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Jane Cory Voyage History
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Jackson Bros. & Cory
Cory, Lohden & Co., was formed in 1869 by Ebenezer Cory and Jacob Lohden. They went into partnership with George and Walter Jackson of London as ship agents and ship insurance brokers. In December 1881 Jacob Lohden left the partnership and started up as J. Lohden & Co. Ebenezer started up as E. Cory & Co. By 1885 the company had become Jackson Bros. & Cory. Ebenezer was also part of the firm of Cory, Wilcocks & Co., colliery agents of Fenchurch Street, London. Jackson Bros. & Cory was broken up in 1923 and became Jackson Bros.
Cory, Lohden & Co., had nine ships between 1869 and 1881. E. Cory & Co., had three ships between 1881 and 1886.
Family History:
Ebenezer Cory was born in April 1841 at Cardiff to parents Richard and Sarah. He married Jane Pyman, daughter of George Pyman, in 1865 and they had three children. Jane died in 1870 and Ebenezer remarried in 1871 to Janet Gow Irvine, daughter of Robert Irvine, shipbuilder. The couple had five children. The family lived at Stranton, West Hartlepool before moving to Surrey.
Ebenezer shot himself on 7 October 1886 at Claremont Villa, Trewsbury Road, Penge at the age of just 45. Those close to him stated that he had been unwell for a time. The subsequent inquest found that he had committed suicide whilst of unsound mind. Ebenezer left a personal estate of £7,235.
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Jane Cory - a general history
Completed November 1870; Official No. 65033; Code Letters WQGK; Code Letters JGHQ.
Owners: 1870 Ebenezer Cory & Co. Hartlepool; 1874 Cory, Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool; 1882 E. Cory & Co. West Hartlepool; 1887 R. Irvine junior (Jackson Bros. & Cory) West Hartlepool; 1890 Jackson Bros. & Cory (George Jackson, Crosby Square, London) West Hartlepool; 1895 J. Millar, Gothenburg-renamed Jane; 1910 William Millar, Gothenburg.
Masters: 1870-72 Brown; 1872-74 Hardcastle; 1874-80 J Garrick; 1881-87 Henry Webber; 1887-88 Matthew Peacock; 1888-89 Martin; 1890-93 RS Thompson; 1894-96 J Gibson; 1896-97 EGT Elzvik; 1898-1907 AO Nilsson; 1907-09 A Olsson; 1916 Wilhelm Johansson; 1923 Osterman.
Miscellaneous: In 1914 while Jane was at St Nazaire a Russian crewman fatally stabbed a German crewman. The perpetrator was held at St Nazaire.
Voyages: 3 December 1870 went ashore on Vogel Sands & was refloated; 30 August 1871 arrived Gravesend from Riga; 6 June 1872 arrived Genoa from Newcastle; from Carthegena for London on 12 February 1873 she called at Gibraltar to replenish her coal & was towed back from Cape Spartel with damage. Part of her cargo was fruit which was transferred to another steamer. After being repaired she loaded with linseed oil & proceeded; 23 November 1877 arrived Gravesend from Riga; 18 April 1880 docked at Wismar; 22 February 1881 arrived Dartmouth from Bilbao; from Hartlepool for Riga with sleepers at the end of November 1881 she grounded at Oland & was leaky so put into Copenhagen for repairs; 29 August 1897 arrived Bristol from Dalbeattie; October 1883 bound from Soderhamn for Dover with planks Jane Cory collided with the Norwegian steamer Niord in Copenhagen Roads. Both vessels were badly damaged; 5 June 1885 arrived Grimsby from Riga; 28 November 1886 from Drontheim for Antwerp she was towed back with a broken piston rod & smashed cylinder cover; 12 August 1887 from Hartlepool for Wismar with coal was towed into the Tyne leaky; 7 March 1889 arrived Cardiff from Gibraltar.
On a voyage from Balta Sound to Lerwick with 473 barrels of herring & a crew of 14 (including a female stewardess) the Jane went ashore at the north end of Linga at the south entrance to Bluemull Sound on 19 July 1923. She re-floated & then stranded again on Sound Guney & sank in deep water. All her crew were saved. The wreck has been identified & her bell & several of her portholes are now in the Shetland Museum at Lerwick.
Crew June 1881:
Webber, Henry, master, 31, Snape, Suffolk; Appleton, Richard, 2nd mate, 34, Whiby; Blumer, Charles, able seaman, 45, Helgoland; Brown, Samuel, fireman, 27, West Hartlepool; Edwards, William John, 1st mate, 23, Swansea; Green, Albert, engineer’s steward, 23, West Hartlepool; Hetherington, Louis, fireman, 23, Gateshead; Hill, George, fireman, 32, Guilford, Surrey; Horsley, Richard, fireman, 23, East Hartlepool; Howell. William, able seaman, 26, Snape, Suffolk; Pollen, Charles, able seaman, 39, Camberwell, Surrey; Robertson, Robert, able seaman, 28, Shetland, Lerwick; Rogers, John, cook/steward, 44, Woolwich, Kent; Smith, Walter, 2nd engineer, 38, Lincoln; Smith, William, able seaman, 22, Snape, Suffolk; Turner, William, 1st engineer, 47, Hetton, Durham; Walker, William, boatswain, 53, Bristol; Wilson, William, fireman, 30, Sunderland.
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