Ringdove

Official Number
none

The Ringdove was a brig built by Lumley Kennedy & Co. at Whitehaven, launched 13th May 1839. She was owned by John Walker & Co., was registered at Whitehaven, and was involved in the trade to the Caribbean and South America.

In May 1846 the Ringdove, Capt.Walker, was seized and taken into the River Salado by a French brig-of-war, for contravening the Anglo-French blockade of Buenos Ayres. She may have been detained for some time, accounting for the lack of detail in Lloyd's Register during this period.

The Ringdove, Capt.Garry, a day out of Savanilla, bound for London, sprung a leak on the 21st March 1851. She foundered almost immediately, but the crew were saved and landed at Carthagena.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Ringdove
1839
176
    
 
2
 
 
10 years A1

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. " A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840", by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven - vessel owned by John Walker & Co., master Capt.George Wooff.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1845-6: Ringdove, brig, coppered 1844, 173 tons om, 176 tons nm, owned by Walker & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.J.Candlish, built at Whitehaven in 1839, classed 10 years A1.
  4. Report of seizure by the French in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 7th July 1846 - citing a report from Monte Video, dated 5th May.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1846-7 & 1847-8: same details as previous year.
  6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9: brig, yellow-metalled in 1849, owned by Walker & Co., registered at Whitehaven, masters Capts.J.Scott & Garry, voyage Liverpool - Port au Prince.
  7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1849-50 & 1850-1: brig, yellow-metalled in 1849, owned by Walker & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Garry no voyage stated. The vessel is not listed in Lloyd's Register in subsequent years.
  8. Wreck reported in the Daily News, 29th April 1851.