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The Ismay Family

White Star Line

Sailing Ships owned solely by Thomas Henry Ismay

Year Name Tons T. H. I. service Remarks
1859 Angelita 129 1859-1862 Lost Dunmanos Bay, 21/01/1862
1860 Castlehowe 260 1860-1872 Sold Davidson, Liverpool 1873
1861 Mexico 156 1861-1866  
1861 Ismay 422 1862-1873 Sold1874 to Robertson, Dundee. Then wrecked in 1875
1855 Arrow 309 1862-1872  
1862 Arriero 167 1862-1872 Sold in 1873  T. Harrison, Liverpool. Wrecked Rathlin Island 1876
1864 Pampero 588 1864-1873 Sold to W. Gellatly, Dundee 1874
1864 Delmira 338 1864-1872 Owner, Sumner&Ben, Melbourne,1896. Wrecked Dec. 1896
1865 Don Baltazar 545 1865           Burnt at sea 1865
1866 Don Guillermo 599 1866-1877 Sold 1878 Paulston, Elsfleth. Wrecked 1882
1866 Esmeralda 730 1866-1894 Sold Denmark 1895, Sold Italy 1909
1866 Explorer 730 1866-1888 Collision at sea 1888
1866 Flechero 730 1866-1880 Stranded 1880
1866 Santa Lucia 642 1866-1882 1882 Wrecked near San Antonio, Chile, homebound Liverpool
1867 Compadre 800 1867-1881 Sold Tomlinson Hoggett, Wrecked after fire 1891
1868 Comadre 772 1868-1879 owner Tomlinson Hoggett 1880. Missing 1895, Trinidad
1868 Broughton 580 1868-1875 1876 T. Watkins & Jenkins, Swansea. Wrecked 1902
1868 Yosmite 768 1868-1878 Sold Walmsey & Co., Liverpool. Wrecked 1904
1869 Castlehead 825 1869-1893 Sold to French owners. Missing 1896
1869 Singapore 6251 1869-1881 North British Shipping Co.
1862 Aminta 1110 1871-1878 Sold, missing 1892
1864 Knight Comm. 1435 1871-1879 Sold Ferni, Liverpool 1880 Sold Howden, L/pool 1890 Missing'99
1869 HoghtonTower 1598 1871-1894 Sold Norway 1894. Wrecked, Cape Flattery 1903
1869 Vale of Doon 752 1874-1876 Sold Hay & Co. Liverpool 1877
1870 Vale of Nith 697 1876-1893 Sold Italy 1893. Renamed Teresa G then Fone11 Dismantled 1902
1880 Dawpool 1697 1880-1895 Sold Germany 1895,- Norway 1916,  sunk by U Boat 1917
1868 Malacca 594 1881-1882 Sold 1883, North British, Glasgow. Missing 10/10/1884
1881 Copley 1741 1881-1895 June 1911 Broken up, Antwerp.
1881 Irby 1480 1881-1882 1914 Captured by Germans
1882 Garfield 2290 1882-1895 5/10/1895 Abandoned
1867 Grace Gibson 540 1884-1886 1887 Sold to Hewitt,Liverpool. Wrecked, 1904
1885 Callao 978 1885-1893 Sold to Germany
1885 Santiago 978 1885-1894 Sold to Matson, Honolulu
1886 Gilcruix 2253 1886-1895 1896 sold to German Barmbeck, collision in 1921
1886 Valparasio 713 1886-1893 Missing, December 1905.
1890  California 2991 1890-1895 4 owners since. Wrecked1927
1894 Mersey 1713 1908-1914 1915 sold, Transatlantic. 1923 broken up.

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