Alciope
 Official Number
24350

The Alciope was a brig launched on the 24th October 1835 by Lumley Kennedy & Co. at Whitehaven. In 1840 she was owned by her master, Capt.William Bennett, and others.

The Alciope stranded on Lowestoft Beach on the 20th November 1877, whilst on passage from Blyth to Chatham with a cargo of coal. She was owned at Maldon by Mr.H.G.Waricker, and was under the command of Capt.S.Hawkins, with a crew of seven others, for her final voyage.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Alciope
1835
 199
 85.1
 23.0
 15.22
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven
  3. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 3 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register.
  4. 1857 Mercantile Navy List gives port of registry as Liverpool, official number and signal letters NWKG.
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