Comorin

Official Number 2347

The Comorin was launched on the 10th July 1855. She was a full-rigged ship built at Bransty, Whitehaven by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank .She traded for the Brocklebank Line for the first twenty years of her career, during which time she was confined to the UK-Calcutta trade. She carried a crew of 35 and her masters included Capts. S.Roddock, Tully, Howe, Francis Wise ('65-'70), Leach, William Roberts and McKenzie.

In 1875 the Comorin was sold to P.Sutherland of Liverpool, and then in 1882 she was bought by Norwegian owners. The Comorin was abandoned at sea in October 1893.
 

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
2. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.
3. 1857 Mercantile Navy List gives port of registry as Liverpool, official number and signal letters HNSK, tonnage 803.