The Wreck of the Lord Delamere ~ The Boat ~ Home     ~     The Lord Delamere     ~     The Story     ~     The Records     ~     The Present The 1886 Mercantile Navy List (click here and here to see images of the record) and the Customs & Excise Shipping Register show the LORD DELAMERE with Registered No. 86219 and to have been built in 1871 of wood by Ann Deakin at Winsford. She was described as a Steam Ship, Screw Driven, 1 Deck, 1 Mast, Flat Rigged, Elliptical Stern, Carvel Built and its dimensions shown as 86.2' long x 20.6' broad and 9.2' deep hold, with registered tonnages of 89.22 tons net, 131.2 tons gross. She was fitted with two engines built by George Deakin of Winsford in 1871 rated at 24 H.P. She was registered in 1882 at Liverpool. Her first owner (and stated in the Lists as the owner in 1886) was GEORGE DEAKIN, 8A LORD STREET, LIVERPOOL. On 1st November 1889, she was sold to the SALT UNION CO LTD, 2, SALTERS HALL COURT, CANNON STREET, LONDON and is shown as such in the 1895 Lists which lists the Manager as Mr. John M. Fells, Winsford, Cheshire. On 6th October, 1913 she was sold to Joseph Forster, Drury Lane, Liverpool. Just seven days later the LORD DELAMERE was wrecked in the Dee Estuary - click here for the complete story. The entry in the C&E Shipping Register ends with the words: Register Closed - 25th February, 1914 "Vessel stranded in river 13th October, 1913 and become a total wreck' The only illustration available which might resemble the LORD DELAMERE is reproduced below and is taken from E. Paget Tomlinson's book “Britain’s Canal & Rivercraft”' (Moorland Publishing 1979 - click here for details). The drawing is of the VALE ROYAL built by Ann Deakin in 1873 as a sailing flat and converted to steam in 1884. Home     ~     The Lord Delamere     ~     The Story     ~     The Records     ~     The Present © L Sandman  2012