Elizabeth peers
The schooner Elizabeth Peers was owned by William Postlethwaite, Millom shipowner, for her entire career. She was an iron-hulled three-masted schooner, built in September 1885 by William Thomas at Amlwch, Anglesey.
This schooner is discussed in "Ships and Seamen of Anglesey" by Aled Eames. Appendix IX gives a summary of her building costs, which amounted to £2147 18s 2d.
The Elizabeth Peers foundered off Rio Grande Bar on the
18th February 1893.
| Name | Year Built | Gross Tons | Length (feet) | Breadth (feet) | Depth (feet) | Masts | Figurehead | Stern | Lloyd's Classn. |
| Elizabeth Peers | 1885 | 183 | 107.1 | 23.6 | 10.4 | 3 | 100A1 |
Sources :
- Barrow Shipping Register
- "Ships and Seamen of Anglesey" by Aled Eames ISBN 0 905555 50 3
