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Silvercrag | Official Number
79130 |
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Silvercrag | Official Number
79130 |
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser", Thursday
29th March 1888;
" ATTEMPTED SHIP LAUNCH.- The "Silver Crag", a steel vessel
257 feet long, built at Messrs. Williamson and Sons' yard, was ready for
launching on Tuesday morning, and a large concourse of people assembled
to see the launch. The vessel was christened by Mrs.Ellison, a daughter
of Mr.Williamson, Oakhurst, Cockermouth, who was accommpanied by Miss Williamson,
Mr.R.Williamson, Mr.H.Williamson, Mr.Snelus and party, and other friends.
The 'dogs' were knocked away, but not withstanding the utmost efforts of
the workmen, and the fact that the tug Florence, of Maryport, was attached
by means of a tow-rope, and attempted to pull the vessel down, she could
not be drawn further than about fifteen feet, which took nearly an hour
and a half in the covering. As the tide by this time was past the flood,
it was decided to wedge up the vessel again and postpone further operations
till Wednesday; but owing to the wild weather yesterday, the launch was
deferred."
The Silvercrag was a full-rigged ship built by R.Williamson
& Son at Workington and launched in March 1888. She was built of
steel with iron frames, keelson and floors.. She was operated in
her early years by Williamson & Son, and was registered at
Workington. The Silvercrag made
her first voyage to Australia in 1889, leaving London under the command
of Capt.Peters on the 13th April, and passing the Lizard on the 16th.
She arrived at Melbourne after a 79 day passage on the 2nd July, this
being considered a fast passage.
In 1900 the Silvercrag waswas bought by R.Ferguson & Son, of Dundee, becoming part of ther "Mount Line" and being renamed Deanmount. As with the Wythop, part of the same shipping line, she was registered at Dundee. The Deanmount was sold when R.Ferguson & Son went into liquidation, and in the 1906-7 Lloyd's Register the vessel was listed as being owned by the British & Mexican Shipping Co, (W.C.Jarvis managers), and she was registered at Liverpool.
On the 19th March 1910 the Deanmount put into Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was bound from Iquique to Bilbao with a cargo of saltpetre, but had been been making water, and the leak could not be found. Still at Port Stanley in May, some unknown member of a discontented crew, who thought the vessel unseaworthy and did not wish proceed wiyth the voyage, tried to ignite the cargo. The fire was put out, and the vessel did resume her voyage, but was lost on the 3rd October 1910, wrecked in Aviles Bay (Spain).
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