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Official Number
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Official Number
83997 |
Launch report from the Belfast News-Letter, Friday, 20th March, 1885;
" LAUNCH AT CARRICKFERGUS - Another new vessel has just been launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs.Rodgers & Co., Limited, for Messrs.James Fisher & Sons, Barrow-in-Furness. This is the sixth vessel of the same size and class that has been built for this firm within the past few years. The new craft is rigged as a three-masted schooner, and, like her sister ships, presents a very beautiful appearance on the water, her symmetrical proportions being much admired. She has been named the Edith Crossfield, by Miss Mary Anne Johnstone, Knockagh House, who performed the christening ceremony in a most graceful manner. Her dimensions are: Length, 95 feet; breadth, 22 1/2 feet; depth of hold, 9 feet 4 inches. She will carry about 220 tons, and has been classed 12 years A1 at Lloyd's. The Edith Crossfield will be commanded by Captain Davis, and is intended for the general coasting trade. A new iron steamer will be launched in the course of a few days, and the keel of a large iron sailing ship will at once be laid down. The shipbuilding trade is in a very flourishing condition here at present, and additional hands have recently been employed."
The Edith Crossfield was the last of the six wooden schooners built by Rodgers for Fishers (her predecessors were the Fanny Crossfield, Mary Miller, Mary Armstead, Louie Bell and Annie Crossfield). She was launched on St. Patrick's Day, 17th March, 1885.
The Edith Crossfield was lost on the 23rd May 1904 on the North
Bishop Rock, bound from London to Lancaster. The crew spent forty hours
stranded on the rocks, surviving on biscuits and water, before they were
sighted by a steamship. They were eventually rescued by the St.David's
lifeboat Gem, which had been alerted by telegram sent after the
steamer arrived at Swansea.
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