Built as a three masted vessel in Quebec, not a builder given, for account of H.G. Forsyth and Alex Clark, merchants at Quebec.
Launched under the name FULWOOD.
Tonnage 329 ton net, dim. 101 x 27 x 7ft.
1828 Completed.
Under command of Capt. Jas. Morrison she sailed from Quebec, Canada on 25 October 1828 bound for Liverpool, so it can be that it was her maiden voyage.
The following comes partly from the book “Shipwreck at St Pierre” by J.P.Andrieux:
Her general cargo included several chests, known to the crew as holding a shipment of gold.
During a drinking bout some of the crew, conspired to take control of the FULWOOD. The captain and officers were reportedly knifed, leaving no one capable of navigating the vessel.
13 November 1828 the vessel FULWOOD ran aground on the dunes of Langlade.
A ships-boy declared to the authorities that the sailors had killed the captain and the officers of the vessel after they discover that on board in the cargo were some chests with Spanish golden doubloons, which they had hidden in the sand.
The whole crew was taken in custody by the authorities of St Pierre and shipped to New Foundland from where they were shipped to England. The entire crew was hanged from a ship’s yardarm in Liverpool.
But then in the Shipping Intelligence is given;
The mate, carpenter, five of the crew, and two passengers were drowned. The master, 2nd mate, and remainder of the crew arrived at Weymouth, U.K.
The murdering and booty is most probably a nice storey, but not true. And till today not any golden doubloons have been found on the island that had belonged to the cargo of the FULWOOD.
St Pierre et Miquelon 2004 0.75Euro sg?, scott?