Matchless

Official Number
none

The Matchless was a schooner built at Dumfries in 1812. When she was lost in December 1821 she was described as a Maryport vessel, owned by a Mr.Tyson. The Matchless, under the command of Capt.Joseph Gunson, had left Workington with a crew of six and two passengers on the 20th December, and foundered off St.Bee's Head, with the loss of all aboard. The masts of the wreck were sighted by Capt.Kay, of the Fisher, on the 22nd December, and on the 9th January he and the former mate of the Matchless took a boat from Maryport to the wreck to confirm her identity.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Matchless
1812
93
 
 
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping  (Underwriters' Green Book) 1815: Matchless, schooner, 93 tons, built Dumfries 1812, owned Gillespie, masters Davison and J.Boyd.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping  (Shipowners' Red Book) 1821:  Matchless, schooner, 98 tons, built Dumfries 1812, owned Gillespie & Co, master Davis.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping  (Underwriters' Green Book) 1822: Matchless, schooner, 92 tons, built Dumfries 1812, owned Tyson, master J.Gunson.
  4. Vessel reported missing in The Morning Chronicle, Saturday, 5th January 5, 1822.
  5. Wreck reported in the Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday 15th January 1822, and (briefly) in the Morning Chronicle, Saturday, 19th January, 1822.