AMELIA was built in 1826 by C & J Smith at Liverpool with
a tonnage of 200 burthen, a length of 90ft 11in and a beam of
22ft 6in. Sister of the Bispham the pair were the only true
sisters in Bibby's sailing ship fleet. She was sold to Jameson
& Co. of Kirkcaldy in 1840 and in 1850 her last recorded
ownership was with Ingo & Co. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who
used her for trading to the Baltic.
FANNY CONNELL was built in 1827 by C &
J Smith at Liverpool with a tonnage of 171 burthen, a length
of 83ft 11in and a beam of 21ft 11in. Built in wood she was
the barque rigged ship built for John Bibby & Co. She was
sold to London owners in 1842 and thereafter details of her
career are not known.
ANN PALEY was built in 1827 by Lomax &
Wilson at Tranmere with a tonnage of 166 burthen, a length of
83ft 11in and a beam of 21ft 11in. A wooden barque built for
John Bibby & Co. she was lost in 1842 during a voyage from
Liverpool to Oporto.
MARGARET HIGHFIELD was built in 1828 by C
& J Smith at Liverpool with a tonnage of 178 burthen, a
length of 85ft 4in and a beam of 31ft 10in. A wooden brig she
was purchased new and named after John Highfield's wife. In
1840 she was abandoned after striking a reef off Nassau.
DUCHESS OF CLARENCE was built in 1828 at Ilfracombe
with a tonnage of 274 burthen, a length of 95ft 6in and a beam
of 26ft. A wooden barque she was acquired in 1828. In 1842 she
was felted and copper sheathed prior to being sold to Fletcher
& Co. of London. No further details of her career are known.
HENRY HOYLE was built in 1829 by C & J
Smith at Liverpool with a tonnage of 207 burthen, a length of
88ft 2in and a beam of 22ft 2in. A brig constructed with greenheart
wood she was built for John Bibby & Co. Sold in 1840 no
further details are known of her career.
ELLEN GERMAN was built in 1833 by Joseph Steel
& Co. at Liverpool with a tonnage of 176 burthen, a length
of 84ft and a beam of 21ft 6in. Built in wood and snow rigged
she was another new purchase by John Bibby & Co. She was
sold to Rose & Co. in 1840 and her subsequent career is
unknown.
WARRIOR was built in 1833 by Isaac Middleton
at Maryport with a tonnage of 99 burthen, a length of 64ft and
a beam of 19ft. Built in wood and snow rigged she was purchased
new by John Bibby & Co. for local trade. The third smallest
ship ever purchased she was constructed with oak birch, oak
frames and planked with pine. She was sold to John Kelly of
Belfast in 1842 for use as a collier sailing between England
& Belfast. Her subsequent career is unknown.
EMMA was built in 1833 by Sedon & Leadley
at Birkenhead with a tonnage of 153 burthen, a length of 81ft
6in and a beam of 20ft 4in. Wooden built she was the third ship
acquired in 1833 for the Mediterranean trade. In 1833 she was
felted and copper sheathed for the West Indian trade. She was
sold to Job Bros. of Liverpool in 1849 for trading to the Mediterranean
and by 1856 all trace of her was lost.
CESTRIAN was built in 1834 by Cleague at Ramsey,
Isle of Man with a tonnage of 380 burthen, a length of 109ft
and a beam of 29ft 10in. Wooden built and ship rigged she was
acquired by John Bibby & Co. and was their largest ship
to date. In 1840 she was sold to Maxwell & Co. of Glasgow
for trading south to England and the Mediterranean. No further
details are known about her career.
MARY ANN was built in 1824 at Liverpool with
a tonnage of 174 burthen, a length of 82ft 6in and a beam of
19ft 11in. Built in wood and ship rigged she was acquired by
John Bibby & Co. in 1836 and was the smallest three masted
ship ever owned by the company. In 1842 she was partially redecked
before being sold to James & Co. with whom she traded for
a further ten years.
JESSIE MILLER was built in 1840 at Pictou,
Nova Scotia with a tonnage of 382 burthen, a length of 97ft
7in and a beam of 23ft 2in. She was a typical wooden, Nova Scotian
brig with tall masts and a fair rake. Acquired by John Bibby
& Sons in 1843 for the Bombay service she was the first
ship to join the fleet under the new style of name. On her second
annual sailing in 1844 she carried a cargo for the East India
Company which consisted of two river boats, two house boats
and associated machinery which were built in the United Kingdom,
dismantled and then reconstructed after arrival in India. She
was sold in 1852 and thereafter all trace of her was lost.
OAK was built in 1841at Sunderland with a
tonnage of 342 burthen, a length of 96ft 10in and a beam of
24ft 5in. Built in wood and snow rigged she was acquired by
John Bibby & Sons in 1844. She was wrecked on the coast
of Brazil in 1849.
HANNIBAL was built in 1843 by Alan Gilmour
at Quebec with a tonnage of 821 burthen, a length of 129ft 8in
and a beam of 30ft 8in. Built in wood and ship rigged she was
built for George T. Soley who operated a fleet of Canadian built
vessels. When she was built the frames were sprayed with brine
to harden them and lumps of rock salt were placed on top of
the timbers to be dissolved by the rain. Her wooden tree nails
were also pickled in brine. She was acquired by John Bibby &
Sons in 1844 for deployment on the growing Bombay service. Twice
the tonnage of any other ship owned she was the company's second
largest sailing ship. In 1845 her outward bound cargo consisted
of dismantled river craft for the East India Company. She was
sold back to G. T. Soley in 1852 and details of her subsequent
career are unknown.
ENGLAND was mentioned in Bibby's records but
no details ever appeared in Lloyds Register.
GLENAVON was built in 1834 at Jersey with
a tonnage of 263 burthen and dimensions which are unknown. A
wooden brig she was acquired in 1846 but further details are
not known and she was not listed in Lloyds Register.
JANE ROBERTS was built in 1847 at Barnstable
with a tonnage of 31 burthen and dimensions which are unknown.
A wooden built sloop she traded locally out of Barnstable before
being acquired by John Bibby & Sons in 1848. The smallest
vessel ever owned by the company, she was marginally larger
than a lifeboat on a modern day cruise ship and probably used
on the Mersey for transhipment duties.
JUVERNA was built in 1838 at Waterford with
a tonnage of 311 burthen, a length of 107ft 5in and a beam of
24ft. A wooden barque she was acquired by John Bibby & Co.
for their Valparaiso service in 1849. She was laid up at Liverpool
in 1850 and in 1853 was felted and copper sheathed for trading
in the tropics. In 1855 she returned to service but only until
1857 when she was sold to Brice & Co. Details of her subsequent
career are unknown.
TITBIT was built in 1849 by J. Cox at Bridport
with a tonnage of 144 burthen, a length of 79ft 7in and a beam
of 18ft 8in. Built in wood she was acquired new for the Lisbon
service and was only Bibby's only topsail schooner. In 1854
she was replaced by the steamship Douro, felted and sheathed
with yellow metal and then sold to Duarte & Co. for trading
to Spain. She was later re-registered in Spain and thereafter
all trace of her was lost.
PEDLAR was built in 1849 by J. Cox at Bridport
with a tonnage of 193 burthen, a length of 87ft and a beam of
20ft 4in. A wooden brig she was acquired new by John Bibby &
Sons. She was felted and sheathed with yellow metal in 1853
for the West Indies trade. In 1853 she was sold to Imrie &
Tomlinson of Liverpool for operation by their White Star Line
of Packets, the forerunner on the White Star Line, and traded
annually to New Zealand. No further details of career are known.
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