Crummock Water
Official Number
78777

The Crummock Water was a  barque built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company in April 1878 for Jackson & Metcalf of Liverpool. The vessel was bought by Italian owners in 1896 and renamed Nostra Signora del Rosario. She left Cadiz on the 15th February 1914 and was later listed as "Missing", with the loss of 25 crew.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Crummock Water
1878
995 
216.0 
34.4 
20.4 
 
 
100A1 (SS) 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992) - information from Sheila Cartwright.
  3. There is a photo of Crummock Water in the State Library of Victoria online catalogue at http://catalogue.slv.vic.gov.au/webvoy.htm
  4. The same photo is available at the San Francisco Public Library.
  5. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details from 1887 to 1899.
  6. J.W.Dakin named as master, owner as Jackson, Metcalf & Co. in "Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1895".
  7. There are two paintings( 1 & 2 ) of the Crummock Water at the Beacon museum, Whitehaven.
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