Tarragona
 Official Number
44230

The Tarragona was a brig built by Lumley Kennedy & Co. at Whitehaven, launched on the 12th August 1862.

The Tarragona was bought by the Tyrrell family of Arklow, Ireland in 1926. The vessel was given a motor and converted to a three-masted schooner rig. She traded between Ireland and Britain, and was registered at Dublin. After being laid up at Arklow for some time the Tarragona was  broken-up in 1934.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Tarragona
1862
 144
92.2
21.6 
12.2
2
Female
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Coastwise Sail" by John Anderson, pub. Percival Marshall & Co. (1948) page 59 - includes an illustration of her figurehead, gives build date as 1863, and states that she was originally a brigantine.
  2. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  3. "Schooner Sunset" by Douglas Bennet, Chatham Publishing (2001), ISBN 1 86176 176 7.
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