Kate

 Official Number
63499

The Kate was a small wooden schooner built by Gale at Port St.Mary in the Isle of Man in June 1874.

The Kate was lost by collision with the steam tug Magnetic in Crosby Channel on the 16th February 1915. She was on passage from Kilkeel to Liverpool with a cargo of granite kerbstones. Three of the four men aboard were lost.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Kate
1874
67
72.2
19.4
8.3 
2
 
 
7A1

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1877-8 (names the master as Capt. H.Watterson, owner E.Martin, vessel belonged to port of Castletown)
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1881-2 (names the master as Capt. T.Kinley, owner S.Watterson, vessel belonged to Port St.Mary)
  3. Loss reported in "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol.5 by Richard and Bridget Larn (names owner as James Linton of Kilkeel, Co.Down).