Cumbrian
 Official Number
8698

The Cumbrian was a brig built at Whitehaven, launched 23rd Sept.1816 by William Bowes & Son. In 1840 she was registered at Whitehaven and was owned by Capt.John Roper, her master, and others.

In 1865 the vessel was registered at Whitehaven, owned by Capt.Roper, her master (see Source 4).

The Cumbrian was stranded and wrecked in Strangford Lough on the 3rd July 1874, carrying a coal cargo.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
 Cumbrian
1816
 172
 
 
 
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, republished by Michael Moon (Whitehaven, 1975, ISBN 0-904131-09-2).
  3. Official Number from 1857 Mercantile Navy List, where the vessel is mis-named as Cambrian, of Whitehaven, 172 tons.
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865.
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