Steel

Official Number
none

The Steel was a brig, built at Workington in 1817.

The Steel was lost on a voyage from Cork or Youghal (Ireland) to Berbice in 1825, carrying a cargo of bricks for the Ordnance Department. She was found on the 17th January, seventen days into her voyage, by the Everthorpe, Capt.Macarthur, with topmasts gone and in a sinking state, at lat.42N, long.21W. The crew were taken off and the master, Capt.Jones, was landed at St.Kitts. Captain Macarthur reported the incident to his owners in a letter from St.Kitts, dated 15th February, and reproduced in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Steel
1817
 213
 
 
 2
 
 
 4 years A1

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1819 (Shipowners' Red Book): Steel, brig, coppered, 213 tons, built Workington in 1817, owned by Steel & Co., master Crosthwaite, voyage Liverpool - Newfoundland.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1825 (Underwriters' Green Book): Steel, brig, 213 tons, owned by Steel & Co., master Crosthwaite.
  4. Letter from Capt.MacArthur reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 19th April 1825,
  5. Loss also reported in the Caledonian Mercury, Monday, 1th April 11, 1825 (citing from Lloyd's List, 5th April).