Orontes

Official Number
9380

The Orontes was a brig, launched from the Whitehaven shipyard of Lumley Kennedy & Co. on the 1st October 1856. She was owned in Whitehaven for her entire career.

The Orontes departed from Cardiff for Lisbon early in January 1870, under the command of Capt.J.Trohear. She then sailed for the Guadiana river and picked up a cargo of sulphur ore, leaving Villa Real for Liverpool on the 22nd February. She was never seen again, and was posted "Missing" in June. The Energy, also of Whitehaven, had recently been lost on a voyage from Pomaron, in December 1869.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Orontes
1856
 126
85.2 
20.2 
12.0 
 3
 
 
A1, 8 years 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Orontes, 126 tons, official no.9389, signal code KHCJ, vessel was registered at Whitehaven.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: Orontes, brig, 126 tons, built 1856, owned by Thomas Kelly, of Whitehaven, vessel registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Boadle.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Orontes, 126 tons, official no.9389, signal code KHCJ, vessel was registered at Whitehaven, owned by Thomas Kelly, of Whitehaven.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1869-70: Orontes, brig, 126 tons, built 1856 at Whitehaven, owned by Kelly & Co., registered at Whitehaven master Capt.J.Trohear, voyage Liverpool - Mediterranean.
  6. Loss reported in the Times, 9th June 1870, page 7: "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." The Energy was posted "Missing" in the Standard, 1st April 1870.