Robert Seymour

 Official Number
25053

The Robert Seymour was a schooner built in the Isle of Man in 1839. She was owned initially by G.Seymour, of Bray, and seems to have worked in the coal trade to the Cumberland ports, often in company with the William and Margaret. In November 1846 both vessels went ashore at Bray but survived.

In the Great Storm of February 1861 the Robert Seymour went ashore on the Murrough, Co.Wicklow, at 9 am on Saturday, 9th February 1861. All the crew survived and the schooner herself was subsequently recovered - a better fate than the Rowland Hill and the Eliza, of Maryport, which were wrecked nearby.

The Robert Seymour was wrecked on the East Hoyle bank early on the morning of Monday, 16th May 1881, in a NNW gale. Her crew were taken off by the Hoylake lifeboat. The schooner had been carrying a cargo of bar iron and coal.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Robert Seymour
1839
79 om, 67 nm 
 
     
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. See page for William and Margaret for report from the Freeman's Journal, 21st November 1846, of the stranding at Bray.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1853-4: Robert Seymour, wood schooner, 79 grt, built in the Isle of Man in 1839, owner G.Seymour, registered at Bray, master Capt.M.Morgan, Whitehaven coaster.
  3. Storm of February 1861 reported in the Morning Chronicle, Wednesday, 13th February 1861.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Robert Seymour, official no.25053, signal letters PDKF, 59 tons, registered at Dublin, owned by Joseph Pim, of Wicklow.
  5. Crew Lists for the Robert Seymour are held at the National Archives of Ireland for the years 1863-1881 (see website of  Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland).
  6. Loss reported in the Times, Tuesday, 17th May 1881, page 5.