Hello Paul, I haven't seen you get any response yet, so here's a bit. She was a busy little ship (at least 20 citations in the shipping news from October 1844 to October 1860), but possibly not a happy one. In that time period,  she went through six masters by my notes (Murdoch, Stewart, Walker, Burn, Newton or Newsome, Wilson), seven counting your Captain Turner. Turner must have taken command after 3 September, 1858 because I see Wilson as master at that date. She was reported in The Newcastle Courant of Friday, 19 October, 1860 as "recently lost" "waterlogged in the North Sea".  There must have been survivors because only two deaths were reported - an unnamed boy and seaman Daniel Andrews of Blyth of  "exposure and exhaustion". Andrews left a widow and young family. One week later, on 26 October, 1860, the Newcastle Courant reported "The Sir John Rennie of this port, bottom up and dismasted, was driven ashore off Rinkjobing." Regards, Adi --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Paul Andrews <andrews43@ntlworld.com> wrote Good morning people I would be interested in any information that anyone would have on the following ship. I understand that she sank in the Baltic Sea in October 1860 following a storm. I've been searching the net for a picture but alas have not been successful yet. Regards Paul SIR JOHN RENNIE - 1859-1860 Master: Captain A. Turner Rigging: Snow Tonnage: 186 tons Construction: 1845 in Sunderland; repairs to damages in 1854 & 1857 Owners: Bowman & Co. Port of registry: Blyth Port of survey: Blyth Voyage: sailed for Denmark (1859); the Baltic Sea (1860)