Jilt

Official Number 29601

The Jilt was a schooner built by Edgar at Port St.Mary, Isle of Man in July 1861. She was owned by Thomas Qualtrough of Douglas.

The schooner Jilt, Capt.R.Cudden, from Liverpool and the Isle of Man, arrived at Gibraltar on the 23rd Sept. 1866 (see Source 2).

The Jilt, of Douglas, was saved by a lifeboat in 1894 (see Source 3).
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Jilt	1861	79	79.5	18.8	10.3	2			4 years A1

Sources :

1. "Marine Art & Ulster" by A.S.Davidson (2005).
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1862-3 (Supplement): schooner, 94 tons,  master W.Duke, voyage Whitehaven to Black Sea.
   
3. From the Times newspaper, Thursday 4th October 1866, page 4.
4. The Times newspaper, Tuesday, 1st January, 1895, page 4 - Lifeboat Services in 1894.