Kate

 Official Number
63917

The Kate was a wooden schooner, launched on Tuesday, 9th April 1872 from "Mrs.Graves ship-building yard" on the quay at Peel, Isle of Man. She was christened by Kate Graves, daughter of the shipbuilder, at the request of the schooner's future master, Capt.Henry Watterson. The schooner was intended for the fruit trade, and was 230 tons burthen.

The Kate was still in the shipping registers in 1922-3. 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Kate
1872
129
91.0 
22.0 
11.3 
2
 
 
9 years a1 

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Isle of Man Times and General Advertiser, Saturday, 13th April, 1872, page 5.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1877-8: Kate, schooner, 129 grt, YM in 1872, owner H.Graves & Co., registered at  Peel, master Capt. H.Watterson.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1877-8: Kate, schooner, owner named as Mrs.C.Graves.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1922-3: Kate, schooner, owner W.Thomas, registered at Peel, master Capt. T.Williams.