Sancta Bega
 Official Number
45917

The Sancta Bega was a ship built by Williamson & Son at Harrington, launched August, 1863. She was registered at Liverpool.

From the Times newspaper, 6th May 1863, page 2 (advertisement) :

CALIFORNIA. – Original Line from Liverpool. – For San Francisco (packet of 5th May), the splendid, new, British clipper ship Sancta Bega, 475 tons register, A1 13 years: Captain M.Mawson. This vessel modelled for great speed, is specially intended to meet the fall demand in August. For terms of freight apply to James Starkey, Liverpool.
Another barque of the same name, Sancta Bega, was built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Sancta Bega
1863
 475
 149.5
26.5
17.1
3
 
 
A1, 13 years 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details for most years from 1877 to 1883, when the vessel was registered and owned in Liverpool.
  3. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1883 - names master as Capt.Roberts, owner as L.Evans.
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