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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 14th February
1860. Reported from Brixham, 25th 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
13th June 1860 Depart
Neath to Cadiz; France and the Iberian Peninsula; Arrived London 29th
February 1862.
14th May 1862 Depart
London to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool 27th September 1862.
8th November 1862
Depart St Ives to Mediterranean; Arrived London from Patras 30 May 1863.
30th June 1863 Depart
Newport to Mediterranean; Arrived Falmouth from Bari 16th November
1863.
17th November 1863
Depart Falmouth to Mediterranean; Arrived Falmouth from Venice 11th April
1864.
11th April 1864 Depart
Falmouth to Cette; Arrived Yarmouth 29th August 1864.
12th October 1864
Depart Falmouth to Mediterranean; Arrived Bristol from Naples 31st January
1865.
1865 Coasting Voyages : France
and the Iberian Peninsula.
1865-71 Master – MARIA – ON 49985
12th December 1865
Depart Hayle to Salonica; Arrived Ipswich 9th June 1866.
10th July 1866 Depart
Shields to Malaga; Arrived Bristol 15th December 1866.
14th January 1867
Depart Cardiff to Malaga; Arrived Liverpool from Cadiz and New York 15th
July 1867.
24th July 1867 Depart
Liverpool for Malaga & America; Arrived London from New York 23rd
December 1867.
6th March 1868 Depart
London to Corfu; Arrived London 15th July 1868.
14th August 1868 Depart
Cardiff to Santos; Arrived Dublin 24 Feb 1869.
15th March 1869 Depart
Cardiff to Smyrna; Arrived Liverpool 17th August 1869.
11th September 1869
Depart Liverpool to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool from Smyrna 22nd
February 1870.
21st April 1870 Depart
Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro; Arrived London 8th March 1871.
8th June 1871 Depart
Glasgow to Nantes; Arrived Glasgow from Bilboa 25th August 1871.
15th September 1871 Depart Glasgow to Bilboa; Arrived
Swansea 8th November 1871.
13th November 1871
Depart Swansea to Bideford.
15th December 1871
Depart St Ives to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool from Naples 18th May
1872.
1872-78 Master - ADOLPHE & LAURA – ON 62043
18th October 1872
Depart London to Corfu; Arrived Liverpool 10th March 1873.
2nd April 1873 Depart
Liverpool to Leghorn; Arrived Plymouth 21st October 1873.
11th November 1873
Depart Plymouth to Terceira; Arrived London 5th January 1874.
30th January 1874
Depart London to Corfu; Arrived Newcastle 19th May 1874.
Voyages to Holland/France or
Cape Colonies/Ascension/Algoa Bay or West Indies.
26th May Depart Shields
1875 to Guadeloupe; Arrived London 29th December 1875.
Voyages to Holland/France or
Cape Colonies/Ascension/Algoa Bay or West Indies.
4th September 1876
Depart Cardiff to Mediterranean; Arrived Hull 12th March 1877.
23rd March 1877 Depart
Hull to Mediterranean; Arrived Cardiff 20th August 1877.
24th August 1877 Depart
Cardiff to Mediterranean; Arrived Liverpool 3rd April 1878.
17th April 1878 Depart
Liverpool to Baltic; Arrived Rye 9th July 1878.
16th July 1878 Depart
Rye; Arrived Rye 15th October 1878
Unspecified voyage to Rio.
1878/9 Master - JANE HOAD –
ON 47892
2nd December 1878
Engaged at Rio.
Henry Roach late of St Ives
Cornwall Master Mariner died 15th 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