Disembarkation- by Nicky Rossiter (fiction novels to read .txt) 📕

Expenses on Shore for two dinners 10 qts

Present to Tallyman of Coals 22 qts.

Equals Napoleons 10 Naps. 33 ½ pts.

At Sulina:

Ship Chandlers Bill 867 qts.

Butchers Bill 476 qts 20 prs

Pilotage in the River 1560 qts.

To towage over the Bar £3

Bags of Potatoes 15/ =

At Constantinople:

Ships Chandler 1672 qts 20 prs.

To four dinners for mate and myself up and down 40 qts.

To towage through Bospherous £7-0-0

Nap 88 = 23 Nap 2 qts.

Excerpts from other voyages expense sheets.

Cabage 4/ =

Oilcloth for cabbin table 2/ =

Water mans allowance 1/1

Expenses on Shore for Self and men (at Cardiff) 12/ =

To Sailors £6-13-0

To exchange on eight pounds 6/8 ... £10-19-8

To shoring stays 12/ =

To Posting two letters, one registered 1/4

Rushon Bill of Health 5/ = (at Constantinople)

Passage for one of the men to see the Cockter 10 pts

Dinners in Constantinople 70 pts.

One case of Gin 77 pts.

Onions, Soft Bread and Cabbages 80 pts.

Fish 30 pts.

Small paints 10 pts.

Present to Pilot 20 pts.

To Cook six days before signing 12/ =

To Telegram £1-0-7

Notes:

The currency used in Sulina and Galatz on the Black Sea is not easily identified but apparently, approximately 10 pts equalled I/ =

Galatz is now shown as Galati on maps. Throughout the Logs, original spellings have been used.

As the logs were hand written over one hundred years ago, some words are difficult to read, in such cases a near approximation is used.

Maritime Tradition in Wexford Street Names

Antelope Road: named to commemorate ships of the same name.

Bayview Drive: modern estate reflecting the scene visible from there.

Common Quay Street: possibly the location for the general landing of cargo in the days of private quays.

Coolcotts: an interesting derivation is suggested as Coill Cots or wood of the cots, perhaps where timber for boats grew.

Crescent Quay: from the shape of the Deep Pool.

Custom House Quay: from one of the locations of the Custom House.

Devereux Villas: from the Devereux family of merchants and shipowners.

Dolphin Road: another popular ship name, also the sea creature.

Edenvale Avenue: a ship of Wexford Port.

Ferryboat Lane: an old name for Monck Steeet, from wher the ferryboat to Ferrybank departed.

Fishers Row: probably from the occupation of the residents.

Gaffneys Lane: old title of Charlotte St., after the Gaffneys, shipowners.

Gulbar Road: from a sand bar, The Gull Bar, in Wexford Harbour.

Hantoon Road: this street is named after both the ship and in turn, a wave system in the harbour.

Menapia Avenue: from the ship Menapia and the old name for Wexford.

Oyster Lane: from the famous oyster taverns of a century ago.

Redmond Road: after the Redmond family, involved in politics, business, shipbuilding and land reclamation.

Saltee Avenue: another ship of the port, also islands off the south coast.

Seaview Avenue: from the view.

Slaney Street: before reclamation in the 1800s, the river lapped this road.

Trimmers Lane: a trimmer or trummer stowed cargo or ballast to keep a ship on an even keel.

Tuskar View: descriptive.

From this list, one can see the importance of the port and its ships to Wexford over the years.

List of ships registered at Wexford from 1850.

(It will be seen by comparing our text with these lists, that not all of the registrations were found, but the data recorded in these lists are important in themselves as aids to future research or simply as satisfaction for personal curiosity. The original spellings are retained).

Britannia: reg. Wexford 1888. Built Stromness, Orkney in 1883 by Frederick Stanger. 80 ton, 2 masted ketch, 77 feet long. Owner: Thomas J. O'Keefe, merchant. Sold to Kent.

Brothers: reg. 1846, No. 1259. Owners: Richard, Robert, Maurice Allen. Maurice died January 1850.

Sold to Arklow 1855.

Brothers: reg. 1839, No. 21434. Owner: J.T. Deveruex 1839. James Patrick Devereux, merchant, 1867.

Charlie: reg. 1846, No. 21415. Owner: Pat Howlin and Richard O'Connor, 1846. Anna A. O'Connor, spinster, 1874. Vessel broken up.

Charlotte: reg. 1853, No. 1129. Owner: James Hughes, Margaret Cullen, Michael Williams. Richard Devereux, 1868.

Clara: reg. 1904 at Wexford. Built in 1879 at Bridgewater. 2 masted 69 ton schooner, 81 feet long.

Owners: Nicholas and William Rochford, farmers, Kilmore.

Clara and Jessie: reg. at Wexford 1889. Built at Aberville, France, 1884, 66 ton, 2 mast schooner, 70

feet long. Owners: William Mangan, station master. John and Harry Cooper, cement makers, Drinagh.

Columbine: reg. 1840, No. 8617. Owners: Peter Sinnott and Pat Brown. Sold to Carrickfergus.

Ann Francis: reg. Wexford, 1960 to Laurence Lett, Batt Street. 1967 to Lett and Co. Batt Street. Sold to Wales.

Annie: reg. Wexford, 1882, 77.77 to 2 masted schooner built Prince Edward Island, 1861 by David Gready. Owners: John Cardiff, Wexford Ship Owner, 1882. James Murphy, master mariner, 1885. John Walsh, master mariner, 1885. Patrick Lambert, ship owner. Ship Wrecked.

Antelope: date of reg. 1850, No. 8663. Owners: Robert Sparrow, 1850. John Barrington, merchant, 1856. Soimon Lambert, master mariner, 1856.

Asia: date of reg. 1853, No. 23963. Owner: John Thomas Devereux, ship owner. John Duncan, Kingston, ship owner, 1863.

Atlas: reg. 1888, built 1853 by Edward Kingston; 52 ton, 2 masted schooner, 68 feet long. Owners: J.

EdmondBarry,Rocklands, merchant. Sold to Cornwall 1902.

Breeze: reg. 1849, No. 8508. Owners: Richard, Maurice, Robert Allen, ship owners. Sold to Belfast 1863.

Bridget: reg. 1854 No. 23547. Owner: Edward Roche, Robert Browne, Liverpool, May 1864.

Thomas Hughes and Richard Walsh, September 1864.

Commera (Commerce?) reg. 1853, No. 21433. Owners: John T. Devereux, merchant. John Todd, ship owner, 1883. J.W. Walsh and P. Lambert, trading as Dockyard Co.1888.

Countess: reg. 1850, No. 10152. Owners: Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan, Johnstown Castle 1850.

John Hatchell, Dublin, 1854. George Houghton, Wexford, 1856. Sold to Co. Down.

Courtown Lass: reg. Wexford 1917. Built at Gosport in 1850. 50 ton 2 masted schooner on 83 foot length.

Owners: Richard and William Massey, Richard Tomk (?). Vessel wrecked 1918.

Criterion: reg. 1854-^-gNo. 11635. Owners: James Hughes, James Sheil, Mary Dalaov and Edward Rouge, 1854. Michael Williams, Thomas Laffin, Thomas Hutchinson, John Devereux, 1860.

Denis Carthy: reg. 1847, No. 3172. Owner: T. Godfrey, 1847. William Godfrey, merchant, 1865.

Denis Carthy: