James & Mary
Official Number
56700

The James & Mary was a schooner built at Matthew Simpson's shipyard at Glasson Dock, Lancaster in 1867. Like several of Simpson's other schooners, she entered the fleet of E.Porter and Co. of Fleetwood.

The James & Mary was stranded and lost in  SW Force 11 storm at Birkdale, Southport on the 22nd December 1894. She was on passage from Par to Runcorn with a cargo of china clay, under the command of Capt.T.Williams and with four other crewmen aboard.
 
Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
James & Mary
1867
 121
 
  
 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn.
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