Arachne

Official Number 26039

The Arachne was a full-rigged ship built by Thomas and Ralph Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven. She was launched on the 30th August 1851 and was registered at Liverpool. Her first master was Capt.Alexander Adamson. The vessel's first voyage was to Calcutta, and she continued in this trade throughout her career, under a succession of masters (Capts. Roddock, King, Mawson, Sharp, Fletcher, Fearon, Francis Wise and John Kenworthy).

The Arachne was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in November 1866. Bound from Calcutta, the ship was abandoned south of the Cape Verde Islands on 12th November, Capt.Kenworthy and all crew being saved.
 

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
2. "Brocklebanks 1770-1950", Vol.1, by J.F.Gibson (1950)
3. BoT Transcript of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.310 for 1851) at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
4. Mercantile Navy List 1857 gives official number, signal letters PJLV, vessel registered at Liverpool, 654 tons.
5. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.