Coro Coro

Official Number 27941

" SHIP LAUNCHES " (starts with a report of the launch of the Corea) ... " On Tuesday, another fine vessel was launched from the Merchant's Quay Yard of Mr.Lamport, Workington, and named the Cora Cora, registering 411 tons, entitled to be classified A1 for 14 years, and is to be commanded by Captain Quay, late of the Eleanor Dixon. We understand that a larger vessel will be commenced forthwith by Mr.Lamport, and another by the Harrington and Workington Shipbuilding Company."

The Coro Coro was abandoned at position 27S, 27W (mid-Atlantic, approx. 1000nm E of Rio de Janeiro) on the 30th April 1868 through stress of weather, having lost her rudder and sprung a leak, on her passage home from Iquique. The crew were picked up by the brig Minatitlan and taken to Vera Cruz.

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985) - gives name as Coco Coro.
2. Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory 1867 - names owners as Hargrove, Ferguson & Co., of Liverpool.
   
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9: Coro Coro, barque, 406 tons, built Lamport, Workington, August 1859, owned Hargrove & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Corlyon, voyage Clyde to South America - annotated "Abandoned".
4. Loss reported in the Daily News, 21st July 1868 - gives name as Corocoro.
   
5. Loss reported in the Glasgow Herald newspaper, 21st November 1868, in the form of a letter from the mate of the Coro Coro, James Hutton, thanking the master of the Minatitlan, Capt.William Fordyce, for his assistance to himself and the rest of the crew.