Edward Stonard

Official Number
16676

The Edward Stonard was a two-masted schooner (180 tons burthen) built at  Ulverston by E.J.Schollick (foreman John Wilson). She was one of the six vessels built for the Stonard family by E.J. Schollick at Canal Foot (see Alfred Stonard).

The Edward Stonard was sold to John Wignall of Fleetwood in 1872. Early in 1875 the schooner was bound from Lough Foyle for London, with a total of four crew under the command of Capt.Iddon, and with a cargo of bog ore. She put into Holyhead, but after leaving that port on the 21st January she was never seen again.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Edward Stonard
 1857
97
81.0
19.7
10.0
 2
 
 
9 years A1, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser, 25th June 1857.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1865-6: Edward Stonard, schooner, 97 tons, built 1857 at Ulverston, owned by Schollick, belonging to the port of Ulverston, master Capt.R.Vaughan.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: Edward Stonard, registered at Lancaster, owned by Edward Jones Schollick, of Aldingham Hall, commanded by Capt.W.Tyson.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Edward Stonard, 98 tons, official number 16676, signal letters MCLR, registered at Lancaster, owned by Edward J.Schollick, of Aldingham Hall, Lancaster.
  5. Information from Peter Sandbach, from Fleetwood Shipping Register - the schooner was posted "Missing", last seen on 21st January 1875.
  6. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury, Friday, 9th April 1875.