William & Ann
William & Ann is a ship.
Timeline
- 1857
- 21 Jul
- Robert Cuthbert Green★ died at the age of thirty herea1.
Research Notes
William & Ann official number 5164
crewlist.org.uk page: https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/archivecrewlists/5164
No crew lists before 1861
From Hartlepool history: https://www.hhtandn.org/notes/1621/william-and-ann-a-general-history
William & Ann 1837-1878
Thomas Metcalfe & Son, South Shields: Official No. 5164: Code Letters JGNF: two decks; two & trysail masts; square stern; carvel built wood snow; 232g; 86.9 x 23.6 x 15.8; repairs to damage 1850.
Owners: October 1837 William Watson (died 1850 South Shields) Newcastle-on-Tyne; June 1850 William Watson, Hartlepool; July 1850 George Younghusband, Hartlepool.
Masters: October 1837 William Watson; July 1838 John Warden; July 1839 George Cram; March 1843 Thomas Robinson; 1843 Watson; February 1844 John Warden; March 1844 William Watson; July 1850 Richard Sharp; January 1852 Andrew Smith (C.N. 226); 1852-53 Richard Sharp; October 1853-57 John Hunter; 1860-65 JE Murrell; 1867 Morris; 1878 John Ferry.
Voyages: April 1850 onshore south of the jetty at Hartlepool; 23 October 1857 onshore at the Naze, Harwich; from Hartlepool for London she was going out of Hewitts Gateway near Galleon’s Reach on 3 April 1860 when one of the crew, Alfred Hibbs aged 18 of Wivenhoe, fell overboard & was drowned.
On a voyage from Seaham for Medway with a cargo of coal & a crew of seven William & Ann foundered after a collision with the steamer Tabor off the Middle Swin lightship in the Thames on 25 January 1878. Four lives lost.
The master of the Tabor, Kardel Mankin, had his certificate suspended for six months for negligence.
