Mary Ann Mandall

Official Number
62701

The Mary Ann Mandall was a two-masted schooner built in August 1868 at the Ulverston shipyard of Margaret Wilson, the first vessel launched there after the death of her husband. The schooner joined the Millom fleet of William Postlethwaite, then later was bought by Charles Reney of Connah's Quay. She had a long life in the coasting trade, until she was wrecked in the Mersey in 1930.

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.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Mary Ann Mandall
 1868
112 
84.0 
20.6
10.9
 2
 
 
8 years A1 

Sources :

  1. The Ashburner Schooners ISBN 0-9516792-0-1
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9 (Supplement): Mary Ann Mandall, schooner, 112 tons, built by Wilson at Ulverston in October 1868, owned by M.Wilson, registered at Barrow, master Capt.J.Rawcliffe.
  3. Lloyd's Register 1913-14 (ship registered at Chester, owned C.A. Reney, master W.Jones)
  4. A photo of the Mary Ann Mandall is reproduced in the book "Schooners" by Basil Greenhill.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1930: Mary Ann Mandall, schooner, 92 tons, built at Ulverston in 1868, official number 62701, signal letters WMDS, registered at Barrow, managing owner Arthur Belsey, of Birkenhead.