Register of Deceased Seamen

Extracts from Register of Deceased Seamen relating to Ireland 1886

Extracted from the Registers of Deceased Seamen held in the special collections archive of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.

This list is presented in date order but you can sort the table - ascending or descending - by any column by clicking on the relevant header.

Surname First Name Age Rank Birth Place Date of Death Cause Place Ship Port of Registration Comments
Graham Hy. Edward 18 Apprentice Athlone 15/11/1885 Drowned at sea Jessomene Liverpool
Sullivan M 25 Boatswain Queenstown 08/03/1886 Drowned at sea SS Kirtle West Hartlepool wreck
Palmer Wm. 33 AB Skibbereen 16/03/1886 Fell from aloft at sea Nagpore Liverpool
Barr Robt. 17 OS Donaghadee 10/06/1886 Fell from aloft Cape Frio Alumbagh London
Higgins Thomas 20 Seaman Islandmagee 14/08/1886 Drowned St. Stephens, NSW Condong Sydney wreck
Semple Arthur 23 AB Belfast 23/08/1886 Yellow Fever Colon M&E Cox Halifax NS
Galbraith James 43 AB Belfast 04/09/1886 Drowned at sea Allahabad London wreck
MacKinlay John 20 Carpenter Rathlin 04/09/1886 Drowned at sea Allahabad London wreck
McGowan Thos. 50 Mate Londonderry 25/09/1886 Drowned at sea Juanita Scarborough wreck
Reardon Nicholas 22 AB Dungaroon 09/10/1886 Fell from aloft at sea Clyde London
Waters Bernard 19 Mate Dundalk 13/10/1886 Drowned at sea Irish Chieftain Dundalk wreck
Watters Owen 49 Master Dundalk 13/10/1886 Drowned at sea Irish Chieftain Dundalk wreck
McKin Hugh
Cook Carlingford 13/10/1886 Drowned at sea Irish Chieftain Dundalk wreck
Mangan Adderly Holland 16 Apprentice Limerick 14/10/1886 Drowned Rangoon Nerbudda London wreck
Barrett Edwd 27 AB Dublin 15/10/1886 Drowned at sea Creole Salcombe wreck
Fitzgerald Jas. John 18 Apprentice Cork 16/10/1886 Drowned Eng. Channel Inversaid Greenock wreck
Hughes Thomas 18 Apprentice Ardglass 16/10/1886 Drowned Eng. Channel Inversaid Greenock wreck
Kempstone Ernest Augustine 19 Apprentice Dublin 16/10/1886 Drowned Eng. Channel Inversaid Greenock wreck
Kavanagh John Jas. 19 Apprentice Waterford 16/10/1886 Drowned Eng. Channel Inversaid Greenock wreck
McGirley Edwd. 19 AB Londonderry 18/10/1886 Drowned at sea Mary Lester Carnavon wreck
Cloherty Thos. 26 Trimmer Ireland 24/10/1886 Excessive drinking Carribbean SS Scotia Glasgow
McCulloch Wm. J 24
Belfast 30/10/1886 Drowned
Melanesia Glasgow
Duncan Sam 24 Fireman Belfast 13/11/1886 Cholera Colombo SS Mount Lebanon Glasgow
Stapleton Jas. 22 AB Kinsale 22/11/1886 Drowned at sea Salmon Maitland NS
McGee Thos. 21 OS Newry 28/11/1886
at sea Julia Liverpool
Mullon

OS Belfast 29/11/1886 Drowned at sea Challenger Jersey wreck
O'Donnell James 20 OS Dungarvan 07/12/1886 Drowned at sea Stormy Petrel Dublin wreck
Convery Wm 20 Boy Portaferry 08/12/1886 Drowned Wigton Bay Seamew Whitehaven
MacNamara Thom. 34 Mate Portaferry 08/12/1886 Drowned Wigton Bay Seamew Whitehaven
McQuillan Daniel 35 Master Portaferry 08/12/1886 Drowned Wigton Bay Seamew Whitehaven
O'Brien Michael
Master Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Quigley B
AB Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Walsh I
Fireman Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Whelan John Jas. 21 OS Ireland 09/12/1886 Drowned R. Mersey Dan
wreck
Wallace James 54 Master Carrickfergus 09/12/1886 Drowned British Channel Petrel Belfast wreck
Cullen Wm
Fireman Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Dowd T
Cook Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Gill T
1st Eng. Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Kane James
Mate Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
MacDermott W
2nd Eng. Londonderry 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
McKeena H
2nd Mate Dublin 09/12/1886 Drowned at sea SS Capt. McClintock Dublin wreck
Purtill Edmund 48 Mariner Ireland 11/12/1886 Drowned Fishguard F. Polly Fishguard
Markey James 26 Fireman Louth 12/12/1886 Typhoid New York SS Etruria Liverpool
Cunningham G.A. 43 Master West Meath 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Woodland Frank 22 AB Cork 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Condren D.J 41 1st Mate Arklow 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Cain John 45 AB Isle of Man 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Donovan Timothy 24 AB Kinsale 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Elsted Edwd. 19 AB Dungarvan 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Hart Daniel 27 AB Queenstown 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Irvine W.A. 26 2nd Mate Dublin 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Lewers W.A. 22 AB Carrickfergus 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Murphy John 35 AB Queenstown 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Phelan Richd. 17 OS Waterford 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Riordan Daniel 27 Sailmaker Queenstown 13/12/1886 Drowned at sea Compta Liverpool wreck
Browne Francis Raymond 16 Boy Dungarvan 15/12/1886 Fell from aloft at sea Lord Canning Liverpool
McCann John
Stowaway Ireland 16/12/1886 Drowned at sea Glengabar Liverpool
Murray Andrew 28 Fireman Belfast 18/12/1886 Heart Disease Philadelphia SS Ethelbald Glasgow
Dolan James 38 Fireman West Meath 20/12/1886 Cirrhosis of liver at sea SS Chimborazo Liverpool
Meyer Christian 55 Mate Elsfleth 23/12/1886 Exposure at sea Stormy Petrel Dublin wreck
McCarty Michael 18 OS Dungarvan 23/12/1886 Exposure at sea Stormy Petrel Dublin wreck
Gillin (Gillan) Pat 20 Messboy Ireland 24/12/1886 Fever Progese SS Craigendoran Glasgow
O'Brien Daniel 23 AB Queenstown 26/12/1886 Drowned Swanage Forest Queen Newport wreck

 

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