| Zion's Hope | The ZION'S HOPE was a bark, a 3-masted sailing vessel, the fore- and mainmasts square-rigged, the mizzenmast rigged fore-and-aft, of 565/665 tons (old/new measurement), built at Miramichi, New Brunswick, in 1846 [Public Archives of Canada, RG 42, Volume 1316; microfilm reference: Reel # C-376, Vol. # 105 Page # 75]. The following information on the ZION'S HOPE is taken from the annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1846/47 through 1856/57: Master: 1846/47-1848/49 - Carter; 1848/49-1850/51 - J. Parker; 1851/52-1856/57 - P. Connor. Owner: 1846/47-1850/51 - Penington; 1851/52-1856/57 - Sinnott. Registry: Liverpool. Port of Survey: 1846/47-1848/49 - Liverpool; 1848/49-1850/51 - London; 1851/52-1852/53 - Liverpool; 1853/54-1856/57 - Clydeside. Destined Voyage: 1846/47-1848/49 - Calcutta; 1848/49-1850/51 - Bombay; 1851/52-1853/54 - New York; 1854/55-1855/56 - Quebec; 1855/56-1856/57 - Mediterranean.The ZION'S HOPE last appears in Lloyd's Register for 1856/57. Unfortunately, the entry does not indicate whether the vessel was lost, or simply "sold abroad". - |
| Citation: [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 19 February 1998] |