Furness Lass

Official Number
15194

The two-masted schooner Furness Lass was built at Wexford in 1856. She was owned throughout her life by the Barrow shipowner James Fisher.

The Furness Lass was wrecked on the 13th January 1866 in Millbay (Pembrokeshire). The Barrow Herald gave the master's report of the wreck, and included information about two other Barrow vessels, the Tower and Bans Vale, that were lost in the same gale. The Furness Lass, Capt.Park, had been bound from Port Talbot for Greenock with a coal cargo. She encountered a terrific storm after leaving Mumbles Roads on the afternoon of the 12th January, losing most of her sails during the night, and then, whilst running for shelter at Milford Haven, being forced onto rocks at Millbay. The crew got off the vessel from the bowsprit, and when they returned the following day the schooner had broken-up completely.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Furness Lass
 1856
94 
 79.0
17.0 
 10.0
 2
 
 
7 years A1. 

Sources :

  1. Mercantile Navy List 1864: Furness Lass, 94 tons, official no.15194, signal letters LRGV, registered at Lancaster.
  2. Wreck reported in the Barrow Herald newspaper, 20th January 1866, page 6. The same report is reproduced in the Cumberland Pacquet, Wednesday, 30th January 1866, page 6.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1865-6: Furness Lass, schooner, 94 grt, owned by Martin & Co., belonging to the port of Barrow, master Capt.E.Dawson, entry annotated "Wrecked".