Part of the Acorn Archive
Hearts of Oak
Shipping
Registers
Penwith Shipping Registers Index
Isles of
Scilly Vessels [1911-1949]
and
Transaction Notes [1837-1887]
Notes made by
Alf Jenkins from the Registers
NAME /Reg
Date |
masts TYPE |
BUILD |
DATE |
LENGTH |
BEAM |
DEPTH |
TONS |
OWNERS & NOTES / FATE |
Topaz (1911) |
Schooner |
Hellesborough River Prince Edward Island |
1860 |
84 |
19.6 |
9.8 |
90.87 |
Francis Mumford Broken up 1928 |
R G D
(1914) |
Ketch |
J B Mansfield Teignmouth |
1866 |
74.3 |
18.8 |
9.1 |
78.02 |
Wm Thomas, St Mary’s; 1916 Clem & Wm John Thomas; 1917 H Radford; 1919 Wrecked/Scuttled |
Emily (1919) |
Ketch |
J F Picot Jersey CI |
1869 |
56.8 |
16.3 |
7.9 |
39.67 |
Dorrian Smith, Tresco Broken up 1928 |
Peninnis (1920) |
Steamship Single Screw |
Bow Paisley |
1904 |
130 |
23.2 |
11.5 |
200 |
IoSSCo (Wm Henry Ward) Sold 1927 Alderney SSCo CI |
Emu (1920) |
2m Ketch |
Truro |
1870 |
71.6 |
19.6 |
8.6 |
65.46 |
CF Thomas; 1923 Charles Finlay (MM, Devon) Broken up 1925 |
Maggie Kelso (1922) |
Schooner |
Bogel (?) Ardrossan |
1876 |
73.9 |
18.9 |
7.9 |
70.05 |
Dorrian Smith, Tresco Broken up 1926 |
Gugh (1923) |
Steamer Single screw |
Phillips Dartmouth |
1910 |
47 |
10.8 |
5.5 |
9.62 |
IoSSCo Wrecked 1951 |
Ganilly (1923) |
Motor Twin screw |
H W Dockyard Portland |
- |
48.5 |
10.4 |
5.2 |
8.91 |
IoSSCo Dismantled (used as store Hulk) 1937 |
Scillonian (1926) |
Steamship Single screw |
Ailsa Shipyard Troon |
1926 |
170.7 |
28.7 |
- |
325.31 |
IoSSCo |
Silura (1929) |
Motor twin screw |
A H Watts Fowey |
1928 |
30 |
9.25 |
- |
3.24 |
Wm George, Birkenshaw Acquired by Ministry of War 1943 |
Lady of the Isles (1947) |
Motor twin screw |
Newman Poole |
1947 |
68.3 |
16.4 |
8 |
31.27 |
IoSSCo |
Kittern (1949) |
Motor single screw |
Fox & Son Ipswich |
1944 |
54.2 |
13 |
- |
24 grt 12.6 nrt |
IoSSCo |
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IoSSCo = Isles of Scilly Steamship Company |
Transaction
Notes
Ship |
Reg Date |
Transaction |
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- |
- |
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Remarks |
Date |
Premier |
1837 |
Richard Newman |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Rovena |
1840 |
John Tregarthen |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
President |
1842 |
Richard Newman |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Monarch |
1844 |
Ann Banfield |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Surpass |
1854 |
Edwin Sherris (MM) / Sherris family |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To Falmouth |
1856 |
Queen |
1850 |
Sold to Tobias Legg 1855 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wrecked Aberthaw |
1859 |
Flying Fish |
1851 |
Davis & Rowe |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To London |
1861 |
British Queen |
1844 |
Union Shipping Co of Scilly |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Matchless |
1854 |
Richard Sherris |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To Rochester |
1864 |
Suffolk |
1854 |
James Phillips MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Stranded near Sydney NSW |
1859 |
Jessie Banfield |
1852 |
Ann Banfield & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To Caenarvon (Hugh King) |
1865 |
Prince Albert |
1853 |
Elizabeth Edwards, Banfield & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To Liverpool (Elizabeth Risby) |
1856 |
Nundeeps |
1849 |
Walter Bickford MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lengthened |
1866 |
Ramneys |
1851 |
Edward Johns MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Closed |
1874 |
Eliza |
1853 |
Charles Tregarthen |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Run down off Newark Island (?) |
1857 |
Rosevean |
1847 |
Clem Banfield MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sold William Bowden MM Bridgewater |
1863 |
Industry |
1854 |
Local |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Broken up at Scilly |
1859 |
Triumphant |
1855 |
Harriet, Eliz & Flo Sherris |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Transferred Falmouth |
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Minalto |
1853 |
Ann Banfield & Richard Dawson MM |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Stranded – River Plate |
1859 |
Silura |
1851 |
Ann Banfield & Hugh Tregarthen MM Tresco |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Abandoned off St Catherines; sold |
1860 |
Jane Lakey |
1855 |
Ann Banfield & others, Edmond Lakey MM Tresco |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guernsey |
1865 |
Active |
1849 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
to Bristol (Thomas Carey) |
1857 |
New Bospherous |
1846 |
John Odger MM Tresco & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lost, Bristol Channel |
1888 |
Mars |
1845 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Run down & lost, Bristol Channel |
1860 |
Mandarina |
1849 |
John Tregarthen MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sold Melbourne |
1881 |
Daring |
1852 |
Henry Weymouth & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sold Melbourne |
1880 |
Lionesse |
1851 |
various |
- |
- |
- |
- |
to Plymouth |
1861 |
Lady Mena |
1852 |
Local |
- |
- |
- |
- |
to London Reg |
1860 |
Choile |
1853 |
??, Davies & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
to Melbourne Reg |
1861 |
Minerva |
1844 |
James M??? & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Run down near Runnelstones |
1863 |
Su(r)prise |
1854 |
various |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Stranded near Malazzo |
1862 |
Bospherous |
1840 |
Tregarthen & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Transferred to Maldon |
1885 |
Cassiterides |
1850 |
Banfield, Lakey (Tresco) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Abandoned Manilla & sold |
1867 |
Pet |
1843 |
Thomas Rosser |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cardiff |
1861 |
Mary Banfield |
1854 |
Banfield, George Sherris MM & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To port of Bandturrock (?) |
1873 |
Express |
1850 |
James Phillips & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cancelled |
1872 |
Allegro |
1851 |
John Gibson MM, John Phillips & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cancelled |
1871 |
Garland |
1847 |
Sold to Steve Gibson MM |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lengthened Enlarged |
1869 |
Timandra |
1848 |
Local |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To Barrow |
1868 |
Gratitude |
1844 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sold Soton (?) |
1872 |
Ann Banfield |
1853 |
Ann Banfield, widow, & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wrecked : from NY to UK |
1871 |
John Banfield |
1859 |
Local various |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Sold to Hull |
1881 |
Edmund |
1881 |
Wm Charles Mumford |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wrecked Porthcawl |
1897 |
Gleaner |
1878 |
14 various |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To London |
1882 |
Bertha |
1887 |
from Plymouth Henry Weymouth & others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Converted to a coal hulk |
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Transcribed
from Notes made by Alf Jenkins (author of
The Scillonian and His Boat)
Some writing is
not at all easy to read and so there may be errors on my part.
Raymond
Forward
With thanks to
Fred Ticehurst