Caribbean

Official Number
none

The Caribbean (or sometimes Carribean) was a copper-sheathed barque built by Isaac Middleton at Maryport in 1835. For most of her career she was owned by Rober Irving and was commanded by Capt.Anthony Fleming.

The Caribbean went missing after leaving Hamburg in April 1854.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Caribbean
1835
245
 
 
 
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven: Caribbean, registered at Workington, owned by Robert Irving and others, master Capt.Anthony C.Fleming.
  2. Entry no.6 for 1848 in the Workington Shipping Register 1839-55 (Ref.TSR/3/1 at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven): Caribbean, built Maryport 1835, "sailed from Hamburg 18th April 1854 and not since heard of."
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1853-4: Caribbean, barque, 245 tons, YM 1852, built Maryport 1835, owned by Irving & Co., registered at Workington, no master named, voyage Liverpool - Barbados.