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On 17 January the crew sighted the lighthouse on [[Partridge Island (Saint John County)|Partridge Island]] at the mouth of Saint John harbour. However the ship was driven back down the Bay of Fundy by a violent [[nor'easter]] and in the early morning of 19 January she struck a rocky headland at the north end of Grand Manan Island. All three masts were carried away and the ship broke up on the rocks. |
On 17 January the crew sighted the lighthouse on [[Partridge Island (Saint John County)|Partridge Island]] at the mouth of Saint John harbour. However the ship was driven back down the Bay of Fundy by a violent [[nor'easter]] and in the early morning of 19 January she struck a rocky headland at the north end of Grand Manan Island. All three masts were carried away and the ship broke up on the rocks. The captain and most of the crew were drowned but ten men reached the shore alive. |
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Revision as of 13:55, 1 March 2017
| History | |
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| Name | Lord Ashburton |
| Builder | Joshua Briggs |
| Launched | St. Andrews, New Brunswick |
| Completed | 1843 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 19 January 1857 at Grand Manan Island en route from Toulon to Saint John, New Brunswick |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 1009 |
| Sail plan | Three-masted barque |
The Lord Ashburton was a merchant ship built in 1843 at St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. She was wrecked in a nor'easter on Grand Manan Island in January 1857 en route from Toulon to Saint John, New Brunswick.
1843 to 1856
The barque Lord Ashburton was built at Brandy Cove, St. Andrews by Joshua Briggs in 1843. The captain and original owner was Nehemiah Marks.[1]The ship was registered at St. Andrews in 1843 but was later sold and registration transferred to Liverpool.[2]
The Lord Ashburton left Toulon on 17 November 1856 in ballast, heading for the port of Saint John, New Brunswick. The ship carried a crew of 28 in addition to the captain, Evan Clarke Crerar of Pictou, Nova Scotia.[3] She reached Cape Sable Island at the southern tip of Nova Scotia on 25 December and entered the Bay of Fundy, but bad weather impeded her progress toward Saint John.[4]: 51
Shipwreck
On 17 January the crew sighted the lighthouse on Partridge Island at the mouth of Saint John harbour. However the ship was driven back down the Bay of Fundy by a violent nor'easter and in the early morning of 19 January she struck a rocky headland at the north end of Grand Manan Island. All three masts were carried away and the ship broke up on the rocks. The captain and most of the crew were drowned but ten men reached the shore alive.
References
- ^ Wallace, Frederick William (1973). Wooden Ships and Iron Men. London: White Lion Publishers. p. 34.
- ^ "Lord Ashburton". Ship registrations: 1787-1966. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Allaby, Eric (2001). Shipwrecks of Grand Manan. The Grand Manan Historian. Vol. 26. The Grand Manan Historical Society. p. 42.
- ^ Lorimer, J.G. (1876). History of the islands and islets in the Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, New Brunswick. St. Stephen, N.B.: St. Croix Courier.