Owen Potter
 Official Number
14355

The Owen Potter was a full-rigged ship built at Workington by Peile, Scott & Co. She was launched on the 15th June 1850 and was owned by Potter Brothers, of Liverpool. She was first commanded by Capt.Robert Banks, later to command the Sea Horse, built by the same firm for the same company.

The Owen Potter arrived at Calcutta from Liverpool on the 22nd October, 1857, under the command of Capt.Nicholson. She went missing on the return voyage.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Owen Potter
1850
 780
 145.8
27.3 
 21.3
 3
 Male
 
 13, A1

Sources :

  1. Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Liverpool, 780 tons, signal letters LMSW
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1856.
  3. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  4. BoT Transcript of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.183 for 1850) at Merseyside Maritime Museum - annotated "vessel lost in 1857".
  5. Lloyds List 30th November 1857, column 11.
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