TAYLEUR

AN IRON HULL CLIPPER SHIP BUILT IN 1853 BY TAYLEURS OF WARRINGTON ( I ALSO HAVE HER DOWN AS BEING BUILT BY  WILLIAM RENNIE OF LIVERPOOL ) FOR CHARLES MOORE, SHE HAD BEEN LAUNCHED ON 4T OCTOBER 1853.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1997 TONS AND THE LARGEST VESSEL TO BE BUILT IN ENGLAND TO DATE.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE AT A COST OF �34,000, SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL IN JANUARY 1854, BUT WITHIN TWO DAYS ( 21ST JANUARY 1854 ) SHE WAS TO WRECK ON LAMBAY ISLAND ( DUBLIN BAY ) SHE CARRIED 558 PASSENGERS AND CREW, 276 OF THESE WERE TO DROWN. THE COURT OF ENQUIRY FOUND THE OWNERS , CHARLES MOORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE  TRAGEDY BY WAY  OF NEGLECT.ANOTHER THEORY BEING THAT THE SHIPS IRON HULL INTERFERED WITH THE CORRECT ADJUSTMENT OF THE SHIPS COMPASSES, CONTRIBUTING TO HER FOUNDERING ON LAMBAY ISLAND. SHE SANK AT THE FOLLOWING CO-ORDINATES 53.28.54 NORTH 06.01.12 WEST