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Crummock Water
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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.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Crummock Water
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1878
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995
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216.0
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34.4
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20.4
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3
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100A1 (SS)
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984)
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"Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished
by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992) - information from Sheila Cartwright.
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There is a photo of Crummock Water in the State Library of Victoria
online catalogue at http://catalogue.slv.vic.gov.au/webvoy.htm
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The same photo
is available at the San
Francisco Public Library.
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Mystic Seaport Library Ship
Register Search has shipping register details from 1887 to 1899.
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J.W.Dakin named as master, owner as Jackson, Metcalf & Co. in "Record
of American and Foreign Shipping 1895".
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There are two paintings( 1
& 2
) of the Crummock Water at the Beacon
museum, Whitehaven.