William

Official Number
none

The William was a large brig built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven, in 1812. She was part-owned by the Brocklebanks, making voyages to North America and the Caribbean under the command of Capts.Frazer and Richardson. The William, Capt.Potts, was seized and condemned by order of the American Government, and was sold at New York on the 17th July 1827. American legislation defined a maximum ratio of passengers to tonnage, and the the William had exceeded this on her passage that year from Newry, Ireland.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
William
1812
 237
86.0
25.2
17.1
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Brocklebanks 1770-1950, Volume 1" by John Frederic Gibson (1953) - states that the vessel was condemned in 1818.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1817-8: William, brig, 240 tons, reg.Whitehaven, master and owner Richardson.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1820-1: William, brig, 237 tons, built at Whitehaven, master and owner W.Frazer.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Underwriters' Green Book) 1826-7: William, brig, 237 tons, built at Whitehaven, masters W.Frazer and W.Potts, voyage London - Jamaica.
  5. See also B/BROC/16/60  in the Brocklebank Archive at Merseyside Maritime Museum library.
  6. Condemnation of the vessel reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 11th September 1827, page 3.