Valdivia
 Official Number
7042

The Valdivia was a full-rigged ship built by Lumley Kennedy & Co. at Whitehaven and launched on the 27th October 1855. She was registered at Liverpool in 1860 but in 1877 (see Source 1) she was owned by King of Bristol.

The Valdivia was posted "missing" in April 1884, not having been heard of since leaving Old Calabar on the 26th November, 1883, bound for Falmouth with a cargo of palm nut kernels, under Capt.Roach. Her small boat was found at the end of May floating 30 miles SSW of Ballycotton, and by her appearance was judged to have been adrift for some considerable time.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Valdivia
1855
 356
148.3 
26.0 
16.0 
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1877 (FYM 1867, names owner as R & W King, master as J.Sennett).
  2. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984) - gives tonnage as 473 tons.
  3. The Times newspaper, 17th April 1884, page 7 and 28th May 1884, page 5.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1857 - registered at Liverpool, 395 tons.
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