Guy Mannering

A three-masted wooden ship built in 1849 by William H. Webb, New York, for Robert L. Taylor & Nathaniel W. Merrill, New York. Dimensions 57,95×13,28×8,85 meters [190'0"×43'7"×29'0"], tonnage 1418 tons and 2000 tons C.M. The first American cargo ship to be equipped with three decks, poop and topgallant forecastle deck. At 20' draught she would carry 2400 tons of cargo.

1849 March: Launched at the shipyard of William H. Webb, New York, as hull No. 43 for the New York firm Taylor & Merrill Line to Liverpool (called the Black Star Line in Liverpool).
1849 April: Left New York for Liverpool under command of Captain William Edwards.
1849 May 22 - June 28: Sailed from Liverpool to New York.
1865 December: Left New York for Liverpool with a cargo of cotton and grain.
1866 January 31: Wrecked on the Iona Island off the West Coast of Scotland. Captain Brown and a part of the crew were saved. 18 people lost their lifes.

Pictures:

A painting by John Hughes (1806-c1878) is published as pl 77a in [1] showing Guy Mannering under fore course, top sails and topgallant sails in the entrance to Liverpool with the Perch Rock Fort and Lighthouse in the background.
Another painting is published in [2] on page ?? showing the ship sailing down the Mersey at about the same position as the previous painting.

References:

Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Guy Mannering, Liverpool - New York, May 22 - June 28, 1849.
Davidson, A.S.: Marine Art & Liverpool. Painters, Places & Flag Codes 1760-1960.
Waine Research Publications, Albrighton, 1986. 4to, 172 pp, ill.
Dunbaugh, Edwin L. & Thomas, William duBarry: William H. Webb: Shipbuilder.
Webb Institute of Naval Architects, Glen Cove, NY, 1989. 4to, xiv, 240 pp, ill., 4 pl.
Webb, William Henry: This Book Contains Plans of Wooden Vessels, Selected as Types from One Hundred and Fifty of Various Kinds and Descriptions from Fishing Smacks to the Largest Clipper-ships and Vessels of War, Both Sail and Steam, Built by Wm. H. Webb, in the City of New York, from the Year 1840 to the Year 1869.
W.H. Webb, New York, c1870. 2 vols, oblong folio, 38x49 cm, 126 plates. Reprinted in Nautical Research Journal, Vol. 34, 989, pp 62-114.
Second edition 1895.

Updated 1997-04-25 by Lars Bruzelius

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