Lancashire Lad
 Official Number
62960

The Lancashire Lad was a schooner built at Matthew Simpson's shipyard at Glasson Dock, Lancaster in February 1870. Like several of Simpson's other schooners (Dairy Maid, Saxon Maid, William Shepherd, James & Mary, Red Rose, Lord Howe, Result), she entered the fleet of E.Porter and Co. of Fleetwood.
 

The Lancashire Lad was at Whitehaven on Census night in April 1881 and the crew were listed as follows:
 
Joshua Mason M  48  Glasson Dock, Lancashire  Master (Seaman)
John Thompson M  32  Larne, Ireland Mate (Seaman)
Samuel McTaroom M 45 Larne, Ireland Seaman
James Robinson U  23  Larne, Ireland Seaman
George Aicken U  18  Larne, Ireland Seaman

In the 1890's the Lancashire Lad operated in the coal trade from Runcorn, returning from Cornwall with China clay, under the command of Capt.Peter Hall, of Freckleton (see Source 4).

 Schooner Lancashire Lad, photo courtesy of David Hilton

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The Lancashire Lad was still owned by Porter's Shipping Company and was registered at Fleetwood when she was lost on the 2nd February 1903 at Burnside, Scrabster Bay, Thurso. She was bound from Runcorn for Morrisons Haven carrying a cargo of salt, and parted her anchors in Scrabster Roads in a Northerly gale. She was wrecked on the rocks and one of her five crew was drowned.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Lancashire Lad
1870
 151
92.8
22.9
11.7
3
 
 
 9A1

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1877 (names owners as E.Porter, master as J.Mason).
  2. Report of loss in "The Shipwreck Index of the British Isles Vol.4" by  Richard and Bridget Larn. The vessel is described as a 3-masted schooner. Names master as Capt. D.Roberts.
  3. Wreck reported in the Times newspaper, Tuesday, 3rd February 1903, page 4.
  4. Family history and photo courtesy of David Hilton.
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