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).

James Geldart became managing owner in  1876 and the Thomas Pearson is listed in his fleet in the Barrow Times in November 1877. For the 1881 Census the Thomas Pearson was berthed at Gulval, Cornwall, and her crew was listed as follows:
 

Richard Hosker M 39  Tarleton, Ormskirk Master
Joseph Knox U 26  Whitehouse, Belfast Mate
John Ward U  33  St.Peters, Jersey AB
Francis Dilworth U 20 Belfast, Ireland OS

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.
 
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 
 

Sources :

  1. Information from Derek Blackhurst - reports vessel still afloat in 1925 !!
  2. Lancaster Shipping Register 1856-67 at Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
  3. 1881 Census details from  Ships in Port 1881 website
  4. Loss in Lancaster Shipping Register, reported by Pete Sandbach.
  5. Report of loss in "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol.5"  by  Richard and Bridget Larn.
  6. Photo from Amlwch Ship Index.
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