Venus

 Official Number
23873

The Venus was a smack built in the Isle of Man in 1839. She was owned in Derbyhaven when lost on passage from Maryport to Douglas, whilst carrying 60 tons of coal, on the 10th December 1874. She had started taking in water under the stress of a force 9 gale, and when about 10 miles SE of the Point of Ayre, her three crew abandoned the vessel. They were in the boat for seven hours until spotted by the steamer Penguin.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Venus
1839
42 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Mercantile Navy List 1857 gives port of registry as Derbyhaven.
  2. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Venus, smack, 42 tons, built 1839, vessel was registered at Castletown, owned and commanded by W.Christian, master mariner, of Douglas.
  3. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X - names owner as W.Christian of Douglas.
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  4. Wreck reported in the Isle of Man Times, 12th and 19th December 1874.