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, and others (see Sources 1 and 2). In 1857 she was listed as a Workington vessel (see Source 3). In 1865 she was under the command of Capt.J.McGreen and was owned by T.Leonard of Harrington (see Source 4).

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 (see Source 5).

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".
3. Mercantile Navy List 1857 gives port of registry as Workington, official number and signal letters NFSB, tonnage 215.
4. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865.
5. Loss reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 26th January 1875, page 3 - states that the vessel was 191 tons.