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James Alexander | Official Number
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James Alexander | Official Number
2342 |
The Cumberland Pacquet, Tuesday, 14th August 1849,
page
3;
" A splendid new ship called the James Alexander,
register
measurement 500 tons, and standing A1, 12 years at Lloyd's, was
launched
from the building yard of Mr.James Alexander, at Workington, on Tuesday
last. She is coppered and copper-fastened to the bends; is to be
commanded
by Capt.Cottier, late of the Hibernia,
and is intended for the East India and China trade. This is the largest
vessel ever built by Mr.Alexander, and it is also the last, as the yard
has been disposed of to Mr.Lamport, of Liverpool, who intends forthwith
to place two large vessels upon the stocks.- Messrs.Peile, Scott and
Co.
have recently prepared the keel for the largest vessel ever built at
Workington.
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On the 22nd January 1860 the James Alexander was wrecked at St.Eval Cliffs, near Padstow, in a heavy gale, two of her crew being drowned. Two crew were pulled from the surf by the coxswain of the Padstow lifeboat, Daniel Shea, and by John Knight, both of whom were later rewarded by the RNLI. The James Alexander was under the command of Capt.William Alcock, and was bound from Liverpool for Calcutta.
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