VERITAS - Foreign going schooner 1858-60

 

 

Source: TNA: PRO: BT 98/6674

List C - ‘Account of Crew of Foreign going Ship, to be delivered at the end of the voyage to the Shipping Master at the Above Port’ - Liverpool

 

Vessel registered:

15th May 1858

First Port of Departure:

Liverpool

Date of Departure:

3rd September 1859

Final Port of Destination:

Liverpool

Date of Arrival:

4th October 1860

 

Name

Age

Born

Capacity

Last Ship

Thomas Carrey (cert. no. 12976)*

26

Carrickfergus

Master

VERITAS of Liverpool

Chas Anthony Fairbairn

28

Liverpool

Mate

SHAKESPEARE of Annan

John Richards

28

Liverpool

2nd Mate

PHOENIX of Liverpool

Neil McLeod

58

Greenock

Carpenter

VERITAS of Liverpool

George Thacker

26

Lynn

Boatswain

THOS. BROCKLEBANK of Liverpool

Samuel Foulkes

35

Liverpool

Sailmaker

ALEXr BARING of Liverpool

Albert Winfield

34

St. Kitts

Steward

BLUE JACKET of Jersey

Thomas Dent

27

Norwich

Cook

NEATHUS of Nevin

John Kelly

41

Liverpool

Cook

NIMROD

David Owens

22

Aberayron

AB

PRINCESS ROYAL of Liverpool

Hugh Doran

25

Drimmore

AB

HERO of Stranraer

George Ohlmann

26

‘Hamburgh’

AB

BLUE JACKET of Jersey

Joseph Mason

24

Liverpool

AB

MARY CAISON of Liverpool

Neele Struve

23

Denmark

AB

GOTHEN of London

Thomas Innes

22

Liverpool

AB

SIAM of St. John

George Burgess

23

Plymouth

AB

BONITA of Liverpool

David Hewsham

24

Glasgow

AB

NEATHUS of London

Auguste Bonnet

34

Bayonne

AB

JACOB of London

James Henderson

24

Belize

AB

PALESTINE of Shields

Thomas Bush

19

Weymouth

OS

VIVID of Weymouth

Henry Byron

20

Wexford

OS

IMPERADOR of Liverpool

Henry Walton

17

Mayo

OS

PRINCESS VICTORIA of Liverpool

Daniel Connor

16

Liverpool

OS

CLAN GREGOR of Liverpool

 

* Ordinary Captaincy qualification at Liverpool 1859 (from Mercantile Navy List 1860)

 

All signed on in Liverpool 30th or 31st August 1859, all but two discharged at Liverpool on 4th October 1860. Thomas Dent deserted at Calcutta 1st March 1860 and Hugh Doran discharged also at Calcutta 9th February 1860. Of the remaining, all but two received both VG for ability and conduct.

 

 

Name

Age

Born

Capacity

Last Ship

Signed on

Discharged

John Walker

23

Aberdeen

AB

ISAAC H BONDSMAN

21st April 1860 at Calcutta

May 1860

William Edwards

21

Scotland

AB

AEROLITE of Scotland (had previously been shipwrecked)

9th May 1860 at Rangoon

4th October 1860 at Liverpool

 

  

List A - Agreement for Foreign Going Ship

 

Date and Place of first Signature of Agreement, including Name of Shipping Office - 30th August 1859 in Liverpool

‘The several Persons whose Names are hereto subscribed, and whose descriptions are contained below, and of whom .... are engaged as Sailors, hereby agree to serve on board the said Ship, in the several capacities expressed against their respective Names, on a Voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta thence if required to any ports and places in the Indian, Pacific or Atlantic Oceans, China and Eastern Seas, thence to a port for orders and on to an .... And back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom, the term not to exceed three years.

And the said Crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective Duties, and to be obedient to the lawful Commands of the said Master, or to any Person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their Superior Officers, in everything relating to the said Ship and the Stores and cargo thereof, whether onboard, in boats, or on shore: in consideration of which Services to be duly performed, the said Master hereby agrees to pay to the said Crew as wages the Sums against their Names respectively expressed, and to supply them with Provisions according to the annexed Scale: And it is hereby agreed, That any Embezzlement or willful or negligent Destruction of any part of the Ship, Cargo or Stores shall be made good to the Owner out of the Wages of the Person guilty of the same: And if any Person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, his Wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency: And it is also agreed, That the Regulations authorized by the Board of trade, which in the paper annexed hereto are numbered 1 to 22 are adopted by the parties hereto, and shall be considered as embodied in this Agreement. And it is also agreed, That if any Member of the Crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the Agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the Master or Officer in charge of the Ship in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as the case may require: And it is also agreed, That the Crew shall Consist of twenty namely the mates, Carpr, -------, Bosn, Sailmkr, Steward and Cook, Eight Seamen and four ordinaries. No Grog allowed.

In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names hereto on the days against their respective signatures mentioned.

Signed by Thomas Carrey Master, on the 30th day of August, 1859’

 

Individual or capacity

‘Amount of Wages per Calendar Month, Share, or Voyage’

‘Amount of Wages advanced on Entry’

‘Amount of Wages advanced on Entry’

 

 

£ s d

 

 

£ s d

 

 

£ s d

 

Mate

 

7 - -

 

 

 

 

 

3 10 -

 

2nd Mate

 

4 10 -

 

 

4 10 -

 

 

2 5 -

 

Carpenter

 

6 10 -

 

 

6 10 -

 

 

3 5 -

 

Boatswain

 

3 5 -

 

 

3 5 -

 

 

1 12 6

 

Sailmaker

 

3 10 -

 

 

3 10 -

 

 

 

 

Cook(s)

 

3 - -

 

 

3 - -

 

 

 

 

Steward

 

3 10 -

 

 

3 10 -

 

 

 

 

Seamen

 

2 10 -

 

 

2 10 -

 

 

1 5 -

 

Ordinary Seamen

 

2 - -

 

 

2 - -

 

 

 

 

Ordinary Seamen

 

1 10 -

 

 

1 10 -

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Certificates’ on reverse:-

‘The discharge of Hugh Doran is sanctioned on the ground of mutual Consent. £8 2 2 paid ... as balance of his wages and his effects delivered to him.

The 9 Feby 1860                                           (Signed)

                    ......              .....................         Shipping Master’

 

‘This agreement was deposited in this office on the 30th January and has been this day returned to the Master.

Certified that Thomas Dent has been left behind at this Port on the alleged ground of desertion and that I have enquired into the matter and find the allegation to be true, and that a proper entry of said desertion, in the Official Log of the vessel, has been produced to me by the Master.

Calcutta                                                          (Signed)

The 1st March 1860                                       Shipping Master’

 

ANOTHER ENTRY IN A DIFFERENT HAND - COULD NOT MAKE OUT AT ALL EXCEPT SIGNATURE - ‘Lewis Shipping Master’

 

‘Scale of Provisions to be allowed and served out to the Crew during the Voyage’

 

 Bread:

1 lb. per day

Beef:

1 ½ lbs. on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

Pork:

1 ¼ lbs. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Flour:

½ lb. on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Peas:

⅓  pint on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Tea:

⅛ oz. per day

Coffee:

½ oz. per day

Sugar:

2 oz. per day

Water:

3 quarts per day

 

Substitutes

‘1 oz of Coffee, or Cocoa, or Chocolate, may be substituted for 1/4 oz of Tea. Molasses for Sugar, the quantity to be one-half more. 1 lb of Potatoes or Yams, 1/2 lb Flour or Rice, 1/3 pint of Peas, or 1/4 pint of Barley, may be substituted for each other. When Fresh Meat is issued, the proportion to be 2 lbs per man per day, in lieu of Salt Meat, Flour Rice and Peas. Beef and Pork may be substituted each for the other.

....

N.B. The Board of trade do not interfere as to the quantities of provision to be supplied’.

 

 

List M - Release at the Termination of a Voyage

Showed signatures (more clearly than on agreements). Out of twenty names, five show crosses (giving ones’ marks) indicating not being able to write at all.

 

 

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