Arion

Official Number
14623

The Arion was a brig built at Workington in 1808 by William Wallace. In 1840 she was registered at Workington, owned by Miles Satterthwaite and commanded by Capt. John Satterthwaite.

In 1830 she was nearly wrecked whilst on passage from Belfast to Ayr, and was driven ashore at Whitehaven on the 16th February. Lloyd's List reported that she was "not expected to be got off". However, it appears that she was, because ......

.... an 83 ton brig from Workington named Arion was nearly wrecked in early July 1846, when she struck the rocks at Langness Point, Isle of Man, whilst bound for Dublin in ballast under the command of Capt.James Gambles. The Castletown lifeboat was alerted after the brig sounded a gun and lit a torch to alert onlookers through the heavy fog. The lifeboat was rowed to the distressed vessel, and found that she was anchored close to rocks, which she had struck once. The brig had become lost in the fog, and had dropped two anchors when rocks were sighted close to. At high water the Arion was escorted by some of the lifeboat crew into Castletown harbour.

The Arion was not listed in the 1867 Mercantile Navy List, so had been lost, broken-up or sold foreign sometime after 1864.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Arion
1808
84 om, 74 nm
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven"
  2. "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X (citing information from Lloyd's List, 5th March 1830). Names master as Satterthwaite.
  3. History of the closed Lifeboat Station at Castletown - citing from the Manx Sun newspaper
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1864: Arion, 83 tons, official number 14623, signal letters LNVS, registered at Workington.
  5. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Arion, schooner, 83 tons, built 1808, registered at Workington, owned by J.Alexander, block maker, of Workington, master Capt.J.McCoal.