The barque Vere was launched in Chester, England, in 1811 as a West Indiaman. She later traded with Africa and Canada. She was last listed in 1842 as she grounded and was condemned in early 1843.
On 26 September 1820, Vere, Allen, master, was arriving at Liverpool from Jamaica when she ran ashore on the bank near the Duke's Dock. She was got off the next day after she had discharged part of her cargo, and was brought into the dock.[2][3]
On 25 October 1824, Vere, Robert Allen, master, imported merchandise with an invoice value of £2115 8s4d to the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Year
Master
Owner
Trade
Source & notes
1828
R.Allen Arrowsmith
Fletcher & Co.
Liverpool–Jamaica
LR; damages repaired 1820 & small repair 1824
1829
J.Cudd
Tobin & Co.
Liverpool–Africa
LR; damages repaired 1820 & small repair 1824
1831
J.Cudd J.Griffith
Tobin & Co.
Liverpool–Africa
LR; damages repaired 1820 & small repair 1824 and 1830
1832
J.Griffith Hemmingway
Tobin & Co.
Liverpool–Africa
LR; damages repaired 1820 & small repair 1824 and 1830
Vere, Hemmingway, master, arrived at Fernando Po on 24 August 1831 from Bonny. She sailed from there on 5 September and arrived back at Liverpool around 24 November. Coming into Fernando Po she struck several times on the bar and was leaky when she left.[4]
Year
Master
Owner
Trade
Source & notes
1834
Larkman
1839
Casseidy J.Wills
G.Castle Silby & Sons
London Poole–Quebec
LR; large repair 1840
On 27 October 1840 Vere ran aground on Hamilton's Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Quebec CitytoPortsmouth, Hampshire.[5] She had to be lightened to be gotten off.
On 29 March 1843, in a heavy snowstorm, Vere ran aground on Herd Harbour Point, Campbell's Islands, New Brunswick. She was refloated but subsequently had to be beached on Sandy Island, where she was condemned. She was on a voyage from Poole, DorsettoSaint John, New Brunswick.[6][7] Her crew were saved.
^At the time of this painting (1833), Vere was still in service and made one round trip that year from Liverpool to West African ports; she sailed on 12 March 1833, and returned on 24 October. Anglesey is on the shipping track for those voyages. There was another barque "Vere" at the same time, built in 1833 at Sunderland, but she made her first departure from London for Jamaica on or about 6 October 1833, and would not have been in the Anglesey area.
^Samuel Walters was a painter based in Liverpool, and Vere, was both owned and registered there.
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