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Express |
Official Number
28401
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The Express was built by Matthew Simpson at Glasson
Dock, Lancaster, and launched on Wednesday, 7th March 1860. She was a
schooner, built to Special Survey, and for Whitehaven owners. She
remained owned at Whitehaven by the Kelly family for most of her live,
before being sold to owners in the Irish port of Arklow.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Express
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1860
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119
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86.0
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20.6
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11.2
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2
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7 years A1, Special Survey
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Sources :
- Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette newspaper, Saturday, 3rd March 1860, page 4.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1861-2: Express, schooner,
120 tons, built at Lancaster by Simpson in March 1860, registered at
Whitehaven, owned by Kelly & Co., master Capt.Wary.
- Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Express, schooner,
119 tons, built 1860, registered at
Whitehaven, owned by Thomas Kelly, of Whitehaven, master Capt.Warey.
- Mercantile Navy List 1868: Express, 119 tons,
official number 28401, registered at
Whitehaven, owned by Thomas Kelly, of Whitehaven.
- Mercantile Navy List 1880: Express,
schooner, 106 tons, built at Lancaster in 1860, official number 28401,
registered at Whitehaven, owned by William Russell Kelly, of Whitehaven.
- Mercantile Navy List 1904: Express, schooner, 96 tons, built at
Lancaster in 1860, official number 28401, registered at Dublin, managing owner John Kinch, of Arklow, Ireland.
- The National Archives, ref.BT 110/134/56 - registry closed in 1905.