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Mary Stoddart | Official Number
23274 |
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Mary Stoddart | Official Number
23274 |
The Mary Stoddart was ship built at Maryport by Robert Ritson & Co.,
launched on the 16th February 1843. She was registered at Liverpool
and was originally owned by John Sparks. Her first master was Capt.Joseph
Sparks, who assumed command of the Joseph
Bushby in 1845. In the launch report of the latter vessel, the
Mary Stoddart was described as "a well-known trader to India and
China." According to the local newspaper report of her launch, the Mary Stoddart
had been built using Fell's Patent Binding, a method of strengthening
the frame of a vessel using iron fastenings. The vessel was named after
the maiden name of the wife of Joseph Sanderson, of Cockermouth, a
shipowner and business partner of Bushby and Sparks.
On the 6th April 1858 the Mary Stoddart was wrecked on Black Rock in Dundalk Bay, with
the loss of seven of her crew. The surviving seamen owed their lives to
repeated attempts from several people, over a period of two days, to reach
the stranded vessel. Six of these rescuers were awarded honours from the
RNLI for their bravery. One boat overturned, drowning four rescuers. The Mary Stoddart had been bound for Liverpool
from Alexandria with a general cargo and horse beans.
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