Camana

Official Number
24301

The Camana was a brig built by T.& J.Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven, launched in November 1842. For the Brocklebank line she operated mostly in the trade to Callao, Valparaiso and other ports of the Pacific coast of South America. In 1844 and 1846 she made voyages to Calcutta. In 1860 she was sold to Whitehaven owners.

The Camana sailed from Antigua on the 27th April 1863 bound for Liverpool, under the commmand of Capt.Coulthard. She was found abandoned on the 25th May, in lat.42N, long.35W, by the Lise Amelie.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Camana
1842
185 
89.7
19.5
13.6
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - states lost 26th May 1863.
  2. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.
  3. "Brocklebanks 1770 to 1950" Vol.1 by J.F.Gibson (1953).
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Camana, 167 tons, official number 24301, signal letters NWGB, vessel registered at Liverpool.
  5. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper, Wednesday, 10th June 1863.