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Cumberland Lass - a general history

Built at Sunderland: Official No. 27075: Code Letters PNSW.

Owners: 1841 McDonell, Belfast; 1847 Hawkins, Exeter; by 1861 John Coverdale, Hartlepool; May 1861 John Coverdale, John Lister, Thomas Day & John Atley, Hartlepool; April 1865 John Coverdale, John Lister, Thomas Day & Alfred Harrison, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1841-44 J Smith; 1845-46 A Campbell; 1847-51 Bovey; 1852-60 W Smart; 1860-61 Walters; 1862 Barnett; 1863 Smith; 1865 J Barnett; 1865-66 Robert Redhead.

Voyages: 1841 15 June sailed from Belfast for Quebec. The voyage lasted 66 days & there were 4 deaths aboard. Many of the 139 passengers that were landed were in dire need of food; 20 October 1844 sailed from Liverpool for Bahia; 1852-53 Exeter for California; 1855 Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Mediterranian.

Bound from Hartlepool for Boulogne Cumberland Lass was wrecked off Margate on 12 February 1866. Crew saved & landed at Margate. She was insured in the Hartlepool & Robin Hood’s Bay Clubs.

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