IRBY 

IRBY WAS A IRON VESSEL  OF 1,523 / 1,480TONS SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY  R J EVANS AT LIVERPOOL IN 1881 AND  REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL AND HAD BEEN BUILT FOR T H ISMAY ( WHITE STAR LINE )

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1882 TO H W HEWITT, WHO WORKED FOR ISMAY ? AS MARINE SUPERINTENDANT

SHE LATER PASSED HANDS TO  CHADWICK & PRITCHARD

IN 1888 SHE WAS  OWNED BY IRBY SHIP CO LTD

IN 1912 SHE WAS OWNED BY GALGATE SHIPPING CO LTD BUT  MANAGED BY JOHN JOYCE

SHE WAS CAPTURED AND INTERNED BY THE GERMANS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1914

ON THE 17TH JANUARY 1919 WHILE ON A VOAYAGE TO ENGLAND SHE HIT A MINE

 

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SHE WAS A VESSEL WITH FOUR MASTS AND A VESSEL OF 1,881 TONS BUT ALL THE OTHER DETAILS MATCH THAT OF THE 'IRBY' ABOVE - SO I BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN ERROR. THE PICTURE ABOVE DEFINITLY IS THE 'IRBY ' OF 1881

 

 

 

  

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