Glaramara

Official Number
20277

The Glaramara was a 475 ton barque built by Charles Lamport at Workington on the 23rd July1857. She was one of six vessels built at Workington for the Lamport & Holt line, five of which, the Cathaya, Blencathra, Coniston, Glaramara and Chalgrove, were built by Charles Lamport, the other being the Christabel.

The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday, 28th July, 1857, page 8;

" On the 23rd instant was launched from the building yard of Mr.Lamport, at Workington, a beautiful barque called Glaramara, 476 tons register, and is intended for the East India trade."

The Glaramara was sold to Shute & Co. of Liverpool in 1863, then to the Hudson's Bay Company, and then finally to owners in Greenock. The barque was lost in 1870.

The Times, Saturday, 8th October, 1870, page 10;

"STORM OFF NOVA SCOTIA.- The latest shipwreck reported is that of the Glaramara, a large ship from Greenock. All on board were lost."

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Glaramara
1857
478 
156.8
 27
 18
 3
 
 
13 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. The Ships List Fleet History - Lamport & Holt Line
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1860-1: Glaramara, barque, 475 tons, built at Workington in 1857, owned by Lamport, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Watson, voyage Liverpool - South America.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1863-4: Glaramara, - entry as 1860, except owner is named as Shute & Co.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1867-8: Glaramara, - entry as 1860, except owner is named as first the Hudson Bay Company, then Brymner & Co., the port of registry is London, then Greenock, and the master was Capt.Brown, then Capt.Service. Voyages were London - Vancouver, then Liverpool - West Indies.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Glaramara, 475 tons, official number 20277, signal letters MWKR, registered at London, owned by Hudson's Bay Company, 4 Fenchurch Street, London.
  6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1870-1: Glaramara, barque, 475 tons, built by Lamport at Workington in 1857, owned by Brymner & Co., registered at Greenock, master Capt.R,Service, voyage Liverpool - West Indies - annotated "Burnt".