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Chalco | Official Number
10302 |
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Chalco | Official Number
10302 |
The Cumberland Pacquet, Tuesday, 23rd February 1836;
" On Thursday the 18th instant another very superior speciment of shipbuilding, called the Chalco,
237 tons register measurement, was launched from the building yard of
Messrs.K.Wood and Sons, at Maryport. This vessel was built for
Messrs.Charles Tayleur, Sons, and Co., of Liverpool, under the
inspection of Captain John Dickinson, of Maryport, and is intended to
trade on the west coast of South America."
The Chalco was a barque built by Kelsick Wood & Sons,
at Maryport, and launched on the 18th February 1836. She was initially
registered at Liverpool and started her career in the trade to South
America. In 1849 she arrived at Sydney from Shanghai under Captain Brown. By 1855 her owners
were King & Co., African merchants of Bristol, where she was
registered.
The Chalco was abandoned at sea and subsequently foundered in October 1876. She had been trading at Three Towns and Half Jack, and was carrying a valuable cargo of palm oil and ivory back to her home port of Bristol under the command of Captain Morgan. He had been stabbed by a native boy, who had then leapt overboard and tried to swim to the Western Islands, drowning in the attempt. Subsequently the Chalco met a NW hurricane and sprang a leak. With 9 feet of water in the hold the crew abandoned the vessel in their boats and were rescued by the Francis Joseph, brig, of Jersey,. The crew were returned to Bristol and a BoT Inquiry was held on the 3rd November 1876 at that port. Although there was evidence of the good condition of the vessel, the court judged that the abandonment was justified. The Chalco was owned at the time of her loss by Bristol African merchants R.& W.P.King.
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