Volunteer

Official Number ?????

The Volunteer was a ship built at Workington, launched on the 18th August 1860 by the Harrington & Workington Shipbuilding & Ropemaking Co. She was initially owned by Bushby & Edwards of Liverpool.

From the Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tues., 21st August 1860, page 5:

" SHIP LAUNCH AT WORKINGTON - On Saturday morning, a magnificent new ship was launched from the inner yard of the Harrington and Workington Shipbuilding Company, at Workington, and christened the Volunteer, by Miss Curwen, of Workington Hall, with the usual ceremony. The bow of this fine vessel was appropriately ornamented with a full-length figure of an artillery volunteer in uniform, by Brooker; and the stern is adorned with suitable and characteristic carved work by the same justly celebrated local artist. The Volunteer has been built under cover for Messrs.Bushby and Edwards, of Liverpool, and is classified A1 at Lloyd's for 14 years, registering 855 tons, or 783 new measurement; and we are pursuaded will prove second to none of the many clippers draughted by Mr.Fell, and launched for Messrs.Bushby from the same yard. The dimensions are:- Length, 184 feet; extreme breadth, 31 feet 5 inches; depth, 21 feet 4 inches. Capt.Richardson, late of the Clymene, takes command. The advent of the Volunteer was appropriately hailed with a salute of five guns from the battery of the Fourth Cumberland or Workington Artillery Volunteers."

Sources :

1. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1861 - master named as Capt.Richardson.
2. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1863 - master named as Capt.Richardson.
3. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1865