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Egremont Castle
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Official Number
76480 |
The Egremont Castle was an iron barque built in February
1877 by the Whitehaven
Ship Building Co.
She sailed in April from Ardrossan, bound for San Francisco under the
command of her owner, Captain Wilfrid Ditchburn, who had previously
commanded the Sarah Bell.
In March 1878 the Egremeont Castle was in Valparaiso, and
Captain Ditchburn had his wife aboard the vessel. An American preacher
was invited aboard to hold a service, and make a collection. Other
vessels at Valparaiso at the time included the Eden Holme and the Mary Moore, both of Maryport.
The Egremont Castle, Capt.Ditchburn, departed San Francisco on the 18th
September 1878, bound for Cork with a cargo of 27,825 centals of wheat,
valued at $47,747. She was lost with her crew of 25.
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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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Egremont Castle
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1877
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814
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198
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32.1
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19.5
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3
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984).
- Refer to California Digital Newspaper Archive for newspaper shipping intelligence reports.
- Visit of preacher described in "Our South American Cousins" by William Taylor (see Google Books).
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American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping (1879): Egremont Castle,
iron barque, 814 gross tons, vessel registered at Liverpool, last
surveyed Sept.1878 at San Francisco, master and owner
Capt.W.F.Ditchburn.
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The Egremont Castle was reported "Overdue" in the Times newspaper,
Thursday, 8th May, 1879, page 7 and as "Missing" in the Sacramento Daily Union, 6th June 1879.