Ennerdale
Official Number
10596

The Ennerdale was a barque built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy & Co. and launched on the 9th April 1842.

Launch report from the "Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser", Tuesday, 12th April 1842, page 3 :

"  A splendid new barque of 308 tons, O.M. and 343 tons N.M. was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Lumley Kennedy and Co., at this port, on Saturday last, called the Ennerdale, purchased by Capt.Boadle, late of the Avoca, and intended for the East India trade. The Ennerdale is a very handsome vessel, is substantially built, and altogether finished in a very superior style."
The Ennerdale was lost by fire on the 6th Sept.1879.

From "The Times", Friday, 12th September 1879, page 6 :

" The Ennerdale, of Whitehaven, has been burnt at sea off Cape Mess. The crew were saved and landed by the Zanetta. The Ennerdale was a vessel of 304 tons burden, built at Whitehaven in 1842, and classed A1 in red. "
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
 Ennerdale
1842
 343
 
 
 
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. 1857 Mercantile Navy List gives port of registry as Whitehaven, official number and signal letters KPDJ, tonnage 343.
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