Kate

Official Number
27319

The Kate was a schooner built at Matthew Simpson's shipyard at Glasson Dock, Lancaster, launched on Monday, 11th February 1861. She was built for Fleetwood owners and intended for the pig iron trade.

The Kate was run down in dense fog by the steam tug Storm Cock at 10.30 pm on the night of 7th October 1879, about ten miles West of the South Stack lighthouse, Anglesey. The schooner sank almost immediately but the five crew were taken off safely and were landed at Holyhead the following day. The Kate had been bound for Fleetwood from Charlestown with a cargo of China clay.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Kate
1861
 119
86.0
21.3
11.0
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette newspaper, Saturday, 16th February 1861, page 5.
  2. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Kite (sic), schooner, 119 tons, built 1861, owned by John Carter, railway agent, of Fleetwood, registered at Fleetwood, master Capt.J.Gornall.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Kate, 119 tons, official no.27319, signal letters PQTF, registered at Fleetwood, registered owner Matthew Simpson, of Glasson Dock.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Kate, schooner, 119 tons, owned by Carter & Co., registered at Fleetwood, master Capt.J.Mason.
  5. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury, Thursday, 9th October, 1879 and the Manchester Times, 11th October 1879.