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Duchess of Lancaster
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Official Number
23989 |
The Duchess of Lancaster was a ship built by Charles Lamport
at Workington (see Source 5 - builder's certificate dated 1st January 1851).
She was registered at Liverpool on the 18th January 1851, and her first
master was Capt.William Prince Stevenson. Her owner was William Rathbone,
of Liverpool.
The vessel was rebuilt in 1874 and was still listed as a barque in the
shipping registers in 1885 (see Source 2).
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Duchess of Lancaster
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1851
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372
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124.2
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23.6
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17.6
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3
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Female
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Square
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Sources :
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Welsh Mariners
website lists Capt.Owen H. Williams as master of the Duchess of
Lancaster from 1874 to 1879, and that he later commanded the Banian,
also built at Workington.
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Mystic Seaport Library Ship
Register Search has shipping register details for most years from 1872
to 1886.
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Capt. J.Williams named as master, owner as R.Jones & Co. in " Record
of American and Foreign Shipping 1885 ". States that the vessel was
rebuilt in 1874 and was a barque registered at Liverpool.
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Mercantile Navy List 1857 lists Duchess of Lancaster of Liverpool,
396 tons, signal code NTWF, ON 23989. There was another vessel of the same
name listed, belonging to the port of Lancaster (ON 18201, a steamship
of 133 tons, 150 horsepower).
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BoT Transcripts of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.26 for 1851) at Merseyside
Maritime Museum.- 354 tons.