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Elizabeth Archer
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Official Number
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The Elizabeth Archer was a barque built at Maryport in 1846. She
was built for John Archer & Co., Liverpool shipowners, and her
builders were probably Kelsick Wood & Son, who built several other
ships for this firm (see Pandora, Archer, Ursula and John Wood). Her first master was Capt.Cobb, probably the same man who later had command of the Ursula.
The Elizabeth Archer was registered
at Liverpool and spent her career in a variety of trades. In November
1848 she was advertised as being ready to sail from London for Sydney,
with goods and passengers, under the command of Capt.Charles Cobb (see
Source 3). The barque left Sydney for San Francisco (at the height of
the '49 gold rush) on the 17th July 1849 with 124 passengers, arriving on the 6th October (see Source 4) via Honolulu.
The Elizabeth Archer, Capt.Lloyd, sailed from Colombo,
Ceylon, for Liverpool on the 12th December 1857, and foundered shortly
thereafter (see Source 8). At least some of the crew must have
survived, as the 2nd mate, John Roberts, was discharged at Calcutta on
the 11th February 1858 (see Welsh Mariners website).
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Elizabeth Archer
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1846
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362 om, 338 nm
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3
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12 years, A1
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Sources :
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1845-6 (Supplement): barque, yellow-metalled at launch, 338 tons nm, owned
by Archer & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Cobb.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1846-7 : barque, master named as Capt.Cobb.
- Advertisement in the Times newspaper, Wednesday,
29th November, 1848, page 1.
- Maritime Heritage Project website - see also Eleanor Lancaster for a similar story.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9 : barque, yellow-metalled in
1848, master named as Capt.Cothay (same information is in LR 1850-51).
- Official Number from Mercantile Navy List 1857 - registered at Liverpool, 338 tons, signal letters KPCB.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1857-8: barque,
yellow-metalled in 1857, reg.Liverpool, owned by J.Mondel, master named
as Capt.O.Lloyd, voyage Liverpool - India.
- Wreck reported in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper, 15th January and 30th March 1858.