Transcript for CASTLETOWN, Shipping register, 1863-1947, Folio 12

This page is a transcript of a single folio from a shipping register.

The British shipping registers used standard forms which were used throughout Britain and the then colonies and while the exact format used changed over the years, the data recorded remained sufficiently consistent to make it possible to use a single transcription system to record and present the data.

For more detail on shipping registers, please see Shipping registers and for more on the Isle of Man registers, see Isle of Man shipping registers .

Reading the data

The several sections of a shipping register page provide details of:

The folios frequently contain much more information, such as changes of measurement, correspondence, etc. We have not transcribed these details, so if they are of particular interest, we recommend perusal of the original document or images of it.

To find other folios relating to that ship, there is a button at the top right of the transcript which links to a list of register entries for that official number. Unfortunately, this will not work for earlier registers where the ships had no official number. In this case, the bottom of the transcript may include a note taken from the folio itself giving directions to other folios.

Data sources

The sources of the data are images of the shipping registers for the Isle of Man ports held at Manx National Heritage Library, Douglas. We made these transcripts as a proof of concept but to transcribe many folio pages in detail is an arduous task and one that we do not intend to repeat. However, the database structure and the web pages on this site provide a proven framework to which more data can be added from other sources should it become available in the future.

Be aware. We transcribe data as seen. Where phrases appear in the registers we always try to stay close to the original text, but to facilitate transcription, we have stylised some of them, particularly those relating to transactions.

Vessel nameIDA Official number43983
Port of registryCastletown Number/year1/1865
Registry date6/2/1865
Registry typeRegistration transferred
Previous registryLondon
BuiltPoole, Dorset, 1861Builder
PropulsionSailDimensions58.5 x 16.4 x 8.5 ft
RigSchoonerGross tonnage43 tons
Masts2Register tonnage43 tons
Owners
NameAddress OccupationShares
John Taggart Castletown, Isle of Man Merchant 64
Managing Owners
NameAddress OccupationDate
John Taggart Castletown, Isle of Man Merchant 23/10/1875
Isabella Taggart Castletown, Isle of Man Widow 17/3/1880
Transactions
1  Entry: 16/3/1880 Death: 8/11/1879   Will: 12/11/1878  Probate:28/11/1879
John Taggart Died, leaving 64 shares to Isabella Taggart, Castletown, Isle of Man, Widow
Closure
Date Closure
29/3/1896 Sunk in the Mersey at Liverpool and broken up in February 1896.
Notes and cross-references
Notes