Enchantress

Official Number 24828

The Enchantress was a barque built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy & Co. She was launched on the 23rd February 1841, and was intended for the trade to Calcutta.

The Enchantress was wrecked in a gale off Lydd Station, Romney Marsh, on Friday, 26th October, 1855, with the loss of her master, Capt. Henry Huddart, and eleven others, there being a single survivor (the first mate) from the crew of thirteen. The names of those lost were Henry Huddart, Alfred Barnes, Chas. Chisent, Geo. Ross, Jan Esquare, Chas. Mariner, Wm. Mason, Chas. Mason, Wm. Liverpool, Jean Francois, Wm. Davis, and John Deane. The master and seven others were buried in the churchyard at Lydd (see Source 2). The Enchantress was on passage to Buenos Ayres from London with a general cargo.
 

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
2. Website - In the Churchyard and Church of All Saints’, Lydd, Kent (Kent Archaeological Society).
3. Despite having been wrecked, the barque is listed in the 1857 Mercantile Navy List, which gives her official number and the signal letters PCLF. She was still registered at Whitehaven.
4. Wreck reported in the Times newspaper, Thursday 1st November 1855, page 8 - names maser as Capt.Hubbard.