MILLOM CASTLE
Number – 65043. Main Port of Registration – Barrow. Rig – Schooner. Where Built – Ulverston. When Built – 1870. Tons – 78. Dimensions - 81•2 x 20•6 x 9•5. Period owned by Slade Family – 1912-1931
Notes on History :
First owned by William Postlethwaite of Millom, Cumberland, who, in 1880, owned twenty-three schooners, and who sold her to W. K. Slade in 1912. An auxiliary engine of 40 h.p. was fitted in 1919. The vessel was extensively damaged in early 1930’s and was surrendered by the Slades. In 1933 she was registered as for harbour work only and was at that time at Plymouth. She was lying at Poldrissich on the River Lynher.
From
List of the Vessels owned by the Slade Family of Appledore 1888-1948 – Compiled by H. Oliver Hill
