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Halo - a brief history

Built:1879 by Messrs Edward Withy & Co., Hartlepool. Yard No. 81. Launched on the 19th June 1879 by Mrs Erichsen
 
Owners: Built for Messrs George Horsley & Co.
Shareholding in ship at date of registry:
George Horsley, Shipowner – Hartlepool 45 shares
Edmund Farrar, Timber Merchant – Eccles 2 shares
Thomas Pickering, Railway Agent – Bishop Auckland 1 share
William Bainbridge, Gentleman – Bainbridge 4 shares
John Lawson Croft, Gentleman – Knaresbrough 2 shares
John Grivold, Chain Manufacturer – Gainsbrough 1 share
John Pogmore, Colliery Agent – Appleton 3 shares
Francis Percy, Manager of iron works – Astwell 2 shares
Mathew Horsley, Shipowner – Hartlepool 4 shares
 
Shareholding in ship in 1881:
George Horsley, Shipowner – Hartlepool 4 shares
Edmund Farrar, Timber Merchant – Eccles 2 shares
T. Pickering – Bishop Auckland 1 share
W. Bainbridge – Yarm 4 shareS
J. Croft – Knaresborough 2 shares
John Grinold, Chain Manufacturer – Gainsbrough 1 share
J. Pogmore – Alfreton 3 shares
F. Percy – Aspull 2 shares
M. Horsley – Hartlepool 4 shares
J. Horsley – Hartlepool 1 share
D. Taylorson jun. – Wolviston 1 share
H. Maden – Bacup 4 shares
C. G. Jackson – Haigh 2 shares
J. T. Fitzadam – Kensington 4 shares
W. V. Thompson – Bishop Auckland 1 share
W. Chalk – Wigan 2 shares
R. Grayson – Bawtry 2 shares
J. Rookledge – Easingwold 3 shares
J. Quincey – Hartlepool 2 shareS
J. Abbott – Haigh 3 shares
J. Waddington – Ince near Wigan 1 share
J. Fordyce – Lowick 3 shares
T. Allen – Smitter, Rothbury 2 shares
M. Horsley jun. – Hartlepool 1 share
M. Edger – Hartlepool 1 share
E. J. Knibbs – Hartlepool 1 share
E. D. Holden – Hartlepool 1 share
G. Moore – Gronville, Jersey 2 shares
W. Holding – Stapleford 3 shares
W. & R. Blackett jointly – Copley Bent, Bishop Auckland 1 share
 
At the time of Halo’s loss George Horsley owned only 4 shares & there was a total of 33 share holders.
Loss: Vessel stranded on Punta Sagres Rock near Cape Corrabedo, Spain on the 1st January 1884 whilst on a voyage from Sulina (Rumania) to Rotterdam with a cargo of Wheat & Rye. A board of trade enquiry found that the vessel had not been navigated “with proper & seamanlike care”,& finding the Master, John Lennard of Whitby in default. Suspended his certificate for 3 months. The crew were all saved.

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