Heart of Oak

Official Number none

The Heart of Oak was a brig built at Maryport in 1798. She was lost in a snow storm on the 14th February, 1827, when she was wrecked on rocks on the East side of the Old Head of Kinsale.  Capt.Osborn and his crew were all lost with her.

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, published by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1989 - gives wreck date as the 15th Feb., 1827.
   
2. Wreck reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 27th February, 1827, page 3.