Hello Nivard, The ship's name appears to have been Haidee. According to the MNL, Kellow's certificate was number 526, as a 2nd class master, examined at London. Kellow was said to have been born in 1817, and gained his cert. on the 29 Dec. 1847, then of the barque Earl of Ripon of London. Curiously, the certificate was only finally removed in the 1861 MNL, and then there is merely a blank rather than it being annotated as cancelled. A Robert Kellow died at East Stonehouse, Plymouth, in the June quarter of 1882 at the age of 64, which might possibly be him. All of which is probably not a great deal of good to you! Regards, PK ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: mariners-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 26 June, 2011 20:41:36 Subject: [MAR] Robert KELLOW circa 1855 - 1858 Try again :-( (you get the distinct impression that Roostweb don't want you to post things!) I wondered if anyone had anything on a Captain Robert KELLOW There is a newspaper article about his involvement as Master of the Haldee in August 1855, they sailed from Plymouth to Quebec and landed in October he is then replaced as Master and his involvement seems to revolve around him not paying the crews wages , the main dispute is the new owner Thomas HOBBS of Liverpool trying to take possession of the ship from a Richard KINSLEY There is also the following article The Mercantile marine magazine and nautical record 1858 At the Royal Court of the resident magistrate, Cape Town, on the 17th June last, Robert Kellow, Master of the ship Countess of Yarborough, of London, was tried upon charges of drunkenness and obstructing the sailing of said vessel, proffered against him by Thomas Tinley Esq, Shipping Master, Cape Town. Defendant did not appear although he was personally summoned. It being the opinion of the Court that there existed sufficient ground for removing the Master from the command of the ship, and the above having been represented to the Board of Trade, their Lordships have directed that the Certificate of Competency, No 536, of Robert Kellow, shall be Canceled. Anyone have anything on this man please? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- 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