Manchester (1835 ship)

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History
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
BuilderPortland, New Brunswick [1]
Launched1835 [1]
FateFoundered 2 August 1839
General characteristics
Tons burthen646 [1] [2] (bm)

Manchester was launched in 1835 at Portland, New Brunswick, and was registered at St John, New Brunswick. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1837. [2] She changed her registration to Liverpool, [1] and foundered in 1839 while sailing from Bombay to Liverpool.

YearMasterOwnerTradeHomeportSource
1837DrenningWillmotLiverpool–New OrleansSt JohnsLR
1839F.WilsonAndersonLiverpool–BombayLiverpoolLR

Manchester, Frederick Wilson, master, left Bombay on 16 July 1839, with a cargo of cotton, and bound for Liverpool. On 29 July she developed a leak. When the pumps could not cope with the incoming water, her 29 passengers and crew abandoned her in the Indian Ocean ( 1°47′N84°40′E / 1.783°N 84.667°E / 1.783; 84.667 ) and took to her boats on 2 August. The men set a course for Ceylon, but on 4 August they realized that they could not reach there and instead made for Penang. The longboat with Wilson and 19 others reached Penang on 22 September. [3] Thomas Coutts rescued the other nine, who had taken to the jolly boat. [4]

The LR issue for 1839 has the annotation "foundered" by Manchester's name. [5]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Library and Archives Canada – Item: 45087: MANCHESTER.
  2. 1 2 LR (1837), Seq.№M76.
  3. ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17203. London. 19 November 1839. col. E, p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10699. Belfast. 21 January 1840.
  5. ↑ LR (1839), Seq.№M70.
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