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Ships' Names - The Beagle

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Ellie

Ellie Report 15 Dec 2008 15:41

Obviously we all know The Beagle as the ship on which Charles Darwin voyaged round the world while he was writing his Origin of Species, but I have found that one of my ancestors was Chief Mate on a ship called Beagle in 1881. Do you think this would be the same ship, or could a number of boats been called the same thing?

The guy's name is Samuel Decent Stockman, born 1857 in Brixham, Devon.

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 459; Folio: 100; Page: -8; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341100.

Any ideas?

ray

ray Report 15 Dec 2008 15:51

(th may 1945 hmsBeagle liberated Jersey

Ellie

Ellie Report 15 Dec 2008 16:30

Ah ha! Thanks, Eric.

If Darwin's Beagle was scrapped in 1870, then this can't be the same ship.

Oh well!

Many thanks for your help.

Ellie

Grumpy

Grumpy Report 15 Dec 2008 23:08

http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=2

Beagle 1872.12.05, Schooner, wooden hull, paddle, 120 burthen (tons) 1 gun, out of service 1883

Ellie

Ellie Report 16 Dec 2008 08:56

Many thanks, Grumpy.

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 16 Dec 2008 12:38

The RN seem to use the same ship's name over and over again. Once one has been decommissioned it seems to free up that name for re-use.

I vaguely remember an article I read about it once which explained how they chose names for particular types of ships (but that was many years ago now).

Jill

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Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 16 Dec 2008 15:26

I don't think 'Chief Mate' is a Royal Navy rank, so it won't be a warship. It will probably be in Lloyd's List but I don't know where you'd access that other than the National Archives.

Potty

Potty Report 16 Dec 2008 16:54

Ellie

If you have Ancestry and bring up the image of the census page, if you click on the District No at the top of the screen this will bring up a list of vessels, click on the relevant one and the image that comes up will give you more details about the ship and tell you where it was on the night of the census.

(I think I have got these instructions right, but as I no longer have an Ancestry subscription I can check)

Kevin

Kevin Report 16 Dec 2008 17:08

hi, just wondering if anyone can help me, my great grandfather was in the navy during the second world war as a welder, all i know is he was based in scotland at some point during ww2, his name was Leonard Charles Beaumont, is there anyway to find out what ship he was on etc?

any help would be appreciated

thank you

Grumpy

Grumpy Report 16 Dec 2008 18:13

have checked the 1881 census this is not a royal navy ship (doesn't say hms or royal navy) and as it only has a crew of three it could be anything from a yacht to a barge

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 17 Dec 2008 22:57

THERE'S NO WAY THIS WAS A ROYAL NAVY SHIP!!!!