Augusta
 Official Number
17224

The Augusta was a schooner built at the Petty & Postlethwaite shipyard at Ulverston in August 1846. Her first owner was Henry Schneider, owner of mines and later ironworks at Barrow, and it is likely that the vessel was bought for the purpose of exporting iron ore.

Crew lists (see Source 2) for the Augusta show that she was commanded by Capt. George Porter from 1849 to 1853, and that the vessel existed in the coasting trade in the Irish Sea. A typical example of her voyages, in 1853,  is given below :
 

Sailed
Arrived
Sailed
Arrived
Barrow 4th July 1853 Newport  12th July Dublin 12th October Barrow 22nd October
Newport  20th July Waterford  28th July Barrow 8th November Llanelly 12th November
Waterford 1st August Arklow 4th August Llanelly 14th November Liverpool 16th November
Arklow 6th August Runcorn 8th August Liverpool 19th November Barrow 26th November
Runcorn 9th August Ulverston 13th August Barrow 10th December Newport 12th December
Ulverston 18th August Newport 8th September Newport  14th December Renfrew 6th January 1854
Newport 19th September Dublin 30th September        

The Augusta was "totally wrecked" on the 26th October 1859 (Source 1).
 
Name Year Built  Tons Length (feet) Breadth (feet) Depth (feet) Masts Figurehead Stern Lloyd's Classn.
Augusta 1846 90 2576/3500       2      

Sources :

  1. Lancaster Shipping Register 1837-55 at Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
  2. Crew Lists from BT 98/1923, BT 98/2981, BT 98/3400, research by Mr.Len Barnett, genealogical researcher.
  3. Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 1852-3 gives tonnage as 101 tons, port of registration as Ulverston and owner as Schneider.
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