Annie Fletcher

Official Number 60064

The Annie Fletcher was an iron barque built by the Lune Shipbuilding Company at Lancaster. She was launched under the name Gressingham on Saturday, 7th March 1868, and then fitted out at Lancaster's New Quay before going to Liverpool for loading. She must have been given the name Gressingham pro-tem, and was re-named Annie Fletcher when bought by Fletcher & Parr, Liverpool shipowners.

The Annie Fletcher sailed from Liverpool on the 19th June 1868, bound for Bombay under the command of Capt.Tinmouth. She departed from Tillicherry on the 15th February 1869, bound for London, and was reported under tow at Deal on the 24th July. Her second voyage was from London for Rangoon.

The Annie Fletcher remained registered at Liverpool until the end of the century, when she was sold to owners at Trieste.

Sources :

1. Launch of the Gressingham reported in the Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 7th March 1868, page 5.
2. First voyage details from shipping intelligence in Liverpool Mercury and Glasgow Herald newspapers.
   
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9 (Supplement): Annie Fletcher, iron barque, 491 tons, owned by Fletcher & Parr, registered at Liverpool.
4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1869-70: Annie Fletcher, iron barque, 491 tons, owned by Fletcher & Parr, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.E.Fletcher.
5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Annie Fletcher, iron barque, 491 tons, owned by A.Ray, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Ray.
6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90: Annie Fletcher, iron barque, 491 tons, owned by A.Rae & others, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.T.Shimmin. Official number 60064, signal letters WPVB.
   
7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1898-9: Annie Fletcher, barque, owned by J.& J.Rae & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.J.C.Hinds.
8. Mystic Seaport Library has a Ship Register Search facility. The Annie Fletcher is included in these American registers for the years 1873-1900. Masters are named as E.Fletcher (1973-6), H.Rae (1877-83), Clochrie or Clachrie (1884-6), Thorburn (1887-91), Ellis, M.Grierson (1893-99) and B.Haggia (1900).
   
9. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1900: Annie Fletcher, barque, 491 tons, owned by Ressich & Co., registered at Trieste (Austria).
10. Online photograph available in the collection of the State Library of Victoria (or use National Library of Australia or Picture Australia websites).
    

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