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Parknook | Official Number
69720
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The Parknook was an iron barque built
by the Whitehaven
Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven in June 1876. She was owned by David
Borrowdale of Whitehaven, and her first voyage was from Whitehaven to San
Francisco with a coal cargo, under the command of Capt.Richard Thompson.
In 1887 the Parknook carried emigrants to Australia.
The Parknook was sold to Norwegian owners in 1898, and by 1927
was registered at New York, renamed Cecilia M.Dunlap. She entered
the coastal trade on the Atlantic seaboard, and subsequently was converted
to a schooner barge. She foundered on the 12th September 1931 in 60 feet
of water during heavy seas, whilst under tow from Pennsylvania to New Jersey
with about 10,000 barrels of oil as
cargo.
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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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Parknook
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1876
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835
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198.7
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32.2
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19.5
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3
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Male
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100 years A1, Special Survey
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984)
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Photo from the collection of The
Beacon, Whitehaven.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1878-9: Parknook, iron
barque, 835 grt, 793 nrt, built by the Whitehaven S.B.Co. in June 1876,
official number 69720, signal letters PRTJ, registered at Whitehaven,
owned by D.Borrowdale, master Capt.R.Thompson.
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1887 crew and passenger list from Passenger
Ships arriving in Australian Ports
- Very good photo of the Parknook in the collection of the State Library of South Australia (refer to the website of the National Library of Australia for this and newspaper reports).
- Mercantile Navy List 1896: Parknook, barque, 793 tons, built at Whitehaven in
1876, official number 69720, signal letters PRTJ, registered at
Whitehaven, managing owner Robert Conaway, of 29 Tower Buildings West, Water Street, Liverpool.
- British registry closed in 1898 (National Archives, ref.BT 110/63/31).
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1899-1900: Parknook, iron barque, 835
grt, 793 nrt, built by the Whitehaven S.B.Co. in June 1876, registered at Farsund, Norway, owned by GC.Brövig.
- Information posted on the Rootsweb Cumberland-L List.
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Information from Bob Millman, Queensland, Australia.
- New
Jersey Historical Divers Association holds plans of this vessel.