Thomas
 Official Number
16824

The Thomas was a schooner built at Sunderland in 1835. In 1850 she was owned by her master, Robert Carswell of Palnackie, and three Carswell relatives, John, also of Palnackie, James and Thomas, a miller from Dalbeattie.

Still owned by T.Carswell, and described as a brig (see source 2) the Thomas was grounded and wrecked in a NE 8 wind two miles SSW of the Bell Beacon in the Queen's Channel, river Mersey, on the 21st April 1872. The vessel was on passage from Runcorn for Waterford with a cargo of salt, and one of her four crew was lost.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Thomas
1835
68 1162/3500
 58
16 
 9
2
 
 Square
 

Sources :

  1. Information provided by John Searle
  2. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X (master named as Capt.Saul). The wreck was dispersed with explosives by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
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