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Official Number
70478 |
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Official Number
70478 |
The Mary Sinclair was a two-masted schooner built at Ardrossan by Hugh Barclay in January 1876. She was originally owned by Barrow shipowner Joseph Walton but later joined the fleet of James Fisher & Son. In her early years she was commanded by Capt. Edmondson Charnley, from the time he left the Mary Ashburner until his death onboard in 1897.
At the time of the 1881 Census the Mary Sinclair was berthed
at Braddan, Isle of Man. The following crew were recorded:
| Edmondson Charnley | m | 40 | Piel Island (Barrow-in-Furness) | Master |
| Thomas Morgan | m | 50 | Aberdovey, Wales | Mate |
| Charles Barrett | u | 32 | Dover, Kent, England | OS |
| Joseph Knight | u | 16 | London, Middlesex, England | Cook |
| Mary Ann Charnley | m | 38 | Fleetwood, Lancashire | Masters Wife |
| William Kelsall Charnley | u | 13 | Barrow, Lancashire, England | Masters Son |
In December 1895 the Mary Sinclair survived the gale that caused the loss of the Whitehaven ship Moresby at Dungarvan Bay, Ireland.
During the First World War the Mary Sinclair and Mary
Ann Mandall were attacked by a German submarine, off Littlehampton
in March 1918, but both schooners had been armed and managed to stave off
their attacker until an armed trawler came to their assistance. The Mary
Sinclair was sold to Grounds of Runcorn in 1921 and spent her last
years in the china clay trade between Cornwall and Runcorn. In February
1936 she collided with a mooring buoy in the Mersey and was badly holed,
later to be condemned as a wreck.
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