William Wise

Official Number
none

The William Wise was built at the shipyard of Worthington and Ashburner, at Skerton, near Lancaster. She was a brig of 229 tons, and was launched on Saturday, 7th January 1826. Her first owners were James Winder and Co., of Liverpool, who seems to have previously owned a vessel of the same name, built at Workington. The new William Wise was coppered at launch, and was intended for the trade to the West Indies.

In October 1828 the William Wise arrived at Buenos Ayres under the command of J.Nicholson Winder, from the Cape Verdes with a salt cargo. She departed for Liverpool in January 1829 with ox and horse hides. From 1841 she was involved in the trade to Australia and New Zealand, visitng Tasmania, Port Philip and Launceston, sometimes carrying passengers.

The William Wise seems to have ended her career in the 1850's, in the the coal trade between the Tyne and London.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
William Wise
1826
 229
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette newspaper, Sat., 14th January 1826.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1829-30: William Wise, brig, 208 tons, coppered, built Workington 1825, owned by Wise, master Capt.Winder, voyage Liverpool - St.Petersburg.
  3. Website "Return of the British trade within the Consulate of Buenos Ayres during the Year ending the 31st December 1828"
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1835-6: William Wise, brig, 229 tons, last coppered 1833, built Lancaster 1826, owned by Langton & Co., masters Capts.H.Watts & G.Hirst, voyage Liverpool - Vera Cruz.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1844-5: William Wise, brig, 229 tons, last yellow-metalled in 1843, built Lancaster 1826, owned by R.Brroks, registered at London, master Capt.Lowe, voyages London - Launceston and London - Port Philips.