Sherwood
Official Number
87888

The Sherwood was an iron ship built by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven, launched on the 2nd August 1883. She was owned by Sprott & Co. of Liverpool until 1890, when she was sold to owners in Hamburg and renamed Louise (see Source 1).
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Sherwood
1883
  1823
 261.3
39.3 
 24.1
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. " Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1890 " names master as Capt.Edkin, owner as J.Sprott.
  3. " Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1895 " names master as Capt.Albert, owner as D.H.Watjen, and shows the vessel registered at Bremen as Louise, ex-Sherwood.
  4. There is a painting of the Sherwood in the Maryport Maritime Museum.
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