New Importer
Official Number
17236

The New Importer was a schooner built at Frodsham, Cheshire in 1839. In 1890 she was sold by Dumfries owners to John and James Carswell, millers, of Dalbeattie.

The New Importer sailed from Liverpool on the 30th January, 1891, bound for Dalbeattie under the command of Capt. Nicol Paterson. She never arrrived, but a lifeboat with her name written on it was found at Southerness in February. She was posted "Missing", lost with all hands.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
New Importer
1839
41 92/100
 61
 16
 6
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Information provided by John Searle
  2. The Water of Orr: Its Sailors and Shipping
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