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ROACH MARINERS INDEX

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HENRY ROACH

 

Henry Roach, born St Ives, Cornwall, 1822; died 1879

Master’s Certificate of Service No. 46180 issued 1851

 

 

1855-57 …..- MYSTERY – ON

1857-60  Master - BOHEMIAN GIRL – ON 19349

Abandoned 14^th February 1860. Reported from Brixham, 25^th February 1860:

The Bohemian Girl, schooner of St Ives, Master Roach, from Gallipoli for Hull, was in collision on

4th February, in latitude 47N longitude 9W, with a brig, and was abandoned two days after;

master and five of the crew taken off by the ADONIS from Messina for Antwerp, arrived in here today.

1860-65  Master - FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE – ON 17385

13^th June 1860 Depart Neath to Cadiz; France and the Iberian Peninsula; Arrived London 29^th February 1862.

14^th May 1862 Depart London to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool 27^th September 1862.

8^th November 1862 Depart St Ives to Mediterranean; Arrived London from Patras 30 May 1863.

30^th June 1863 Depart Newport to Mediterranean; Arrived Falmouth from Bari 16^th November 1863.

17^th November 1863 Depart Falmouth to Mediterranean; Arrived Falmouth from Venice 11^th April 1864.

11^th April 1864 Depart Falmouth to Cette; Arrived Yarmouth 29^th August 1864.

12^th October 1864 Depart Falmouth to Mediterranean; Arrived Bristol from Naples 31^st January 1865. 

1865 Coasting Voyages : France and the Iberian Peninsula.

1865-71  Master – MARIA – ON 49985

12^th December 1865 Depart Hayle to Salonica; Arrived Ipswich 9^th June 1866.

10^th July 1866 Depart Shields to Malaga; Arrived Bristol 15^th December 1866.

14^th January 1867 Depart Cardiff to Malaga; Arrived Liverpool from Cadiz and New York 15^th July 1867.

24^th July 1867 Depart Liverpool for Malaga & America; Arrived London from New York 23^rd December 1867.

6^th March 1868 Depart London to Corfu; Arrived London 15^th July 1868.

14^th August 1868 Depart Cardiff to Santos; Arrived Dublin 24 Feb 1869.

15^th March 1869 Depart Cardiff to Smyrna; Arrived Liverpool 17^th August 1869.

11^th September 1869 Depart Liverpool to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool from Smyrna 22^nd February 1870.

21^st April 1870 Depart Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro; Arrived London 8^th March 1871.

8^th June 1871 Depart Glasgow to Nantes; Arrived Glasgow from Bilboa 25^th August 1871.

15^th  September 1871 Depart Glasgow to Bilboa; Arrived Swansea 8^th November 1871.

13^th November 1871 Depart Swansea to Bideford.

15^th December 1871 Depart St Ives to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool from Naples 18^th May 1872.

1872-78  Master - ADOLPHE & LAURA – ON 62043

18^th October 1872 Depart London to Corfu; Arrived Liverpool 10^th March 1873.

2^nd April 1873 Depart Liverpool to Leghorn; Arrived Plymouth 21^st October 1873.

11^th November 1873 Depart Plymouth to Terceira; Arrived London 5^th January 1874.

30^th January 1874 Depart London to Corfu; Arrived Newcastle 19^th May 1874.

Voyages to Holland/France or Cape Colonies/Ascension/Algoa Bay or West Indies.

26^th May Depart Shields 1875 to Guadeloupe; Arrived London 29^th December 1875.

Voyages to Holland/France or Cape Colonies/Ascension/Algoa Bay or West Indies.

4^th September 1876 Depart Cardiff to Mediterranean; Arrived Hull 12^th March 1877.

23^rd March 1877 Depart Hull to Mediterranean; Arrived Cardiff 20^th August 1877.

24^th August 1877 Depart Cardiff to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool 3^rd April 1878.

17^th April 1878 Depart Liverpool to Baltic; Arrived Rye 9^th July 1878.

16^th July 1878 Depart Rye; Arrived Rye 15^th October 1878

Unspecified voyage to Rio.

1878/9 Master - JANE HOAD – ON 47892

2^nd December 1878 Engaged at Rio. 

Henry Roach late of St Ives Cornwall Master Mariner died 15^th January 1879 at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Four crew members of the JANE HOAD died in Rio of fever. 

 

 

Under construction – more may be added to this page

Sources

The National Archives - BT124/8; BT153/20

The Guildhall Library - Lloyds Captains Registers 18567/12 and 24

Lloyd’s Lists

Shipping Registers, St Ives

 

Thanks to Ed Roach for the information provided

 

Raymond Forward