Jessie Annandale
Brigantine, 123 tons, built at Sunderland in 1857, managing owner 1857-66 Benjamin Balkwill
Launched: 1857 Oct 17 by Brown & Johnson in Sunderland. William Annandale of Dodbroke was the principal shareholder (48 shares in 1857).
Fate: 1866 transferred to Colchester. 1909 Jan 25 register closed - hulked on the River Orwell, Ipswich
Masters: James Harley 1857-6, Thomas Gillard, 1857-8, John Harnden 1863-5, Amos Steer 1864-5, Edwards 1865, Pitt 1867, Harvey 1867-1875, Mills 1888, Smith 1890, Wedgwood 1893
Lloyd's Register
1858, 1860: Jessie Annandale, brigantine, 123 tons, master Harley, built at Sunderland under special survey in 1857, owner B. Balkwill, reg. port Salcombe, destined voyage Sunderland Medit, 8 years A1 1857, felted and yellow metalled 1857
1862: master Harley superseded by Harnden, survey port Hull, 8 years A1 May 1862, yellow metalled 1862
1864: 87.5' x 21' x 11'
1866: line through owner 'B. Balkwill', and reg. port 'Salcombe'
1868: no owner, home port stated
1870: not listed
1874: Jessie Annandale, bark, 123 tons, 88.7' x 21.3' x 11.1', built at Sunderland in 1857, owner J. Husk, home port Colchester, off. No. 20177, signal letters M.W.C.D.
1883: brigantine, owner A.Harvey, home port Colchester,
1889: built by Brown & Johnson at Sunderland in Aug 1857
1893, 1894: master R.Wedgwood, owner Lennard & Danby
1896: owner J.Danby & Son, reg. port Colchester,
1898: owner R.& W. Paul Ltd.
Mercantile Navy List
1864, 1867: Jessie Annandale, Dartmouth, off. No.20177
1867: Jessie Annandale, Colchester, 123 tons, owner James Husk, Wivenhoe, Essex, signal letters M.W.C.D.
1875: ditto, brigantine, built Sunderland 1857
1876, 1879, 1882, 1885, 1889, 1892, 1893: owner Abraham Harvey, Wivenhoe, Essex
1895, 1897, 1898: 113 tons, managing owner John Danby, West Hartlepool
1899, 1904, 1907: owner R.& W. Paul Ltd., Ipswich, manager W.F.Paul, Ipswich
Port Register
Dartmouth Port register for Jessie Annandale dated 31.10.1857 (Salcombe was a sub port of Dartmouth until 1865 when it became a separate port of registry). Entry states;
Jessie Annandale, built Sunderland 17 Oct 1857, 122 64/100 tons, 88' x 21' 3" x 11' 1", one deck, two masts, square stern, carvel built, figurehead - woman's bust, framework wood. Shareholders: Benjamin Balkwill of Kingsbridge 4 shares, William Annandale of Dodbrook (Kingsbridge), shipowner 48 shares, Mary Crimp of Dodbrook, spinster 10 shares, Robert Hancock Balkwill of West Alvington, shipowner 8 shares. All in the County of Devon.
William Annandale sold 8 of his shares to James Harley, her first master, in December 1857 and the remainder in 1862 (16 shares to John Harnden who commanded her between 1863-5, 4 to Mary Crimp and the remainder to George, James and Benjamin Balkwill).
Sailing History
1858-1866: Mediterranean fruit and general deep sea trader
1858 Jan 1 (Daily News) Jessie Annandale sailed from Salcombe Dec 30 to Valencia
1858 April 6 (Daily News) Jessie Annandale at Salcombe April 4, from Malta
1858 Sept 25 (Gloucester Journal) Port of Gloucester Imports. From Girgenti, the Jessy (sic) Annandale, of Salcombe, Harley, with 124 tons brimstone for E. L. Kendall
1859 Feb 4 (Morning Post) Gravesend Feb 4. Arrived Jessie Annandale from Seville
1859 March 10 (Daily News) The Admiralty have engaged the following ships to convey stores - Jessie Annandale for Gibraltar
1859 March 15 (Morning Chronicle) Customs House London March 14 Entered out Jessie Annandale for Gibraltar
1859 Sept 28 (Belfast Newsletter) Queenstown Sept 27 arrived Jessie Annandale, from Ibrail (Braila, Rumania)
1859 Oct 10 (Belfast Morning News)sailed, the Jessie Annandale, for Preston
1859 Nov 19 (Preston Guardian) Preston, sailed Jessie Annandale for Marseilles, pitch
1860 April 7 (Norfolk Chronicle) Yarmouth, sailed Jessie Annandale, Harley, for Stockton
1860 June 15 (Newcastle Courant)The Jessie Annandale, Harley, from Newcastle arrived at Valencia on June 2nd.
1860 Aug 7 (Carlisle Journal) Liverpool Aug 2, arrived Jessie Annandale, Hardy (sic) from San Lucar (near Cadiz)
1860 Aug 17 (Newcastle Courant) Vessels spoken with, the barque Isabel July 25 in lat 45N, long 12W by Jessie Annandale , Harley at Liverpool
1860 Oct 30 (Liverpool Daily Post) Jessie Annandale at Harbour Grace N.F. from Liverpool
1861 April 2 (Glasgow Herald) Liverpool arrived. April 1 Jessie Annandale from Valencia.
1861 April 2 (Liverpool Daily Post) Advert. Sale tomorrow , April 3, at 12 o'clock at the Commercial Sale Room, Temple Court, 45 cases of Valencia oranges ex Jessie Annandale, Canning Basin. Apply to James Adam & Son Also 500 cases by Dring & Co. brokers
1861 April 18 (Caledonian mercury) Liverpool April 16, sailed Jessie Annandale, Harley for Lisbon
1861 June 3 (Morning Chronicle) Liverpool, June 1, arrived Jessie Annandale from Lisbon
1861 Sept 3 (Liverpool Daily Post) Jessie Annandale at Harbour Grace N.F. from Liverpool
1862 June 26 (Shields Daily Gazette) Shields, June 26, Jessie Annandale sailed for London
1862 July 5 (KG) June 19 Jessie Annandale at Gibraltar
1863 June 20 (KG) May 15 Jessie Annandale at Ponce, Puerto Rico
1864 July 6 (Newcastle Journal) The Jessie Annandale from Shields for Alexandria , put into Salcombe on July 3
1865 Jan 14 (Newcastle Journal) Rotterdam, Jan 9, sailed LizzyGarrow, and Jessie Annandale,for the Tyne
1865 Jan 15 master John Harnden discharged at Rotterdam. His next command was Alvington.
1865 Jan 21 (Shields Daily Gazette) Helveot, Jan 18, sailed Jessie Annandale, Harnden, for Shields
1865 Jan 24 (Newcastle Journal) Shields, arrived Jessie Annandale from Rotterdam with ore
1865 Feb 18 (Newcastle Guardian) Jessie Annandale, Edwards, from Shields for Patras, put into Salcombe on Feb 12
1865 March 31 (Hull Packet) Patras March 8 Jessie Annandale, Edwards, from Newcastle
1866-1909: Collier and coastal trader
1867 Aug 30 (Essex Standard) Colchester Aug 29 sailed Jessie Annandale, Harvey, Shields, ballast
1867 Nov 4 (Shields Daily Gazette) Sunderland, exports. Jessie Annandale, 122 tons, Pitt, Bruges, 220 tons large coals. £110, J. Hudson & Co.
1875 April 29 (Sunderland Daily Echo) Sunderland Custom House, exports.Nov 2, Jessie Annandale, 122, for Fecamp, 200 tons of coals, £200, J. Hudson and Co.
1875 May 21 (Sunderland Daily Echo) The Jessie Annandale, Harvey, from Seaham for Teignmouth, put into Portland Roads on Wednesday
1882 April 6 (Sunderland Daily Echo) Sunderland Custom House, exports. Jessie Annandale. 123, for Exmouth, 200 tons coals, W. Laythorpe.
1883 Oct 10 (Sunderland Daily Echo) The Jessie Annandale, schooner, from Seaham for Colchester, has been towed into Grimsby, having been ashore.
1884 Coal Ship Charter.Jessie Annandale of Colchester. Ipswich Seaham Harbour 1884.Memorandum of Charter - Seaham Harbour, County Durham dated 1884 - between Captain Smith of the Coal Vessel Jessie Annandale of Colchester. 133 Tons now at Seaham and Messrs Beaumont of Ipswich the Freighter to proceed to a spout and there load , in regular turn of Sailing Vessels, a full and complete Cargo of Coals ….. And shall therewith proceed to IPSWICH plus rates of freight and demurrage etc.
1884 July 2 (Sunderland Daily Echo) Sunderland Custom House, coasters cleared, July 2. Jessie Annandale, 123, for Colchester, tons coals, W. Laythorpe.
1885 May 12 (Sunderland Daily Echo) Sunderland Custom House, coasters cleared. Jessie Annandale, 123, for Maldon, 200 tons coals, W. Laythorpe
1898 August 6, Saturday (The North- Eastern Daily Gazette, Middlesborough)
The steam trawler Emperor, which left Grimsby yesterday morning, returned the same evening, towing the brigantine Jessie Annandale of Hartlepool, dismasted. Captain Wedgewood of the brigantine, stated that he left Hartlepool on Thursday afternoon with 200 tons of coal for Bradwell, Essex, and when near the Humber yesterday morning a south-westerly squall carried away both her masts, knocking two of the crew down and doing considerable damage to the bulwark and deck fittings. The two men had a narrow escape, but were uninjured. The vessel was sailing under reefed canvas
Other references
A pierhead painting of the brigantine Jessie Annandale.
The 127gross registered ton wooden brigantine Jessie Annandale was the last square rigged sailing vessel to trade out of the Port of Colchester. She had a woman's bust figurehead, which presumably represented the real life Jessie Annandale. She was completed in August 1857 by Brown & Johnson at Sunderland for B. Balkwill of Salcombe and registered at Dartmouth. However, in 1866 she was sold to Abraham Harvey & James Husk of Wivenhoe and transferred to the Colchester Register. In 1893 she was sold to John Danby of West Hartlepool but remained on the Colchester Register. In 1898 she was sold to R. & W. Paul Ltd of Ipswich but still registered at Colchester. In 1909 her registry was closed as the vessel had been ‛dismantled’ (masts and rigging removed) for use as a storage hulk.
Published some time between 1932 and 1941 (sent by Ray Harvey, Jan 2007):
A WATER COLOUR of the Brigantine Jennie Annandale was on April 20th hung at the Nottage institute, Wivenhoe's nautical academy. This is the gift of the brothers Harvey, Capt. Abraham Harvey and. Capt. Horace B, Harvey who belonged to the seafaring branch of a well knownWivenhoe family, and who went afloat, during the earlier part of their career in a brigantine the last Wivenhoe owned trader to sail into the port, of Colchester of a great fleet of sail at one time numbering 115,
The Jessie .Annandale was one of the fastest vessels on the coast and in her four of the five sons of Abraham David Harvey, ship master and Owner, went to sea. All four obtained masters' certificates, and the donors of the painting' are two of the three surviving brothers, the other being Capt George Harvey who is abroad. The fourth was the late William Harvey,
Capt Abraham Harvey who was a full-grade master’s certificate, and has navigated practically all the seas of the world, served an apprenticeship in the Jessie Annandale, leaving her when 21 years of age after nearly two years as mate.
Capt. H B. Harvey served as a boy and cook in the Jessie Annandale from April 1885 to March 15 1887, and made the last voyage of the vessel to Wivenhoe. The cargo was coal for the late Wm. Bartlett, Coal Merchant, and was discharged at the Ship,Launch Quay, Wivenhoe.
A sailing vessel, a brigantine, which had a long life, indeed. Per 1 (data, painting, Jessie Annandale), 2 (data, click on 'Notes', Jessie Annandale, re Harvey family of Wivenhoe), 3 (crew on Apl. 3, 1881, census day, 75% down). Data re the vessel is in Record Offices in both Colchester & Exeter, while the painting is at the 'Nottage Maritime Institute', of Wivenhoe Quay, Wivenhoe, Essex. . 87.5 or 88.7 ft. long, signal letters MWCD, crew of 5 in 1881, with woman's bust figurehead. Who was Jessie Annandale, I wonder? - there would appear to have been an earlier vessel of the name. Described 'as one of the fastest vessels on the coast'. Jessie Annandale was completed, in Aug. 1857, for 'B. Balkwill', of Salcombe, Devon. Registered at Salcombe, but it certainly was, in 1859 at least, registered at Dartmouth, Devon. The 1866/67 edition of Lloyd's seems to indicate that the vessel had been sold, but does not state to whom it was sold. 1 states that it was, in fact, sold to Abraham Harvey (i.e. Abraham David Harvey) ('Harvey') & James Husk of Wivenhoe, near Colchester, Essex, & registered at Colchester. The 1874/75 register indicates J. Husk alone to be the then owner. But by 1876/77 the vessel was owned by Harvey, who remained as owner thru 1889/90 at least. 1 advises us further, (thanks!), that in 1893 the vessel was sold to John Danby of West Hartlepool, & in 1898 to R. & W. Paul Ltd., of Ipswich, with the vessel remaining Colchester registered throughout. The vessel was apparently removed from the registers in 1909, the vessel, without masts & rigging, having become a storage hulk (where?). The webmaster would welcome additional data, as would Roger Barrett, who is researching Salcombe based vessels.
1881 census. Vessel: Jessie Annandale. Vessels in port Portland, Dorset
Abraham HARVEY M51 MWivenhoe, Essex, EnglandMaster Mariner
John SMITH M 42 MWivenhoe, Essex, EnglandMate
Joseph PELLEY U31 M Fingringhoe, Essex, EnglandA B Seaman
Abraham HARVEY U16 MWivenhoe, Essex, EnglandOrd Seaman
William HARVEY U14 MWivenhoe, Essex, EnglandBoy
Post 1900 History from 'Closing Down Sail', W. Martin Benn, 2011
JESSIE ANNANDALE
Official No 20177
Year built 1857
Built at Sunderland
Built by Brown & Johnson
Rig Brigantine
Tons 123g, 113n
Dims 88.7 x 21. 3 x 11.1
Registered at Colchester
Year registered1866/16
Final Owner R. & W. Paul Ltd., Ipswich, Suffolk
Fate1909 Jan 25 register closed - vessel to be a hulk on the River Orwell, Ipswich
Compiled by Roger Barrett, Chairman of Salcombe Maritime Museum
October 2013