Calabar

Official Number
48793

The Calabar was an iron barque built at the Williamson shipyard at Harrington in February 1864. She was the first vessel owned by Peter Iredale, the Maryport shipowner who later owned the Peter Iredale, Ada Iredale and Dovenby. Her masters were Capt.John Napton, Capt.S.J.Wilding (1868) and then Capt.J.Dawson.

The Calabar, bound from Pernambuco for Queenstown or Liverpool, was abandoned at sea on the 14th May 1872, in latitude 13S, the vessel sinking and with water over her decks. The crew were picked up by the Alaska and landed at Boston, USA.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Calabar
1864
 496
 156.1
27.3 
17.4
3
Female
 
 

Sources :

  1. Peter Iredale & Co. - Calabar
  2. Mercantile Navy List & Maritime Directory 1867: Calabar, official number 48793, owned by Peter Iredale, of Doventry (sic), Cumberland.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9: Calabar, ship, 496 tons, owned by Iredale & Co., masters J.Wilding and J.Dawson, registered at Liverpool, voyage Liverpool - South America.
  4. Loss reported in the Manchester Times, Saturday, 22nd June 1872 and the Glasgow Herald, Shipping Intelligence, Thursday, 6th June 1872, page 7.