Edward & Margaret
 Official Number
18215

The Edward & Margaret was a two-masted schooner built at Greenodd in September 1851 by Samuel Schollick, for E.J.Schollick of Aldingham Hall. In 1865 she was registered at Lancaster, owned by Edward Jones Schollick, of Aldingham Hall, Ulverston.

According to the 1881 Census the Edward & Margaret was a berthed at Stranraer on the 1st April, her master being named as Capt. Richard Iddon (b.1857) and the mate as Richard Iddon, b.1862.

The Edward & Margaret foundered 40 miles NW of the Longships on Christmas Eve, 1895.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Edward & Margaret
 1851
90
 55.0
 17.4
6.9 
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Lancaster Shipping Register 1837-1855
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1865-6 (which indicates recent repairs, and names the master as Capt. T.Jones)
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865 - incorrectly gives year of build as 1855.
  4. Wreck information from Peter Sandbach.
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