Amethyst

Official Number 74746

The Amethyst was an iron barquentine built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company and launched on the 3rd July 1876. Her first owner was G.Nelson and the vessel was registered at Whitehaven. Her maiden voyage was to Buenos Aires under the command of Capt. Wyon (source 3).

Source 3 reports that the vessel stranded in November 1889 and was bought by F.Rasmussen, a Danish owner who refloated her and repaired her. By 1890 she was in Mexican ownership under the name of Barbara y Luisa. By 1892 Norwegians had bought her and renamed her Anne Charlotte.

The Amethyst stranded on the Brazilian coast on the 27th December 1894, on passage for Liverpool.
 

Sources :

1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1877 (names owner as G.Nelson, master as A.Wyon).
2. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - describes the vessel as a 3-masted schooner, 194 gross tons.
3. "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992) - information from Sheila Cartwright.