(REG NO 68,150) January 1874
The following is a transcript of the crew list for this ship, Managing Agents SHORT & DUNN, Cardiff, which was wrecked on this, its maiden voyage. This transcript is available with agreement from Glamorgan Record Office and Helen D'All in Canada for whom I obtained it from the Record Office. Helen's ancestor was the second engineer, Thomas Stockwood, listed below, who was killed in the wreck.
NAME | AGE | PLACE OF BIRTH | CAPACITY SERVED & CERT. NO. |
John RICHARDS | 32 (?) | St.Ives | Master (Cert No.85,929) |
John Tregarthen SHORT | 24 | St.Ives | Mate (Cert No. 97,365) |
George HEYDON | 22 | Margate | Seaman |
John WILCOCKS | 40 | Plymouth | Steward |
William HENERY | 27 | Lowestoft | Seaman (Reg No. 35,865) |
Allen DISNEY | 23 | Lowestoft | Seaman |
John STEWART | 23 | Kirkwall | Seaman - Lamp Trimming (Reg No. 44,106) |
John COOPER | 22 | Folkstone | Cook & Engineer's Steward |
James PAGE | 24 | Newhaven | Seaman |
Robert BEMMENT | 29 | Lowestoft | Seaman |
Frederick GREENGRASS | 33 | Lowestoft | Seaman |
Alexander GILL | 34 | Aberdeen | Chief Engineer |
John CUNNINGHAM | 24 | South Shields | 2nd Engineer |
Peter HALLEN | 34 | Norway | 3rd Engineer |
William CARR | 27 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Fireman |
Richard FIELDING | 19 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Fireman |
J HERDLAW (?) | 44 | Southampton | Fireman |
R GRAVELL | 22 | Deptford | Fireman |
David THOMAS | 24 | Cardigan | Seaman |
George Perkin WILLIAMS | 23 | St.Davids | Seaman |
David THOMAS | 44 | Aberporth | Seaman |
John P KNIGHT | 32 | Truro | Seaman & Lamps |
Daniel EDWARDS | 41 | St.Ives | 2nd Mate |
Martin DUNN | 20 | St.Ives | Seaman |
Thomas STOCKWOOD | 32 | Cardiff | 2nd Engineer |
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