John Scott
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.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
John Scott
1835
 225
88.2 
24.2 
16.2 
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven".
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Whitehaven, 225 tons, signal letters JPBG
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865 - vessel registered at Whitehaven, 222 tons, owned by John Hodgson, of Whitehaven.
  4. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - states that the vessel was wrecked at Wicklow, 1871.
  5. From "Wreck and Rescue on the East Coast of Ireland" by John de Courcy.
  6. See also "Shipwreck Index of Ireland", Richard & Bridget Larn - names master at time of wreck as Capt.W.Musgrave.
  7. Wreck reported in the Times newspaper, Tues., 4th February 1873, page 6 - states one man saved.
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