Cherub

Official Number none

The Cherub was a wooden smack built in 1837 at Port St.Mary in the Isle of Man.

The Cherub caught fire and sank off the Calf of Man on the 14th March 1851, shortly after leaving Port.St.Mary bound for Newcastle with a cargo of limestone. Reportedly eight people were rescued before she went down.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Cherub	1837	19				1

Sources :

1. "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X. (names owner as John Taubman of IoM).