J.T.S.

Official Number
45295

The schooner JTS was built by Watson at Sunderland in November 1862 and was owned by the Barrow shipping firm of James Fisher & Sons for her whole career. Her commander is named as Capt.Iddon in the Barrow Times shipping intelligence columns, from 1877 to 1879.

The JTS, along with the Ulverston-built schooner Warsash, was lost in a fire that swept through Glasgow Docks on the 18th June 1914.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
JTS
1862
129
89.0 
21.7 
12.0 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1883-4: JTS, schooner, 129 tons, built by Watson at Sunderland in November 1862, official number 45295, signal letters VCQN, registered at Barrow, owned by J.Fisher & Sons, master Capt.H.Iddon.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1914: JTS, schooner, 108 tons, built at Sunderland in 1862, official number 45295, signal letters VCQN, registered at Barrow, managing owner William Lawrey, of Peverell, Plymouth.