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Official Number
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Official Number
10541 |
The Curliana was a small wooden schooner built at Kirkcudbright in 1848, and first registered at Dumfries. In 1852 she was partly owned by the Newland Company of Ulverston.
The Curliana was wrecked in Wexford Bay on the 12th November 1852, with the loss of three of her four crew. She had left Barrow bound for Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore, and on the 10th, off Holyhead, she had encountered a gale which drove her south west. Shortly before the vessel struck her crew took to the small boat, which capsized, drowning three men - Capt. William Stones (of Ulverston, 22 years old, son of Capt. John Stones), James (or John) Casson (of Ulverston, son of Capt. Casson of Canal Head, Ulverston) and a boy, 18 years old, from Newport. The survivor, John Thomas, was in the water for two hours before being rescued by a pilot boat.
The newspaper report describing the wreck (see Source 2) stated that the vessel was likely to be got off without much damage. The vessel was re-registered at Dumfries in 1853 and was re-measured, at 59 tons, in 1856 (see Source 1).
In 1865 the Curliana was still registered at Dumfries, managing
owner J.Swanson of Gatehouse, master Capt.J.Thomas (see Source 4).
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