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Betsey - a general history

Built at Bursledon, Southampton, Hampshire: Official No. 25384: Code Letters PFSG.

Owners: Richard Doble, Truro, Cornwall; 1821 D Williams, Swansea; 1828 Mary Thomas & William Cristoe (Swansea) John, John, Michael, William, Susan Williams (Gwenap, Cornwall) John Hitchens (Redruth, Cornwall) Stephen Knight (Illogen, Cornwall) John Davies (Penarth, Wales) David Griffiths, David Francis & Henry Bath, Swansea;  May 1828 Charles & James Rees, Swansea; April 1833 Abraham Fisher (Youghal, Ireland) Swansea; July 1836 Abraham Fisher (Youghal) Cork, Ireland; 1845 Coventry, London; 1855 John Rantoul, Sunderland; by February 1859 John Coverdale, Alice Laidler, Thomas Day,  William Henry Sayers (Filey) & John Lister, Hartlepool; April 1859 Alice Laidler, Thomas Day, John Coverdale & John Lister, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1821-27 D Williams; 1828 James Rees; 1833 Charles Rees; 1836-41 Miles; 1842-45 J Hughes; 1845-48 W Lloyd; 1849-50 Evans; 1850-53 W Lloyd; 1854-55 W Harris.

Voyages: 1843-44 London for Trinidad; 1846 London for Rostock.

Betsey sailed from Hartlepool on 12 March 1864 bound for London with a cargo of coal & foundered off Stockton. The crew left in their boat & were picked up by a London steamer & landed at Hartlepool on 20 March. The vessel was insured with the Robin Hood’s Bay Company.

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