Margaret Porter

Official Number 18226

The Margaret Porter was a two-masted schooner built at Glasson Dock, Lancaster in 1855, at a cost of £2080. She has been said to be very similar to the Gauntlet, Express and Kate, and was probably built from the same shipbuilder's model. She was owned by James Fisher of Barrow for most of her life, and she went missing in January 1871 on a voyage from Strangford Lough, Ireland.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Margaret Porter	1855	164	85.1	21.5	11.5	2

Sources :

1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
2. Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-1875 by D.R.McGregor (pub.1984) gives some details of the Glasson Dock shipyard and building costs.