Devock Water
 Official Number
84186

The Devock Water was an iron barque built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company and launched on the 25th November 1881 for Jackson & Metcalf of Liverpool.

Source 1 reports that the Devock Water went missing in 1883. A graveyard inscription reports that the Devock Water left San Francisco for Cape Town on the 20th September 1882 and was not heard of again.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Devock Water
1881
1027 
216.0 
34.4 
20.3 
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1885 : names master as Capt.R.G.Roberts.
  3. Graveyard inscription for George Wilkinson, reported on Rootsweb Cumberland-L list.
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