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The Sancta Bega was a barque built at Whitehaven by Lumley
Kennedy & Co., launched on the 9th January 1844.
From the Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser and Cumberland Pacquet newspaper,
Tuesday, 16th January 1844 :
"A splendid new barque was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.Lumley Kennedy and Co., at this port, on the 9th instant, called the Sancta Bega, burthen 248 tons old measurement, and 265 tons new, built for a Liverpool house, and intended for the South America trade, under the command of Captain Field. The St.Bega is a 12 year ship, is coppered and is copper-fastened to the bends, and sports a beautifully executed full-length figure head of the patroness of St.Bees, in the act of prayer, carved in a first-rate mannner by Brooker, of Maryport. She is a finely modelled vessel, well-adapted for sailing and carrying, and as faithfully built a merchantman as was ever produced in Cumberland." |
The Sancta Bega was in later years re-named Inca, still registered at Liverpool.
Another barque of the same name, Sancta
Bega, was built at Harrington.
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