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Senhouse | Official Number
9212 |
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Senhouse | Official Number
9212 |
The Senhouse was a brig built at Chester in 1754. She was
owned in Whitehaven in the latter part of her life, operating in the
coal trade to Ireland.
The Senhouse, Capt.Williamson Martin, went ashore in a storm at Balbriggan on the 12th November 1852. Her crew of five were taken off by rope, with the assistance of the crew of the schooner Mountaineer. Holes were bored in the hull of the brig to prevent the wreck being pushed further up the shore, with the hope of eventually salving the vessel. This was successful and the brig survived until 1866, when she was wrecked on the Isle of Man under the command of the same master.
The Liverpool Mercury, Thursday, 4th January 1866;
" On Saturday night or early Sunday morning, a brig named Senhouse,
Captain Williamson Martin, was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man,
and one of the crew was drowned. She was a vessel of about 150 tons
burthen, and principally the property of Thomas Benn, esq., of Carus
Lodge, Lancashire. She left Dublin about eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, bound for Whitehaven, and shortly after her departure the wind
and sea rose to such an extent that the vessel became utterly
unmanageable. About midnight she drifted toward the Isle of Man, and
went ashore at a place called Scarlett, near Castletown. All the crew
escaped with the exception of one man, who was drowned. The vessel has
gone to pieces. Another brig, named the Cesarine, bound from Kingston
to Maryyport, went ashore near Peel, and is expected to become a total
wreck."
Another brig named Senhouse was built at Workington and foundered in 1852.
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