Elizabeth Alice

Official Number 54546

The Elizabeth Alice was a three-masted schooner built at Bowling Bay, Dumbarton, in September 1866. She was owned by James Fisher & Sons of Barrow for most of her career.

On Monday, 11th February 1889 the Elizabeth Alice stranded in a snow storm near Dungeness. One of the crew was washed overboard, the others eventually saving themselves when the tide went out. In the meantime, the local lifeboat, the Lady Alice, had been launched, manned by coastguards. Three of her ten crew were washed out of the boat, and one of these, George Hamlin, could not be saved. He left a widow and six children.

The Elizabeth Alice remained registered at Barrow until 1919.

Sources :

1. Mercantile Navy List 1868: Elizabeth Alice, 152 tons, official number 54546, owned by James Fisher, of Barrow, registered at Lancaster.
2. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Elizabeth Alice, schooner, 142 tons, built at Bowling Bay, Dumbarton, in 1866, official number 54546, signal letters KNBP, owned by Joseph Fisher, of Barrow, registered at Barrow.
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1887-8: Elizabeth Alice, wooden schooner, 152 grt, 142 nrt, built by Scott at Bowling in September 1866, official number 54546, signal letters KNBP, owned by J.Fisher & Sons, registered at Barrow, master Capt.E.Evans.
   
4. Lifeboat accident reported in the Lancaster Gazette newspaper, Saturday, 16th February 1889 - describes the vessel as a three-masted schooner, of Barrow.
5. Mercantile Navy List 1996: Elizabeth Alice, schooner, 121 tons, built at Bowling Bay, Dumbarton, in 1866, official number 54546, signal letters KNBP, owned by John Fisher, of Barrow, vessel registered at Barrow.
6. Mercantile Navy List 1904: Elizabeth Alice, data as 1896, except owned by The Wilson Brothers Bobbin Co., of Todmorden.
7. British registry closed in 1919 - National Archives BT110/296/21

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