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Clara Brown | Official Number
28004 |
The Clara Brown was a 70 ton schooner, built in 1860, possibly by Richard Brown, shipbuilder, of Northwich, Cheshire, who was named as her owner in 1865. At that time the schooner was registered at Lancaster, and her master was Capt.J.Poole.
In January 1870 the Barrow Times carried a report that a seaman had made a claim in court for loss of wages. He had been engaged as mate of the Clara Brown at a wage of £3 10s per month in November 1869. The managing owner of the vessel was named as W.K.Charnley and the master as Capt. Postlethwaite.
The Clara Brown was lost with all hands on Tuesday, 5th
July 1870. She was under the command of Capt.Richard Latham, making his
first voyage in her as master. She departed Saltney on the Tuesday
morning, bound for Barrow and in company with the Flower of May and the Lady of the Lune. When between the Formby Light and Southport, the Clara Brown, for some unknown reason, capsized in a moderate sea, sinking by her stern in seven fathoms of water. Though the Flower of May
was only thirty yards ahead, she missed stays whilst trying to tack,
and by the time she had worn around Capt.Latham, his father (both of
Preston) and Thomas Iddon, seaman, of Tarleton, had all drowned.
According to the Lancaster Gazette, the Clara Brown was owned by James Fisher, of Barrow.
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