Orontes
 Official Number
9380

The Orontes was a brig, launched from the Whitehaven shipyard of Lumley Kennedy & Co. on the 1st October 1856. In 1865 her owner was Thomas Kelly, of Whitehaven, and her master was Capt.Boadle (see Source 3).

From "The Times" newspaper, Thursday, 9th June, 1870, page 7 :

MISSING VESSELS - The Orontes, of Whitehaven (Off.No.9,380), Trohear, sailed from Villa Real for Liverpool, with sulphur ore, February 22, and has not since been heard of.
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Orontes
1856
 126
 
 
 
 3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel was registered at Whitehaven, signal code KHCJ.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865 - vessel registered at Whitehaven.
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