell was the 22nd of 26 vessels built by Gowan for James Fisher.
3. Report of loss in "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol.5" by  Richard and Bridget Larn.