Atlas

Official Number none

The Atlas was a brig built by William Bowes at Whitehaven and launched on the 15th October 1799. She foundered on the 25th October 1806 with the loss of all hands, off Bowness-on-Solway whilst bound from Jamaica to Whitehaven under the command of Capt.Stockdale.
 

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - states lost in the Solway Firth, 25/10/1806.
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. - cites Lloyds List, 31st October 1806.