Greta

Official Number 69335

The Greta was an iron full-rigged ship built by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven in January 1874. She was owned by  W.Lowden, later Lowden, Edgar & Co., and was registered at Liverpool.

Sources :

1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Greta, iron ship, 1249 gross tons, official no.69335, owned by W.Lowden & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.T.Connell.
2. Mystic Seaport Library has a Ship Register Search facility. The Greta is included in these American registers for the years 1875-1900. Masters named as Capts.Connell, Macready, Chellew or Chillew, Cussady and Corbett.
   
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1877-8: Greta, iron ship, 1249 gross tons, official no.69335, signal letters MNWH, owned by Lowden, Edgar & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.T.Connell.
4. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Greta, ship, 1190 tons, built at Whitehaben in 1874, official number 69335, signal letters MNWH, owned by William Lowden, of 16 South Castle Street, Liverpool, and registered at that port.
   
5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1883-4: Greta, details as 1877, except master Capt.Taylor.
6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90: Greta, details as 1877, except master Capt.Cassidy.
7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1896-7: Greta, details as 1877, except master Capt.G.W.Garland.
8. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1898-9: Greta, details as 1896.
9. The British registry of the the Greta was closed in 1905 (National Archives, BT 110/145/16).
   

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