Lord Howe

Official Number
67140

The Lord Howe was a schooner built to Special Survey at Matthew Simpson's shipyard at Glasson Dock, Lancaster in November 1872. Like several of Simpson's other schooners, she entered the fleet of E.Porter and Co. of Fleetwood.

The Lord Howe, of Fleetwood, left Newport for Waterford on 28th December 1878, and was never seen again. She was believed to have sunk due to heavy weather, and took with her a crew of seven.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Lord Howe
1872
 149
94.1
22.7
11.5
2 
 
 
12A1

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1877 (names owners as E.Porter, master as H.Lawrenson, signal code WRMF).
  2. Loss reported in the Manchester Times, Saturday, 25th January 1879, and the Lancaster Gazette, 22nd February 1879.