Knysna

Official Number
none

The Knysna was brig built by George Rex at the Knysna River, South Africa, in 1830. She was built of stinkwood and operated in the coasting trade along the South African coast. It appears that in 1842 she was bought by a Harrington seaman for his own use. She was wrecked off the coast of North Cornwall the following year.

The Cumberland Pacquet, Tuesday, 19th November 1844, page 1;

" The Knyana, Gibson, of Harrington, from Westport for Bristol, with a cargo of oats, was caught in the gale of the 11th instant, and driven on shore at Crackington, about eight miles to the west of Bude. The crew were saved, but the vessel has become a complete wreck, and the cargo is washing on the beach."

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Knysna
1830
 139
 
 
 
 2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Details of Knysna River history from About South Africa, KnowledgeAfrica. Knysna Holidays website specifically mentions that the vessel was lost off the British coast in 1844.
  2. Entry no.4 for 1842 in the Workington Shipping Register 1839-55 (Ref.TSR/3/1 at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven) - noted "wrecked Padstow, 11th November 1844".
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1843-4: Knysna, brig, built 1830, 139 tons, registered at Harrington, master named as Temple, owned by Gibson & Co. The vessel is not listed in Lloyd's Register prior to 1843.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1844-5: Knysna, details as 1843, but noted as "wrecked".
  5. An identically-worded wreck report was published in the Carlisle Patriot newspaper, Friday, 22nd November, 1844. Both newspapers referred to the brig as the "Knyana".