Storm and Company of Robin
Hood's Bay.
Richardson PEARSON
Certificate of Competency No. 05777
| transcribed
by Robert E Monk and David Church from the sources listed
below |
| Dates |
Post |
Vessel
& official no.
(see list below for details of each ship)
|
Source of
information |
| 18 Feb 1869 -
17 Feb 1874 |
Apprentice |
Sundry
voyages on brig Ark, West Hartlepool |
1 |
| 18 Feb - 3
mar 74 |
Able Seaman |
brig Ark,
West Hartlepool |
1 |
| April 74 -
Jan 75 |
Able Seaman |
brig Active,
Whitby, on coastal trade |
1 |
| Mar - July 75 |
Able Seaman |
brig Remembrance,
Middlesbrough |
1 |
| 2 Jul - 22
Sep 75 |
Able Seaman |
brig Joseph
and Margaret, Whitby |
1 |
| 26 Sep - 20
Dec 75 |
Able Seaman |
brig Mary
and Emily, Whitby |
1 |
| 7 Mar - 24
Nov 77 |
Acting Mate |
brig John
and Jane, Whitby |
1 |
| Mar - 3 Aug
78 |
Able Seaman |
brig Maise,
E Hartlepool |
1 |
| 31 Oct 1878 |
Passed
exam for 2nd Mate at Dundee |
1 |
| 22 Nov 78 -
Feb 79 |
[2nd] Mate |
2 voyages on
brig Arica 1007 |
1 |
| 25 Mar 79 - 2
Jun 80 |
2nd Mate
& acting 1st mate |
6 & 2
voyages on SS Robin Hood 58795 |
1 |
| 12 Aug 1880 |
Failed
exam for 1st mate at Dundee |
1 |
| 19 Aug 1880 |
Passed
exam for 1st mate at Dundee |
1 |
| 8 Sep - 3 Nov
1880 |
2nd Mate |
SS
Cosmopolitan 72129 |
1 |
| 10 Dec 1880 -
7 Jan 1882 |
2nd Mate
& 1st mate |
8 voyages on SS
Tom Pyman 65028 (served with Jacob Storm) |
1 |
| 9 Mar 1882 |
Failed
exam for Master because of navigation |
1 |
| 16 Mar 1882 |
Passed
exam for Master at Sunderland |
1 |
| 1882 - 87 |
missing
records from Lloyd's Captains' Register |
- |
| 1888, 5
May |
Mate |
SS
Resolution 89788 |
2 |
15 May, 19 Aug, 1889
|
Mate
|
SS Resolution
|
2
|
| ? |
Mate
|
SS Vectis
|
2
|
15 Feb, 27 June, 1890
|
Mate
|
SS Vectis 10/86100
|
2
|
19? Nov
|
Mate
|
SS Red Cross
[96555]
|
2
|
19 June, 27 Oct, 1891
|
Mate
|
SS Red Cross
|
2
|
28 Jan, 26 May, 13 Nov,
1892
|
Mate
|
SS Red Cross
|
2
|
| 14 Feb,
1893 |
Master |
SS
Resolution |
2 |
29 May, ? Sep, 21 Nov
|
Master
|
SS Fylingdale 86650
[Jacob STORM described a typical voyage of this ship in Storm
& Company]
|
2
|
17 Feb, 7
May, ? July, 22 Sep, 1894
|
Master
|
SS Fylingdale
|
2
|
Killed in
Black Sea, 20 Nov 1894, see below
|
2
|
| Sources of information 1 -
From Statements of Service when applying for 2nd, 1st
Mates and Master's Certificates of Competence ('Tickets')
2 - From Lloyd's Captains' Register held as microfilm at
the PRO, Kew, film 15, Guildhall Library ref. MSS
18567/38
|
transcribed from the Shipping Gazette of 26 Nov 1894
“Captain killed at sea. The steamship Fylingdale
of Whitby has arrived in Cardiff from Weymouth with extensive
damage to her hoists and bridge and the Mate reported the death
of her captain Richardson Pearson of Robin Hood’s Bay,
Whitby. The Mate states that shortly after leaving
[Nicolaieff] in the Black Sea between [....] and five weeks ago,
the crew were engaged at work between the bunkers and holds of
the vessel and in order to go [from one to the other?] they used
a ladder. The captain who was superintending the work had
occasion to ascend the ladder in order to go into the upper
portion of the hold and while he was there [someone?] removed the
ladder from the original position. When the captain
[returned?] to descend the ladder, he did not notice that it had
been moved away and in stepping over the top he put his foot as
he thought on the top rung, he fell into the lower hold and
sustained some very severe injuries. He lay unconscious for
five hours and in this [state?] he died.”
Details of Richardson PEARSON's ships
from the Lloyd's Register and the Mercantile Navy List
|
Name
|
Official
No.
|
Registered
Tonnage (Nett/ Gross)
|
Built
|
Length/
Breadth/ Depth (ft)
|
Horse Power
|
Owner
|
brig Ark
|
23759
|
142
|
|
|
--
|
M Todd, W
Hartlepool
|
brig Active
|
796
|
141
|
|
|
--
|
John Seymour,
Lofthouse, Whitby
|
or brig Active
|
24704
|
200
|
|
|
--
|
Geo Willis,
Whitby
|
brig Rememberance
|
29485
|
220
|
Middlesbrough 1862
|
97.3/24.7/14.5
|
--
|
J Foster
|
brig Joseph
and Margaret
|
44473
|
221
|
Sunderland 1862
|
95.5/24.7/14.2
|
--
|
|
brig John
and Jane
|
11377
|
188
|
Sunderland 1850
|
|
--
|
|
brig Maise
|
nothing found
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
brig Arica
|
1007
|
189
|
Liverpool 1831
|
85.7/22.1/14.9
|
--
|
Mrs Mercy
Harrison
|
SS Robin
Hood
|
58795
|
514/815
|
Whitby 1872 (abandoned
1881)
|
207.3/28.7/17
|
90
|
Thomas
Turnbull, Whitby
|
SS
Cosmopolitan
|
72129
|
1017/1581
|
Whitby 1875
|
274/33.7/24.4
|
150
|
T Turnbull
|
SS Tom
Pyman
|
65028
|
624/9717
|
W Hartlepool 1870
|
220.1/29.8/16.7
|
99
|
George Pyman,
W Hartlepool
|
SS Resolution
|
89788
|
1224/1913
|
Sunderland 1888
|
284/38.1/18.1
|
180
|
Rowland &
Marwood, Whitby
|
SS Vectis
|
86100
|
1450/2230
|
Wallsend 1882
|
290.9/37.3/24.7
|
250
|
Rowland &
Marwood, Whitby
|
SS Red
Cross
|
96555
|
1832/2877
|
Sunderland 1890
|
316/40.6/20.8
|
230
|
Rowland &
Marwood, Whitby
|
SS Fylingdale
|
86650
|
1102/1701
|
Sunderland 1884
|
259.7/36/18.6
|
150
|
Rowland &
Marwood, Whitby
|
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