Acasta

Official Number
none

The Acasta was a brigantine built by William Wilson at Whitehaven and launched on the 22nd September 1812.

The Acasta, Parkin, from Jamaica to Liverpool, was wrecked previous to the 5th of December 1818, on the Dry Tortugas, Gulf of Florida. The crew were saved, and most of the cargo.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Acasta
1812
225
  
  
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - states lost in the Gulf of Florida, December 1818.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1819 (Shipowners' Red Book): Acasta, brig, 225 tons, built Whitehaven in 1812, owned by Barker and Co., master Capt.H.Parkin, destined voyage Liverpool - Jamaica. The vessel is not included in the 1820 register.
  3. Wreck reported in the Caledonian Mercury, Saturday, 30th January 1819.