Venus

Official Number 23873

The Venus was a smack built in the Isle of Man in 1839. She was owned in Derbyhaven when lost on passage from Maryport to Douglas, whilst carrying 60 tons of coal, on the 10th December 1874. She had started taking in water under the stress of a force 9 gale. Her three crew abandoned the vessel off Point of Ayre, and she subsequently foundered.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Venus	1839	42				1

Sources :

1. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865 - vessel was registered at Castletown, owned by W.Christian, master mariner, of Douglas.
2. Mercantile Navy List 1857 gives port of registry as Derbyhaven.
3. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X - names owner as W.Christian of Douglas.