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.

The Amethyst 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 Anne Charlotte was wrecked on the outer bar at Aracaju, Brazil, on the 27th December 1894, on passage from Newport. All the crew were saved.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Amethyst
1876
208 
128.2 
21.6 
11.6 
3 
 
 
100A1, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992).
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90: Amethyst, iron barquentine, 208 gross tons, - annotated "now named Barbara y Luisa".
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90 (Supplement): Barbara y Luisa, iron barquentine, 208 gross tons, owned by B.Anizan & Co., registered at Laguna, Mexico.
  5. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury, Saturday, 29th December 1894.