Calabar
Up Name Origins Ada Iredale Ainsdale Allonby Archer Arethusa Astoria Bessfield Calabar City of Carlisle Cockermouth Cumbrian Derby Park Dimsdale Dovenby 1 Dovenby 2 Drumalis Embleton G Broughton Iredale Kinkora Lizzie Bell Lizzie Iredale Lodore Lonsdale Lorton Martha Fisher Mary Ann Wilson Mowhan Penrith Peter Iredale Ravenhill Seaton Ulidia Ullock Vale of Doon

 

Date built:

1864

Builder:

Williamson

Yard:

Harrington

Yard No:

 

Dimensions:

156.1x27.3x17.4

NRT:

496

Rig:

IB

Built for:

Peter Iredale

Code:

VWGR

Official No:

48793

Sails:

 

 Figurehead:

Full woman

Date bought:

15.03.1864

Service life:

8 yrs.

 Masts:         

Decks:

 3

1

In service until:

1872

Service ended as ship was

abandoned

Picture:

No

Remark 1

Abandoned

Date

04.05.1872

1. This ship was the first one to be owned by Peter Iredale.

2.  Share distribution:

bulletPeter Iredale of Dovenby: 44
bulletJohn Napton (Captain of the Calabar from 1864-1869), Birkenhead: 8
bulletI.H. Sparks, Cliftonhall, Cumberland: 4
bulletT. King, Liverpool: 4
bulletI. Hodgson, Westmoreland: 4

3. Captains:
bulletNapton, John - 1864-1869 (?)
bulletWilding S.J. -   1868  
bulletDawson J -       1870-1871; 1872-04.05.1872