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John Scott
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Official Number
6484 |
The John Scott was a wooden brig built at Whitehaven by John
Scott, and launched on the 24th July 1835. In 1840 her master was named
as Capt.Mark Robinson (see Source1) and the vessel was owned by the master
and others.
The John Scott was wrecked on the 1st February 1873, at Indiaman
Reef, Kilcoole (Co.Wicklow), Ireland. She had been carrying a cargo of
iron ore from Whitehaven to Newport. The seven crew abandoned the stranded
brig in their small boat, but this capsized and all were lost except for
one man. The overturned boat carried the survivor to the shore at Greystones.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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John Scott
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1835
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225
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88.2
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24.2
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16.2
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2
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Sources :
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"A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William
Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven".
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Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Whitehaven, 225 tons,
signal letters JPBG
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Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865 - vessel registered at Whitehaven,
222 tons, owned by John Hodgson, of Whitehaven.
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984) - states that the vessel was wrecked at Wicklow, 1871.
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From "Wreck and Rescue on the East Coast of Ireland" by John de Courcy.
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See also "Shipwreck Index of Ireland", Richard & Bridget Larn - names
master at time of wreck as Capt.W.Musgrave.
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Wreck reported in the Times newspaper, Tues., 4th February 1873, page 6
- states one man saved.