Maid of Mostyn

Official Number
13082

The schooner Maid of Mostyn was built at Mostyn, a coal port on the River Dee, in 1839. From 1850 she was owned in Barrow, first by Joseph Rawlinson and from 1872 by James Fisher.

It was reported in January 1840 that the schooner Maid of Mostyn, Capt.Edwards, from Dublin for Glasson Dock, foundered with all hands off Howth Light. The report was mistaken, as Capt.Edwards was certainly alive and still in command of the schooner in 1842.

In October 1844 the Maid of Mostyn, Capt.Hughes, from Chester for Dublin, was reported ashore at Dundalk, but was got off.

The Maid of Mostyn was lost with all hands on passage from Britonferry to Belfast with 160 tons of coal. She and her crew of four were supposed lost in a gale on the night of 13th November 1874.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Maid of Mostyn
 1839
101 
 74.9
 17.6
9.8 
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Loss in 1840 from the Charter newspaper, 26th January 1840, also in the Belfast News-Letter, 28th January 1840.
  2. Stranding at Dundalk from Irish Shipwrecks website. In the Times, Monday, 14th Oct.1844, page 8: "Dundalk, Oct.10 - The Maid of Mostyn, from Chester for Dublin, is ashore between the North Bull and Giles Quay, with four feet water in her hold, but is expected off."
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1845-6:  Maid of Mostyn, schooner, 101 tons, built at Chester in 1839, owned by E.Eyton, registered at Chester, master Capt.Edwards, Waterford coaster.
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Maid of Mostyn, schooner, 96 tons, built 1839, owned by J.Rawlinson, iron ore merchant, of Dalton, registered at Lancaster, master Capt.Williams.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Maid of Mostyn, 96 tons, official no.13082, no signal letters given, registered at Lancaster, owned by Joseph Rawlinson, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire.
  6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5:  Maid of Mostyn, schooner, 96 grt, built at Mostyn in 1839, off.no.13082, no owner named, belonging to port of Barrow, master Capt.T.Griffiths.
  7. Wreck details from research on the fleet of James Fisher by Derek Blackhurst (probably from BoT Wreck Returns).