Cumbrian

Official Number
8698

The Cumbrian was a large 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. He or his family were still owners of the vessel in 1865.

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. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Cambrian (sic), 172 tons, official number 8698, registered at Whitehaven.
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Cumbrian, brig, 166 tons, built 1816, registered at Whitehaven, owned and commanded by Capt.Roper, of Whitehaven.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1870: Cumbrian, 166 tons, official number 8698, signal letter KDGT, registered at Whitehaven, owned by William Burnyeat, of Whitehaven.