James Stonard

Official Number 27763

The James Stonard was built at the Ulverston Canal Foot shipyard of EJ Schollick in July 1859. She must have been one of the six vessels launched for the Stonard family, mentioned in the launch report of the Alfred Stonard in 1860 (the others must have been the Frederick Stonard, the Edward Stonard, the John Stonard and the William Stonard). Unlike the other vessels, she seems to have moved away from Furness, and in Lloyds Register 1883 she is described as a brigantine and is listed as a Fleetwood vessel.

The James Stonard was wrecked on the West Hoyle bank in the Dee River on the 7th November 1890, in a NW Force 9, a bad day there for Furness vessels (see Ellen Harrison , Florence Emily and Bridget Annie). She was carrying a coal cargo from Garston to Donaghadee, under the command of Capt. J.Eddis. Three of the five crew were lost.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
James Stonard	1859	140	83.0	25.0	11.0	2

Sources :

1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1883-4 (names owner as the Wyre Shipping Co. of Fleetwood, master T.Jones).
2. Wreck info from Vol.5 of "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" by Bridget & Richard Larn (pub.2000). Names owner as C.Neill of Bangor, Co.Down, port of registry Belfast).