Ken

 Official Number
24323

The Ken was a barque built by John Winram at the Bath shipyard at Douglas, Isle of Man, launched on the 13th May 1850. She was owned by James Aikin, of Liverpool, who owned the Bath shipyard. The vessel was registered at Liverpool and her first master was Capt.Robert Dickson.

The Dundee Courier & Argus, Friday, 2nd August 1867;

" ARRIVAL OF A WHITE SEA CREW AT HARTLEPOOL - On Wednesday the crew of the three-masted schooner Ken arrived at Hartlepool from Archangel en route for Dundee. The Ken left Hartlepool early in May for Archangel, and in June became ice-bound. She started her stern-post, became leaky, and foundered. The crew, seven in number including Captain Lewis, saved a portion of their clothing and travelled several miles across the ice and landed on Cross Island. The Ken was the property of Mr.R.Brewis, Albion Terrace, Hartlepool, and was only insured for one-third of her value."

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Ken
1850
221 
 92.0
 21.7
 14.6
3
 Woman bust
Square 
 

Sources :

  1. BoT Transcript of the Liverpool Shipping Register (No.168 for 1850) at Merseyside Maritime Museum.
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Ken, 221 tons, official number 24323, signal code NWHL, vessel registered at Liverpool.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Ken, 215 tons, official number 24323, signal code NWHL, vessel registered at West Hartlepool, owned by S.Foster, of Town Wall, Hartlepool.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1867-8: Ken, barque, 221 tons, built in the Isle of Man in 1850, owned by S.Foster, registered at West Hartlepool, master Capt.J.Mills - annotated "Abandoned".