Official No. 1721; Code Letters HLDR.
Owners: William George Jackson & Robert Henry Jackson (Yarm) Hartlepool.
Masters: 1852-53 Henry Johnson; September 1853 James Swinburn Moffatt; October 1853-55 Henry Johnson (C.N. 8585 Liverpool 1853); 1858-59 Andrew Garrick (C.N. 7606 London 1853).
Bound from Sulina for the UK with a crew of nine Elizabeth was wrecked near Kilia in the Black Sea during fierce gales on 13 November 1859. The mate & two seamen were drowned. The vessel was insured with the Hartlepool Mutual Marine Association.
Survivors November 1859:
Ballantine, George, Edinburgh
Garrick, Andrew, master
Johnson, Neil J
Kosmack, William
McJanitch, George
Winter, Francis
More detail »As well as being known as the founder of West Hartlepool, Ralph Ward Jackson had many business and property interests. He had shares in several sailing vessels both with individuals and companies. He was involved with the West Hartlepool Shipping Company formed in 1849 and when that ceased trading he transferred his interests in 1854 to the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company and bought a small fleet of ships. This Company was the forerunner to the WHSNC which was formed in 1856. Between 1867 and 1870 he co-owned vessels with the North Eastern Railway Company.
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