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Sail and Steam in Salcombe Harbour
Plymouth: Westway (1987) 40p: ill.
ISBN 0901474231
Index prepared by Nicki Thomas, Auckland, NZ
Part 1 - Captains
Part 2 - Builders
Part 3 - Other references to People
PART 1 - CAPTAINS
Surname | First Name | Date | Ship's Name | Notes | Page |
Adams | 1898 | Lady St. John | 29 | ||
Adams | John Dawe | 1871 | Alvington | returned from Bahia, Brazil with news 5 crew had died of yellow fever. | 17 |
Adams | John Dawe | 1889 | Churchstow | 25 | |
Allen | R | 1875-81 | Mary | ship & all hands lost at sea 1881 | 13 |
Arundel | Richard | 1856-67 | Dolores | 6 | |
Arundel | Richard | 1869 | Annie | brought charges against O S John Williams (who was jailed for 4 weeks) for assulting him. | 19 |
Ball | J | 1847 | E.D. | Died at Portrush, S. Ireland | 5 |
Bartlett | J | Caroline | 19 | ||
Bickford | J | 14/6/1871 | Apphia | Vessel sailed from Haiti for Salcombe but was feared lost. | 15 |
Bowden | aft 1870 | Flora | vessel wrecked on Happisburgh Sands, Norfolk, all hands & 2 passengers saved | 16 | |
Brown | Eli | Express | 32 | ||
Bushell | W | Pass | 15 | ||
Butland | W | Churchstow | 25 | ||
Canham | J | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
Cleverley | S | Juan | 8 | ||
Cove | E | Alice | 10 | ||
Cove | P | 1846-51 | Dolores | 6 | |
Cove | P H | Juan | 8 | ||
Cove | P H | Fanny | Certificate suspended for 4 years - vessel lost to drunkenness and misconduct. Crew saved. | 9 | |
Cove | T | 10/12/1883 | Western Belle | Encountered heavy gale & lost masts & abandoned. Fate of crew not known. | 21 |
Cove | T | 1868 | Western Belle | Only master. Stranded at Beesands 1871, a local packet went to her assistance. | 21 |
Cove | Thomas | Fanny | 9 | ||
Cove | W | Juan | 8 | ||
Cove | W | 1859 | Mary | 13 | |
Cowling | J | 19/9/1870 | Flora | first master. Vessel in collision with "SS Tyne Queen" at Gibraltar | 16 |
Cowling | James | 1855 | Excelsior | 11 | |
Cranch | James | Fanny | 9 | ||
Date | Leader | 21 | |||
Date | W | 1869 | Excelsior | ship lost in Azores. Crew rescued | 11 |
Dorno | George | Juan | 8 | ||
Fitzwalter | S | 1887 | Zenobia | lost at sea with all hands. Parts of ship washed ashore near Llanelly 2 June 1887. | 21 |
Fitzwater | R | Daring | mastered replacement vessel | 13 | |
Forbes | Thomas | 1840's | Beau Ideal | second master - lost at sea en route to Newfoundland | 4 |
Forbes | W | Eugenie | 11 | ||
Friend | W | 1877-80 | South Milton | first master. Died on board. | 27 |
Gunn | J | 27/4/1874 | Huntress | one seaman reported lost overboard in high seas between Richmond USA & Rio de Janiero | 15 |
Harding | J | Pass | 15 | ||
Harding | J W | Alvington | 17 | ||
Harnden | J | 1865 | Alvington | first master | 17 |
Harnden | Marcus | 1873-79 | Golden Fleece | died on passage Madagascar to Natal, his brother the mate very ill. | 24 |
Hill | F W | 1854 | Rebecca | 10 | |
Hill | F W | 1855 | Rebecca | prize ship | 29 |
Hill | J H | Fanny | 9 | ||
Hill | W | 1866 | Frances | 27/2/1867 cook was charged the cost of a tin of preserved meat after it was placed unopened on the stove and exploded | 14 |
Hill | W | 1867 | Frances | 11 bottles of sherry missing, crew charged GBP1.7s.6d = GBP1.37 ½p for the loss | 14 |
Huxham | H | 1885 | Augusta | wrecked off Labrador, 1885, all saved. | 26 |
Huxham | H W | 1876 | Renown | ship wrecked in Bahamas. Crew + one passenger saved | 13 |
Ingram | John | 1865-70 | Restless | 18 | |
Issell | Thomas | Alice | 10 | ||
James | 1859 | Salcombe Castle | Ship lost off Wairoa, N.Z., crew saved. | 7 | |
Jarvis | 1880-89 | Lady Bertha | 27 | ||
Jarvis | J | Eugenie | 11 | ||
Jarvis | J J | Pass | 15 | ||
Jarvis | John Ash | Ceres | 3 | ||
Jarvis | T | Leader | 21 | ||
Jarvis | William | 1846 | Jessamine | lost overboard & drowned | 5 |
Jellard | J C | 1866 | Caroline | first master | 19 |
Jellard | James Chope | 1858 | Daring | mastered original and replacement vessels | 13 |
Johnson | WK | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
King | W | 1863 | Erme | 16 | |
Kingston | 1834 | Beau Ideal | first master | 4 | |
Lambe | James | Ceres | 3 | ||
Lapthorne | 1880 | Effort | lived in Robinson's Row | 28 | |
Luckham | Queen of the West | 9 | |||
March | Nicholas | 1884 | Lively | Kingsbridge/Salcombe mail & passengers run | 35 |
March | Nicholas | 1892 | Dart | replaced "Reindeer" | 36 |
May | 1874 | Queen | Plymouth/Kingsbridge/Salcombe packet run | 33 | |
May | 1875 | Reindeer | Plymouth/Kingsbridge/Salcombe packet run | 34 | |
May | Thomas | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
Partridge | J | Leader | 21 | ||
Pascoe | J | 1890's | Kings Bridge Packet | 31 | |
Patey | E | Ernest | 12 | ||
Patey | E | Pass | 15 | ||
Patey | E | 1879 | Annie | wrecked on Salcombe bar returning from Bahia, Brazil, all hands saved | 19 |
Penwill | J | Clara | 12 | ||
Pepperell | John | 1877-86 | Brizo | 26 | |
Pepperell | W | 1865 | Island Maid | first master | 17 |
Pepperill | J | Daring | mastered replacement vessel | 13 | |
Port | 1842 | Phoenix | crew & ship lost between Cardiff & Barcelona | 4 | |
Putt | J | Alice | 10 | ||
Quick | E | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
Quick | E | 1869 | Leader | 21 | |
Quick | W | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
Reeves | J | Alice | 10 | ||
Ride | E | Juan | 8 | ||
Russell | James Harrison | 1823 | Ceres | and shareholder | 3 |
Shears | W | 1858 | Ernest | 12 | |
Shepherd | F E | Progress | 28 | ||
Sherriff | William | Eugenie | 11 | ||
Sherriff | William | Clara | 12 | ||
Sladen | R | Alice | 10 | ||
Southwood | C | 1868 | Zenobia | first master. | 21 |
Steer | W | 1862 | Apphia | vessel suffered considerable damage after collision with a Dutch vessel, crew saved by Apphia except for the master & 5 hands | 15 |
Tolcher | J | 1861 | Kate | first master. The "Kingsbridge Gazette" reported a fire on board at New Quay, 23/5/1863 | 14 |
Tolcher | J J | Eugenie | 11 | ||
Trinick | Henry | 1883 | Caroline | 19 | |
Trinnick | H | South Milton | stranded on Charlemont reef, Vic, AUS | 27 | |
Trute | Nicholas | Ceres | 3 | ||
Vincent | 1861 | Huntress | first master | 15 | |
Vivian | James | Ernest | 12 | ||
Wood | J | Fanny | 9 | ||
Wood | W A | 1881 | Restless | master & owner, operated from Guernsey | 18 |
Yabsley | F | Cynosure | 5 | ||
Yabsley | F | Pass | 15 | ||
Yabsley | Nathaniel | Cynosure | 5 | ||
Yabsley | W | Cynosure | 5 |
PART 2 - BUILDERS
Builder's Name | Date | Ship's Name | Notes | Page |
Bonker | 1835 | Phoenix | for Hurrell & Co | 4 |
Bonker | 1840 | Cynosure | for Grant & Co | 5 |
Bonker | 1841 | Dolores | for Hurrell & Co | 6 |
Bonker | 1842 | Lady Buller | for Captain & Co, John Moore, Master Mariner | 6 |
Bonker | 1848 | Juan | for Hurrell & Co | 8 |
Bonker | 1853 | Alice | for Salden & Co | 10 |
Bonker | 1859 | Mary | 13 | |
Bonker | 1861 | Kate | for Tolcher & Co | 14 |
Bonker | 1863 | Erme | for Balkwill & Co | 16 |
Bonker | 1867 | Annie | for R H Sladen & Co | 19 |
Cox of Falmouth | 1908 | New Kingsbridge Packet | Plymouth/Kingsbridge run 1908-1920 | 31 |
Evans of Salcombe | Eugenie | for Forbes & Co | 11 | |
Evans of Salcombe | 1858 | Clara | for Henry Grant | 12 |
Evans of Salcombe | 1863 | Avon | for Sladen & Co | 16 |
Evans of Salcombe | 1869 | Leader | for Balkwill & Co | 21 |
Evans of Salcombe | 1870 | Endymion | for Balkwill & Co | 23 |
Harnden | 1877 | Augusta | for J Hannaford. Wrecked off Labrador 1885 | 26 |
Harnden | 1877 | Lady Bertha | for Sladen & Co | 27 |
Harnden at Island Quay | 1868 | Western Belle | for P Cove & Co | 21 |
Harnden at Island Quay | 1869 | Okenbury | for W W Steer & Co | 22 |
Harnden at Salcombe | 1865 | Island Maid | for Cove & Co | 17 |
Harnden at Salcombe | 1867 | Lady Agnes | for Harnden of Kingsbridge. Struck Salcombe bar on maiden voyage and suffered some damage. | 20 |
Harnden at Salcombe | 1873 | Golden Fleece | for W S Hannaford & Co | 24 |
Harnden & Whiddon of Salcombe | 1868 | Zenobia | for J Hannaford | 21 |
Harnden & Whiddon of Salcombe | 1870 | Lurline | for W W Steer & Co. Vessel lost in dense fog off Middle Scrosby Sands, Norfolk, crew saved. | 23 |
Harveys of Hayle, Cornwall | 1879 | Kings Bridge Packet | for William Heath Prowse & Co. Screw steamship, Plymouth/Kingsbridge | 30 |
Henry Martin of Dodbrooke | 1846 | Salcombe Castle | for Weymouth of Salcombe | 7 |
John Ball of Salcombe | 1831 | Lady Brougham | for Forbes & Co | 3 |
John Ball of Salcombe | 1834 | Beau Ideal | 4 | |
John Jordain of Dodbrooke | 1839 | Jessamine | 5 | |
John Jordain of Dodbrooke | 1843 | Queen Esther | 6 | |
Joseph Evans | 1867 | Phantom | for W Sladen & Co | 19 |
Philip & Son of Dartmouth | 1898 | Salcombe Castle | for Nicholas March & Nicholas Southwood | 37 |
Robert Johnson of Bideford | 1855 | Prothsea | for G Lidstone & Co of Kingsbridge | 11 |
Sutherland | 1877 | South Milton | for Balkwill & Co. | 27 |
T Sanders at Salcombe | 1885 | Lord Devon | for Salcombe Ship Owning Company. | 29 |
Trethowan of Falmouth | 1876 | Churchstow | for Balkwill & Co | 25 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1846 | A.E.A. | for Netherton, sold 1849 to Balkwill family | 7 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1849 | Queen of the West | for Balkwill | 9 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1858 | Daring | for R Balkwill, to replace "Daring" lost March 1858 in Azures | 13 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1858 | Renown | for R H Balkwill | 13 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1862 | Huntress | for Balkwill | 15 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1866 | Caroline | for Balkwill | 19 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1870 | Malborough | for Balkwill & Co | 22 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1872 | Netherton | for Sladen & Co | 24 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1874 | Matharan | for Beer & Trant. Missing off Isle of Wight 1888. | 25 |
Vivian of Salcombe | 1877 | Brizzo | for Balkwill & Co. was wrecked in the Bahamas in 1886. | 26 |
W Briggs & Son of Sunderland | 1860 | Frances | bought Sept 1866 by R Hurrell | 14 |
Watson at Pallion nr Sunderland | 1865 | Alvington | for Balkwill | 17 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1862 | Pass | for Sladen, operated from Salcombe for over 20 years | 15 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1865 | Restless | for Hingston & Co | 18 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1867 | Nellie | for R Hurrell & Co. Was wrecked off coast of Brazil 1888. | 20 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1867 | Spring | Speculative. Run down & sank Nov 1890, recovered & renamed "Gravesend". Her figurehead is in the "Cutty Sark". | 20 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1869 | Grace | for Hingston & Co. Lost seamen overboard in gales 1883 & 1901, lost on Teignmouth bar 1907. | 22 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1871 | Morning Star | for Capt F L Yabsley | 23 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1872 | Lizzie | 24 | |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1876 | Ethel | for Steer & Co. lost nr Lynmouth 10/2/1891 during force 10 gale. | 25 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1880 | Effort | for W S Hannaford & Co | 28 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | Progress | nicknamed "Pilgrim". Built for H Grant. | 28 | |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1898 | Lady St. John | for F W Hill. Was last British sailing vessel in the Newfoundland trade. | 29 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1857 | Kingsbridge Packet | for Kingsbridge Steam Packet Company. Paddle steamer, Plymouth/Kingsbridge | 30 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1885 | Express | for William Randell Beer, Philip Trant & Charles Henry Balkwill | 32 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1860 | Queen | for River Steam Company, 4 minutes faster than the packet. | 33 |
William Date at Kingsbridge | 1881 | Neptune | for Randell Beer & Philip Trant, burnt out a month after launching | 34 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1848 | Agatha | for Grant & Co | 8 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1850 | Fanny | for Hurrell & Co | 9 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1852 | Speedy | replaced vessel of same name lost at sea | 9 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1855 | Excelsior | for P O Hingston & Co | 11 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1857 | Annie Grant | for the Grant fleet. A paddlesteamer used on Kingsbridge Packet | 12 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1858 | Ernest | for the Sladen fleet | 12 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1860 | Willie | for R Hurrell | 14 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1860 | Queen | paddle steamer for harbour ferry service Kingsbridge/Salcombe | 14 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1862 | Apphia | for Stidstone | 15 |
William Date of Dodbrooke | 1864 | Flora | for P O Hingston & Co | 16 |
Willoughby bros of Plymouth | 1906 | Ilton Castle | for Nicholas March & Co | 38 |
Willoughby bros of Plymouth | 1914 | Kenwith Castle | for Nicholas March & Co, now run by Nicholas Southwood | 38 |
PART 3 - OTHER REFERENCES TO PEOPLE
Surname | First Name | Position | Date | Notes | Page |
Adams | Edward | 1889 | died of yellow fever in Haiti on board "Endymion" | 23 | |
Adams | Thomas | 1884 | "Lively" engineer | 35 | |
Cole | Walter | 1889 | died of yellow fever in Haiti on board "Endymion" | 23 | |
Collins | Capt Grenville | 1893 | Published "Coasting Pilot" - first known survey of Salcombe Harbour | 2 | |
Cornish | Mathew | seaman | 1849 | lost overboard from Lady Buller & drowned | 6 |
Damerell | Fred | 1890's | "Kings Bridge Packet" engineer | 31 | |
Damerell | "Pinch" | 1890's | "Kings Bridge Packet" fireman | 31 | |
Date | Miss Sarah Ann | 1855 | Christened Excelsior | 11 | |
Friend | Stephen | 1883 | Knocked down by sea and fractured right thigh on winch of "Caroline". | 19 | |
Gillard | Caleb | mate | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Hannaford | William | A.B. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Hill | F W | 1868 | started shipping co with 2 schooners | 10 | |
Hill | F W | 1884 | formed Salcombe Shipowning Co | 10 | |
Hill | F W | 1901 | last ship, "Lord Devon", was sold and company became defunct | 10 | |
Hutchings | Charles | 1884 | "Lively" deck-hand | 35 | |
Jarvis | R | pilot | 1868 | "Eugenie" struck 'Old Harry' rock at Lizard Harbour | 11 |
Lidstone | Gabriel Benjamin | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
March jnr | Nicholas | apprenticed to James Vivian, Shipbuilder, went to sea as ship's carpenter. Took over from father at his death. | 36 | ||
March snr | Nicholas | 1841 | took passengers & goods Salcombe/Kingsbridge after sarah's death | 34 | |
McPhereson | James | 1881 | died from wounds when captain shot him accidentally on "Ethel" | 25 | |
Murch | Aaron | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Murch | John | cook/steward | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Pepperell | John | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Pepperell | Roger | bosun | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Peterson | F | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
Pilchard | coxswain | won silver medal for saving 7 lives when "Fanny" lost off Tranmore, S. Ireland | 9 | ||
Rean | Prothsea Beer | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
Rean | Prothsea Lidstone | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
Southwood | Nicholas | became Salcombe's harbour master after steamers sold | 40 | ||
Stone | Mrs Sarah | 1821 | appointed postmistress of Salcombe. Died 1841 | 34 | |
Trute | Richard | seaman | 1840 | lost overboard from Phoenix & drowned | 4 |
Turner | Edward | boy | 1841 | lost overboard from Phoenix & drowned | 4 |