Bellona

Official Number ?????

The Bellona was a 200 ton ship built by William Bowes & Son at Whitehaven in 1776. The launch was reported in a local newspaper (source 2) :-

Whitehaven: "Yesterday morning a fine new Vessel, called the Bellona, built by Mr D. Bowes, for Captain Barwise of this Town, was launched from behind the North Wall."

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
2. Past Presented website - citing from "The Cumberland Chronicle : or Whitehaven Intelligencer", 12th November 1776.