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Ariel | Official Number
44227
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The Ariel was a brig built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank at
Bransty, Whitehaven. She was fourth vessel of this name built by
Brocklebanks,
and was launched on the 21st November 1862. She was registered at
Whitehaven and was owned by T.Kelly, then W.R.Kelly. She was sold in
the 1880's to W.Tyrell of Arklow, Co.Wicklow, and subsequently was
re-riged as a schooner.
The Ariel was wrecked on North Point, island of Eriskay in the
Outer Hebrides on the 1st May 1900. She had been on passage from Dublin to Perth with a cargo of "Goulding's manure" (guano).
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Ariel
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1862
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130
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86.6
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21.6
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12.0
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2
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12 years A1.
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Sources :
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"From Cumberland to Cape
Horn" by D.Hollett.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1862-3 (Supplement): Ariel,
brigantine, 130 tons, built by Brocklebank at Whitehaven in November
1862 (felted & zinc-sheathed at launch), owned by T.Kelly,
registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Anderson, voyage Whitehaven -
Mediterranean.
- Mercantile Navy List 1880: Ariel, brigantine, 124 tons,
built at Whitehaven in 1862, registered at Whitehaven, official number
44227, signal letters, TSGK, owned by William Russel Kelly, of
Whitehaven.
- Wreck reported in the Western Mail newspaper, Friday, 4th May 1900.
- Wreck details also included in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website,
citing from "Off Scotland" by I.G.Whittaker.