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Whitehaven | Official Number
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The Whitehaven was a brig built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank
at Bransty, Whitehaven in 1824, preceding the Manchester
and Bransty. The vessel was sold from the Brocklebank fleet in 1831
and was subsequently renamed Bolivar, her registry then being transferred from Whitehaven to London.
The Bolivar, Capt.Berryman, foundered on the 28th
November 1853. She was two days out from Demerara, bound for London
with a cargo of rum and sugar. The crew were taken off by the brig Lady of the Lake and were landed at Barbadoes.
NB. Another brig named Whitehaven
was built in 1825 at Whitehaven.
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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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Whitehaven
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1824
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214
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90.2
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22.9
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15.1
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2
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Sources :
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From National
Archives website, detailing records held in the Brocklebank Archive
at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
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"Brocklebanks 1770-1950, Volume 1" by John Frederic Gibson (1953)
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984).
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1830: Whitehaven, brig,
203 tons, vessel registered at Whitehaven, master J.Walker.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1833: Bolivar, brig, 204 tons, master
E.Martin, owner J.Paynter, registered at Whitehaven.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1841-2: Bolivar, brig, 204 tons, master
W.Brown, owner Greathed, registered at London.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1851-2: Bolivar, brig, 204 tons, master
Barron, owner Greathed, registered at London.
- Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury, 10th and 17th January 1854.