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Amathea | Official Number
1926
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The Amathea was a full-rigged ship built at Workington in
1847, probably by Peile, Scott & Co., who were later to build many
other ships for the owner of the Amathea, Capt.Joseph Bushby.
The vessel immediately entered the trade to India, making her fist
voyage to Bombay under the command of Capt.Robinson. She visited Canton
in 1848 but seems mostly to have voyaged to India and Ceylon.
In April 1859 the Amathea, bound for Madras, picked up the crew
of the Ann Roxby, just north of the equator, after that vessel had been
lost by fire on her voyage from Liverpool for Pernambuco.
The Amathea was sold by Bushby in 1862, and was lost by fire about five years later.
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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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Amathea
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1847
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574 om, 551 nm
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125.0
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28.8
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20.0
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3
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12 years A1
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Sources :
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9: Amathea, ship, 574 tons om, 551 nm, built Workington 1847, owned by Bushby & Co., registered Workington, master
Capt.Robinson, voyage Workington - East Indies.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1857-8: Amathea, barque, 574 tons om, 551 nm, owned by Bushby & Co., registered Workington, master
Capt.Robinson, voyage Liverpool - Calcutta.
- Loss of the Ann Roxby reported in the Freeman's Journal, 6th July 1859.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1862-3: Amathea, ship, 504
tons, owner Klingender (Bushby crossed out), registered at Liverpool
(Workington crossed out), master Capt.J.Ryan, voyage to Ceylon.
- Mercantile Navy List 1867 - official number 1926, registered at
Liverpool, 505 tons, signal letters HMBK, registered owner James
P.Campbell, of Liverpool.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1867-8: Amathea, ship, 504 tons, registered Liverpool, master
Capt.J.Ryan, voyage Liverpool - Ceylon, annotated "burnt".