Mary Lee

Official Number
18260

The Mary Lee was barque built at Maryport by Robert Ritson in 1859. She was initially owned by J.McNeil and was registered at Maryport.

The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday, 3rd April 1860, page 8;

" Holyhead, March 30 - Put in, the barque Mary Lee, of Maryport, from Liverpool for Hong Kong, with the late master, Capt.Archibald Lister, dead: a heavy sea having broke on board on the night of Wednesday last, forcing the master against the stanchions and lee bulwarks, and causing him so much injury that he died before reaching port this morning."

The Mary Lee was owned in Maryport until sold to Swedish owners in 1882.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Mary Lee
1859
465
 140.1
26.9 
 18,4
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Mercantile Navy List 1880: Mary Lee, 444 tons, barque, built at Maryport in 1859, official number 18260, signal letters MLCH, owned by Robert Pearson, of Maryport, and registered at Maryport.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1881-2: Mary Lee, barque, 466 grt, 444 nrt, built by Ritson at Maryport in 1859, FYM October 1880, official number 18260, signal letters MLCH, owned and commanded by Capt.R.Pearson, registered at Maryport.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1882-3: Mary Lee, barque - information as 1881, except owner was named as O.Lamberg, and the vessel belonged to Sweden.