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.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Comorin
1855
803
186.5 
32.0 
21.5 
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.
  3. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Comorin, 803 tons, official number 2347, signal letters HNSK, port of registry as Liverpool.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1882-3: Comorin, ship, 803 grt, 761 nrt, built at Whitehaven in 1855, official number 2347, signal letters HNSK, owned by P.Sutherland jnr, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Skewes.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1893-4: Comorin, wooden barque, 859 grt, built at Whitehaven by T.& J.Brocklebank in 1855, registered at Porsgrund, Norway - annotated "Abandoned 10.93".