I have been following this thread with interest, particularly because it is "local" to my own River Tees (UK) location, with Seaham just over 20 miles north, and Bridlington around 65 miles south. This also shows me how little I know, historically, about what went on, more or less in my own backyard! Looking at Christie's Register for 1858 (online at: http://books.google.ie/books?id=XdwNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ) Mick seems to be correct insofar as it appears Seaham was a sub-port to Sunderland with any Seaham owned ships likely to be registered there. As far as the Bridlington Bay storm of February 1871 is concerned I imagine Carol and others have already undertaken a general web search and discovered quite a number of detailed accounts of that event, some of which mention the loss of the LAVINIA purely in passing. I've also been checking Lloyd's Registers which are online for both 1869 and 1870 and the Rochester-registered LAVINIA does not show, which indicates she was not classed by Lloyd's at that time. (A few years later, the Registers did start to include non-classed vessels.) Ron Mapplebeck Middlesbrough (UK) **** On 07/06/2011 00:23, Mick wrote: > Hi Carol > > As far as I know Seaham was not a port of register (I am open to > correction) but this Lavinia may have worked out of there. > > Lavinia Official Number 2593 > > Originally registered in Lyme 1853 and MNL 1860 lists her still in > Lyme > http://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/vesselsnumview.php?OfficialNumber=2593 > > She Appears In The MNL 1864, 68 and 1870 Registered in Rochester, > owned G.French High Street Chatham, He may have been a Managing > Owner. The Register for 2593 Lavinia was closed early in 1871 vessel > reported lost in February so I am sure this is the vessel you are > looking for. There was one other Lavinia taken off the register in > 1871 this was 5759 Reg Plymouth 83 tons she was dropped in December > 1871. > > Maritime History Archive has some Crew information. > http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/viewcombinedcrews.php?Official_No=2593 > > > > You can purchase copies of crew records from Maritime History > Archive, if you do please let us know how you got on. > > Mick > > Mariners List > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: CarolK Kampenhout To: Mariners > Rootsweb Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 6:01 AM Subject: [MAR] Vessel > "Lavinia" wreck in the Bridlington Bay Feb 1871 > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >