Thankyou for that John. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jduerkop@cogeco.ca> To: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com>; "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [MAR] Bridget/Colombo > As an aside - > > Eileen Marcil's history of Quebec shipbuilding, "The Charlie-Man" gives > BRIDGET's builder's name as Joseph Dubord-Angers. She was originally > registered at the port of Quebec. An English transcript of the original > construction contract is included. It is five pages long and covers all > the work done and payments made from the time the first timbers were cut > and paid for (5 November 1860) until rigging was completed (15 June 1861). > Tonnage was calculated at 979 tons and payment was 40/ a ton so the cost > was 1,949 pounds. > > John > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:57 AM > To: "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [MAR] Bridget/Colombo > >> Hi have been told that the Colombo lost in the Cyclone at Calcutta was >> originally Bridget but can find no reference to either Bridget or >> Colombo. This is the reason for the question re: Ships number remaining >> the same when there is a change. Does anyone have references to the >> Bridget please. >> The information I was given was; >> Colombo, built 1863 by AJ Duberd at Point aux Trembles, near quebec as >> the >> BRIDGET. >> 934 grt., 863 net. Dim.: 170.0 x 35.2 x 21.0 ft. >> Registered at Liverpool (n. 520), on Dec. 24, 1863 as COLOMBO, for Wm >> Thompson Dixon & Edward Wm Wynne. >> Lost at Calcutta Oct. 5, 1864. >> >> I have been to Quebec to the port there in 1998 to see if they had a >> photof of another ship. I remember them having a thick book with photos >> of ships and information of other shiips without pictures so maybe they >> could even help. >> >> The chap who gave me the information cannot find his reference for it. >> He gave the number as 37096, signal letters SCNB we could really do with >> this ship seamans list. >> >> Does anyone else have this information and cantell me where this came >> from please aas we would like to quote a reference in our research as one >> does. >> Thanks >> Edie >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >