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Official Number
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Official Number
54543 |
The Joseph Fisher was a two-masted schooner built by McLea at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. William Bond is listed as her first master. Initially all 64 shares were held by Joseph Fisher, shipowner of Barrow, but he soon transferred small numbers of shares, between one and four, to many different people. Some of the names are difficult to read but they include the following:
Thomas Hulme of Morecambe, gentlemanThe Joseph Fisher was part of the fleet of James Fisher and Sons from her launch in August 1866 until 1893, when she was sold to McKenzie of Campbeltown. There are crew lists for this vessel which still show William Bond as master in 1870. Amongst other ports the Joseph Fisher visited Ellesmere, Barrow, Swansea, Maryport, Leith and Lydney. Her master in 1877, from Barrow Times Shipping Intelligence, was Capt. Iddon.
James Totley of Morecambe, gentleman
Elizabeth Bell of Ulverston
James Mason of Barrow, railway employee
Robert Huddleston of Bardsea, gentleman
The Joseph Fisher was berthed at Falmouth on Census night in
April 1881, and her crew were listed as follows :
| Humphrey Hughes | U | 26 | Connahs Quay, Flint | Master |
| William Gorst | m | 26 | Chester, Cheshire, England | Mate |
| Daniel Hewitt | m | 28 | Connahs Quay, Flint | AB |
The Joseph Fisher was sunk by gunfire from a submarine on the
15th September 1918, 16 mile ENE of the Codling Light Vessel. All the crew
survived. Source 4 states that the vessel was on passage from Holyhead
to Wicklow with a cargo of 149 tons of coal, and with a crew of four. The
schooner was forced to stop by the submarine at 2.30 pm, and sank an hour
later after being shelled. The submarine had sunk the small sailing vessel
Energy
within the same hour. The crew of the Joseph Fisher were rescued
by the steamship Lonsdale and were taken to Peel on the Isle of
Man. The Energy's crew were rescued by a Navy patrol boat, being
landed at Douglas.
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