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Pudsey Dawson | Official Number
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Pudsey Dawson | Official Number
12938 |
The Cumberland Pacquet, Tuesday, 16th November 1852,
page 3;
" A very fine vessel was launched on Thursday last from the
ship-building yard of Messrs.Lumley Kennedy and Co., of this town. The
high reputation so long enjoyed by this eminent firm is fully
maintained
by this, their latest production. She is a very handsome and
well-finished
vessel, of 693 tons, O.M., and 761, N.M. She posseses a full poop and
top-gallant
forecastle, and has been built under the special survey of Lloyd's
surveyor,
for the 13 years A1 class. Her figure-head is a full-length female one,
representing Aurora, from a statue by T.Gibson, R.A., and is executed
in
the best style of Mr.Brooker, of Maryport. As she glided from the
stocks
she was named, pro tem, Coringa, - the name of a seaport in the
Bay of Bengal, - by John Peile, Esq. As she has not yet been disposed
of,
this name is, of course, but a temporary one. She will no doubt
speedily
find a purchaser, when we trust the skill and energy of her
enterprising
builders will meet with an ample reward."
The Coringa was a full-rigged ship launched on the 11th
November
1852 by Lumley
Kennedy
& Co. of Whitehaven. She was registered at Liverpool on the
25th
January 1853, under the new name of Pudsey Dawson. Possibly she
was named after Pudsey Dawson, a Liverpool merchant and shipowner who
was
Mayor of Liverpool in 1799. The figure-head seems to have caused some
confusion
to the registrar - it is described in the launch report as female, and
on the registry certificate as male. The certificate also states that
the
vessel had imitation galleries.
The Pudsey Dawson made her first voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, departing 5th April 1853. She then went to Ninpo and Shanghai, returned to London and then made a voyage to New Zealand. She arrived in Port Chalmers, New Zealand on the 15th December 1854 (Capt.Davies), from London, passengers and general cargo, and then berthed at Wellington (from Otago) on the 23rd December.
The Manchester Guardian, 19th April 1856, Front Page;
" SAN FRANCISCO-LIVERPOOL LINE OF CALIFORNIA PACKETS -
Warranted
First Vessel; not Coal Laden.-To be despatched 30th April.- For San
Francisco,
from Liverpool, the magnificent Whitehaven-built clipper Ship Pudsey
Dawson;
J.Davies, Commander; 693 tons register, A1 for 13 years, and only two
years
old. This splendid ship will be found the most desirable conveyance
ever
offered to shippers from this country. Loading in Salthouse Dock.-For
terms
of freight &c. apply to Boult, English, and Brandon, Rumford Place;
or Muir and Leighton, 15, Water-street, Liverpool. "
The Pudsey Dawson made this voyage to San Francisco, then travelled to Australia via Hong Kong, arriving at Robe, Victoria, on the 21st May 1857 (Capt.J.Davies).
The Pudsey Dawson was sold to Hosken
of
Liverpool in 1867, then to Anderson of London three years later. In
1877
she was owned in Plymouth. The ship ended her days in that port,
reduced
first to a barge and then to a coal hulk.
Her final owner was C.J.King, of Bristol, and the registry of the vessel
at Plymouth was closed in December 1888.
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