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Official Number
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Official Number
1765 |
| The Argestes was a wooden brig built at
Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1839. In 1840 she was registered as a Whitehaven
vessel, and was owned by Capt. Thomas Hannay (her master), and others.
In 1847 her master was Capt. W.Carter, and the photo on the right shows
the brig leaving Malta in that year (Photo from Sheila Cartwright and Shirley
Carter Noble, g-granddaughter of the Captain).
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The Argestes was berthed at Barrow-in-Furness on Census night
in April 1881, and her crew were listed as follows:
| John Russell | M | 40 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | Master |
| James Faircliff | U | 24 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | Mate |
| Robert McKenzie | U | 28 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | AB Seaman |
| John Looby | U | 23 | Alewes, Ireland | AB Seaman |
| John Joseph Blackburn | U | 19 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | O Seaman |
| William Ritson | U | 16 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | O Seaman |
| Jane Russell | M | 36 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | Master's Wife |
| William Russell | 11 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | Master's Son | |
| Ruth Russell | 4 | Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | Master's Daughter |
From the Times newspaper, 9th January 1889, page 10 :
" A telegram from Lamlash reports that the Argestes, brig, of Whitehaven, Official Number 1,763, from Ayr for Belfast, with coals, stranded abreast of Lamlash at 10 pm on Monday, but will probably be got off."
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