New Margaret

Official Number 14359

The New Margaret was a ship built by Lumley Kennedy & Co. at Whitehaven, launched on the 1st July 1844.

From the Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, 2nd July 1844, page 3 :

"A splendid new vessel called the New Margaret was yesterday launched from the building yard of Messrs.Lumley Kennedy and Co., at this port, burthen per register N.M. 411 tons, and O.M. 355. She is the property of William Alexander, Esq., Underwriters' Row, Liverpool, will stand A1 at Lloyds' for 12 years, is intended for the China Trade, and will be commanded by Captain W.Ager, late of the Orixa. She is ship-rigged, with poop to the rail and topgallant forecastle deck, and has a beautiful female bust head, with a richly carved taffrail and imitation galleries."

Sources :

1. Official Number given in Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Exeter, 411 tons, signal code LMTF.
2. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - states registered at Exeter in 1860, and at London in 1873.
3. The Ships List reports that Robert Alexander founded the "Hall Line" of Liverpool, and that the New Margaret, 370 tons, built 1844, was purchased in 1850 and scrapped in 1874.
4. South Australian Migrant Shipping (1836-1860) reports the New Margaret, Captain Wright, arriving at Port Adelaide from London in 1860.
5. On 19th January 1860 the ship New Margaret left Gravesend in England with 10,000 ore bags, 160 barrels of gunpowder and a large quantity of mining implements for the Chambers' mines.- from The Chambers Brothers (South Australian mining history).