Livingstone

Official Number
56963

The Livingstone was a three-masted schooner built by Matthew Simpson at his Glasson Dock shipyard. Her building began on the 1st March 1875, her keel being laid on 24th April the same year. However, she was not launched until Monday, 14th May 1877. She was to be managed by Edmund Porter, of Fleetwood, and was the ninth such vessel built by Simpson. The schooner was copper-fastened and copper-sheathed, and was launched fully-rigged and ready to sail. She was intended for the copper ore trade to the Pomaron River, and her hold was fitted with a platform for this purpose.  The first commander of the Livingstone was Capt.L.Fish, who arrived in the Saxon Maid at Glasson Dock from Huelva shortly after the launch. The schooner departed on her first voyage a month later. The Livingstone had cost £3667.4s.0d. to build but was sold for £3400.0s.0d., a  loss of £267.4s.0d.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Livingstone
1877
 181
104.1
 23.2
 12.0
3 
 
 
12 years A1, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette, Weds., 16th May 1877.
  2. Information on building costs provided by Philip Adderley, from a Bill of Sale and from sources at Lancaster Maritime Museum.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1898-9: Livingstone, 181 tons, owned by Porter's Shipping Co.Ltd., registered at Lancaster, master Capt.W.Iddon.