Malborough 
Contents & Search
| Surname | First Name | Date | Ship's Name | Notes | Page |
| Adams | 1898 | Lady St. John | 29 | ||
| Adams | John Dawe | 1871 | Alvington | returned from Bahia, Brazil with news 5 crew had died of yellow fever. |
17 |
| Adams | John Dawe | 1889 | Churchstow | 25 | |
| Allen | R | 1875-81 | Mary | ship & all hands lost at sea 1881 | 13 |
| Arundel | Richard | 1856-67 | Dolores | 6 | |
| Arundel | Richard | 1869 | Annie | brought charges against O S John Williams (who was jailed for 4 weeks) for assulting him. |
19 |
| Ball | J | 1847 | E.D. | Died at Portrush, S. Ireland | 5 |
| Bartlett | J | Caroline | 19 | ||
| Bickford | J | 14/6/1871 | Apphia | Vessel sailed from Haiti for Salcombe but was feared lost. |
15 |
| Bowden | aft 1870 | Flora | vessel wrecked on Happisburgh Sands, Norfolk, all hands & 2 passengers saved |
16 | |
| Brown | Eli | Express | 32 | ||
| Bushell | W | Pass | 15 | ||
| Butland | W | Churchstow | 25 | ||
| Canham | J | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
| Cleverley | S | Juan | 8 | ||
| Cove | E | Alice | 10 | ||
| Cove | P | 1846-51 | Dolores | 6 | |
| Cove | P H | Juan | 8 | ||
| Cove | P H | Fanny | Certificate suspended for 4 years - vessel lost to drunkenness and misconduct. Crew saved. |
9 | |
| Cove | T | 10/12/1883 | Western Belle | Encountered heavy gale & lost masts & abandoned. Fate of crew not known. |
21 |
| Cove | T | 1868 | Western Belle | Only master. Stranded at Beesands 1871, a local packet went to her assistance. |
21 |
| Cove | Thomas | Fanny | 9 | ||
| Cove | W | Juan | 8 | ||
| Cove | W | 1859 | Mary | 13 | |
| Cowling | J | 19/9/1870 | Flora | first master. Vessel in collision with "SS Tyne Queen" at Gibraltar |
16 |
| Cowling | James | 1855 | Excelsior | 11 | |
| Cranch | James | Fanny | 9 | ||
| Date | Leader | 21 | |||
| Date | W | 1869 | Excelsior | ship lost in Azores. Crew rescued | 11 |
| Dorno | George | Juan | 8 | ||
| Fitzwalter | S | 1887 | Zenobia | lost at sea with all hands. Parts of ship washed ashore near Llanelly 2 June 1887. |
21 |
| Fitzwater | R | Daring | mastered replacement vessel | 13 | |
| Forbes | Thomas | 1840's | Beau Ideal | second master - lost at sea en route to Newfoundland |
4 |
| Forbes | W | Eugenie | 11 | ||
| Friend | W | 1877-80 | South Milton | first master. Died on board. | 27 |
| Gunn | J | 27/4/1874 | Huntress | one seaman reported lost overboard in high seas between Richmond USA & Rio de Janiero |
15 |
| Harding | J | Pass | 15 | ||
| Harding | J W | Alvington | 17 | ||
| Harnden | J | 1865 | Alvington | first master | 17 |
| Harnden | Marcus | 1873-79 | Golden Fleece | died on passage Madagascar to Natal, his brother the mate very ill. |
24 |
| Hill | F W | 1854 | Rebecca | 10 | |
| Hill | F W | 1855 | Rebecca | prize ship | 29 |
| Hill | J H | Fanny | 9 | ||
| Hill | W | 1866 | Frances | 27/2/1867 cook was charged the cost of a tin of preserved meat after it was placed unopened on the stove and exploded |
14 |
| Hill | W | 1867 | Frances | 11 bottles of sherry missing, crew charged GBP1.7s.6d = GBP1.37 ½p for the loss |
14 |
| Huxham | H | 1885 | Augusta | wrecked off Labrador, 1885, all saved. | 26 |
| Huxham | H W | 1876 | Renown | ship wrecked in Bahamas. Crew + one passenger saved |
13 |
| Ingram | John | 1865-70 | Restless | 18 | |
| Issell | Thomas | Alice | 10 | ||
| James | 1859 | Salcombe Castle | Ship lost off Wairoa, N.Z., crew saved. | 7 | |
| Jarvis | 1880-89 | Lady Bertha | 27 | ||
| Jarvis | J | Eugenie | 11 | ||
| Jarvis | J J | Pass | 15 | ||
| Jarvis | John Ash | Ceres | 3 | ||
| Jarvis | T | Leader | 21 | ||
| Jarvis | William | 1846 | Jessamine | lost overboard & drowned | 5 |
| Jellard | J C | 1866 | Caroline | first master | 19 |
| Jellard | James Chope | 1858 | Daring | mastered original and replacement vessels | 13 |
| Johnson | WK | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
| King | W | 1863 | Erme | 16 | |
| Kingston | 1834 | Beau Ideal | first master | 4 | |
| Lambe | James | Ceres | 3 | ||
| Lapthorne | 1880 | Effort | lived in Robinson's Row | 28 | |
| Luckham | Queen of the West | 9 | |||
| March | Nicholas | 1884 | Lively | Kingsbridge/Salcombe mail & passengers run |
35 |
| March | Nicholas | 1892 | Dart | replaced "Reindeer" | 36 |
| May | 1874 | Queen | Plymouth/Kingsbridge/Salcombe packet run | 33 | |
| May | 1875 | Reindeer | Plymouth/Kingsbridge/Salcombe packet run | 34 | |
| May | Thomas | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
| Partridge | J | Leader | 21 | ||
| Pascoe | J | 1890's | Kings Bridge Packet | 31 | |
| Patey | E | Ernest | 12 | ||
| Patey | E | Pass | 15 | ||
| Patey | E | 1879 | Annie | wrecked on Salcombe bar returning from Bahia, Brazil, all hands saved |
19 |
| Penwill | J | Clara | 12 | ||
| Pepperell | John | 1877-86 | Brizo | 26 | |
| Pepperell | W | 1865 | Island Maid | first master | 17 |
| Pepperill | J | Daring | mastered replacement vessel | 13 | |
| Port | 1842 | Phoenix | crew & ship lost between Cardiff & Barcelona |
4 | |
| Putt | J | Alice | 10 | ||
| Quick | E | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
| Quick | E | 1869 | Leader | 21 | |
| Quick | W | Queen of the West | 9 | ||
| Reeves | J | Alice | 10 | ||
| Ride | E | Juan | 8 | ||
| Russell | James Harrison | 1823 | Ceres | and shareholder | 3 |
| Shears | W | 1858 | Ernest | 12 | |
| Shepherd | F E | Progress | 28 | ||
| Sherriff | William | Eugenie | 11 | ||
| Sherriff | William | Clara | 12 | ||
| Sladen | R | Alice | 10 | ||
| Southwood | C | 1868 | Zenobia | first master. | 21 |
| Steer | W | 1862 | Apphia | vessel suffered considerable damage after collision with a Dutch vessel, crew saved by Apphia except for the master & 5 hands |
15 |
| Tolcher | J | 1861 | Kate | first master. The "Kingsbridge Gazette" reported a fire on board at New Quay, 23/5/1863 |
14 |
| Tolcher | J J | Eugenie | 11 | ||
| Trinick | Henry | 1883 | Caroline | 19 | |
| Trinnick | H | South Milton | stranded on Charlemont reef, Vic, AUS | 27 | |
| Trute | Nicholas | Ceres | 3 | ||
| Vincent | 1861 | Huntress | first master | 15 | |
| Vivian | James | Ernest | 12 | ||
| Wood | J | Fanny | 9 | ||
| Wood | W A | 1881 | Restless | master & owner, operated from Guernsey | 18 |
| Yabsley | F | Cynosure | 5 | ||
| Yabsley | F | Pass | 15 | ||
| Yabsley | Nathaniel | Cynosure | 5 | ||
| Yabsley | W | Cynosure | 5 |
| Builder's Name | Date | Ship's Name | Notes | Page |
| Bonker | 1835 | Phoenix | for Hurrell & Co | 4 |
| Bonker | 1840 | Cynosure | for Grant & Co | 5 |
| Bonker | 1841 | Dolores | for Hurrell & Co | 6 |
| Bonker | 1842 | Lady Buller | for Captain & Co, John Moore, Master Mariner | 6 |
| Bonker | 1848 | Juan | for Hurrell & Co | 8 |
| Bonker | 1853 | Alice | for Salden & Co | 10 |
| Bonker | 1859 | Mary | 13 | |
| Bonker | 1861 | Kate | for Tolcher & Co | 14 |
| Bonker | 1863 | Erme | for Balkwill & Co | 16 |
| Bonker | 1867 | Annie | for R H Sladen & Co | 19 |
| Cox of Falmouth | 1908 | New Kingsbridge Packet | Plymouth/Kingsbridge run 1908-1920 | 31 |
| Evans of Salcombe | Eugenie | for Forbes & Co | 11 | |
| Evans of Salcombe | 1858 | Clara | for Henry Grant | 12 |
| Evans of Salcombe | 1863 | Avon | for Sladen & Co | 16 |
| Evans of Salcombe | 1869 | Leader | for Balkwill & Co | 21 |
| Evans of Salcombe | 1870 | Endymion | for Balkwill & Co | 23 |
| Harnden | 1877 | Augusta | for J Hannaford. Wrecked off Labrador 1885 | 26 |
| Harnden | 1877 | Lady Bertha | for Sladen & Co | 27 |
| Harnden at Island Quay | 1868 | Western Belle | for P Cove & Co | 21 |
| Harnden at Island Quay | 1869 | Okenbury | for W W Steer & Co | 22 |
| Harnden at Salcombe | 1865 | Island Maid | for Cove & Co | 17 |
| Harnden at Salcombe | 1867 | Lady Agnes | for Harnden of Kingsbridge. Struck Salcombe bar on maiden voyage and suffered some damage. |
20 |
| Harnden at Salcombe | 1873 | Golden Fleece | for W S Hannaford & Co | 24 |
| Harnden & Whiddon of Salcombe | 1868 | Zenobia | for J Hannaford | 21 |
| Harnden & Whiddon of Salcombe | 1870 | Lurline | for W W Steer & Co. Vessel lost in dense fog off Middle Scrosby Sands, Norfolk, crew saved. |
23 |
| Harveys of Hayle, Cornwall | 1879 | Kings Bridge Packet | for William Heath Prowse & Co. Screw steamship, Plymouth/Kingsbridge |
30 |
| Henry Martin of Dodbrooke | 1846 | Salcombe Castle | for Weymouth of Salcombe | 7 |
| John Ball of Salcombe | 1831 | Lady Brougham | for Forbes & Co | 3 |
| John Ball of Salcombe | 1834 | Beau Ideal | 4 | |
| John Jordain of Dodbrooke | 1839 | Jessamine | 5 | |
| John Jordain of Dodbrooke | 1843 | Queen Esther | 6 | |
| Joseph Evans | 1867 | Phantom | for W Sladen & Co | 19 |
| Philip & Son of Dartmouth | 1898 | Salcombe Castle | for Nicholas March & Nicholas Southwood | 37 |
| Robert Johnson of Bideford | 1855 | Prothsea | for G Lidstone & Co of Kingsbridge | 11 |
| Sutherland | 1877 | South Milton | for Balkwill & Co. | 27 |
| T Sanders at Salcombe | 1885 | Lord Devon | for Salcombe Ship Owning Company. | 29 |
| Trethowan of Falmouth | 1876 | Churchstow | for Balkwill & Co | 25 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1846 | A.E.A. | for Netherton, sold 1849 to Balkwill family | 7 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1849 | Queen of the West | for Balkwill | 9 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1858 | Daring | for R Balkwill, to replace "Daring" lost March 1858 in Azures |
13 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1858 | Renown | for R H Balkwill | 13 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1862 | Huntress | for Balkwill | 15 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1866 | Caroline | for Balkwill | 19 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1870 | Malborough | for Balkwill & Co | 22 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1872 | Netherton | for Sladen & Co | 24 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1874 | Matharan | for Beer & Trant. Missing off Isle of Wight 1888. |
25 |
| Vivian of Salcombe | 1877 | Brizzo | for Balkwill & Co. was wrecked in the Bahamas in 1886. |
26 |
| W Briggs & Son of Sunderland | 1860 | Frances | bought Sept 1866 by R Hurrell | 14 |
| Watson at Pallion nr Sunderland | 1865 | Alvington | for Balkwill | 17 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1862 | Pass | for Sladen, operated from Salcombe for over 20 years |
15 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1865 | Restless | for Hingston & Co | 18 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1867 | Nellie | for R Hurrell & Co. Was wrecked off coast of Brazil 1888. |
20 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1867 | Spring | Speculative. Run down & sank Nov 1890, recovered & renamed "Gravesend". Her figurehead is in the "Cutty Sark". |
20 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1869 | Grace | for Hingston & Co. Lost seamen overboard in gales 1883 & 1901, lost on Teignmouth bar 1907. |
22 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1871 | Morning Star | for Capt F L Yabsley | 23 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1872 | Lizzie | 24 | |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1876 | Ethel | for Steer & Co. lost nr Lynmouth 10/2/1891 during force 10 gale. |
25 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1880 | Effort | for W S Hannaford & Co | 28 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | Progress | nicknamed "Pilgrim". Built for H Grant. | 28 | |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1898 | Lady St. John | for F W Hill. Was last British sailing vessel in the Newfoundland trade. |
29 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1857 | Kingsbridge Packet | for Kingsbridge Steam Packet Company. Paddle steamer, Plymouth/Kingsbridge |
30 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1885 | Express | for William Randell Beer, Philip Trant & Charles Henry Balkwill |
32 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1860 | Queen | for River Steam Company, 4 minutes faster than the packet. |
33 |
| William Date at Kingsbridge | 1881 | Neptune | for Randell Beer & Philip Trant, burnt out a month after launching |
34 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1848 | Agatha | for Grant & Co | 8 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1850 | Fanny | for Hurrell & Co | 9 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1852 | Speedy | replaced vessel of same name lost at sea | 9 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1855 | Excelsior | for P O Hingston & Co | 11 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1857 | Annie Grant | for the Grant fleet. A paddlesteamer used on Kingsbridge Packet |
12 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1858 | Ernest | for the Sladen fleet | 12 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1860 | Willie | for R Hurrell | 14 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1860 | Queen | paddle steamer for harbour ferry service Kingsbridge/Salcombe |
14 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1862 | Apphia | for Stidstone | 15 |
| William Date of Dodbrooke | 1864 | Flora | for P O Hingston & Co | 16 |
| Willoughby bros of Plymouth | 1906 | Ilton Castle | for Nicholas March & Co | 38 |
| Willoughby bros of Plymouth | 1914 | Kenwith Castle | for Nicholas March & Co, now run by Nicholas Southwood |
38 |
| Surname | First Name | Position | Date | Notes | Page |
| Adams | Edward | 1889 | died of yellow fever in Haiti on board "Endymion" |
23 | |
| Adams | Thomas | 1884 | "Lively" engineer | 35 | |
| Cole | Walter | 1889 | died of yellow fever in Haiti on board "Endymion" |
23 | |
| Collins | Capt Grenville | 1893 | Published "Coasting Pilot" - first known survey of Salcombe Harbour |
2 | |
| Cornish | Mathew | seaman | 1849 | lost overboard from Lady Buller & drowned |
6 |
| Damerell | Fred | 1890's | "Kings Bridge Packet" engineer | 31 | |
| Damerell | "Pinch" | 1890's | "Kings Bridge Packet" fireman | 31 | |
| Date | Miss Sarah Ann | 1855 | Christened Excelsior | 11 | |
| Friend | Stephen | 1883 | Knocked down by sea and fractured right thigh on winch of "Caroline". |
19 | |
| Gillard | Caleb | mate | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Hannaford | William | A.B. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Hill | F W | 1868 | started shipping co with 2 schooners | 10 | |
| Hill | F W | 1884 | formed Salcombe Shipowning Co | 10 | |
| Hill | F W | 1901 | last ship, "Lord Devon", was sold and company became defunct |
10 | |
| Hutchings | Charles | 1884 | "Lively" deck-hand | 35 | |
| Jarvis | R | pilot | 1868 | "Eugenie" struck 'Old Harry' rock at Lizard Harbour |
11 |
| Lidstone | Gabriel Benjamin | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
| March jnr | Nicholas | apprenticed to James Vivian, Shipbuilder, went to sea as ship's carpenter. Took over from father at his death. |
36 | ||
| March snr | Nicholas | 1841 | took passengers & goods Salcombe/Kingsbridge after sarah's death |
34 | |
| McPhereson | James | 1881 | died from wounds when captain shot him accidentally on "Ethel" |
25 | |
| Murch | Aaron | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Murch | John | cook/steward | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Pepperell | John | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Pepperell | Roger | bosun | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Peterson | F | O.S. | 1879 | "Brizo" | 26 |
| Pilchard | coxswain | won silver medal for saving 7 lives when "Fanny" lost off Tranmore, S. Ireland |
9 | ||
| Rean | Prothsea Beer | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
| Rean | Prothsea Lidstone | 1855 | shareholder in "Prothsea" | 11 | |
| Southwood | Nicholas | became Salcombe's harbour master after steamers sold |
40 | ||
| Stone | Mrs Sarah | 1821 | appointed postmistress of Salcombe. Died 1841 |
34 | |
| Trute | Richard | seaman | 1840 | lost overboard from Phoenix & drowned | 4 |
| Turner | Edward | boy | 1841 | lost overboard from Phoenix & drowned | 4 |
Last updated - 22 Feb 2011 - Brian Randell
| Note: The information provided by GENUKI must not be used for commercial purposes, and all specific restrictions concerning usage, copyright notices, etc., that are to be found on individual information pages within GENUKI must be strictly adhered to. Violation of these rules could gravely harm the cooperation that GENUKI is obtaining from many information providers, and hence threaten its whole future. |