The wreck of the Seahorse

[Drosybont]

Apologies, looks as though the frigate was a different ship, broken up in 1819.

Drosybont

[giblet]

Calendonian Mercury
Thursday February 15  1816

On the 30th ult, Major Charles Douglas, 59th Regiment, son of Captain William Douglas, late of the ?th foot. He commanded the attachment of his regiment on board of the Seahorse transport, wrecked on the coast of Ireland.
Lost,in the Seahorse transport, near Waterford, on the coast of Ireland, on the 30th ult Lieutenant James Geddes, of the 59th Regiment, son of Mr John Geedes of the adjustant General's Office Edinburgh, a promising young man of 18 years of age.

[giblet]

33 persons among them 11 children & some women were buried in Drumcannon Churchyard.
Officers lost
Major Douglas
Capt M'Gregor
Surgeon Hagan
Assistant Surgeon Lambe
Lieut Veale
Lieut Gent (Adjutant)
Lieut Scott
Lieut Gillespie
Ensign Ross
Ensighn Hill
Quarter Master Baird

R

Following along the above post..

A handsome mausoleum was ordered to be placed over their remains; the work is now finished,(1824),but the expense of it being still unpaid, it has not yet been erected. 
The following inscription is on the stone

            "BENEATH THIS TOMB ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
Major Charles Douglas      29      
Capt. James Macgregor      23      
Lt. & Adj. Abraham Dent      26      
Lieut. William Veal      21      
Lieutenant Robert Scott      23      
Lieutenant James Geddes      21      
Lieut. William Gillespie   19
Ensign Andrew Ross      19
Ensign Rowland F Hill      19
Surgeon James Hagan      30
Assistant Surgeon Lambe      26
Qr. Master William Baird   38

http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/waterford/cemeteries/mem-wat-tramore.txt

[Sinann]

Not likely to help but for others who have shown an interest
http://www.waterfordcoco.ie/en/localauthorities/tramoretowncouncil/historyoftramore/themetalmanandthetragedyoftheseahorse/

And this
http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/id307.html

Which says she was built of Irish oak had 3 decks and 3 masts

[Cell]

Hi,
http://papuraunewyddcymru.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3323702/ART6/seahorse

For the people who do not have access to the  subscription sites - This will take you straight to a  newspaper article in 1816  about the wreck for free ( The national library of Wales -welsh papers online) 
Kind Regards

[Cell]

Hi,
This below is a must read if you haven't read  it, really interesting ,  accounts taken from the survivors:

"Narrative of the loss of the Sea Horse Transport " Printed in 1816
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0yq1/ 
(Google Books)


It weighed about 350 tons burthen, it states it was "The head quarter ship", it's mess-plate was estimated between $1500 to $2000 (which I take to mean it's cargo?)

Hope that helps
Kind Regards

[MacGearailt]

I've being researching this one for quite awhile myself. The Captain, James Gibbs stated that the ship was 350 tons burden and Lloyd's list give her origin as London. Everything else written about the ship's origin appears to be erroneous. http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1816/02-06-1816.jpg   

[WilliamD]

The Seahorse listed in all websites, books etc is a British Navy Frigate converted to transport ship built 1874 (also incorrectly listed as 1894).

Should that be be 1784 and 1794?

To add to the confusion, I have read this:  The transport Sea. horse, No. 2, Thos. Scott, master, as being the vessel involved, which differs with other reports.

[MacGearailt]

The account mentioning 'Thos. Scott, master' was originally published in the Waterford Chronicle on 1 Feb 1816. The next publication on 3 Feb stated; 'We stated erroneously, the name of the master of the transport, which is Gibbs'.

The Thos Scott account was republished in Newspapers and periodicals all over the UK and also in the States.