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Syren | Official Number
12864 |
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Syren | Official Number
12864 |
The Syren was a full-rigged ship built at Whitehaven, launched on the 14th September 1840 by Lumley
Kennedy & Co. She was registered at Liverpool and was owned by Joseph Mondel, who was later to own the Mallard, built at the same shipyard.
The Liverpool Mercury, Friday, 18th September 1840;
"LAUNCHES - A splendid new barque, of 276 tons o.m., and 314 new, was
on Monday last launched from the building-yard of Messrs.Lumley Kennedy
and Co., at Whitehaven, named the Syren, built for Joseph
Mondel, Esq., of Liverpool, and intended for the South American trade.
A splendid new vessel, of nearly 300 tons burthen, was launched from
the building-yard of Messrs.Peile, Scott, and Co., at Workington, on
Saturday last, called the Antilles, built for Mr.Joseph Bushby, and intended for the West India trade."
The Syren was probably lost at La Guaira, Venezuela, in 1847. A vessel named Syren, bound for Liverpool and described as a British barque, parted
her chain and went ashore there, to become a complete wreck, on the
21st May of that year. She was not, however, removed from Lloyd's
Register until 1848, so there is a possibility this was a different vessel.
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