Unicorn

Official Number
3217

Unicorn, painting by GR Barr, private collectionThe Unicorn was a brig, built by Wood & Peile at Workington in 1814. She was initially armed with 6 x 12 pounder carronades, and she operated out of Liverpool, trading to the Caribbean.

The Unicorn was owned in Glasgow for most of her career, trading principally between the Clyde and Demerara. She was removed from the shipping register sometime between 1858 and 1860, either lost, sold foreign or broken-up.


Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Unicorn
1814
317
 
 
 
2
 Unicorn
 
 A1

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985) - 317 tons.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1814-5: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, 6 x 12 pounder carronades, owned by Wood & Co., master Capt.H.Smith, voyage Liverpool to Demerara.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1824-5: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, owned by Campbell, master Capt.Wilson, voyage Greenock to Demerara.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1829-30: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, owned by Campbell, master Capt.Glasgow (sic), voyage London to Demerara.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1839-1840: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, owned by Campbell, registered at Glasgow, master Capt.Crawford, voyage Clyde to Demerara.
  6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1849-1850: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, owned by Campbell, master Capt.P.McFarlane, voyage Clyde to Trinidad.
  7. Painting is by George Renwick Barr (from a private collection, photo by Matt Allen).
  8. Mercantile Navy List 1858: Unicorn, 317 tons, official number 3217, signal code HSKL, registered at Glasgow. Not listed in the 1860 edition.
  9. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1858-9: Unicorn, brig, 317 tons, built at Workington in 1814, owned by Hamilton, registered at Glasgow, master Capt.G.Rae, voyage Clyde - Africa. The vessel is not listed in subsequent editions.