Length (feet) :	189.5
Breadth (feet) :	28.4
Depth (feet):	14.4
Gross Registered Tonnage (g.r.t.) :	685
Net Registered Tonnage (n.r.t.) :	431
Engine Type :	Steam compound; 80hp
Engine Builder :	Blair & Co., Stockton
Additional Particulars :	single deck iron screw; 4 cemented bulkheads

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Cory, Lohden & Co., was formed in 1869 by Ebenezer Cory and Jacob Lohden. They went into partnership with George and Walter Jackson of London as ship agents and ship insurance brokers. In December 1881 Jacob Lohden left the partnership and started up as J. Lohden & Co. Ebenezer started up as E. Cory & Co. By 1885 the company had become Jackson Bros. & Cory. Ebenezer was also part of the firm of Cory, Wilcocks & Co., colliery agents of Fenchurch Street, London. Jackson Bros. & Cory was broken up in 1923 and became Jackson Bros.

Cory, Lohden & Co., had nine ships between 1869 and 1881. E. Cory & Co., had three ships between 1881 and 1886.

Family History:

Ebenezer Cory was born in April 1841 at Cardiff to parents Richard and Sarah. He married Jane Pyman, daughter of George Pyman, in 1865 and they had three children. Jane died in 1870 and Ebenezer remarried in 1871 to Janet Gow Irvine, daughter of Robert Irvine, shipbuilder. The couple had five children. The family lived at Stranton, West Hartlepool before moving to Surrey.

Ebenezer shot himself on 7 October 1886 at Claremont Villa, Trewsbury Road, Penge at the age of just 45. Those close to him stated that he had been unwell for a time. The subsequent inquest found that he had committed suicide whilst of unsound mind. Ebenezer left a personal estate of £7,235.

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Snowdrop - a general history

Completed July 1873; Official No. 67541; Code Letters MCDK.

Owners: 1873 Cory, Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool; 1882 E. Cory & Co. West Hartlepool; 1886 Jackson Bros & Cory (London) West Hartlepool.

Masters: 1873-77 J Clark; 1878-81 Watson; 1881-83 Kerrison; 1884-86 Robert Vickers (CN.30564 Newcastle 1867); 1886 James Dennison.

Snowdrop left the Tyne on 4 December 1886 on a voyage to Kingstown, Ireland with a cargo of coal & a crew of 15. She was last seen passing Dover by the steamer Bedlington on 6 December 1886 & was not heard from again. It was believed that she had foundered in severe gales that blew up around the time she disappeared. She was posted as missing by Lloyds on 14 January 1887. Her original value was about £14,000 but she was only insured for about half that amount.

On 30 December 1886 the body of Rogers, chief engineer, washed up at Dimeux, Bordeaux. He was identified by documents from his pocket.

On 21 February 1887 a concert took place at the Armoury in West Hartlepool with the profits to provide assistance for the widow & family of William Charlton.

The master, Dennison, left a widow who, along with three of their children, appear to have ended up in Hartlepool Workhouse.

In August 2009 a diver found the wreck of Snowdrop in the North Sea off the coast from Weymouth & recovered the ship’s bell & other artefacts.

Lives lost December 1886:

Charlton, William, 2nd engineer, Surtees St, West Hartlepool

Denham, A, able seaman, Dene St, West Hartlepool

Dennison, James, master, West Hartlepool

Gibbon, J, fireman, Fawcett St, West Hartlepool

Pearson, (two brothers), West Hartlepool

Rogers, WA, chief engineer (b. Swansea) John St, West Hartlepool

Ullstrom, Charles, 30, Shields (husband of Mary Jane)

Winter, William, 43, Shields (husband of Sarah)

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