- Built
for the Black Ball Line in 1819 by Sidney Wright, New York.
- Grosing
434 tons, she measured 113 x 29.25 feet.
- Tow
decks, three masts a billet head and a square stern.
- Bound
New York for Liverpool with a cargo og gold, cotton, beeswax, stores & provisions.
- While
off Cape Clear she was hit by a squall. A freak wave put her on her beam ends
and the mizzen and foremast were broken. Everything on deck including the life-boats
were swept overboard.
- driven
before the storm she eventually ended up on the rocks below the cliffs west of
Garrettstown.
- Only
the mate survived.
- Commanded
by Captain John Williams.
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