Ellerbank

Official Number ?????

The Ellerbank was an iron ship built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company and launched on the 8th February 1876.

From "The Scotsman" newspaper, Wednesday, 22nd August, 1883, page 9 :

" LOSS OF A BRITISH SHIP AT MONTE VIDEO (from Lloyds) London, Tuesday - A telegram from Monte Video state that the Ellerbank (British ship), from Hull, on 24th April, for San Francisco, was thrown on her beam ends and shifted her cargo off Cape Horn, and was afterwards abandoned in sinking condition. Her crew were picked up by the Chinampas, and landed at Monte Video. The Ellerbank was an iron vessel of 1170 tons gross, built at Whitehaven in 1876, and owned by J.B.Sprott, Liverpool. "

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
2. Photo of Ellerbank available at the San Francisco Public Library.
3. Photo of Ellerbank in Picture Australia archive.