Clara Brown

Official Number ?????

The Clara Brown was a 70 ton schooner, built in 1860, possibly by Rd.Brown, shipbuilder, of Northwich, Cheshire, who was named as her owner in 1865 (see Source 1). At that time the schooner was registered at Lancaster, and her master was Capt.J.Poole.

On the 29th 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.Chamley and the master as Capt. Postlethwaite.

The Clara Brown was reported lost with all hands in the same Barrow newspaper in July 1870. She was described as a Barrow schooner and the name of her master was given as Capt. Thomas Iddon of Tarleton.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Clara Brown	1860	70				2

Sources :

1. "Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865".
2. The Barrow Times, 29th January and 9th July 1870