Saint George

Official Number
1013

The Saint George was a snow built at Harrington by Tubman Carter, launched on the 23rd April 1814. The vessel was registered at Maryport from 1828 until her loss in 1882. In 1840 she was owned by John Inman and others, the master being Capt.James Pool.

The Saint George was wrecked near Table Rock, Ballywalter, at 1.30am on the morning of Thursday 19th October 1882. She was driven ashore in a SE gale and the nine crew were rescued from the stranded vessel by the Ballywalter lifeboat. The brig was bound from Maryport for Doboy in ballast.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Saint George
1814
 208 nm, 209 om
 
 
 
2
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985) - gives name of builder as Wood, Peile & Co.
  2. "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven" - gives name of builder as Tubman Carter.
  3. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: Saint George, brig, 267 tons, built 1814, registered at Maryport, owned by William Ostle, of Maryport, master Capt.E.Sargent.
  4. Mercantile Navy List 1857: Saint George, 267 tons, official number 1013, registered at Maryport.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Saint George, 263 tons, built 1814 at Harrington, rebuilt 1862, official number 1013, signal letters HGFN, registered at Maryport, owned by Robert Ritson, of Maryport.
  6. Ballywalter Local History - citing report from the Newtownards Chronicle, 21st October 1882. Also in the Glasgow Herald, Friday, 20th October 1882.