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Official Number
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The Ann Pitcairn Sharp was a barque owned at Maryport.
From the Times newspaper, Thursday, 1st October, 1857, page 10;
" REWARDS FOR SUCCOUR AT SEA.-LIVERPOOL, Sept.30.-At a special meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine Board, held today at the Sailor's Home.....A magnificent chronometer, worth upwards of 100 guineas, from the President of the United States, was also presented to Captain Robert Glaister Sharp, of the British bark Ann Pitcairn Sharp, who in February, 1857, rescued the captain and crew of the ship Cathedral of Boston, which foundered in the Pacific; 27 of her crew were put on board the bark Burns and taken to Valparaiso, the remaining 8 being conveyed to Arica. While on board the Ann Pitcairn Sharp the whole crew were most kindly treated."From the Times newspaper, Thursday, 2nd January, 1862, page 8;
" The British bark Anne Pitcairn, Captain Sharp, (sic) of Maryport, which sailed from Cobija on the afternoon of the 13th of November for Galico, a loading port five miles to the north of Cobija, struck upon a rock on the evening of that day, and had become a total wreck; the cargo, consisting of some 300 bales of wool and 1,000 hides, was saved, but in a damaged state."
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