Comet
 Official Number
9322

The Comet was a brig built at Whitehaven by William White. She was launched on the 21st October 1811.

In 1840 the Comet was registered at Whitehaven and was owned by Walker, Wilson & Barwise, and was commanded by Capt.Edward Head. In 1865 the vessel was registered as a brigantine at Whitehaven, owned by Thomas Carmichael, iron ore merchant, and commanded by Capt.Burnell.

From the Times newspaper, Monday, 17th October 1881, page 11;

" The Comet, brigantine, of Whitehaven, is reported from Pembroke to have stranded at Peopton Point at 8.30 on the 14th of October, and is likely to become a total wreck. The crew were saved by ropes previous to the arrival of the Angle life apparatus."
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Comet
1811
 115
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven" - 104 tons.
  3. 1857 Mercantile Navy List gives her official number and the signal letters KGTL, 104 tons,  registered at Whitehaven.
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865.
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