Emily Burnyeat

Official Number
44222

The Emily Burnyeat was a brigantine, built in February 1862 (the same year as the Sarah Burnyeat) at Berwick by AB Gowan & Son. Initially owned by the Burnyeat family, she was registered at Whitehaven. for her whole life. In about 1880 she was sold to Captain William Gregory, of Arklow.

The Emily Burnyeat, described as a brigantine, was fired at by Carlist gun batteries as she entered the port of Guetaria, north Spain, in November 1875. She was struck three times in her mainsail, once in her boat and once in the rigging, and was damaged by shell fragments. There were no casualties and she was assisted into port by representatives of the Spanish government.

At the 1881 Census the Emily Burnyeat was at Whitehaven, with a crew from Arklow, Ireland, under the command of Capt.William Gregory.

The Emily Burnyeat was lost by collision with the ship Wiscombe Park, of Liverpool, about 10 miles SE by S of the Eddystone lighthouse, on the 7th May 1904. She had been on passage from Swansea for Guernsey with a coal cargo, under the command of Capt.J.Counsell. She was described as a wooden schooner, was owned by W.Gregory, of Arklow, and was still registered at Whitehaven.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Emily Burnyeat
1862
 128
84.1 
 21,0
11.4
2
 
 
8 years A1

Sources :

  1. Berwick Shipyard - Build List 1841-1878 - names owner as Burnyeat, and describes the vessel as a schooner.
  2. There is a painting of the Emily Burnyeat at the Beacon Museum, Whitehaven. The vessel is rigged as a brigantine.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1863-4: Emily Burnyeat, schooner, 128 tons, built by Gowan at Berwick, February 1862, owned by Burnyeat & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.J.Bruster (sic).
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: Emily Burnyeat, schooner, 128 tons, owned by William Burnyeat, butcher, of Whitehaven, and commanded by Capt.Brewster, registered at Whitehaven.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Emily Barnyeat, 128 tons, official no.44222, signal letters TSGC, owned by William Barnyeat, of Whitehaven, registered at Whitehaven.
  6. Report of attack at Guetaria from the Guardian newspaper, 16th Nov.1875, page 8; 17th Nov.1875, pages 5 and 8, and the Times newspaper, Tues., 16th Nov.1875, page 3; 17th Nov.1875, page 5.
  7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1880-81: Emily Burnyeat, schooner, 128 tons, built by Gowan at Berwick, February 1862, FYM in 1865, official no.44222, signal letters TSGC, owned by W.R.Kelly, then W.Gregory, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Bale.
  8. Census details from Ships in port in Cumberland 1881.
  9. Loss reported in Parliamentary Papers 1905, Vol.71 "Wrecks & Casualties".