Dreadnaught

Official Number
43877

The Dreadnaught was a two-masted schooner built by A.B.Gowan & Son at Berwick in 1861. She was owned by Barrow shipowner James Fisher.

In a 'terrific storm' the Dreadnaught, anchored in St.Tudwal's Roads, parted her cables and was stranded at Abererch beach (one mile east of Pwllheli) at 6.30 am on the morning of the 14th October, 1881. She was bound from Cork for Barrow with a cargo of pitwood, under the command of Captain Bogan. Her crew were all rescued by cables sent from the shore and attached to the rigging. Several other schooners suffered the same fate.

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Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Dreadnaught
1861 
 133
 85.2
 25.1
 11,6
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
  2. Berwick Shipyard - Build List 1841-1878 - indicates that the Dreadnaught was the 8th of 26 vessels built by Gowan for James Fisher.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1868: Dreadnaught, 133 tons, official number 43877, registered at Lancaster, owned by James Fisher, of Barrow.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1875: Dreadnaught, schooner, 123 tons, built at Berwick in 1861, official number 43877, registered at Barrow, owned by Joseph Fisher, of Barrow.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1: Dreadnaught, schooner, 123 tons, built by Gowan at Berwick in August 1861, official number 43877, no port, owner or master named.
  6. Wreck reported in the Liverpool Mercury, Saturday, 15th October 1881.