Raker

Official Number
19811

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
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Raker, 36 tons, official number 19811, registered at Lancaster, owned by John H.Barrow, of Ulverstone, Lancashire.