Doctor

Official Number 47798

The Doctor was a brig launched on the 24th May 1864, the fourth of eight vessels built for the Barrow fleet of James Fisher & Sons by the Wray shipyard at Burton Stather in Lincolnshire.

At the time of the 1881 Census (1st April) the Doctor was berthed at Barrow and the crew were listed as follows:
 

The Doctor was sold by Fishers in 1890. She was owned by J. Watts of Watchett, Somerset, when she was wrecked in what became known as the Storm of 1894. She had been anchored at Carrickfergus to load pitch, but was driven across Belfast Lough and struck on the Groomsport side of Ballymacormick Point on the 22nd December 1894. Two of the three crew were lost.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Doctor	1864	148	103.0	22.5	12.9	2

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst and Alan Irons (NB. Alan is writing a book on the Burton Stather shipyard).
2. Information on wreck from "Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast".
3. 1881 Census details from Bob Sanders, Ships in Port 1881 website