Margaret

Official Number 25872

The Margaret was a two-masted schooner built at Dumbarton in 1848. She was owned by Barrow's James Fisher from 1866 until her loss in 1870.

The Margaret foundered off the Nelson Buoy in the River Mersey on the morning of the 1st July 1870. She was bound from Barrow to Ellesmere. The crew were picked up and landed at Lytham.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Margaret	1848	55				2

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
2. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Margaret, registered at Lancaster, 55 tons, off.no.25872, signal letters PHSR, registered owner Joseph Fisher, of Barrow, Lancashire (NB. Another schooner named Margaret was also registered at Lancaster at the same time).
3. Wreck reported in the Galsgow Herlad, 4th July 1870.