Syren of Beaumaris

Welsh Wreck Web Research Project (North Cardigan Bay) On-line research into the wreck of the: Syren of Beaumaris

Ketch

Syren

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Report compiled by: Graeme Perks

Report Title: Welsh Wreck Web Research Project (North Cardigan Bay) On-line research into the wreck of the: Syren of Beaumaris

Compiled by: Graeme Perks [email protected] Sutton Coldfield, UK

On behalf of: Nautical Archaeology Society Fort Cumberland Fort Cumberland Road Portsmouth PO4 9LD Tel: +44 (0)23 9281 8419 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org

Managed by: Malvern Archaeological Diving Unit 17 Hornyold Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 1QQ Tel: +44 (0)1684 574774 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.madu.org.uk

Date: September 2020

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1.0 Abstract

Syren was built as a schooner by Nicholsons of Annan who became famous for building Clipper ships, but she was a coaster converted later to a ketch. Syren traded initially between Annan and Wales, later being involved in carrying slate from Wales to particularly to Ireland. After the initial owners who were the Nicholson’s and the vessel’s master, Syren was operated by Owner/masters. Syren was in use for over fifty years in this mode with some mishaps including being trapped in Siloth when the harbour part collapsed, and having a crew member swept overboard and lost. Syren survived a collision and groundings until her anchors dragged off Pwllheli in 1905 and she grounded again. The master and the one crewman were rescued by the lifeboat, they returned and took Syren into Pwllheli the next day. There is no record of her sailing again and her listing ended that year.

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2.0 Index

2.1 Table of Contents Page No.

1.0 Abstract ------3

2.0 Index ------4 2.1 Table of Contents 4 2.3 List of Pictures 4 2.4 Contributors 5 2.5 Abbreviations 5 3.0 Introduction ------6

4.0 Background ------7

5.0 Research Methodology ------10

6.0 Results ------12

7.0 Analysis ------27

8.0 Conclusions & Recommendations ------29

9.0 References ------30

Appendices:

Appendix A – Table of Lloyds Shipping entries ------31

Appendix B – Timeline for Syren ------32

Appendix C – Mercantile Navy list ------59

Appendix D - Crew lists ------60

Appendix E – Details of Masters ------72

Appendix F – Table of original owners ------74

Appendix G – Appropiation book Entry ------75

Appendix H – Port locations ------76

2.3 List of Pictures Page No.

Front Cover: Ketch ------1

Fig. 1 Silloth Dock ------14

Fig. 2 Waterfoot Dock, Annan ------25

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2.4 Contributors

MADU

2.5 Abbreviations

GAT Gwynedd Archaeology Trust

IJNA International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

L. R. Lloyds Register of Shipping

MADU Malvern Archaeological Diving Unit

NAS Nautical Archaeology Society

NPRN National Primary Resource Number

OS Ordnance Survey

RCAHMW Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales

URL Uniform Resource Locator

M. N. L. Mercantile Navy List

W/E Week ending

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3.0 Introduction

I chose Syren to research partly because it was registered in Beaumaris and I had been able to find information about another vessel registered there on line, and I was hoping that was the case for Syren. It was lost in the 1900’s and I had just researched three vessels lost in the mid to early 1800’s and I wanted a change. I was hoping to find out about the builders, owners, masters, cargo and any mishaps or incidents involving the vessel during its lifetime.

The Syren was built as a schooner by Nicholson ship builders of Annan, Dumfries in 1856. She was 66 feet long, 16 feet 6 inches breadth, 9 feet deep, 85 tons gross and 38 tons net. Syren was later converted to a ketch.

The first owners included the master Henry Douglas who held 16 shares, the remainder being owned by the builders and family. The Syren was in Silloth Dock when the structure collapsed and was trapped for two weeks until the dock gates could be moved aside. During her time at sea on two different occasions a member of crew was washed overboard and lost. She grounded more than once and was involved in a collision.

Syren operated as a coaster with mainly owner/masters sailing between Scotland and Wales, and later Wales and Ireland often with slates (a route unaffected by the railways).

The Syren was on passage from Pwllheli to Runcorn when she anchored off Pwllheli near Gimblet Rock in a strong south westerly gale and dragged her anchors, going aground. The master and the one crew member stayed on board while the Pwllheli lifeboat stood by, until the tide lifted the vessel and the gale changed direction. They were then taken ashore by the lifeboat, and returned next day to sail her into Pwllheli.

There is no record of Syren sailing again and the registry was closed at the end of the year.

I have found no previous reports on the Syren.

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4.0 Background

Syren was a ketch registered in Beaumaris which sank at Pwllheli on 8th March 1908

PWLLHELI AND GIMBLET ROCK

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PWLLHELI

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LLEYN PENINSULA AND PWLLHELI

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5.0 Research Methodology

I first searched Google and found 1881 list of ships in port in the UK and found Syren of Dumfries. I also found the records of the registration of shipping and seamen at Beaumaris including Syren

I searched the Welsh Newspaper Archive on line for “Syren of Beaumaris”, then “Syren Douglas “,“Syren Lomas”, then “Syren Lewis” , “Syren Jones “,“ “Syren Hughes” and “Syren Jarret” and with numerous matches. A search for Syren produced hundreds of matches for the new craze of installing syrens, including newspaper offices which were sounded when important news was received. There was also a controversial newspaper called Syren Shipping. I checked some years but almost all records of the voyages of Syren were found.

I searched the British Newspaper Archive on line, that I still have a subscription with for “Syren of Beaumaris”, then “Syren “,“Syren Lomas”, then “Syren Lewis” , “Syren Jones “,“Syren Hughes” and “Syren Jarret” and found Numerous matches.

I was confused from 1883 when the Syren disappeared except for two sailings with Hughes as the master. I then looked at the M. N. L. and it showed that Thomas Lewis was the new owner from 1883, I had already found that Syren, Lewis was visiting similar ports to Syren’s previously visited, but this confirmed the identity.

I searched “Nicholson shipbuilders Annan” on google and found a Galloway & Dumfries web site of Dumfries ships 1836 – 1904 which found a match for Syren. This included the first owners of the vessel and their shares, a Henry Douglas owned 16 shares and was a master mariner. I then Searched the British Newspaper Archive on line for “Syren Douglas” and found entries including the vessels launch.

I searched “Annan Waterfoot dock” and “Silloth dock” and found matches.

I searched crew list for Syren and found her registered number, appropriation book and some crew lists that were available as transcripts on line at Beaumaris. The majority of the remainder at held The Maritime History Archive, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. I also searched for the masters certificates but only Henry Douglas is recorded as holding a certificate. The records showed vessels where Thomas Hughes was master in addition to Syren.

I searched the lifeboat magazine archive for “Syren” and found a match.

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I searched wrecksite with no match.

I searched the National Archives but there are none recorded as held on line, but there may be crew lists documents held.

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6.0 Results

Vessel Name/s Syren Type Ketch

Built Date August 23 1856

Builder Nicholson Annan, Dumfries Construction Materials Wood Decks 1 deck Bulkheads Propulsion Type Sail Details Fore and aft sails with top sails Engine Details N/A

Boilers Drive Type Number Dimensions Length 66ft ins Beam 16ft 6 ins Draught 9ft ins Tonnage Gross 85 Net 38 Owner First Benjamin Nicholson Annan, Dumfries Last Mary Jarrett 40 Fountain Street, Bangor, Wales Others Robert Lomas, Annan – Thomas Lewis, Beaumaris - Thomas Hughes, Bangor Registry Port Dumfries, changed to Beaumaris Flag British Number 16252 History Routes Wales To Scotland and Ireland Cargo Slates, coal, fish, freestone, ore Final Voyage From Pwllheli To Runcorn Captain Thomas Jarrett Crew One Passengers None Cargo Unknown Wrecking Date March 8 1908 Location Gimblet Rock, Pwllheli Cause Dragged anchor in S.W. gale and stranded Loss of life None Outcome Re-floated

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Carlisle Patriot August 23 1856

LAUNCH.—There was launched at Annan, in good style, on Saturday last, by Messrs., Nicholson and Co., a fine schooner of 76 tons, and 50 tons custom measurement, named Syren, built for the coasting trade, and to be commanded by Captain Henry Douglas, late of the Gypsy.

Gore’s General Advertiser May 11 1865

Syren, R Lomas from Kingstown with 80 tons Sulphur ore order – Garston

Shipping and Mercantile Gazette October 20 1869

WHITEHAVEN – Oct. 12th: N, Strong, and cloudy The Syren, Lomas which arrived here , lost her boat off St Ben’s Head

Lloyds List November 13 1873

The Syren (Schnr.), of Dumfries, Lomas, from Newry to Port Denwood, in ballast, stranded, 7th Nov., on Clanaghan Bank, worked heavily, but came off on the flood

Lloyds List December 16 1875

DUDDON, 14TH Dec.—The Syren, Lomas, with slates, from Port Dinorwic to Annan, put in, 12th Dec., with loss of mate and main-boom overboard on 10th , between St Bee’s Head and Ravenglass.

Carlisle Express and Examiner April 12 1879

CATASTROPHE AT SILLOTH Destruction of the Entrance to the Dock

On Sunday afternoon the entrance to Silloth dock, owing to some unforeseen and as yet unaccounted for circumstance, was destroyed. The dock is of an oblong shape, having one of its ends facing the sea, and in the centre of that end is the opening from which seawards the entrance to the dock is formed. The dock is about 600 feet by 300 feet. The walls to which the dock gates were attached stretched outwards a distance of 50 to 100 yds., the jetty running from the end of the west wall, about 1000 feet out to sea. On Sunday afternoon about 4.0 pm the tide was low, with about 24 feet of water in the dock and the gates shut. Suddenly the west wall fell and the water ran out down the gut. The broken masonry fell into the rushing water which also carried away the sand behind

Welsh Wreck Web Research Project Nautical Archaeology Society it. The west gate was carried away and fell against the east gate, which is broken and still stands crossing the water. The wreck caused, completely blocked the entrance and it will take some considerable time to clear it. Various estimates of the time it will take to clear it from 10 days to two months, but until it is removed the vessels in the dock, up to twenty will be unable to move. The remaining walls are cracked and undermined. An attempt has been made to remove the west gate by means of ropes and gearing drawn by a steam Tug and two locomotive engines, without success. It is intended to try again with more locomotives and chains in the coming days. The vessels in the dock include the Syren, Lomas, from Annan. The North British Company have decided to carry on the goods traffic to Liverpool via Maryport, and to Dublin via Addrossan.

Fig. 1 Modern Silloth Dock

Meanwhile disaster had struck the Marshall Dock, for in 1879 the west side of the wall by the dock entrance had suddenly collapsed, dislodging one of the gates and so allowing the water to escape. Within minutes 21 ships and boats – including the steamship Silloth – were stranded in what had become a dry dock, and the dock entrance was blocked by debris. It was almost a fortnight before 14

Welsh Wreck Web Research Project Nautical Archaeology Society the imprisoned vessels could be released. Rather than repair the gates, it was decided to reopen the Marshall Dock merely as a tidal dock, silt was allowed to build up by the harbour walls – and build a slightly larger, six-acre New Dock further inland, entered through the old dock. Work on the new dock, which was built to take ships of 2,000 tons burthen, started in 1882 and it opened for shipping in 1885, the first vessel to enter being, appropriately enough, the Silloth. The digging of the dock, of course, produced vast quantities of soil and much of this was used to landscape The Green, where pine trees were planted for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 1887, and to create the golf course, opened in 1892

SHIPS AT ANGLESEY 1881 Census

Vessel: "Syren Dumfries"

Robert LOMAS M 60 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Master

Thomas IRVING M 30 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland Mate

Jhon CARRUTHERS U 20 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland A Seaman

Northern Whig December 30 1886

SLATES

We are now Discharging, Syren a CARGO of BEST BANGOR BLUE SLATES

20 tons Princesses - 40 tons Queens - 5,000 16 x 8 Ladies - 5,000 20 x 10 Countesses

JAMES AGNEW & CO. Queens Bridge Saw Mills, Timber Ponds, Albert Bridge

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Northern Whig October 11 1890

TIMBER, SLATE AND TILE IMPORTERS AND MERCHANTS

KIRKER ROBB & CO.

Have just discharged the following cargoes of WOOD GOODS, SLATES, and TILES, viz. :--

The SYREN from Bangor, with a cargo of BANGOR SLATES, consisting of 20in x 12in, 22in x 11in, 24in x 12in and 24in x 14in ; and Queens from 2 to 3 feet; also 15,000 20in x 10in., and a quantity of Hearths from ½ in. to 1 ½ in. thick.

The above will be sold ex Docks and Yard on most reasonable prices

Beaumaris Archive - Syren: Registration number: 16252

• Reference GB 221 WDB/369

• Alternative Id. GB 221 WDB/370

• Dates of Creation 1893 Jun. - 1906 Dec

• Language of Material English

• Physical Description 1 file

Scope and Content

Registered Beaumaris, undated.

Owner - Master - Date - Documents.

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, June 1893, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Dec 1893, 1 Cl

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, June 1896, 1 Cl

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Dec 1896, 1 Cl

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, June 1898, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Dec 1898, 1 crew list(s)

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Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, June 1900, 1 Cl

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Dec 1900, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, June 1903, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Dec 1903, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Jarrett, Thomas Jarrett, June 1906, 1 crew list(s)

Thomas Jarrett, Thomas Jarrett, Dec 1906, 1 crew list(s)

Crew List 1/1/1893 – 30/6/1893

July 1 1893

Drowned after being swept overboard from the Syren, Captain Hughes, in the Mersey River, John Jones 18 years from Bangor, Wales, ordinary seaman

Lloyds List December 20 1899

Syren:- Dumfries, Dec. 16th.- The ketch Syren, of Beaumaris, Hughes from Bangor to Annan, with slates, drove ashore off Point Aire on Dec.2, but came off very leaky, and was beached in Portling Bay. She has sustained considerable damage to Keel and has been temporarily repaired in order to be towed to Annan.

Lloyds List July 19 1890

CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF VESSELLS

(n.b. The names and addresses are those of the new owners or managers)

Syren (16252) Grace Lewis of 1 Menai Place, Beaumaris, widow

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Carrickfergus Advertiser December 5 1890

SLATES! SLATES!

A large consignment of GENUINE

BANGOR BLUE SLATES - and

SLATE HEARTHS

Of Assorted Sizes and Finest Quality, per

Schooner “SYREN” (Captain Jones)

Direct from Bangor (Wales)

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The above Schooner is expected daily, and Lots, ex ship will be given at considerable reductions

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GORMAN’S SAW MILL,

Timber, Tile and Slate Yard

MARKET PLACE AND CASTLE STREET, CARRICKFERGUS

The North Wales Express May 5 1905

GEMAES HARBOUR, ANGLESEY.

IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS, CAPTAINS, &c. MR WILLIAM JONES has been instructed to Sell by Public Auction, on MONDAY, May 8th, 1905, as she now lies at her moorings in Gemaes Harbour, the coasting Ketch "SYREN," of Beaumaris, 38 tons reg., 90 tons burthen on 9 feet draught, in good condition, well found in sails and materials, sailing without ballast. Sale to commence 3 p.m. prompt. Further particulars of the Auctioneer, Penysarn, Amlwch.

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Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald November 17 1905

DISASTERS TO NORTH WALES SHIPS.

The Beaumaris ketch "Syren" was bound , up the River Mersey bound for Runcorn, last Saturday evening, when she collided with the Belfast S. S. "W. M. Barkley," which was inward bound from Belfast to Preston, with a cargo of coals. The collision occurred off the entrance to the Garston Docks, and the "Syren" had her bowsprit carried away.

The Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury October 9 1906

WILD WEATHER OFF THE WELSH COAST

The rough weather which has prevailed during the past few days in the Irish sea has caused a large number of vessels to put into Holyhead Harbour for shelter. The ketch Syren of Beaumaris which had lost her mainsail, and was in a dangerous position off the Stacks, was towed in by the fishing smack Willie.

Lloyds List January 9 1907

Syren. – Holyhead Jan.8th ,2.40pm. – Ketch Syren of Beaumaris, reported Oct. 4 put in here disabled, with a cargo of slates for Bowling, has today sailed for that port.

The County Echo August 29 1907

DEMURRAGE CASE AT PEMBROKE DOCK

At Pembroke Dock County-court the adjourned case of Jarrett v. Lewis came on for hearing. The plaintiff was represented by Mr Stokes, of Tenby, and the defendant by Mr A B Williams, of Fishguard. The plaintiff, Mr T H Jarrett, is master and owner of the ship Syren, and be claimed £12 for demurrage from the 13th to the 21st of April, 1907, at Pembroke Dock, from the defendant. Mr Lewis is the agent for Wales and the South of England for Messrs Alexander Cross and Sons (Ltd.), Glasgow, manure merchants. His Honour Judge Bishop, after hearing the evidence and the statements of counsel, entered judgment for the defendant, with costs.

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The Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers Gazette March 13 1908

PWLLHELI

The Lifeboat Out. - About six o clock on Sunday night, the ketch "Syren." of Beaumaris, was seen in distress off the Gimblet Rock. A full gale was blowing from the south-west at the time. The lifeboat was promptly launched and stood by the ketch until half-past eleven when she was floated and the crew of two taken on board the lifeboat and brought to Pwllheli. Early next morning the wind veered to the north-west and Captain Jarret and his mate returned to the ketch and brought her into the harbour. The ketch despite the bumping for many hours on the Gimblet beach, was in no way damaged.

Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1908

Ketch Syren, of Beaumaris. Pwllheli Life-boat stood by vessel and landed 2.

PWLLHELI, CARNARVONSHIRE. — The ketch Syren of Beaumaris, whilst bound from Pwllheli to Runcorn stranded near the Gimblet Rock on the 8th March after dragging her anchors. Immediately on receipt of information of the casualty the crew of the Life-boat Margaret Platt of Stalybridge were assembled and the boat launched. On, going alongside it was found that the vessel was bumping heavily and the Master asked the Life-boat to stand by her until she floated. They accordingly did so and later on landed the two men in the harbour. There was a strong S.W. gale at the time of the accident, but it afterwards veered to N.W. and the vessel was out of danger.

Y Clorianydd July 8 1909

EDUCATIONAL. — Miss Katie Hughes, formerly of St. Mary's National School Mary, and the daughter of Captain Thomas Hughes, "Syren," of Red Wharf, Anglesey formerly of Hirael, passed the second part of the examination of the Queen's scholarship, and hereby is assigned a training log.

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Crewlist Masters

Douglas Henry born 1818 in Annan, Dumfries, master, Certificate Number 75006

Granted at Liverpool 17/10/1865

Nicholson Ship Builders and Owners

Records Ordnance Survey Name Books Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858

Dumfriesshire volume 02 OS1/10/2/61

List of names as Various Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks written modes of spelling

COTTON Cotton Lodge Benjamin Nicholson Esqr Proprietor 062 [Situation] At the East side of Port Street LODGE Cotton Lodge William Cuthbertson Stationer Annan A large house two stories high, having a garden attached.

The property and residence of Benjamin Nicholson Esqr

From 1818 to 1865, there was an established shipbuilding industry in Annan, operated mainly by successive generations of the Nicholson Family. Towards the end of this era, John Nicholson & Co. built a series of nine clipper ships. The clipper ship era finished with opening of the Suez canal which reduced by thousands of miles the route to India and China and were replaced by steamships.

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Dumfries and Galloway Standard August 16 1854

LAUNCH OF CLIPPER SHIP “ ANNANDALE”

Last week the launch of a unique vessel from the building yard of Messrs John Nicholson and Co. at Welldale. The narrow sharp class of ship called clippers have come into repute of late, on account of their sailing qualities, and they are for this reason in particular request for the China trade. The Messrs Nicholson of Annan, who have produced not a few fine vessels, resolved on building a very large one in the clipper style, and that not according to any of the existing models, but after an original design, which they considered would secure unequalled speed, without any serious sacrifice of carrying power. The required design was furnished by a young member of the firm-Mr Benjamin Nicholson, who has since boyhood shewn a great aptitude for naval architecture. Its chief peculiarity consists in extreme length as compared with breadth, the latter being only a seventh of the former. The keel of the proposed clipper was laid in January last year, and a large body of carpenters were employed in a covered shed and were thus independent of the weather, their work proceeded rapidly until the fabric minus masts and rigging was finished. She is 250 feet long, breadth 32 feet 1 ½ inches: depth of hold 18 ½ feet; register 1131 o. m., and 739 n. m. Forward there are berths for 24 seamen, and aft there is accommodation for the captain, three mates, boatswain, carpenter, steward, and apprentices. Her hands, officers and men are to be thirty four in number. The timber is 16 feet solid at the stem and stern, and 7 feet at bottom; she is copper fastened throughout, and bolted within by enormous iron girders, forged we believe, at Liverpool. She will be towed to Liverpool for fitting out. The Annandale is intended for the China Trade.

Annandale was stranded 05/12/1865 at Key West, Florida and condemned in March 1866 and sold. She was by that time owned by Charles Wigg, Edwin Haig, Reginald Haig and Alexander E Ramsay, Liverpool, her fifth owners.

Dumfries and Galloway Standard September 12 1865

ANNAN

SHIP LAUNCH. – There has just been launched from the yard of John Nicholson & Co., Annan, a new clipper ship, 993 tons register, classed A 1, 14 years, at Lloyds, and intended for the Calcutta and China trades, under the command of Captain Hefferman, late of the John Nicholson, The ship is named the “Sarah Nicholson”, and is the property of the builders and others.

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On 20/2/1878 stranded on rocky reef departing Newcastle NSW under tow to sea for Hong Kong with coal. Later re-floated after some cargo discharged. 1881 converted by Alfred Holt to tobacco hulk, stationed at Deli

Owners c1866 Capt George Hefferman, Bray, Co Wicklow and Nicholsons, Dumfries c1873 John Nicholson & Co, Annan 1875 Benjamin Nicholson, Annan 1881 Alfred Holt, Liverpool - reg Liverpool

Deleted from British registry 1882.

The Annandale Observer July 8 1881

ANNAN WATERFOOT DOCK and RAILWAY BILL

In the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Annan Waterfoot Dock and Railway Bill came before a committee, under the presidency of Mr Hardcastle. The object of the bill was the construction of a dock on the eastern side of the river Annan, occupying an area of 5 ¼ acres, with lock gates, jetties, &c., and a railway seven furlongs two chains in length, terminating at a junction with the Solway Junction Railway.

Mr John Nicholson, Provost of Annan and justice of the peace for Dumfriesshire said he had lived in Annan all his life. He was connected with the shipping trade of Annan, and was interested in vessels which had been built at Annan up to 1500 tons. Before the railways were made there was a large seaborne trade at Annan, and it was the port of supply for the whole district of Dumfriesshire, Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire. The shipping trade had fallen off of late years. It was most important to bring the shipping trade back to Annan. Small vessels came to Annan, and had to lie aground, and in consequence of the disabilities of Annan the trade had declined. He expected that if a dock were constructed that they would get back their Baltic and American trade. The site for the proposed dock was very well suited for the purpose. If the dock were constructed, grain and feeding stuffs and agricultural produce would come to Annan. It was desirable, if the dock was constructed, that it should be connected to the existing railways. It would not be for the public interest that the traffic should be thrown into the hands of one company. The feeling in Annan was in favour of the dock and of the proposed running powers. Under examination he stated the freedom of contract proposed by the bill would be advantageous to the public. He was not

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Mr William Roxburgh, bacon curer and farmer said he some land in the neighbourhood of Annan. He had long been impressed with the importance of a scheme like the present being adopted. He had attempted to interest the railway companies in such a scheme without success. He agreed that there would be a large traffic with the dock and railway. American hams and bacon were brought into the district in large quantities and there was a large traffic in slates between North Wales and the South of Scotland and the North of England. Stranraer and Portpatrick were the nearest ports to Annan and they were 80 to 100 miles distant. He owned mostly the whole land upon which it was proposed to construct the railway and dock, and he had offered what was required to the company.

Mr H.F. Tahourdin said he was the promoter of the scheme and was secretary of the Solway Junction railway. The proposed railway was necessary to the dock which would otherwise be isolated. The other railway companies would get a large traffic from it. The quantity of water at Annan would be larger than Maryport and Silloth. Vessels bound for Silloth had often been driven by bad weather into Annan. Silloth was a very difficult port to make in bad weather. Annan was sheltered and vessels could get into it at any time. At Silloth there was no-longer a proper dock, but a tidal basin with eight of nine feet of silt in it. He did not know what the estimate for a new dock at Silloth was, but it would cost four times as much as the one at Annan.

The remainder of the meeting was in arguments over railway rights and access, after an adjournment the railway parties came to an agreement and the committee reported to the House of Commons.

The Annan and Waterfoot Dock and Railway company incorporated on 11th August 1881 had a 5 acre dock on the Solway Firth and a standard gauge line in Annan which also had running powers over Solway Junction Railway. The company was acquired and dissolved by the Caledonian Railway in 1889.

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Fig.2 Waterfoot Dock, Annan (remains of track bed for railway)

Small ships sailed to and fro between the ports on the Scottish and Cumbrian shores. Larger ships sailed from Carlisle and Annan to Liverpool and other ports on the Irish Sea and beyond. The Solway Junction Viaduct which offered a rail link across from Bowness to Scotland disappeared in the 1930s. Annan itself was once the home of a significant shipbuilding industry. The firm of John Nicholson and Co. built majestic tea-clippers for the East India trade. One very fine vessel, the Elizabeth Nicholson weighed in at 904 tons and was reputed to have made the run from Foochow to London in 92 days. Nevertheless, she ended her days as a storage hulk alongside a wharf in Shanghai. The last clipper to be built in the Nicholson yard was the Sarah Nicholson. She was launched in 1865 and then the carpenters and apprentices upped tools and went to work in a yard at Newport in South Wales.

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The Yorkshire Post May 28 1913

OBITUARY

MR. BENJ. NICHOLSON, OF ANNAN

The death in his 81st year, of Mr. Benj. Nicholson, of Annan, removes a personality well known in the south of Scotland. Mr Nicholson was early in his life as a shipbuilder at Annan, built many wooden ships for the Atlantic merchant service, but on the advent of iron shipbuilding he turned his attention to other matters, the ship yard being closed. Becoming largely interested in railways, he was for many years a director of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, and for some years managing director. He filled many public positions in Annan including Provost, chairman of the magistrates.

Dumfries and Galloway Standard May 8 1943

MR JOHN NICHOLSON, ANNAN

The death took place on Tuesday of Mr John Nicholson the head of Messrs J. Nicholson & Co., who for many years were actively connected with the ship building industry in Annan. Mr Nicholson took a useful part in the public life of the Town and he was for many years chairman of Annan Harbour Trust, and was Governor of Annan Savings Bank. For some time he was a member of Annan Town Council.

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7.0 Analysis

The Welsh Newspapers on line provided a large number of the reports concerning the vessel with most of the rest being found via the British Newspaper Archives which I had purchased access. The first sailing of Syren is recorded in the timeline. Unfortunately large numbers of newspaper which would have provided more information appear not to have survived.

Crew list was useful in providing access to the Navy Mercantile lists and the crew list transcripts from Beaumaris.

The lifeboat magazine archive was useful in providing an account from the coxswain of the lifeboat who rescued the crew of Syren from Gimblet Rock. This is a searchable on line resource that does not require the year of the rescue.

Messrs J Nicholson & Co., produced vessels from the size of Syren to the Clipper ships until the change to iron ships when they closed and their carpenters and apprentices left for South Wales. The clippers they built had iron supports for the hull but it is difficult to see how they could have competed with steamers when they had no local supply of engines. The clippers were already towed to Liverpool for fitting out and the iron supports probably forged there.They usually initially, part owned the ships themselves, with other often extended family members and the vessel’s captain. Their clipper ships seemed successful with the Elizabeth Nicholson making the passage from Foochow to London in 92 days, although the original captain took 128 days. The Clippers had the ability to sail 2000 miles in a five days whereas sailing ships up to that time barely reached 150 miles per day. The opening of the Suez canal switched the equation in favour of power vessels.

Syren originally was owned by Benjamin Nicholson (32 shares) his brother in law Thomas Anderson (16 shares) and Henry Douglas (16 shares) the first master. It was later sold to the new master Robert Lomas and after that was owned at least partly by the master.

Syren was built as a schooner but in 1893 her description changes in the Mercantile Navy List to a ketch, I could find no details of the change to the rig of the vessel. It did not appear in Lloyds register after the expiry of its initial survey.

I lost track of Syren in about 1883 then realised there was a change of ownership and found her again. The new owner/master Thomas Lewis apparently died in 1890 as there is a change of ownership to Grace Lewis, widow and the master becomes Jones for a short time. I could not find a report of Thomas Lewis’s death, so it was not at sea from any cause or it would have been reported. I 27

Welsh Wreck Web Research Project Nautical Archaeology Society found the new master because his name was in an advertisement for the sale of slates from Bangor. The newspapers are only available in sporadic years from this time.

A ketch is a two-masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast(or aft-mast). The ketch's main mast is usually stepped in the same position as in a sloop. A schooner also has two masts but the fore mast is shorter than the main mast and in Britain usually carried a stay sail on the fore mast.

Gimblet Rock that Syren dragged her anchor to be stranded on, was once an island but in the 19th century it was quarried extensively, to finish as a rock still connected to the mainland.

Syren did not sink as initially reported but was stranded on Gimblet Rock after dragging her anchors and although the newspaper reports at the time stated she was undamaged, there is no record of her sailing again, apart from into nearby Pwllheli the next day. The port registration for Syren ended at the end of the year she was stranded on Gimblet Rock. I could find no record of her disposal but she had been grounded and repaired before. So it was probably beyond economic repair this time, since she was over fifty years old. The Lloyds casualty reports had not started by this date and Syren was less than 100 tons and would not have been included.

The expansion of Annan came late for the port to be competitive ,the North American vessels had already gone to other ports, but must have been successful as the Caledonia Railway purchased the company in 1889 and absorbed it. Annan was a safer harbour to enter in most weather conditions. The harbour at Silloth was rebuilt behind the original which remains as a tidal harbour. It also remains a difficult harbour to enter in any strong winds, particularly on shore when the sea would surge through the narrow opening. A vessel without an engine would also struggle to enter in an offshore breeze and would need a tow.

A search in the census details for 1891 and onwards may have provided more details of the masters but the information to trace them is limited.

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8.0 Conclusions & Recommendations

I have spent over 50 hours on this project, about 95% of that time on line. There were a number of vessels called Syren and the craze for electric syrens(sirens) to make noise created some problems in finding details of the correct vessel. Syren was also sailing for over 50 years.

I continued to learn the meaning of the Victorian use of the English language. I also discovered the usefulness of the archive of the R. N. L. I. lifeboat magazine in providing the coxswain’s account of the rescue. The value of the crew list project when vessels are not on L. R. and as access to the crew lists transcribed at Beaumaris.

There is no wreck site for Syren, the master and mate returned to her the day after they were taken ashore by the lifeboat and took her into Pwllheli. It is likely the damage from the stranding made repairs uneconomical.

The story of this vessel is not out of the ordinary and she did not wreck but merely seems to have been disposed of after some more damage. The builders were interesting for other vessels they built, which were very different to the Syren, although they stopped when iron vessels were required. The details available made researching and identifying the later owner/masters very difficult. The fact they spent most of their time at sea working does not generate newspaper reports unless they have a mishap and a line recording their death is more likely than an obituary recording their lives.

I have answered my original questions, although I would have preferred to discover the final fate of Syren.

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9.0 References https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk http://www.angelfire.com https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ https://www.crewlist.org.uk/ https://info.dumgal.gov.uk/ http://www.glamorganfamilyhistory.co.uk/ https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/ https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/ https://newspapers.library.wales/ https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/

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Appendices:

Appendix A – Table of Lloyd’s Registers entries for the Syren

1857

881 + Syren Sr Douglas 50 Annan 1856 Nicholson Annan Annan Cstr 9 A1 - Pt I. B. O. PP. & M. 56

Number 881 in register, Syren a schooner, master Douglas, 50 tons, built in Annan in 1856, owners - Nicholson, registered in Annan used from Annan in coastal trade, 9 years A1 classification in 1856. Built under special inspection with part iron bolts from oak, pitch pine and mahogany.

In 1859 the builders Nicholson added to entry which is otherwise unchanged

In 1861 the master changes to Lomas and survey date changes to 4,61

In 1862 the masters initial R is added.

In 1863 the dimensions are added to the register 66.0, 16.5, 8.0 - 66 feet long, 16 feet 5 inches breath, 8 feet draught

In 1864 register only available to HAN

In 1865 owner crossed out and classificiation stamped expired.

In 1866 owner is blank

In 1867 no change

In 1868 no change

In 1870 page missing

In 1871 not recorded in register

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Appendix B – The Timeline for the Syren

1856

September W/E 6 1856 Syren new schooner first voyage in ballast

September 8 1856 Dublin entered inwards Syren from Carlisle

September 27 1856 Port Penrhyn, Bangor cleared out Syren, Douglas

October W/E 4 1856 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle - ballast

October 10 1856 Carlisle sailed Syren, Douglas for Belfast

October 23 1856 Belfast sailed Syren, Douglas for Annan – oil cake

October 29 1856 Port Carlisle arrlved Syren, Douglas from Belfast

November W/E 1 1856 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle - goods

November 4 1856 Douglas I. M. sailed Syren, Douglas for Liverpool

November 14 1856 Douglas I. M. sailed Syren, Douglas for Liverpool

November 22 1856 Liverpool Cleared Syren, Douglas for Annan

December 11 1856 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Douglas from Annan

December 13 1856 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Douglas from Annan

W/E December 13 1856 Annan arrived Syren from Liverpool with guano

1857

W/E January 17 1857 Annan arrived Syren from Liverpool with guano

W/E January 17 1857 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle – ballast

February 7 1857 Liverpool arrived Syren, Lomas from Garston

W/E February 14 1857 Annan arrived Syren from Liverpool – goods

W/E February 28 1857 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle – ballast

March 8 1857 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Douglas

March 9 1857 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Lomas from Douglas

April 10 1857 Port Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

April 16 1857 Dublin arrlved Syren from Carlisle 32

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April 25 1857 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

May 18 1857 Port Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Belfast

June 18 1857 Dublin arrlved Syren from Glasgow

July 6 1857 Belfast arrlved Syren from Queenstown for London

September 17 1857 Port Carlisle arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 25 1857 Port Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Londonderry

1858

June 21 1858 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas

July 1 1858 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

W/E July 3 1858 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle – ballast

W/E July 24 1858 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Caernarvon - slates

W/E July 31 1858 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle – ballast

July 31 1858 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

August 3 1858 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

August 21 1858 Dublin arrlved Syren from Belfast

W/E September 25 1858 Annan arrlved Syren from Liverpool

W/E October 5 1858 Annan sailed Syren for Liverpool - ballast

October 23 1858 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

W/E December 11 1858 Annan sailed Syren for Caernarvon – ballast

1859

January 6 1859 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas

W/E February 5 1859 Annan sailed Syren for Port Carlisle – ballast

February 5 1859 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

March 9 1859 Carlisle arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 18 1859 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Liverpool

W/E June 18 1859 Annan arrived Syren from Liverpool with guano 33

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W/E June 18 1859 Annan sailed Syren for Bangor – ballast

November 23 1859 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas

November 28 1859 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas

1860

January 28 1860 Liverpool arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

February 4 1860 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

March 14 1860 Liverpool cleared Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 15 1860 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 19 1860 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Liverpool

September 8 1860 Port Penrhyn, Bangor Cleared out Syren, Lomas with slates

October 4 1860 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Conway

October 31 1860 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas

November 13 1860 Newry sailed Syren, Lomas for Silloth

November 14 1860 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Newry

December 12 1860 Liverpool arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

December 19 1860 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

1861

February 2 1861 Port Penrhyn, Bangor Cleared out Syren, Lomas

February 11 1861 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 14 1861 Stranford wind-bound Syren, Lomas from Carlisle for Kingstown

April 11 1861 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 16 1861 Passed through the Menai Straits Syren, Lomas from Dublin for - Port Dinorwic

June 13 1861 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 7 1861 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lomas with slates

September 12 1861 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 27 1861 Barrow arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

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November 6 1861 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

November 16 1861 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

December 14 1861 Port Penrhyn, Bangor Cleared out Syren, Lomas with slates

1862

January 23 1862 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

February 28 1862 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

March 3 1862 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 4 1862 Annan sailed Syren, Lomas for Barrow

June 5 1862 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 11 1862 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

October 2 1862 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

1863

March 5 1863 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 30 1863 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

July 6 1863 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 10 1863 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor

September 25 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

October 22 1863 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dundalk

October 29 1863 Dundalk arrived Syren, Lomas from Silloth

November 21 1863 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

November 27 1863 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas

November 30 1863 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dundalk

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1864

January 22 1864 Dundalk sailed Syren, Lomas for Carlisle

February 23 1864 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 1 1864 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

April 2 1864 Port Penrhyn, Bangor cleared out Syren, Lomas with slates

April 8 1864 Carlisle arrived Syren, Lomas from Annan

April 19 1864 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

May 5 1864 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 5 1864 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas for Portdinorwic

May 5 1864 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Carnarvon

May 26 1864 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 2 1864 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 6 1864 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas

June 25 1864 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

July 30 1864 Port Penrhyn, Bangor cleared out Syren

August 24 1864 Carlisle sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

October 6 1864 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

October 7 1864 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

October 12 1864 Dublin arrlved Syren, Lomas from Carlisle

November 12 1864 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

December 12 1864 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

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1865

January 17 1865 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas

February 25 1865 Port Penrhyn, Bangor cleared out Syren, Lomas with slates

March 6 1865 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

March 9 1865 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

March 13 1865 Dublin arrlved Syren, Lomas from Carlisle

April 13 1865 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

April 19 1865 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas

May 11 1865 Liverpool arrlved Syren, Lomas from Kingstown

May 22 1865 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 26 1865 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas

July 8 1865 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

August 25 1865 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Liverpool

October 2 1865 Dublin arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

October 28 1865 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

November 15 1865 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor

1866

April 2 1866 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 3 1866 Liverpool sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 31 1866 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

July 14 1866 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 25 1866 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

September 4 1866 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 27 1866 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

October 18 1866 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

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1867

March 1 1867 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

March 23 1867 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 6 1867 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 17 1867 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

April 25 1867 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas

May 18 1867 Amlwch arrlved Syren, Lomas from Dublin

May 18 1867 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 23 1867 Amlwch arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 5 1867 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 12 1867 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 15 1867 Amlwch arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 15 1867 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 13 1867 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas

August 17 1867 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 2 1867 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

October 5 1867 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

October 9 1867 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

October 25 1867 Dublin arrlved Syren, Lomas from Carlisle

November 18 1867 Portdinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas

November 30 1867 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

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1868

March 9 1868 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 24 1868 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

April 25 1868 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas

May 9 1868 Amlwch arrlved Syren, Lomas

May 9 1868 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas

May 23 1868 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 8 1868 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 18 1868 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

W/E July 11 1868 Belfast arrived Syren from Lerwick - fish

August 1 1868 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

W/E September 25 1868 Belfast arrived Syren from Shetland - fish

1869

March 22 1869 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Greenock

June 19 1869 Portdinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 26 1869 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

July 17 1869 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lomas with slates

August 2 1869 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

August 11 1869 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

August 13 1869 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

October 12 1869 Whitehaven arrlved Syren, Lomas

October 19 1869 Whitehaven arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

November 9 1869 Whitehaven sailed Syren, Lomas for Liverpool

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1870

January 3 1870 Belfast sailed Syren for Maryport

February 17 1870 Maryport arrived Syren from Belfast

February 24 1870 Amlwch arrived Syren, Lomas from Woodend

March 10 1870 Amlwch sailed Syren, Lomas for Bangor

April 18 1870 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

April 26 1870 Maryport arrived Syren from Belfast

June 4 1870 Maryport arrived Syren from Belfast

June 6 1870 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Belfast

June 15 1870 Ardrossan sailed Syren, Lomas for Garston

July 1 1870 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Belfast

July 15 1870 Belfast arrived Syren, Lomas from Liverpool

July 15 1870 Belfast sailed Syren, Lomas for Liverpool

July 19 1870 Belfast sailed Syren, Lomas for Garston

August 4 1870 Liverpool cleared out Syren, Lomas for Bray

August 8 1870 Belfast arrived Syren from Maryport

September 18 1870 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor

December 1 1870 Belfast arrived Syren from Maryport

1871

March 23 1871 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 28 1871 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 28 1871 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

April 29 1871 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 9 1871 Workington arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 18 1871 Workington sailed Syren, Lomas for Belfast

May 20 1871 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Workington with iron bar

May 28 1871 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Belfast 40

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June 8 1871 Silloth passed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 10 1871 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 23 1871 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Warrenpoint

June 26 1871 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

July 21 1871 Silloth passed Syren, Lomas for Annan from Wales with slates

August 19 1871 Liverpool arrlved Syren, Lomas from Workington

September 26 1871 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

October 30 1871 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

November 8 1871 Silloth passed Syren, Lomas for Annan from Wales

1872

March 20 1872 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Kingstown

April 21 1872 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 27 1872 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 30 1872 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

May 10 1872 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

May 23 1872 Port Dinorwic arrived Syren, Lomas from Dublin

June 15 1872 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 3 1872 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

July 10 1872 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

July 13 1872 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

August 23 1872 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 4 1872 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Mostyn

October 17 1872 Silloth passed Syren, Lomas for Annan

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1873

February 27 1873 Annan sailed Syren, Lomas for Port Dinorwic

March 2 1873 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 4 1873 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas for Port Dinorwic

March 8 1873 Carnarvon arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

March 8 1873 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Lomas for Port Dinorwic

March 17 1873 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

March 28 1873 Silloth passed Syren, Lomas for Annan

March 28 1873 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Port Dinorwic

April 1 1873 Annan sailed Syren, Lomas for Silloth

April 8 1873 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Londonderry

May 11 1873 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Port Dinorwic

June 20 1873 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 4 1873 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

July 15 1873 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Warrenpoint

July 19 1873 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

August 27 1873 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

August 30 1873 Beaumaris sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 8 1873 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

September 23 1873 Campbeltown arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

October 7 1873 Campbeltown arrlved Syren, Lomas from Troon

November 4 1873 Newry sailed Syren, Lomas for Port Dinorwic

November 7 1873 Stranded on Clanaghan Bank came off on the flood

November 20 1873 Silloth and passed Syren, Lomas for Annan

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1874

January 24 1874 Liverpool cleared Syren for Lerwick

January 27 1874 Belfast sailed Syren for Maryport

January 28 1874 Silloth arrlved Syren, from Belfast

March 10 1874 Belfast sailed Syren for Silloth

April 13 1874 Belfast arrlved Syren, from Silloth

April 17 1874 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

April 20 1874 Beaumaris arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

May 17 1874 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Port Dinorwic

May 22 1874 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 13 1874 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 11 1874 Belfast sailed Syren for Liverpool

July 17 1874 Liverpool arrlved Syren, from Belfast

July 24 1874 Liverpool cleared Syren for Shetland

September 16 1874 Silloth sailed Syren for Belfast

October 5 1874 Silloth sailed Syren for Belfast

October 7 1874 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Irvine

October 16 1874 Liverpool arrlved Syren, Lomas from Dalbeattie

October 24 1873 Runcorn sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

November 23 1873 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

1875

April 7 1875 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Ayr

April 17 1875 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 17 1875 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Larne

May 18 1875 Maryport arrlved Syren, Lomas from Belfast 43

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May 30 1875 Workington arrlved Syren, Lomas from Larne

September 11 1875 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 16 1875 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 18 1875 Portdinorwic cleared out Syren, Lomas for Annan

October 11 1875 Belfast arrived Syren

October 13 1875 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

October 18 1875 Dundalk arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

November 9 1875 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Dundalk

November 23 1875 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 2 1875 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 4 1875 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 6 1875 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 12 1875 Duddon Syren, Lomas put in with loss mate and mainboom

1876

May 13 1876 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas

July 1 1876 Dundalk arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

July 8 1876 Dundalk sailed Syren, Lomas for Silloth

September 9 1876 Falmouth sailed Syren, Lomas for Ayr

October 9 1876 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Kingstown

November 1 1876 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

November 8 1876 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

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1877

March 30 1877 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

April 12 1877 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 18 1877 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 20 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

April 21 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 1 1877 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

July 5 1877 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 7 1877 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 9 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 14 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 17 1877 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

August 6 1877 Newry sailed Syren, Lomas for Port Dinorwic

August 11 1877 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

September 11 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 26 1877 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Irvine

October 20 1877 Strangford put in Syren, Lomas from Irvine to Newry

December 3 1877 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 6 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

December 15 1877 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

1878

April 22 1878 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Mostyn

May 13 1878 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 18 1878 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

May 25 1878 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 10 1878 * Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth with coals 45

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June 18 1878 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Newry

July 23 1878 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 24 1878 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 27 1878 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

August 17 1878 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Newry

August 29 1878 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth with coals

August 24 1878 Newry sailed Syren, Lomas for Silloth in ballast

September 19 1878 Barrow arrlved Syren, Lomas from Larne

September 29 1878 Barrow sailed Syren, Lomas for Lancaster

November 12 1878 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

1879

April 12 1879 Silloth remaining Syren, Lomas - Dock collapsed

May 6 1879 Beaconsfield Pier, Ulverston sailed Syren, Lomas

June 15 1879 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Larne

July 16 1879 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Addrossan with coal

September 27 1879 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

October 15 1879 Silloth sailed Syren, Lomas for Dublin

1880

July 15 1880 Dublin arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth

October 15 1880 Port Dinorwic commenced loading Syren, Lomas for Annan

October 20 1880 Port Dinorwic off in the stream Syren, Lomas for Annan

October 26 1880 Silloth arrlved Syren, Lomas from Port Dinorwic

December 4 1880 Belfast sailed Syren for Briton Ferry

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1881

March 18 1881 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas

May 2 1881 Annan sailed Syren, Lomas for Belfast with freestone

May 5 1881 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan

June 1 1881 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan with freestone

August 18 1881 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrlved Syren, Lomas with freestone

August 20 1881 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor with slates.- Clarke & - Smith, ship brokers, Annan

September 2 1881 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan with freestone

September 5 1881 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Lomas from Belfast

September 20 1881 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 23 1881 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor with slates.-Clarke - & Smith, ship brokers,Annan

October 8 1881 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan with freestone

1882

April 5 1882 Annan sailed Syren, Lomas for Bangor(Ireland) with freestone

April 25 1882 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor with slates

May 20 1882 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan with freestone

June 8 1882 Bangor NW sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

June 10 1882 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

July 5 1882 Belfast arrlved Syren, Lomas from Annan with freestone

August 11 1882 Annan arrlved Syren, Lomas from Bangor with slates

August 12 1882 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lomas for Annan

September 1882 Newry arrlved Syren, Lomas from Silloth with coals

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1883

January 26 1883 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

March 24 1883 Dungeness passed by Syren (of Aberystwith)

April 27 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis

April 30 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis from Liverpool

June 15 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis from Liverpool

June 23 1883 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

July 28 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis from Cork

August 16 1883 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Dundalk

August 19 1883 Dundalk arrived Syren, Lewis from Bangor

August 26 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis from Dundalk

September 1 1883 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Hughes

September 24 1883 Wexford sailed Syren, Lewis for Bangor

September 25 1883 Bangor N.W. arrived Syren, Lewis from Wexford

October 12 1883 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis from Liverpool

November 8 1883 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Dublin

1884

March 2 1884 Liverpool sailed Syren for Plymouth

April 30 1884 Beumaris sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

May 1 1884 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis from Bangor – slates

June 6 1884 Bristol Pill sailed Syren for Cardiff

October 9 1884 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Dublin

November 20 1884 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Portrush

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1885

January 8 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

February 12 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

February 21 1885 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. - slates

March 5 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

March 26 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Cork

April 23 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

May 29 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Dublin

October 20 1885 Wexford arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. - slates

November 27 1885 Wexford sailed Syren, Lewis for Bangor

December 11 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Dublin

December 18 1885 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

1886

March 8 1886 Tide Note Passage Wexford arrived Syren, Lewis from Bangor - ballast

April 2 1886 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

May 1 1886 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Ballycastle

May 21 1886 Port Penrhyn, Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Ballycastle

June 11 1886 Port Penrhyn, Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis

August 27 1886 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Lewis from Liverpool

November 18 1886 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. – slates

December 24 1886 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. – slates

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1887

February 16 1887 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. - slates

July 6 1887 Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis from Belfast

July 27 1887 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. – slates

August 3 1887 Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis from Belfast

September 10 1887 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Ramsey I. M.

September 20 1887 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Ramsey I. M.

October 21 1887 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Dundalk

October 25 1887 Dundalk arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor

November 4 1887 Bangor arrived Syren, Lewis from Dundalk

1888

January 13 1888 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Dublin

March 20 1888 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Belfast

June 26 1888 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Dundalk

July 30 1888 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W. – slates

August 2 1888 Belfast sailed Syren for Bangor

September 3 1888 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

September 8 1888 Carnarvon sailed Syren, for Belfast

September 11 1888 Cork arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor

September 26 1888 Holyhead put in Syren, Lewis From Cork for Bangor

September 27 1888 Holyhead sailed Syren, Lewis for Bangor

September 28 1888 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Dundalk

October 17 1888 Bangor sailed Syren, Lewis for Liverpool

W/E November 8 1888 Caernarvon arrived Syren, Lewis From Liverpool

November 11 1888 Port Dinorwic arrived Syren, Lewis From Carnarvon

November 23 1888 Caernarvon arrived Syren, Lewis From Liverpool 50

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November 24 1888 Caernarvon sailed Syren, Lewis for Bangor

November 26 1888 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

December 3 1888 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Port Dinorwic - slates

December 20 1888 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W.- slates

December 22 1888 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W.- slates

1889

February 18 1889 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

February 24 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W.- slates

February 26 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W.- slates

May 4 1889 Connah’s Quay arrived Syren, Lewis From Duddon

May 19 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Chester – bricks

June 6 1889 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Belfast

June 20 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Lewis From Bangor N. W.- slates

July 2 1889 Bangor arrlved Syren, Lewis from Belfast

July 18 1889 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

October 12 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Jones From Bangor N. W.- slates

November 11 1889 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Jones for Bowling

November 20 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Jones From Bangor N. W.- slates

December 11 1889 Westonpoint arrlved Syren, from Bowling

1890

March 5 1890 Holyhead put in Syren, Lewis from Bangor for “ Bulbrggn”

June 27 1890 Belfast arrlved Syren, from Bangor NW with slates

July 18 1890 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Jones for Belfast 51

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September 19 1890 Bangor N.W. sailed Syren, Lewis for Belfast

October 11 1890 Belfast arrlved Syren, from Bangor NW with slates

November 21 1889 Belfast arrived Syren, Jones From Bangor N. W.- slates

1891

October 7 1891 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

1892

April 1 1892 Portmadoc arrived Syren From Pwllheli

April 8 1892 Portmadoc sailed Syren, for Bowling

July 14 1892 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

July 20 1892 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

August 7 1892 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

September 5 1892 Bangor NW sailed Syren, Hughes for Belfast

September 14 1892 Larne windbound Syren for Londonderry

October 3 1892 Bangor NW arrlved Syren, Hughes

November 1 1892 Holyhead sailed Syren, Hughes for Larne

December 10 1892 Liverpool sailed Syren, Hughes for Chester

December 29 1892 Mostyn arrived Syren, from Liverpool

1893

January 25 1893 Port Dinorwic arrlved Syren, Hughes from Newquay(Card)

March 6 1893 Glasgow arrlved Syren, Hughes from Port Dinorwic

April 20 1894 Liverpool cleared Syren, Dunmore & c

April 21 1893 Liverpool sailed Syren, Hughes for Port Patrick

May 22 1893 Maryport arrived Syren from Coleraine 52

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June 13 1893 Holyhead put in Syren, Hughes from Coleraine for Garston

June 20 1893 Holyhead sailed Syren, Hughes for Liverpool

June 24 1893 Liverpool sailed Syren, Hughes for Garston

October 5 1893 Holyhead put in Syren, Hughes from Conway for Cardiff

1894

April 25 1894 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

May 25 1894 Belfast arrlved Syren,Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

September 29 1894 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

November 30 1894 Belfast arrived Syren, Hughes from Glenarm with whiting

1895

January 5 1895 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Belfast

February 1 1895 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Belfast

February 9 1895 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Belfast

February 12 1895 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Carnarvon with slates

March 22 1895 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Belfast

September 13 1895 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes from Mochras

September 20 1895 Portmadoc sailed Syren, for Belfast

September 23 1895 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Port Madoc with slates

December 13 1895 Belfast arrlved Syren, Hughes from Bangor NW with slates

1896

March 18 1896 Falmouth arrived Syren from Cardiff

March 24 1896 Falmouth sailed Syren for Portsmouth

April 4 1896 Irvine arrived Syren from Tiree

May 1 1896 Garston sailed Syren, Hughes for Almwch 53

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1897

January 5 1898 Irvine arrived Syren, Hughes from Belfast

January 14 1897 Irvine sailed Syren, Hughes for Glenarm

February 24 1898 Lamlash put in Syren (Ketch)(of Beaumaris) through weather

March 11 1897 Glasgow sailed Syren, Hughes for Gatehouse

July 18 1897 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Bangor

July 23 1897 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Dundrum

July 30 1897 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Dundrum

November 3 1898 Holyhead arrlved Syren, Hughes from Manchester

November 16 1898 Holyhead arrlved Syren, Hughes from Dublin

1898

March 23 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Bangor

March 25 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Bangor

March 25 1898 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Bangor

March 29 1898 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Bangor

March 29 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Bangor

March 31 1898 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Bangor

March 31 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Bangor

April 13 1898 Ayr sailed Syren, Hughes for Bangor (Wales)

April 22 1898 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Bangor

May 6 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Silloth

May 13 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Silloth

May 17 1898 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Silloth

May 19 1898 Silloth sailed Syren, Hughes for Gatehouse

June 27 1898 Bangor arrived Syren, Hughes from Dumfries

August 9 1898 Silloth sailed Syren, Hughes for Laxley (IM) 54

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1899

June 14 1899 Silloth sailed Syren, Hughes for Balbriggan

August 16 1899 Glasgow arrived Syren from Lochalsh

December 2 1899 Point of Aire driven ashore – came off leaky- towed to Annan

1900

November 29 1900 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Potaferry

1901

February 11 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Beaumaris

February 15 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Beaumaris

February 22 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren

March 15 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Chester

March 19 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Chester

March 22 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

March 26 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Point of Ayr

April 11 1901 Port Dinorwic sailed Syren, Hughes for Annan

July 5 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

August 16 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Irvine

September 12 1901 Ayr sailed Syren, Hughes for Malahide

October 11 1901 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes from Pwllheli

October 14 1901 Holyhead arrived Syren, Hughes from Portmadoc

October 15 1901 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes

October 17 1901 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes

October 18 1901 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Dublin

October 22 1901 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Dublin 55

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November 29 1901 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

December 20 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Irvine

December 24 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Irvine

December 31 1901 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Irvine

1902

April 25 1902 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes from Solvach

April 29 1902 Portmadoc arrived Syren, Hughes

May 2 1902 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Cardiff

May 8 1902 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Cardiff

July 11 1902 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Bristol

July 15 1902 Portmadoc sailed Syren, Hughes for Bristol

1903

May 29 1903 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

June 2 1903 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

1904

January 4 1904 Anlwch arrived Syren, Hughes from Lancaster

January 7 1904 Anlwch arrived Syren, Hughes from Lancaster

March 12 1904 Fishguard arrived Syren, Hughes from Chester river

August 26 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

August 26 1904 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Point of Ayr

August 30 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

September 9 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr 56

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September 9 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

September 13 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

September 14 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

September 16 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

November 4 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

November 8 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

November 22 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

December 6 1904 Carnarvon arrived Syren, Hughes from Point of Ayr

December 6 1904 Carnarvon sailed Syren, Hughes for Beaumaris

1905

March 4 1905 Lizard passed west Syren for Liverpool

September 23 1905 Runcorn cleared Syren for Abersoch

November 13 1905 Runcorn arrived Syren after collision

1906

October 4 1906 Carnarvon sailed Syren, for Bowling

October 4 1906 Holyhead towed in Syren, for Bowling disabled

1907

January 8 1907 Holyhead sailed Syren Garret for Bowling after repairs

November 1 1907 Portmadoc sailed Syren Garret for Dublin

November 5 1907 Portmadoc sailed Syren Garret for Dublin

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1908

March 7 1908 Pwllheli sailed Syren, Garrett for Runcorn

March 8 1908 Pwllheli aground on Gimblet Rock after anchor dragged

March 9 1908 Pwllheli returned Syren, Garret to check damage

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Appendix C

Mercantile Navy List

From 1859 to 1865 listed 16252 Syren, Dumfries

1865

16252 Syren, Dumfries built Annan, Dumfries in 1856 50 tons, owner B. Nicholson Annan, Dumfries

1866 owner changes to Robert Lomas, Annan, Dumfries

No change until 1872 when type rig included, a Schooner

No change until 1883 when ownership changes to Thomas Lewis 62 Castle St., Beaumaris

No change until 1891 when Registered Port changes to Beaumaris and Ownership changes to managing owner Thomas Hughes, 17 Fountain St.,Hirsel, Bangor, Carnarvonshire

No change until 1893 when its listing changed to a Ketch

No change until 1895 when the tonnage is changed to registered tonnage 39 tons

No Change until 1906

1906 ownership changes to Thomas H Jarrett, Deans Court, Bangor,

1909 ownership changes to Mrs Mary E Jarrett, 40 Fountain St., Hirael, Bangor

1910 No record in the Mercantile Navy List – Register closed 1909

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Appendix D

Crew List 1893

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Appendix E

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Appendix F

Original owners Syren

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Appendix G

Appropiation book entry

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Appendix H

Amlwch - is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, exported copper ore

Balbriggan - a town 6 miles from Dublin in the northern part of Fingal, Ireland.

Bowling - a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, lies on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow

Bray - a coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated about 4 miles - south of Dublin

Campbeltown - a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Chester – On River Dee, exported bricks

Coleraine - a town near the mouth of the River Bann in County London - Northern Ireland.

Duddon in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.

Dalbeattie genuinely was a 'port' in the modern sense of a place where ships could unload or load whilst afloat and secured to a quayside, about 15 miles from Dumfries. Famous for the granite it produced.

Dundrum - originally a town , is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Gatehouse of Fleet is a town within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Garston – On Mersey river above Liverpool

Glenarm - a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Lochalsh – is in a mainland Scotland at one end of Skye bridge

Maryport New town and port founded in mid-18th century, in Cumberland exported coal and iron and iron rails for railways

Portaferry - a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough

Mochras - also known as, Shell Island is a peninsula lying west of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales. It was formed after the River Artro was diverted by the Earl of Winchelsey in 1819

Kinstown - (Dun Laoghaire), County Dublin, Ireland 76

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Larne - a seaport the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Mostyn - a village in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee,

Point of Ayr - the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated at the - mouth of the Dee estuary.

Port Dinorwic as it was formerly known in English is Y Felinheli, a village, - beside the Menai Strait between Bangor and Caernarfon- exported slate

Portpatrick - a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Silloth - a port town and civil parish in Cumbria

Solva - a harbour village on St Brides bay, Pembrokeshire

Warrenpoint - a small port town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at - the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry.