Mary Ann

 Official Number
1245

The Mary Ann was a brig built by Williamson at Douglas, and launched on the 29th May 1841. She was registered at Whitehaven for most of her career.

The Carlisle Patriot, Saturday, 5th June 1841;

" A splendid new vessel, named the Mary Ann, and intended for the foreign trade, was launched from the building-yard of Mr.Williamson, at Douglas, Isle of Man, on Saturday last. This new brig is we understand to be commanded by Captain Hunter, late of the Isabella, of Whitehaven."

In 1881 the Mary Ann was registered at Whitehaven, owned by her master, Capt.William Hunter. She was wrecked near Yarmouth after parting her cable in a storm on the Norfolk coast on the 18th January 1881. The mate, William Kitchen, drowned when he fell from the rigging. Three other crew were saved by rocket apparatus. The vessel was described as a three-masted schooner, and had been carrying stone for the new Yarmouth town hall.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Class'n
Mary Ann
1841
196 om, 201 nm
 83.1
23.2
14.0 
2
 
 
7 years A1 

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1845-6: Mary Ann, brig, 196 om, 201 nm tons, built in the Isle of Man in 1841, owned by Johnson, registered at Whitehaven, Capt.J.Hunter, voyage London - Trinidad.
  2. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Mary Ann, brig, 181 tons, built 1841, owned by H.J.Johnson, of Whitehaven, commanded by Capt.Hunter, vessel registered at Whitehaven.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-1: Mary Ann, brig, 182 grt, 154 nrt, built by Williamson in the Isle of Man in 1841, official number 1245, signal letters HJDW, owned and commanded by Capt.W.Hunter, registered at Whitehaven.
  4. Wreck reported in the Reynolds's Newspaper, Sunday, 23rd January 1881.