Bull Dog

Official Number
none

The Bull Dog was a snow or brig built at Maryport in 1813.

The Times, 19th December 1821, page 1 (advertisement);

" For Vera Cruz, from Liverpool, the fine fast sailing coppered brig Bull Dog, A1 - Graham, Master, burden 209 tons, to sail, 10th Jan., 1822. For freight apply to Messrs.Sands, Hodgson, and Co., Liverpool."

The Bull Dog had disappeared from the shipping registers by 1825.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Bull Dog
1813
 212
 
 
 
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - A Checklist", published in 1989 by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Underwriters' Green Book) 1820: snow, registered at Maryport, owned Thompson & Co., masters Thompson, then W.Graham, voyage Liverpool to Demerara, then Liverpool to Brazil.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1822: brig, registered at Maryport, owned Thompson & Co., master Graham, voyage Liverpool to Brazil.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Underwriters' Green Book) 1824: snow, registered at Maryport, owned Thompson & Co., master Graham, voyage Liverpool to Newfoundland.