Esther & Jane

Official Number
none

The Esther & Jane was a brig built at Maryport by Huddleston & Ritson, launched in 1831. Her construction cost £780, and the vessel was intended for the coal trade to Ireland. 

The Esther & Jane was lost with all her crew on the 28th February 1849 in Luce Bay, according to the Maryport Maritime Museum. If true, then this is one of the few 19th Century shipwrecks not listed by the RCAHM of Scotland.

NB. Another vessel, a sloop, named Esther & Jane, was built on the Isle of Man in 1830, and was lost off the Point of Ayr (Mull of Galloway) in December 1845 (see Stranraer Shipping Register).

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Esther & Jane
1831
58 om, 46 nm 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - A Checklist", published in 1989 by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum - names builders as Huddlestone and Ritson.
  2. "A List of the Cumberland Shipping corrected to February 1840" by William Sawyers, Comptroller of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Whitehaven", reprinted by Michael Moon (1975) ISBN 0-904131-0902: Esther & Jane, brig, 58 tons om, 46 tons nm,  built at Maryport in 1831 by Joseph Huddleston, owned by master (Capt.R.A.Turney) and others, registered at Maryport.
  3. Information on wreck from Maryport Maritime Museum (names builder as John Ritson). The log of the The Esther & Jane is held by the Museum.
  4. The wreck is not listed by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website.