Sarah Burnyeat
 Official Number
44221

The Sarah Burnyeat was a barque, built January 1862 at Southwick.  In 1865 she was registered at Whitehaven and was owned by Benjamin Barwise.

From "The Scotsman", Tuesday, 4th March, 1873, page 5:

" SHIPPING ACCIDENTS - The barque Sarah Burnyeat of Whitehaven, Captain Lambart, Madras to London with a general cargo, went ashore on Sunday mornng on the Scilly Isles, and according to the latest intelligence still remained fast. Crew saved."
From 1878 the barque was registered first at London, then from 1886 at Freemantle, when she was owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. The Sarah Burnyeat was lost by fire at Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, Western Australia, on the 28th December 1894, still owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Sarah Burnyeat
1862
 272
 104
 25
 15
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865 - names master as Smith.
  2. Western Australia - Shipwreck Database
  3. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details for most years from 1878 to 1890. An example is American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1878.
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