Cherub

 Official Number
none

The Cherub was a wooden smack built in 1837 at Port St.Mary in the Isle of Man.

The Cherub caught fire and sank off the Calf of Man on the 14th March 1851, shortly after leaving Port St.Mary bound for Newcastle with a cargo of limestone.
 
Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Cherub
1837
19
 
 
 
1
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol.5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub.Lloyd's Register (2000) ISBN 1 900839 61 X - names owner as John Taubman of the Isle of Man, and states that eight people were rescued before she went down.
  2. Wreck reported in the Morning Post, Tuesday, 18th March 18 1851, page 8.