British Queen

Official Number
51083

The schooner British Queen was an iron-hulled vessel built at Preston by W.Allsup in 1864. She was bought by Thomas Ashcroft, a Barrow shipowner. In the late 1870's she joined the larger Barrow fleet of James Fisher. She was sold by Fishers in 1924, and was reputed to have been their last sailing vessel.

The British Queen was broken-up in 1955.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
British Queen
1864
 164
106.4
21.2 
10.3 
3
 
 
13 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
  2. "Schooner Sunset" by Douglas Bennet, Chatham Publishing (2001), ISBN 1 86176 176 7.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1864-5 (Supplement): British Queen, iron schooner, 164 tons, built by Allsup at Preston in June 1864, registered at Preston, owned by W.Allsup.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1868: British Queen, 164 tons, official number 51083, signal letters HDML, registered at Lancaster, owned by Thomas Ashcroft, of Barrow.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1924: British Queen, schooner, 133 tons, built at Preston in 1865, official number 51083, signal letters HDML, registered at Barrow, managing owner John Fisher, of Barrow.
  6. Mercantile Navy List 1935: British Queen, schooner, 133 tons, built at Preston in 1865, official number 51083, signal letters MCGW, registered at Barrow, owned by Richard Abel & Sons, of Liverpool.