Kezia (ex.Jemima)

Official Number
13550

The Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 12th April 1842, page 3;

"On Saturday last a fine new full-rigged barque was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.R.&.W.Williamson & Co., at Harrington, called the Jemima, register measurement 268 tons old, 274 new, and coppered and copper-fastenened to the bends. Her model, fastenings, and workmanship far surpass those of any vessel launched at the same port for many years past, and indeed might challenge comparison with any vessel of the same class in the kingdom. She has been faithfully built of excellent materials, and her construction throughout reflects great credit on the managers of the Harrington Ship-building Company."

The Kezia was a barque built by R.&.W.Williamson & Co. at Harrington, launched as the Jemima on the 2nd April 1842. Her name was soon changed, probably when she was sold by her builders. She was owned in Belfast, then Dublin, and in 1854 was lengthened to increase her tonnage from 270 to 360 tons. Finally owned at Milford, the Kezia was lost about 1863.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Kezia
1842
274 nm
 
 
 
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Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1842-3 (Supplement): barque, 268 tons, registered at Workington, owned by Williamson, voyage Liverpool-St.Thomas. Listed as both Jemima and Kezia.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9: Kezia, barque, 268 tons, registered at Belfast, owned by Eccleston & Co., voyage Liverpool-Algoa.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1854-5: Kezia, barque, 268 tons, registered at Dublin, owned by Burnett & Co., voyage London-New York.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1856-7: Kezia, barque, 361 tons, registered at Belfast, owned by Glenfield & Co.
  6. Official Number from Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Belfast, 361 tons.
  7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1861-2: Kezia, barque, 335 tons, registered at Milford.
  8. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1862-3: Kezia, barque, 335 tons, registered at Milford, owned by Roberts - marked as "Lost".