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Margaret

O.N. 11437
Signal Letters PJLG [MNL 1859]

1852

Built Grand River in Prince Edward Island 1852.
First registered No 12 Prince Edward Island 11th May 1852.
[PRO BT107/345]
Iron bolted Hackmatack, Birch and Pine [LRS 1855]

1853

[From register transcript PRO BT107/345]
Registered Fowey No 6 of 1853, 90 tons. Official Number 11437.
James Thomas of Charlestown, Merchant, sole owner.
Henry Rundle is Master.

L.Philipps Tide Surveyor certified that the vessel has :
  1 deck, 2 masts, length 66ft4/10ths, beam 17ft8/10ths,
  depth of hold 9ft7/10ths.
  Schooner rigged with a standing bowsprit, square sterned, Carvel built,
  no galleries, womans bust figure head.

Registered 17th June 1853.
CREW Jun & Jul 1853
Charlestown to Glasgow to Charlestown
NAMENUMBERAGEBORNCAPACITYLAST SHIPPAY
Henry Rundle   Master   
Thomas Blamey15135634MevagisseyMate Caroline£3-0-0
Thomas Harris8735437St.AustellSeaman Patty£2-10-0
Oliver Steeple16896925PorthpeanSeaman  £2-10-0
Charles Dear169893418PorthpeanSeaman  £1-15-0
William Welch20643416BristolBoy First ship£0-15-0
The Home Trade Agreement was signed by Robert Peters, Shipping Master.

CREW Jul 1853 - Jan 1854
Charlestown - Sunderland - Charlestown - Swansea - Charlestown - Swansea - Charlestown - Sunderland - Charlestown
NAMEAGEBORNCAPACITYLAST SHIPPAY
Henry Rundle  Master  
Thomas Blamey  Mate £3-0-0
Thomas Harris  Seaman £2-10-0
James Fox33St.AeziesSeamanAbsconded£2-10-0
Charles Dear  Seaman £2-15-0
William Welch17BristolBoyFirst ship£0-15-0
Thos. Hodge20CharlestownOrdinary Seaman £1-15-0
Henry Burt24CharlestownSeaman £2-15-0

1854

CREW 27th Jan - 4th Jul 1854
Charlestown - Llanelly - Charlestown Charlestown - Runcorn - Glasgow Glasgow - Plymouth - Charlestown Charlestown - Glasgow - Charlestown
NAMEAGEBORNCAPACITYPAY
Thomas Blamey36MevagisseyMate£3-10-0
Robert Williams24BridgewaterSeaman£3-0-0
Charles Dean19PorthpeanSeaman£3-0-0
Henry Burt23St.BlazeySeaman£3-0-0
William Walch17BristolBoy£1-0-0
Thomas Henry Rundle  Apprentice,Indentured 12th March 1852 at Fowey 

CREW Jul - Dec 1854
Four coasting trade voyages between Fowey, Swansea, Glasgow and Plymouth.
NAMEAGEBORNCAPACITYPAY
Henry Rundle42 Master 
Thomas Blamey35 Mate£4-0-0
William Morgan34CornwallSeaman£3-10-0
Joseph Williams21GlaceSeaman£3-10-0
Stephen Boanes24GrimsbySeaman£3-10-0

1855

CREW April to June 1855
Swansea - Glasgow - Havre - Charlestown - Dordt. - Charlestown - Dordt. - Par
NAMEAGEBORNCAPACITY
Henry Rundle43 Master
Thomas Blamey40 Mate
Stephen Bonar24GrimsbyA.B.
Joseph Williams22 A.B.
Thomas Rundle17 Ordinary Seaman
Robert M?inch15LondonBoy
VOYAGES Jul to Dec 1855
FROMSAILEDTOARRIVEDSOURCENOTES
Par4th JulSwansea9th JulBT98/4140 
Swansea11th JulPar14th JulBT98/4140 
Par30th JulDordt (Dordrecht)14th JulBT98/4140Date must be wrong
Dordt30th JulGlasgow3rd AugBT98/4140Date appears wrong
Glasgow17th AugRouen12th SepBT98/4140 
Rouen17th SepSwansea1st OctBT98/4140 
??Lowestoft?1st Nov? LL Nov 2ndSee below
Swansea16th NovCharlestown20th NovBT98/4140 
Charlestown7th DecWhitehaven21st DecBT98/4140 

From Lloyds List November 2nd 1855 :
      Lowestoft Nov 1st [NNW, strong and squally].
      Arrived Margaret (of Fowey) with loss of anchors.
     N.B. The Master was not named in this report and there was at least one
          other Margaret of Fowey active in this year, so it is not certain
          that this refers to Henry Rundle's Margaret.
CREW Jul to Dec 1855
NAMENUMBERAGEBORNCAPACITYNOTES
Henry Rundle 43PenrynMaster 
Thomas Blamey 5557240MevagisseyMate 
Stephen Braner 24LancashireA.B. 
Charles W. Constable 30GeorgetownA.B. 
Thomas Rundle 18St.AustellOrdinary Seaman 
Edwin Rundle 13St.AustellBoySee below
John Burch 16St.AustellBoyPaid off 6th Oct 1855
Samuel Lucking 18FalmouthBoyFirst ship, remained on board

Edwin Rundle, first ship, joined 30th Jul 1855 at Charlestown, paid off 1 Oct 1855 at Charlestown.

1856

Fowey 29 Feb 1856 Master R.Dyer 38096, vice Hy Rundle 15914 [PRO BT107/345]

1858

Fowey 23 Aug 1858 Master John Pope [PRO BT107/345]

1859?

Fowey 17 Jul 1859 Master Thos Giles 39915 [PRO BT107/345]

1860

16 Aug 1860 Master W.S.Dyer, vice J.Pope [PRO BT107/345]

1863

Transaction 3310 5/63 [PRO BT107/345]

1865

Newport 21 Jul 1865 Master William Ball [PRO BT107/345]

1866

Transaction 3280 4/66 [PRO BT107/345]

1867

Plymouth 26 Apr 1867 Master James Ley [PRO BT107/345]
Fowey 14 Sep 1867 Master William Ball [PRO BT107/345]

1868

Transactions 5 to 13 10001 12/68 [PRO BT107/345]

1869

Transaction 14 9852/69 [PRO BT107/345]

1869

Register transcript annotated in red ink :
 "Vessel stranded on Pentuan Beach and became a total wreck.
  Registry closed 19th December 1871"
[PRO BT107/345]
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