Thomas Pearson

Official Number
27764

The Thomas Pearson was a two-masted schooner built by Brown at Northwich, Cheshire in 1859. In the Lancaster Shipping Register her first master is named as Capt. George Roberts. Her original owners included : Richard Brown of Northwich (presumably the shipbuilder), George Roberts of Amlwch (Master Mariner), Thomas Fisher (shipowner), Richard Postlethwaite of Rampside Hall (farmer), Richard Geldart of Urswick (farmer), William Kendall of Salthouse Marsh (farmer), and Charles Buxton and Myles Kennedy of Ulverston (iron ore merchants).

At the time of the 1881 Census the Thomas Pearson was berthed at Gulval, Cornwall. She had four crew aboard, headed by Capt.Richard Hosker, of Tarleton. 

The Thomas Pearson was stranded on Dulas Island, Moelfre, Anglesey, in December 1895. The wind was Force 5 ESE, and the schooner was carrying a coal cargo from Liverpool to Wicklow. Her master was Capt.A.Kinsella and she had a crew of four, all of whom survived. The schooner was still registered at Lancaster.

Thw wreck must have been sold and repaired, because the Thomas Pearson was re-registered at Beaumaris in 1896 and continued her career until 1928.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Thomas Pearson
1859
103.34
81.5 
18.3 
 10.3 
2
 Man
Round 
11 years A1 

Sources :

  1. Information from Derek Blackhurst.
  2. Lancaster Shipping Register 1856-67 at Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Thomas Pearson, schooner, 103 tons, built 1859, classed 11 years A1, registered at Lancaster, owned by John Bell, ship agent, of Ulverston, master Capt.Roberts.
  4. 1881 Census details from  Ships in Port 1881 website
  5. Loss (1895) in Lancaster Shipping Register, reported by Pete Sandbach.
  6. Report of loss in "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol.5"  by  Richard and Bridget Larn. Also reported in various newspaper on the 19th December 1895, citing Lloyd's of the previous day.
  7. Photo from Amlwch Ship Index.
  8. Mercantile Navy List 1896: Thomas Pearson, schooner, 78 tons, built at Northwich in 1859, official number 22764, signal letters PSNV, registered at Lancaster, managing owner William Walton, of 54 The Strand, Barrow.
  9. Closure of British registry in 1896 - the National Archives, ref.BT 110/80/15.
  10. Mercantile Navy List 1927: Thomas Pearson, schooner, 78 tons, built at Northwich in 1859, official number 22764, registered at Beaumaris, owned by William Morgan, of Cardiff.
  11. Closure of British registry in 1928 - the National Archives, ref.BT 110/637/20.