Bell

Official Number 7086

The Bell was a brig built at Maryport in 1799. She was registered at Carlisle in 1828 and at Whitehaven in 1840, when she was owned by James Hannay Watson and was commanded by Capt.John Stuart.

The brig Bell, of Whitehaven, Capt.Boadle, from Huelva for Glasgow, foundered on the 16th September 1860 at position lat.36 ⁰N, long.6 ⁰W. The crew were saved by the brig Margaretha, Borzoni, from Taganrog. The crew were landed at Falmouth on the 13th October.

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - a Checklist", published by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1989.
2. "A List of the Cumberland Shipping corrected to February 1840" by William Sawyers, Comptroller of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Whitehaven, republished by Michael Moon (Whitehaven, 1975, ISBN 0-904131-09-2).
3. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Bell, 176 tons, official number 7086, vessel registered at Whitehaven.
4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1860-1: Bell, brig, 162 tons, built at Maryport in 1799, owned by Wheelwright, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.W.Boadle, described as a coasting vessel.
   
5. Wreck reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 16th October, 1860, page 8 - the position given for the loss, which is in the Western approach to the Straits of Gibraltar, does not correspond to the journey given, since it is S and E of Huelva. Possibly the brig met a W gale after she left the port and was driven before it.

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