Esther & Jane
 Official Number
none

The Esther & Jane was a brig built at Maryport by Joseph Huddleston, launched in 1831 (see Source 1). Her construction cost £780, and the vessel was intended for the coal trade to Ireland (see Source 2). In 1840 she was registered at Maryport and was owned by her master, Capt.R.A.Turney, and others.

The Esther & Jane was lost with all her crew on the 28th February 1849 in Glenluce Bay.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Esther & Jane
1831
58 0m, 46 nm 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

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", reprinted by Michael Moon (1975) ISBN 0-904131-0902.
  2. Information on wreck from Maryport Maritime Museum (names builder as John Ritson, error ?). The log of the The Esther & Jane is held by the Museum.
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