Penrhyn Castle (1807 ship)

Penrhyn Castle was launched in 1807 in Bangor. She sailed to the Baltic and three times suffered survivable maritime mishaps. She was finally wrecked on 4 September 1823.

United Kingdom
Name: Penrhyn Castle
Namesake: Penrhyn Castle
Launched: 1807
Fate: Wrecked 4 September 1823.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 122, or 129 (bm)
Sail plan: Snow

Career

Penrhyn Castle first appeared in the supplementary pages in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1808.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1808 O.Griffith Capt. & Co. Dublin–Bangor LR
1816 Griffith
J.Laird		 Capt. & Co. Plymouth coaster LR; almost rebuilt 1815

On 7 April 1816 the snow Penrhyn Castle, Griffith, master, came in to Cowes having lost her mast and having sustained other damage.[2]

Penrhyn Castle, Laird, master, was driven ashore 30 November 1816 on Birker Island, Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau, Prussia. Most of her cargo was saved.[3] She had sustained little damage. She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Pillau.[4]

A strong gale drove Penrhyn Castle, Nutting, master, ashore on 31 October 1817 some 20 miles from Strömstad, Sweden. Once again, she had sustained little damage and it was expected that she would be gotten off once she had been lightened. She was on a voyage from London to Pillau, Prussia.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1818 J.Laird
J.Walker		 J.Wyatt
P.Walker		 London–"Elbng" LR; almost rebuilt 1815
1823 J.Walker Ainstie & Co. Liverpool–Newfoundland
London–Halifax		 LR; almost rebuilt 1815

Fate

Penrhyn Castle was wrecked on 4 September 1823 on the coast of Newfoundland while sailing from Quebec City to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Duck took her cargo, soldiers' clothing, from Newfoundland to Quebec.[6]

Citations
  1. LR (1808), Supple. pages "P", Seq.No.P51.
  2. "Ship News". Morning Post (London, England), 10 April 1816; Issue 14110.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5137). 24 December 1816. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5143). 14 January 1817. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5232). 25 November 1817. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4857). 21 November 1823. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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