Crown of England

Official Number
86264

The Crown of England was an iron ship built in 1883 at the R.Williamson & Son shipyard at Workington. She was bought by Robertson, Cruickshank & Co., Liverpool ship owners whose fleet was known as the Crown Line. She was later owned by J.R.Young & Co., and by 1906 had been sold to Norwegian owners.

The Crown of England was lost on the 20th March 1912 after being wrecked on a reef during a cyclone, off Balla Balla, Depuch Island, Western Australia. Eight of her crew were lost.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Crown of England
1883
 1799
 267.0
 39.1
 23.6
3
 
 
100 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992) - information from Sheila Cartwright.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1883-4: Crown of England, iron ship, 1839 gross tons, built by R.Williamson & Son at Workington in February 1883, owned by Robertson, Cruickshank & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Jackson.
  3. Western Australia Shipwrecks - citing from "Wrecks on the Western Australian Coast" by Jack Loney.