Henry Ismay

Official Number
1373

The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday, 4th November 1845, page 3;

" A handsome new vessel was launched at Maryport yesterday, called the Henry Ismay, of 157 tons register, O.M., and intended for the foreign trade. "

The Henry Ismay was owned by J.Ismay and was registered at Maryport in her early years. She was then sold to Irish owners, first at Drogheda, then at Dublin.

The Henry Ismay was run down by the steamer Duke of Argyll off the Copeland Islands in January 1880. The mate was drowned. A boat bearing the brig's name was subsequently washed up at Campbeltown.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Henry Ismay
1845
157 om
 
 
 
  2
 
 
6 years A1 

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1849-50: Henry Ismay, brig, 131 tons, built at Maryport in 1845, owned by J.Ismay, vessel registered at Maryport, master Capt.T.Park, voyage Maryport - Mediterranean.
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1868: Henry Ismay, brigantine, 114 tons, built at Maryport in 1845, official number 1373, signal letters HJRM, owned by James Hy.Graham, of Dublin, vessel registered at Dublin.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Henry Ismay, brigantine, 101 tons, built at Maryport in 1845, official number 1373, signal letters HJRM, owned by Robert Tedcastle, of 21 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, vessel registered at Dublin.
  4. Wreck reported in the Standard newspaper, Friday, 9th January 1880. Recovery of boat in Lloyd's List, 14th and 16th January 1880.