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	JOHN BOLITHO JOHN BOLITHO SPENT ALMOST 40 YEARS AT SEA, HERE IS A LIST OF HIS SHIPS, FROM THE EARLY DAYS AS A BOY, TILL HE FINISHED AS A SHIPS MASTER. M
	DATE 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1838 1838 1839 1840 1842 1845 1848 1855 1858 1859 1861 1861 1862 1863 1864 1866 1867 1867 1868 1869	SHIP FRANCIS & ANN ECHO HARMONY NIGHTINGALE ARABELLA ECLIPSE JOSEPH & MARY PIDGEON PIDGEON WILLIAM PROVIDENCE ELIZIBETH SUSAN MAID OF ERIN CHARLOTTE HIRAM CAMILLA JESSEY FRUITER SAMSON GLEANER SAMSON ADINA LORD HADDON WATCHFUL	RANK BOY SEAMAN SEAMAN SEAMAN SEAMAN SEAMAN SEAMAN SEAMAN MATE MATE MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER	A TYPICAL BRIGANTINE A TYPICAL SCHOONER
	IN HIS TIME JOHN HAD 2 SINKINGS, THE SAMSON IN 1867, AND THE WATCHFUL, IN 1870. THE SAMSON SANK ON 29 FEB. 1868, AFTER A COLLISION WITH THE MECURY, WHILE SAILING FROM CADIZ TO HALL.THE CARGO (WINE AND SHERRY) WERE BEING WASHED ASHORE UP TILL 9 MARCH. THE WATCHFUL SANK ON 22 OCT. 1870, AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK. WHILE SAILING FROM HUELVA TO IPSWICH AT THE CAPE OF ST. MARY, THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED, BOTH CREW AND CARGO ( SULPHER ORE ) WERE SAVED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- back to family histories