Winscales

Official Number
7311

The Winscales was a full-rigged ship, built at the Workington shipyard of Thomas Peile & Co., and launched on Saturday, 25th March 1826. Under the command of Captain Willliam Fisher she made her first voyage from Workington to Quebec.

The Winscales spent her early career in the trade to Quebec, under the command of Capts.Fisher, Brown and Connolly. She was sold to London owners and spent the years 1847-9 in the trade to Australia, under the command of Capt.Alexander Sproule, visitng Sydney, Adelaide and Port Jackson.

The Winscales ended her career in the NE of England, registered first at Newcastle, then Sunderland, and operating in various trades (Mediterranean, India and North America).

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Winscales
1826
 320
 
 
 
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985).
  2. Launch reported in the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 21st and 28th March, 1826.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book) 1830: Winscales, ship, coppered in 1827, 320 tons, built at Maryport in 1826, owned by Fisher, master Capt.Messenger, voyage Liverpool - Quebec.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1844-5:  Winscales, barque, 351 tons om, 320 tons nm, coppered 1842, built Workington 1826, owned by Fisher & S (Fisher & Sprott ?), registered at Workington, master Capt.J.Conolly, voyages Liverpool - Sydney and Shields - Mediterranean.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9: barque, yellow-metalled 1847, owned by Marshall, registered at London, master Capt.Sproal, voyage London - Sydney.
  6. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1852-3: barque, , yellow-metalled 1850, owned by Beckwith, registered at Newcastle, master Capt.Bradshaw, voyage Shields - Mediterranean.
  7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1855-6: barque, , yellow-metalled 1850, owned by Bradley & Co., registered at Sunderland, master Capt.C.Gibson, voyage London - India.
  8. Christie' Shipping Register 1858: Winscales, registered at Sunderland, official no.7311, barque, 320 tons, owned by Ralph M. and George W.Hudson, William Bradley, Taylor Potts, Stephen Rackley & Lancelot Wilson.
  9. Mercantile Navy List 1860: vessel registered at Sunderland, 320 tons, official number 7311.