Edwin

Official Number 21301

The Edwin was a brig built at Granville, Nova Scotia, in 1832, and was first registered at St.John, New Brunswick. In 1833 her registry was transferred to Whitehaven and she was still registered at Whitehaven in 1840, owned by Capt. Daniel Shilton, her master. In 1857 she was listed as a Workington vessel and she remained at that port until her loss.

The Edwin, of Workington, Capt. M'Montrie, bound from Oran for Glasgow (iron ore and esparto), sprang a leak on New Year's Day, 1875 and was abandoned in lat.36.3 N, 45 miles SE of the Rock of Gibraltar. The crew were taken off by the barque William Jones, of Newport, and arrived at Villa Real on the 15th January.

Sources :

1. Canadian Ship Heritage Database
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": Edwin, brig, 204 tons om, 203 tons nm, built Nova Scotia 1832, owned by Daniel Shilton (her master) and others, registered at Whitehaven.
   
3. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Edwin, 215 tons, registered at Workington, official number 21301, signal letters NFSB.
4. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: Edwin, brig, 216 tons, built 1832, owned by T.leonard, gentleman, of Harrington, master Capt.J.McGreen.
   
5. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Edwin, 216 tons, registered at Workington, official number 21301, signal letters NFSB, owned by William Burnyeat, of Whitehaven.
6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Edwin, brig, 216 grt, built Novas Scotia 1852 (sic), owned by J.McGreevy, registered at Workington, master Capt.T.Aspel.
   
7. Loss reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 26th January 1875, page 3 - states that the vessel was 191 tons.

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