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From: "Bryan Richards" <>
Subject: Re: [MAR] Death at sea 1835-1844 on Swansea registered Ships
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:05:59 -0000
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Whilst on the subject of deaths at sea. They would appear on crew agreements
held at the National Archives
e.g.
BT 98/507 Port of Registry ~ Swansea Ships Names ~ A-G 1835-1844
BT 98/508 Port of Registry ~ Swansea Ships Names ~ H-Z 1835-1844
Completely indexed on my website. Crew agreements for other ports exist
under the BT98 series.

Deaths at sea or the port of St,Jago de Cuba of crew onboard Swansea
Registered ships. One can see from the
list below how deadly St.jago de Cuba was. It in 1865 the cause of an
epidemic of Yellow Fever
brought into Swansea in the cargo.
Note the crew lists were archived under Port Rotation No.s. To get the
Port No.s andd the correct ship
compare the Master on the crew list with that on the Custom House Register
at time of survey or thos listed in
subsequent endorsements to the register. From 1845 Port No.2 were included
making it easier to refer to the
Custom House Register.

Alexander ~ Lloyds register No.383 in 1840
27th Jun.1840 Cuba W.Indies ~ M. Rowond O.S. aged 17 born Liverpool England
~ Died

Alexander Robertson ~ Port No.25/1839
2nd Feb.1841 Cuba ~ John James Seaman aged 23 born Cardigan Wales ~ Died
25/1839 12th May.1843 Cuba ~ Edward Howell 2nd Mate born Newton Wales ~ Died
25/1839 8th Jun.1843 at Sea ~ Robert Arroumitt [Arrowsmith ?] Mate aged 37
born Sunderland England ~ Died

Alicia Port No.2/1845
20th Nov.1845 At sea ~ Samuel Ace Seamans Ticket No.251.509 Boy aged 19
born Swansea ~ Fell from top mast and drowned

Amethyst ~ Port No.15/1838
20th Aug.1839 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Thomas Jones Apprentice aged 17 born Swansea
Wales ~ Buried in the Chruch
12th Feb.1840 At sea ~ Charles Beatty Seaman aged 30 born Dundee Scotland ~
Drowned
3rd Feb.1840 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Philip Weekes aged 28 born Salcombe England ~
Died
11th Feb.1840 At sea ~James Nicholls Seaman aged 25 born St.Ives England ~
Died
10th Feb.1840 At sea ~ Andrew Leatt Seaman aged 22 born Exeter England ~
Died
1st Feb.1841 At sea ~ Michael Kirby Seaman aged 22 born Waterford Ireland ~
Died
20th Dec.1838 At Sea ~ James Goodwin Apprentice aged 14 born Swansea ~
Washed overboard

Appleton Port No.09.1840 O.N.14193 in 1857
17th Aug.1840 at sea ~ James Basildon Mate aged 24 born Bristol ~ Died
12th Aug.1840 Cuba ~ Robert Brown Apprentice aged 14 born Glasgow Scotland ~
Died
10th Mar.1841 at sea ~ D.Griffiths Mate aged 20 born Swansea Wales ~ Died
12th Dec.1844 at sea ~ John Elias Apprentice age 17 born Swansea Wales ~
Died
16th Dec.1844 at sea ~ Robert Nicholls Mate aged 38 born Penrhyn Wales ~
Died

Auricula Port No.2/1842
2nd May 1843 At St.Jago de Cuba ~ William Dryden Mate aged 24 born Truro
England ~ Died
8th Apr.1843 At St.Jago de Cuba ~ Thomas Headon [or Hordan] Ship's Cook
aged 40 born Oldsworth England ~ Died
25th Oct.1844 At St.Jago de Cuba ~ John Owens ship's Carpenter aged 28 born
Exeter England ~ Died

Bravo Port No.6/1840
20th Feb.1842 at Sierra Leone ~ James Hayes Seaman aged 28 Kinsale Ireland ~
Died
14th Feb.1842 at Sierra Leone ~ Francisco Brugs Carpenter aged 20 born Genoa
Italy ~ Died
14th May.1842 At sea ~ Joseph Simonds Cook aged 45 born Jamaica W.Indies ~
Died

Catherine Jenkins Port No.9/1845
16th Aug.1845 At sea ~ James James Seaman Ticket No.251.244 aged 20 bon
Cardigan Wales ~ Died
4th Sep.1845 At sea ~ Robert Brown 1st Mate Ticket No.160.979 aged 25 born
Sunderland England ~ Died

Charles Clarke Port No.8/1846 p[ from newpspaer report not the crew
agreement]
17th Feb.1849 ~ Cambrian newspaper ~ records death of W.E. Kent [Apprentice
?] son of W.E. Kent Schoolmaster Swansea

Charles Clarke 18/1835 [Same ship as No.8/1846 but re-registered under new
Port No. after re-survey]
1st May.1837 ~ Barracoa Cuba ~ M.H. Richardson Master aged 22 born South
Shields England ~ Died
7th Jan.1839 At sea ~ William Turpen Master aged 27 born Hastings England ~
Washed overboard and drowned

Cobre Port No.12/1844
25th Jan.1845 ~ William Rees Carpenter aged 49 born Swansea Wales ~ Died at
sea
2nd Jan.1845 ~ Peter Roach Steward aged 20 born Portsmouth England ~ Died at
sea

Dorothy Gales Port No.28/1840
24th Jan.1841 Cuba ~ David Abel Seaman aged 24 born Swansea ~ Died
21st Jan.1841 Cuba Cornelius Casey Apprentice born Kinsale Ireland ~ Died

Gipsy Port No.1/1842
29th Oct.1842 At sea ~ John Green Bosun aged 27 born London England ~ Died
13th Oct.1842 Havana Cuba ~ John Perriman Master aged 38 born London
England ~ Died
17th Oct.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ James Croker aged 20 Seaman ~ Died

Glory Port No.5/1838
20th Jul.1840 At sea ~ Edgar Scott apprentice aged 17 born Glasgow [Swansea
?] ~ Death by drowning
different voyage gave different place of birth

Golconda Port No.1/1843 O.N. 25877 in 1857
17th Aug.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Isaac John Nash Master aged 28 born Falmouth
England ~ Died
16th Aug.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Richard Mayo Seaman aged 21 born Manchester
England ~ Died
7th Aug.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Daniel Williams aged 22 born St.Davids
Pembs.Wales ~ Died
4th Aug.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ John George Bilk Apprentice aged 18 born
Swansea ~ Died
9th Sep.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Thomas Lavers Seaman aged 23 born Penzance
England ~ Died
5th Sep.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ W.H. Readon Boy aged 16 born Exeter England ~
Died


Grenfell Port No.1/1837
6th Sept.1837 at St.Jago de Cuba ~ John Stevenson ship's Carpenter aged 45
born Cardigan Wales ? ~ Died

Rambler Port No.19/1837
6th Feb.1841 At sea ~ Humphries O.S. aged 18 born St.Ives England ~ Drowned
2nd Nov.1841 At sea ~ David Aikin Seaman aged 24 born Aberdeen Scotland ~
Lost overboard and drowned

Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmith Port No.16/1841 O.N. 14178 in 1857
13th Jan 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Thomas Cullen - Mate aged 30 born Swansea
Wales ~ Died
7th Jan 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Edwin Beard - Seaman aged 26 born Liverpool
England ~ Died
9th Jan 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ William Jones - Seaman aged 29 born Cardigan
Wales ~ Died
9th Jan 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ John Lelose - Seaman aged 21 born Sunderland
England ~ Died
10th Jan 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Robert Jones - Seaman aged 22 born
Carmarthen Wales ~ Died
29th May 1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ William Johnson - Seaman aged 23 born Sweden
~ Died
9th Oct.1844 St.Jago de Cuba ~ John Buckley - Seaman aged 22 born Liverpool
England ~ Died


Sunbeam Port No.20/1841
10th Aug.1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ August Busch Seaman age 19 born Hamburg
Germany ~ Died
12th Aug.1843 St.Jago de Cuba ~ Frigts Cook Seaman age 22 born Stockholm
Sweden ~ Died
4th Jan.1845 St.Jago de Cuba ~ John Biddle Apprentice age 18 born Gower
Wales ~ Died
4th Jan.1845 St.Jago de Cuba ~ William Griffith Apprentice age 17 Born
Swansea Wales ~ Died

Will O' the Wisp Port No.32/1837
29th Jan.1839 At sea ~ Thomas Saunders Seamans Ticket No.1060 aged 37 born
Bristol England ~ Drowned

Regards
Bryan
www.swanseamariners.org.uk


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