Crummock Water

Official Number
78777

The Crummock Water was an iron 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
1033
216.0 
34.4 
20.4 
3 
 
 
100 years A1, Special Survey

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).
  3. There are two paintings( 1 & 2 ) of the Crummock Water at the Beacon Museum, Whitehaven.
  4. There are photographs and newspaper reports available at the National Library of Australia and Picture Australia websites.
  5. The same photo is available at the San Francisco Public Library.
  6. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details from 1887 to 1899.
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  7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1896-7: Crummock Water, iron barque, 1033 grt, built by the Whitehaven S.B.Co., April 1878, owner T.K.Metcalf, registered at Liverpool.
  8. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1899-1900: Nostra Signora del Rosario (ex-Crummock Water), owned by T.Gazzolo, registered at Genoa, master Capt.A.Gazzolo.