Carricks

Official Number
none

The Carricks was a brig built at Workington in 1812. She seems to have spent most of her career in the trade to Canada, often taking emigrants.

In 1831 the Carricks was listed as being owned by Potts & Co., and one of her her masters was named as Capt.J.Potts. In 1840 she was registered at Whitehaven and was still owned by James Potts and Co., and was under the command of Capt.Robert Dawes.

In March 1847 the Carricks sailed from Sligo bound for Quebec under the command of Capt.R.Thompson, loaded with emigrants from the Irish estates of Lord Palmerston. On the 28th April she ran into a severe storm in the Gulf of St Lawrence and was wrecked about 4 miles E of Cape Rosier. Numbers of those lost vary with different reports, but it appears that of 176 passengers, nine had already died on the voyage, and a further 119 died after the wreck, leaving 48 survivors. Of the crew, all survived except for one boy.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Carricks
1812
 242 om
 
 
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1831 (Underwriters' Green Book): Carricks, brig, 242 tons, built at Workington, 19 years old, owned by Potts and Co., masters Capts.Johnson and J.Potts, voyage London - Derry.
  2. "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840", by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven.
  3. The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday, 16th March 1847: "The Carricks, Thompson, sailed hence for Sligo on the 14th to take in passengers for Quebec."
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1846-7: Carricks, brig, 244 tons, built at Workington in 1812, owned by Potts and Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Potts, voyage Maryport - North America.
  5. Letter from Capt.R.Thompson quoted in the Liverpool Mercury, 29th June 1847: "Cape Rozier, May 19 - I am sorry to inform you, that the brig Carricks was wrecked about four mile eastward of this place, and shocking to relate, out of 167 passengers, only 48 reached the shore - the crew, except for one boy, were all saved. Little will be saved."
  6. The Ships List - Arrivals in Canada June 1847