Collin Russell

Official Number 1267

The schooner Collin Russel (sic) was listed in the fleet of the Barrow shipping company of James Fisher and Son in the Barrow Times shipping intelligence columns, 11th January 1879. Her master was named as Capt. Cookson and she was at Duddon from Lancaster .

The Collin Russell was wrecked on the 18th September 1880 on the Jordan Flats in Liverpool Bay. She was travelling from Laxey, Isle of Man, to Liverpool with a general cargo, under the command of Capt. H.Carrington and with two other crew. Her owner at the time was W.G.Russell of Barrow-in-Furness.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Colin Russell	1850	46.0				2

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
2. Loss information from 'The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles' Vol.5 (West Coast of England and Wales) by Bridget & Richard Larn published by Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN1 900839 61 X (gives wind condition as SSW Force 6).
3. 1857 Mercantile Navy List gives the name as Collin Russell, registered at Strangford.