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Elizabeth | Official Number
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The Elizabeth was a snow built at Workington, launched 25th
July 1812. She was rebuilt at Workington in 1830 and sold. She was
registered at Whitehaven at the end of her career.
The Elizabeth, of Whitehaven, Captain Mossop, bound
from Richibucto for Porthcawl, was lost on the west coast of Prince
Edward island on the 30th July 1846. Her wreck was condemned and sold.
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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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Elizabeth
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1812
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212
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2
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven
Museum (1985) - names builders as Kelsick Wood and Peel & Co.
- Lloyd's
Register of Shipping 1826 (Underwriters' Green Book):Elizabeth, snow, 212 tons,
built Workington, 8 years old, owned by Wood & Co., master
Capt.Wickham, voyages Liverpool-Canada and Liverpool - Demerara.
- " A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840",
by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of
Whitehaven - vessel owned by Thomas Mitchell & Co., master Capt.William Mossop.
- Lloyd's
Register of Shipping 1846-7: Elizabeth, brig, 208 tons, owned by Mitchell &
Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Mossop, voyage Liverpool -
Newfoundland, annotated "Condemned".
- Wreck reported in the
Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 1st September 1846, page 3 - citing a
report from Charlotte Town, PEI, dated 13th August.