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Philomela | Official Number
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Philomela | Official Number
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The Philomela was a brig built at Harrington
by William Peile & Co., launched 19th January 1828. She was
registered at Harrington throughout her life and remained under the
ownership of her builder. Later editions of Lloyd's Register list her
as a barque, but a painting made in 1846 still shows her as a brig, and
it is likely that this was the rig that she retained until her
loss in 1848.
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday,
4th April 1848, page 3;
" The Philomela, Bell, of Harrington, from Monte Video
for Liverpool, was unfortunately destroyed by fire on the 25th January,
in lat.13 deg.N., long.34.40 deg.W. She had on board a cargo of wool, which
ignited spontaneously, and the flames reached the hull of the vessel before
they could be subdued. The captain and crew (12 in number) took to the boat,
and succeeded in reaching Surinam, from whence they were conveyed to Barbadoes
in the Dutch brig of war De Pyl, and landed at the island on the
24th February. "
The Philomela had been commanded by Capt.Joseph Sprott in 1840. He subsequently became a substantial shipowner, and had built at Workington a full-rigged ship, which he also named Philomela.
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