Joseph Sprott

 Official Number
55064

The Joseph Sprott was a composite barque (iron frames) built at Harrington in December 1866 by Williamson & Son. She was owned by Sprott & Co. and was registered at Liverpool.

The vessels that followed the Joseph Sprott from the Williamson yard at Harrington were the Embleton, James Ewing and Michael Hutchinson.

The Joseph Sprott, Capt.Rice, left Manilla for Liverpool with a cargo of sugar on the 25th October 1870. Late in February, encountering a severe gale off the coast of Cork, she was driven onto rocks in Row Bay, near Galley Head, on the morning of Monday 20th February. All the crew were lost.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Joseph Sprott
1866
559 
 162.0
 28.5
 17.2
3
 
 
15 years A1, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1867-8: Joseph Sprott, barque (iron frames planked), 559 tons, built by Williamson at Harrington in December 1866, owned by Sprott & Co., registered at Liverpool,master Capt.F.Dixon, voyage Harrington - San Francisco.
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  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1871-2: Joseph Sprott, barque (iron frames planked), 559 tons, built by Williamson at Harrington in December 1866, owned by  J.B.Sprott, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.J.C.Dixon, voyage London - China.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1870: Joseph Sprott, official number 55064, signal letters HNMK, registered at Liverpool.
  5. Wreck reported in the Glasgow Herald, 21st February 1871, and in the Hull Packet and East Riding Times, 24th February 1871. Information from Mick O'Rourke (Irish Shipwrecks website).