Ships of the Loveluck and related families.
Sarah 22738 85T built Bristol 1844
Owner Bate, Plymouth
1855-57 Master N Bate
Leader 20446 108T built Swansea 1858
1858-78 Master N Bate
1858-64 Crew TO & JC Davies
1873 Lisbon
1875 NJ Bate crew
1878 collision, sunk 18 Dec
Douglas 14832 168T built Guernsey 1841
1880-82 Master N Bate
Maggie 63672 159T
1886 Master N Bate Dis BS
Queen of the Fleet 18754 262T built 1866
1890/1 owner E Cox, Bridport
1891/3 owner N Bate
1893 owner Rider, Bristol
Sarah Lightfoot 67135
1894 Master N Bate
Agnes Ellen 90504
1894 Master N Bate
Mild May 250T
1864 Crew TO Davies
M.A. Holman barque 200T
1864 Crew TO Davies
1865
Secret 44936 101T built Appledore 1863
1865 Owner J Foley
1866 Crew TO Davies
1878/9 Owner/master J Foley
1878/9 master E Owens, Caenvon
Capella barque 278T built Shoreham
1866 crew TO Davies
1867
Britannia 28139 67T built Appledore 1860
1863/5 Owner W Rook, Bideford master Hutchings
1865-73 Owner Wm Loveluck
1865 MMG crew JC Davies
1866 crew JCD
1867 crew JCD
1868 26 May Master TO Davies
1869
1870 to 10 Oct 70 Master TO Davies
1871/73 owner Wm Loveluck
1873/86 owner Jas Loveluck?
1886/7 Owner Loveluck P Talbot
(Davies)
1886/7 Owner Hamnett, Bideford
master Ellis
Minnie Knapp 51890 233T
1867 WI Master JC Davies
Hermes 18230 93T built France 1823
Owner Jas Brogden Tondi
1868-70 crew JC Davies
1871 FPS May 16 Aug 10 Sep 12 Dec15 TO Davies
1872 Feb 13 May 3 Jly 15 Ct Aug 19 Oct 18
1873 Jan 15
Syren 60648 162T built Norway 1867 formerly Rypen
1870-71 Rio Grande Master JC Davies lost
overboard
Owner Jas Brogden
Bridgend
Maggie 59746 131T built Prince Edward Isle 1869
1871-77 Owner Robt Dunlop
Cwmavon P. T.
1872-74 W Indies Master TO Davies
Blondie 66421 149T
1874-78 21 Oct 74, 10 Aug 76, 1 Jan 77 Owner RH Courtis
1874-78 W Indies struck bar 13 Jly 78 Aug 31 Master TO Davies
Princess 50929 159T built 1864
1878 Owner RH Courtis
1878 Master Banner
Sunshine 60627 171T built 1867
1876 Owner RH Courtis
Master F Gill
1876 Richard Powell & Co,
Swansea
Mystery 1310 93T built 1846
1876/7 Master J Foley
Alreola 77198
1879 Aug 10 US Oct 8 Dec1 Master TO Davies
1880 Jan 20 US Jun15 Aug 14 Sep 21 Nov 10 Dec 30
1881
LE Charlwood 79386
1881 8 Apr 81 8 Jly Master TO Davies
1882 12 Feb 7 Jly
1883 2 Jan
Cadwaladar 77420
1883 28 Apr 83
Ingoldsby 83821
1883 25 July, m 28 Sep 3 Dec Master TO Davies
1884 18 Feb 27 Ap, 31 Jly for 4 Dec m
1885 1 Jan 7 Mar 85 Black Sea, Russia, 1 Oct JHC Loveluck diary,
Master TOD
1886 Feb 26 11 Jly 22 Sep grounded Aug11/30
1887
Saxon Briton 87493
1890 19 Dec 89 Master TO Davies
1891
Oakville 81467
1892 19 Jan 92 Master TO Davies
Lord Derby 76221
1893 31 Dec 92 Master TO Davies
1894
Pentland 81296
1894 14 Jun 94 Master TO Davies
1895
1896
1897
Saxon Briton 87493
1898 Dec 97 Master TO Davies
Loyal Briton 98145
1899 28 Nov 98 Master TO Davies
North Briton 98426
1899 Master TO Davies
Saxon Briton 87493
1899 8 Nov 99 Master TO Davies
1900
North Briton 98426
1900 3 Dec 00 Master TO Davies
1901
1902
1903
Loyal Briton 115386
1905 22 Apr - 17 Jun 05 Newport-Piraeus-Poti MMG TO Davies master
Sarah Ann D, wife "failed to appear at Piraeus" prev Pentland
Surbiton 76950 883T built 1877
1877
1878 1 Jan -16 OctMed etc, 18 Oct Newport Mon 3 Nov Charleston, Barcelona, Gib, S Pass, Havana, left N York 18 Feb 79
1879 to Apr New York (for Rotterdam)sunk Feb all 22 lost, T Clifford crew
Bristow 4308 built Liverpool 1854
1856/60 Owner T Hughes, London
1888 Natal Owner Jas Loveluck
1889 Natal W Indies
1890 River Plate
1891
1892
1893
Carita 80930 279T built by Peake Bros P Edward Isle 1880
1880/4 owner Peake Bros,
Master C Gould
1884 Owner Jas Loveluck
1885 22 Nov 84 to 22 Oct 85 MMG Master RJ Johns
copy bosun killed at Ostend
Hamburg, Ostend, Jamaica, Carthegena Spain, Barranquilla Columbia, Liverpool
1886
1887 W Indies Natal
1888 none
1889 Natal Urugay
1890
1891
1892
1893
Salado 49562 442T built Port Glasgow1865
1866/7 Ballard King, London
1890/91 Owner JM McFarlane,
Greenock
1889 Owned Jas Loveluck
1890
1891 7-1 Natal, India,WI,US,WI Wrecked Port Talbot Dec
Crew lists at Newf 67-69, 71, 73-4, 76, 78, 80, 83-4, 86-7, 89, 90-1
Isipingo 65735 built London 1872
1879/82 Owner Daniel King, London
1886/7 Owner Ballard King & Co
Owned Jas Loveluck
Master J Philips
1887
1888 19-5-87 to 14-3-88 Buenos Aires, Texas PRO BT/99/1566 Notes
JEL first voyage, storm
1889 31-3-88 to 31-1-89 Natal, Cochin JEL apprentice
1890 16-4-89 to 28-2-89 Buenos Aires, Natal, Texas JEL
1890 Apr 90 Natal wrecked Isipingo Beach
Durban Natal
Crew lista at Newf 74, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87, 89, 90
Ribbleton 29955 built Preston 1865 (ex Manolo)
1886 Owner R & W King
1890
1891 22-2 to 22-11-90 Buenos Aires Australia JEL crew, fire
1892 Jan 91 to Dec 92 India China JEL
1893 Jan 91 to May 93 Return JEL
Repossessed renamed Vennerne
JEL's ships 1893/97 unknown - mate/master applications missing at NMM
Mobile 101966 4166T built Harland & Wolff 1893,
1897 13-8 to 23-12-97 New York 4 times JEL first as
master/mate
1898 30-12-97 to 14-5-98 New York 4 times JEL
Clara 108388 1539T
1898 1-8-98 to 8-10-98 Russia Black Sea JEL (post cards)
Memnon 98125
1899 30-8-99 to 15-12-99 Canada 2 times JEL
1900 Dec 99 to 21-1-00 USA JEL
Europe 97855 renamed Mobile II in 1907
1900 4-5-00 to 8-11-00 USA 4 times JEL
1901 1-1-01 to 31-8-01USA 6 times Canada JEL
Maryland 91984 built Hartlepool 1886, wrecked in Med 1913
1901 5-11-01 to 12-12-01 USA JEL
Pera 110736 built 1901 623 T net 1149T gross
1902 19-12-01 to Jan 02 Baltic JEL
Maryland 91984
1902 15-02-02 to Dec 02 USA 6 times JEL
1903 Jan 02-Dec 02 USA 7 times JEL
1904 Jan 04 to Dec 04 USA $ times Canada JEL married 7 Nov 04
1905 Jan 05 to Dec 05 USA 6 times Jarrow Sept MMG JEL 24-8-05
Rescue of sailors - JEL medal and cert for bravery from King of Norway
1906 Jan 06 to Dec 06 USA 5 times Baltic 2 times JEL
1907 26-01-07 to Feb USA JEL
Balaclava 123654 (photos)
1907 3-10-07 to Uruguay JEL pc from Las Palmas
1908 to 12-7-08 Urugay, Buenos Aires JEL
pc from DRL at Folkestone 15-07-08
Flodden 124347
1909 28-11-08 to 28-9-09 Urugay twice JEL aground Aug 18
Johannesburg 104829
1910 30-6-10 to JEL
Bechuana 102693
1911 1-10-10 to Dec 11 Australia JEL
Manica 112782 4121 T built 1900 Sunderland
1912 11-12-11 to 7-7-12 Australia, Natal JEL
Daisy Evelyn Loveluck born and died
1913 5-7-12 to Dec 13 Australia 3 times JEL
1914 3-1-14 to Dec 14 Australia 2 times JEL
1915 Jan 15 to Oct 15 from Australia, GallipoliPRO BT99/3121 JEL at war 14 May MMCL born
1916 Feb-16 to Dec 16 East Africa via Suez PRO ADM53/48163 JEL at war
photos of crew, ship, plane
1917 Jan-17 to Aug 17 East Africa, Bombay PRO ADM53/48181 JEL at war
Waterwitch 139060 built 1915 Govan Glasgow now MY Halas in Turkey
1918 28-1-18 to Dec 18 Salonika JEL at war (photo)
1919 to summer 1919 Constantinople JEL at war (photos)
Recent (1990/96) brochures of her as a luxury motor yacht
Dahlia
1919 8-9-19 to 30-12-19 Rosyth, Reval, Baltic JEL refugees (photos)
1920 30-12-19 to 20-2-20 Sheerness JEL commission ended
Grigua 115933
1921 16-3-21 JEL
1922 2-3-22 JEL
Kabinga 125599 4658 T 1907
1923 China JEL last voyage
Lord Clyde 70495
1880 Nicholas J Bate master
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885 NJ Bate dead [30] 5 Dec
Catherine of Padstow 52 T
1844-45 coasting & foreign NB boy
1847-48 coasting & foreign NB seaman
Elizabeth of Padstow 60 T
1845-46 coasting & foreign N Bate boy
Saml & Elizabeth of Padstow 27 T
1846 coasting & foreign NB boy
Spring of Padstow 48 T
1846-47 coasting & foreign NB ordy
Valency of Padstow 37 T
1847 coasting NB seaman
1848-50 coasting & foreign NB mate
Amelia of Padstow 58 T
1848 coasting & foreign NB seaman
Pennally of Padstow 31 T
1848 coasting & foreign NB mate
Aid of Padstow 31 T
1850 coasting NB master cert no 72764
6 June 1850
Some notes on the family:
John Courtis was a farmer at St Kea near Truro in Cornwall and brought his family to Aberavon between 1834-40. He was a shiping agent and died there in 1841. His widow, Mary (nee Hitchins) died at Aberavon aged 78 in 1872.
Harriet, the first dau of John & Mary Courtis married Thomas Davies son of Rev John Davies (1784-1845) [I have a copy printed in Welsh of a cofiant of him dated 1847 in the British Museum. He kept a record of 181000 miles of his travels mainly on foot! Perhaps this survives at NLW.) and Margretta Mathias (1789-1830) the daughter of Owen Mathias a mariner from Cardigan. Thomas Davies died 1851-54 and Harriet
married Nicholas Bate, master mariner (son of Thomas Bate another master mariner of Port Isaac Cornwall) in 1855. The Bates had a son Nicholas J Bate, a master mariner who died at sea 1885 aged 30.
Harriet's first daughter Margretta Mathias Davies (1841-1917) married James Loveluck (1840-1895)in 1861, James Loveluck's father William was Customs Officer at Aberavon.
Harriet's first son was John Courtis Davies, master mariner, drowned in the S Atlantic 1871. Her second son Thomas Owen Davies was also a master mariner from 1871-1905.
Harriet's brother was Richard Hitchins Courtis who married Ann Foley dau of yet another master mariner and shipowner. RHC himself owned several sailing ships at least 1874-78. He died 1904 leaving a widow.
One of Rev John Davies sons was Owen Mathias Davies born 1814 (master mariner!)and he died in Australia before 1847.
The first son of James Loveluck, William James was a partner with his father in the ship broking business, which went bankrupt in 1893. The second son James Henry Courtis Loveluck went on a voyage with Nicholas Bate and wrote a diary of a voyage to Southern Russia in 1885 with Thomas Owen Davies, but he became an elecrician. My maternal grandfather, the 3rd son was apprenticed to his father James in 1887 and became a master mariner in 1896. After that he was mate/master of steamships.
J Clifford (a fireman) who was drowned with the Surbiton in 1879 was my father's great grandfather. His wife somehow went to Russia before 1850 and may have married yet another Davies so there may be more ships to find on the Dixon side too! My sister has just sold the 1927 27 ton trip boat Tamar Belle, a Dunkerque veteran, which was used on the Thames by Cptn Charles Edward Irving (1870-1955, an apprentice on the Cutty Sark)from 1932 to about 1975. She has been on the Trent since then. My father bought the ship/business for her my sister in 1985.
My interests have wheels - a 1951 Douglas Vespa I took 6000 miles to Barcelona, Naples, Alps etc in 9 weeks in 1957, a 1932 Morris Minor tourer bought for £5 in 1959 and the 1927 20 hp Rolls-Royce limo bought by my father in 1964 for £250. My ancestors sailed all over the world in ancient sailing ships, whilst I just drive my ancient cars across Europe(in 1960 to Russia and to Turkey in 1961 in the Morris, round the Med in 1965 in my 1962 Mini-Cooper, to Poland and Scandinavia twice in 1995 in the R-R + 1967 Safari caravan and to Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia etc in 1997.
I still have all these vehicles, but the ex WD 16H Norton I drove to Spain and Italy in 1958 was stolen on Govt Service in 1981.
I have a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, worked at the Laboratory of the Govt Chemist from 1964-79, then at Dept of Health until 1986 when I took very early retirement, since when I have been writing graphical display software for quality control. I still use good old BBCBASIC on PC's