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Ant | Official Number
9371
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The Ant was a brigantine built at Workington by
Jonathan Fell, launched on Saturday, 7th July 1838. She was owned and registered at that port until she
was abandoned in the
North Atlantic in 1857.
The Brooklyn Eagle, Thursday, 13th August 1857, page 3;
" SYRACUSE, Aug.12.- The French war steamer Ardent, on
the 7th instant, fell in with and towed into St.Pieree, a brigantine, timber
laden, having the British flag at half-mast. She had no boats, and no papers
were found in her. Her name appeared to be 'Workington'. "
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday,
25th August 1857, page 8;
" SYDNEY, N.S., Aug.12.- The French war-steamer Ardent,
on the 7th instant, west of Miquelon, fell in with an abandoned brigantine,
having a British flag displayed at half-mast. No boats were found with
her. Her name appeared to be Ant, of Workington, and she was laden
with timber. No papers were discovered on board. The wreck was towed to
St.Pierre by the Ardent. "
The Ant was sold in Quebec to "parties in France", but whether she continued her career or was broken-up is not known.
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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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Ant
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1838
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151 om, 129 nm
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2
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6 years A1
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven
Museum (1985).
- Launch
reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 10th July 1838, naming
the builder as Peile, Scott & Co., and stating that she was
intended for the coasting trade.
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"A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840", by William
Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven: Ant, brig, 151 tons old measurement,
129 tons new measurement,
built by Jonathan Fell in 1838 at Workington, registered at Workington, owned by her commander, Capt.Milliam
Matches, and others.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1844-5: Ant, brig, 150 tons om, 135 tons nm, built
at Workington in 1838, owned by her master, Capt.Scott, and others,
registered at Workington, described as a coasting vessel.
- Mercantile Navy List 1857: Ant, 129 tons, official number 9371, registered at Workington.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1857-8: Ant, brigantine, 150
tons, built at Workington in 1838, owned by Fell & Co., registered
at Workington, master Capt.J.M'Minn, operating in coasting trade. The
vessel is not listed in the 1858 edition of Lloyd's Register.
- Workington Shipping Register 1839-55
(Ref.TSR/3/1 at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven) - states that the Ant was abandoned, found by a French steamer, and then sold to "parties in France".