Glenburnie (1825 ship) explained

Glenburnie was a schooner launched at Aberdeen in 1825. She traded with the West Indies and Russia. A ship ran into her in the Irish Sea on 23 August 1835 and she sank within hours.

Career

Glenburnie first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1826.[1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1826WoodJohnstoneLondon–HamburgLR
1830R.AllenKnight & Co.Liverpool–Saint ThomasLR
1835S.PatrickJ.BerrieDundee–NewcastleLR

Fate

Glenburnie, Patrick, master, collided with Pitt, off Carlingford, County Louth, on 23 August 1835 and sank in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Four hours after Glenburnie sank, the steamship Solway providentially rescued the crew. Glenburnie, of Dundee, was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065537832?urlappend=%3Bseq=249 LR (1826), Seq.№G228.
  2. http://find.gale.com/dvnw/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=DVNW&userGroupName=upenn_main&tabID=T003&docPage=article&docId=CS68183327&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 "Ship News." Times [London, England] 31 August 1835: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 17 Dec. 2019.
  3. Lloyd's List 8 September 1835.