Fairy

Official Number ?????

The Fairy, a schooner registered at Lancaster,  foundered in St.George's Channel on the 11th June 1862, whilst under the command of Capt. Michael Bond. A note appended to his master's certificate gives the following details:

Borough of Liverpool - to wit, I  Michael Bond  of Ulverstone in the County of Lancaster, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do solemnly and sincerely declare that I was Master of the Schooner 'Fairy' of Lancaster and that on the 11th June 1862 the said vessel foundered in St Georges Channel (when on a voyage from Barrow to Newport) and that we did not save a single article of any description more than the clothes we stood in at the time of her going down and that my Certificate of Service as Master no.49681 was lost with the said vessel and that this declaration is mark for the purpose of getting a Duplicate of said Certificate.

A new certificate (74506) was issued on the 30th March1863.
 

Name	Year Built	Net Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Fairy						2

Sources :

1. Information provided by Sue Bond.
2. Lloyds List states that the vessel was carrying iron ore, that she foundered off the Tuskar rock, and that one man was drowned.