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Official Number
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Official Number
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The Warsash was a two-masted schooner built by William & John White at Ulverston in 1869. She was originally owned by Aymer Ainslie, of the Harrison, Ainslie company of iron ore merchants. The schooner was named after the company's furnace in Hampshire. In later years she was managed by James Geldart for the iron company, and by 1890 he was the schooner's sole owner. She was subsequently sold to Alexander Wilson of Dumfries.
The Warsash was berthed at Ynyscynhaiarn, Caernarvonshire, at
the time of the Census in April, 1881. Her crew were listed as follows:
| Edward Townson | M | 47 | Ulverston, Lancashire | Master |
| Thomas Cross | U | 20 | Preston, Lancashire | Mate |
| Robert Pinder | U | 24 | Philadelphia, (BS), USA | AB |
From The Times newspaper, Wednesday14th December 1881, page 9 :
"FIRE.- A destructive fire broke out yesterday morning at the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs.Ashburner and Sons, Barrow. No sooner had the alarm been given than the roof of one of the large sheds fell in. The fire brigade succeeded in keeping the flames away from the adjoining buildings and the schooner Warsash, lying in the yard; but damage to the extent of about £2,000 was done. It is only partly covered by insurance."The Warsash, along with the Barrow schooner JTS, was lost in the fire that destroyed Glasgow's Kingston Dock on the 18th June 1914. Her hull was beached on the port side of the Clyde below Renfrew, and was still visible there in 1949, according to a letter in "Sea Breezes".
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