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Total mercantile voyages between 24 December 1914 & 30 August 1957 was 2751.

 

 

H. Hughes skippered                               118 voyages 

 4%

 

 

W. Hughes skippered                               128 voyages

5%

 

 

George P. Hartnoll skippered                   384 voyages

14%

 

 

Jack Newcombe skippered                     2121 voyages

77%

 

 

 

 

 

                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total light voyages

1287

 

 

Total cargo voyages

1464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Average cargo tonnage on 1464 voyages

197.82

 

 

 

Grand total of tonnage for cargo shipped between Thursday 24 December 1914 & Friday 30 August 1957 (42 years 249 days).

289602.92 Tons

 

 

Types of cargo.

  

 

Comparison of clay and coal quantities shipped.

 

 

                                                

Ports visited.


 

Ports visited between 24 December 1914 & 30 August 1957

 

Number of visits

Predominant cargo carried from the port mentioned

 

 

 

Amlwch, Anglesey

2

 

Antwerp, Belgium

82

Generally shipping cement and glass to Exeter

Appledore, North Devon

10

 

Avonmouth, Bristol

14

Generally shipping to South Wales

Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland

43

 

Generally shipping coal to Kingsbridge and Cornish ports

Ballinacurra(n) (Ballynacorra), Ireland

1

Ballydor(a)n, Co. Down, Ireland

1

 

Barnstaple, North Devon

6

 

Barry, South Wales

14

 

Bideford, North Devon

7

Generally shipping clay (from ECC pits at Meeth?)

Birkenhead, Cheshire

6

 

Boulogne, France

1

 

Braunton, North Devon

6

Generally shipping gravel

Bridgwater, Somerset

2

             Bricks

Bristol

1

 

Briton Ferry, South Wales

5

 

Brussels, Belgium

2

 

 

Cardiff, South Wales

16

 

Charlestown, Cornwall

10

Generally shipping clay to Garston and Runcorn

Combwich, Somerset

3

             Bricks

Cork, Ireland

2

 

Cowes, Isle of Wight

5

             Cement

 

Dartford, Kent

 

 

1

 

Dartmouth, South Devon

3

 

Devonport, South Devon

1

 

Devoran, Cornwall

10

 

Diel [Doel], Antwerp, Belgium

1

 

Dieppe, France

7

Stone boulders to Teignmouth

Dublin, Ireland

2

 

Dunball, Somerset

2

 

 

Eling, Southampton, Hampshire

 

7

 

Ellesmere (Port), Cheshire

1

 

Ely Harbour, Cardiff, South Wales

508

             Coal to Ilfracombe

Exeter, South Devon

75

Tallow to Antwerp via Teignmouth

Exmouth, South Devon

6

 

 

Falmouth, Cornwall

 

 

9

 

Fowey, Cornwall

3

 

Fremington, North Devon

15

 

 

 

 

 

Garston, Liverpool

45

           Coal to Cornwall

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

52

 

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

3

 

Goole, South Yorkshire

1

 

Granville, France

1

 

Guernsey, Channel Islands

23

Tomatoes and vegetables to Poole

Gweek, Cornwall

2

 

 

Hayle, Cornwall

 

 

1

 

Highbridge, Somerset

3

 

 

Ilfracombe, North Devon

 

 

850

 

 

Jersey, Channel Islands

 

 

11

 

 

Keadby, North Lincolnshire

 

 

1

 

Kingsbridge, South Devon

25

 

 

(Le) Havre, France

 

 

1

 

Littlehampton, West Sussex

1

 

Liverpool

1

 

London

10

Cement to South Devon

Looe, Cornwall

4

 

Lydney, Gloucestershire

330

             Coal to Ilfracombe

 

Maryport, Cumbria

 

 

1

 

            Coal

Mevagissey, Cornwall

4

 

Minehead, Somerset

2

 

 

Neil [Niel], Antwerp, Belgium

 

 

2

 

            Bricks

Newhaven, East Sussex

13

            Cement to Devon

Newlyn, Cornwall

3

            Stone

Newport, South Wales

31

Coal to Ilfracombe and Fremington

Newport, Isle of Wight

5

            Cement

Nieu(w)po(o)rt, Belgium

1

            Bricks

 

Padstow, Cornwall

 

 

18

 

Par, Cornwall

37

Clay to Garston and Runcorn

Penarth, Cardiff, South Wales

1

            Coal

Penryn, Cornwall

19

 

Pentewan, Cornwall

1

 

Penzance, Cornwall

4

 

Plymouth, South Devon

20

 

Polperro, Cornwall

2

 

Poole, Dorset

17

 

Port Talbot, South Wales

3

 

Porthleven, Cornwall

3

 

Porthoustock, Cornwall

1

 

Portsmouth, Hampshire

5

 

Preston, Lancashire

6

          Coal

 

Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent

 

 

3

 

 

Redbridge, Southampton, Hampshire

 

 

1

 

Rochester, Kent

2

         Cement

Rum(p)st, Antwerp, Belgium

2

 

Runcorn, Cheshire

38

         Coal to Cornwall

 

Salcombe, South Devon

 

 

4

 

Saltash, Cornwall

1

 

Sharpness, Gloucestershire

2

 

Shoreham (by Sea), West Sussex

7

 

Southampton, Hampshire

2

 

St. Germans, Cornwall

1

 

St. Mawes, Cornwall

1

 

Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire

1

 

Swansea, South Wales

17

 

 

Tamise [Temse], Antwerp, Belgium

 

 

1

 

Teignmouth, South Devon

137

Clay to Antwerp and Glasgow

Terneuzen, The Netherlands

2

 

Topsham, South Devon

11

 

Torpoint, Cornwall

4

 

Torquay, South Devon

5

 

Totnes, South Devon

1

 

Troon, Strathclyde, Scotland

1

 

Truro, Cornwall

21

 

Tuckenhay, South Devon

2

 

 

Valley, Holyhead, Anglesey

 

 

1

 

 

Wadebridge, Cornwall

 

 

1

 

Watchet, Somerset

1

 

Waterford, Ireland

1

 

Weston Point, Cheshire

16

 

Wexford, Ireland

2

 

Weymouth, Dorset

2

 

Widness, Cheshire

3

 

Willebroe(c)ke, Antwerp, Belgium

2

 

 

Youghal, Ireland

 

 

 

1

 

Total voyages

2751

 

 

                 

114 different ports visited by Eilian between 24 December 1914 & 30 August 1957 marked by the red flags

                                                         

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relative frequency of ports visited by Eilian between 24 December 1914 & 30 August 1957.

 

List of vessels on which Jack Newcombe served

Information supplied by:

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Maritime History Archive, St. John’s, Newfoundland, A1C 5S7, CANADA

Name of Vessel    Official Number  Joined Vessel
Marjorie 112466 12 March 1914
C.F.H. (Charles Francis Hobson) 99268 24 November 1914
Maggie Annie 78706 10 April 1919
Las Palmas 143279  3 February 1920
H.M.T. (His Majesties Transport) Czar 142324 14 May 1920
Cahiracon 113903   1920 - 1921
British Admiral 140315 14 April 1921
British Admiral 140315 10 June 1921
Corby 115220 31 August 1921
Bessie Ellen 120098  1921 - 1923
Eilian 127943 6 October 1923

 

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