Phaeton

Official Number 16265

The Phaeton was a barque, launched from the Whitehaven shipyard of Lumley Kennedy & Co. in October 1859. From 1860 she was registered at Dumfries, owned by William Turner, of that port, and others. She was owned in Spain for a brief period in the 1870's, renamed Elena. By 1875 she was registered at London, owned by A.W.Bathe, and had regained her original name.

The Times newspaper reported in 1877 that "the ship Phaeton, of London, with a cargo of rice, has been lost on the Madras coast."

Sources :

1. Dumfries Shipping Registers
2. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Phaeton, 416 tons, official no.16265, signal letters LWRG, registered at Dumfries, owned by William Turner, of Dumfries.
   
3. Online register details from 1871 to 1879 are available at the Mystic Seaport Library website.
4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1873-4: Elena, barque, 416 tons, built at Whitehaven by Kennedy in October 1859, YM in 1872, owned by Lealde Vaz, registered at Corunna, master Capt.M.Pulleiro, voyage Leith - Brazils, annotated "late Phaeton" and "now named Phaeton".
5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Phaeton, barque, 416 tons, built at Whitehaven by Kennedy in October 1859, YM in 1872, official no.16265, owned by Fairbrass, then A.W.Bathe & Co., registered at London, master Capts.J.Baldock and T.Lloyd, annotated "late Elena, formerly Phaeton".
   
6. Loss reported in the Times newspaper, Tuesday, 24th July 1877, page 4.

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