Amelia

 Official Number
21958

The Amelia was a smack built at Ramsey, Isle of Man in 1835. She was owned at Liverpool in her early years, but later returned to the Isle of Man.

In 1870 the Amelia was owned by Mr.W.B.Jefferson, of Derbyhaven. She was wrecked at Scarlett, Castletown Bay, in a gale, on Wednesday, 12th October 1870. She was bound from Ramsey in ballast with a crew of two men, both of whom were saved after a rocket line that had been thrown over the vessel by Thomas Boyd, of the Castletown Brigade. The RNLI lifeboat Commercial Traveller No.2 had also been launched, and was nearby when the rocket brigade were successful.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Amelia
1835
19
 38.8
10.1
6.0
1 
 
 
7 years A1 

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1840-1: Amelia, sloop, 19 tons, built Isle of Man in 1835, owned by T.Lester, belonging to Liverpool, master Capt.Skillicorn, Liverpool coaster.
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Amelia, 20 tons, official no.21958, registered at Derbyhaven.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Amelia, 19 tons, official no.21958, registered at Derbyhaven, owned by William B.Jefferson, of Malew, Isle of Man.
  4. Wreck details from the CD-ROM "Dictionary of Shipwrecks off the Isle of Man" by Adrian Corkill (2001) ISBN 0-9540115-0-3.
  5. Wreck also reported in the Morning Post, Friday, 14th October 1870, page 3.