Raker

Official Number ?????

The Raker was a two-masted schooner built by Petty & Postlethwaite at Ulverston in March 1838. She was owned in 1861 by John Preston, described as a ship's carpenter, but was sold to John Bell and John Harrison of Ulverston in 1862.

The Raker was  wrecked off Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, in 1867.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Raker	1838	43 87/3500				2

Sources :

1. Information from the Lancaster and Barrow Shipping Registers provided by Pete Sandbach