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WILLIAM STEVENS ROACH

 

William Stevens Roach, born St Ives, Cornwall, 1856

Only Mate’s Certificate No. 04038 issued Plymouth, 26th Sep 1877

Master’s Certificate No. 04038 issued Plymouth, 10th Feb 1881

Master W S Roach : 50 Claude Road, Cardiff

 

1877 Mate - ADOLPHE & LAURA – ON  

1877-79  Mate – JOHANNA – ON 65943

Voyages to Mediterranean from Cardiff and Swansea

1879 Mate - JESSIE ANNING – ON 33051

21^st May 1879 Depart Cardiff  for South America; Arrive Gloucester December 1880

1881 Second Mate - RED ROSE – ON 81790

10^th August 1881 Depart Cardiff  for Mediterranean; Arrive Glasgow 21^st February 1882

24^th February 1882  Mediterranean

11^th July 1882 Mediterranean

Voyages Glasgow-Mediterranean-Glasgow-France/Spain-Cardiff

1882/3  First Mate - TREVOSE - ON 81675

25^th November 1882 Depart Newcastle for Mediterranean; Arrive Plymouth 7^th February 1883

9^th February 1883 Depart Plymouth for Mediterranean; Arrive Newport 29^th May 1883

9^th June 1883 Depart for Mediterranean; Arrive Hull 14^th August 1883

16^th August 1883 Depart Hull for Mediterranean; Arrive Leith 27^th October 1883.

1883/4 First Mate – TREVIDDER – ON 81677

28 November 1883 Depart Newcastle  for Mediterranean; Arrive Cardiff 18^th February 1884

Voyages for Mediterranean from Cardiff and Newport

20^th February 1884 Departure

5^th June 1884  Departure

9^th August 1884  Departure

15^th November 1884 Departure

1885-6  First Mate – TRENEGLOS – ON 91342

Voyages to Mediterranean from Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff

22^nd April 1885 Departure

4^th July 1885 Departure

8^th September 1885 Departure

25^th November 1885 Departure

3^rd February 1886 Departure

14^th April 1886 Departure

1886 Master – TRELYON – ON 81674

Voyages for Mediterranean

2^nd June 1886 Depart Cardiff

26^th July 1886 Depart Bristol

27^th September 1886 Depart Plymouth

1886/7  Master – TRENEGLOS – ON 91342

30^th December 1886 Depart Cardiff  for Mediterranean

1887 Master – TRELYON – ON 81674

11^th March 1887  Depart Cardiff for Mediterranean; Arrive 25^th July 1887

27^th July 1887 Depart for Mediterranean

1887/95  Master – TRENEGLOS – ON 91342

26^th September 1887 Depart Cardiff  for Mediterranean; Arrive Bristol 6^th December 1887

17^th December 1887 Depart Newport  for Mediterranean; Arrive Leith 17^th February 1888

20^th February 1888 Depart Leith  for Mediterranean; Arrive Cardiff 9^th May 1888

10^th May 1888 Depart Cardiff  for Mediterranean; Arrive Gloucester 17^th July 1888

26^th September 1888 Depart for Mediterranean

13^th December 1888 Depart for Mediterranean

1889-94 No details of voyages; TRENEGLOS was presumably continuing in her Mediterranean voyages.

30^th March 1892 – Reported from Bristol, 29^th March 1892

Steamer TRENEGLOS, arrived from Ibrail, was in collision at Gibraltar, 22^nd, with hulk NILE,

and had one starboard plate damaged; also reports propeller broken today in entering

Cumberland Basin, probably by striking quay wall.

1895-8  Master – Trelawny – ON 91345

Voyages  22^nd November 1895 to 23^rd November 1896

Cardiff to Smyrna, River Danube, Sulina,

Cardiff, Port Said, Odessa, ----, Liverpool,

Cardiff, Piraeus, River Danube, Galatz, Braila, Hamburg,

South Shields, Malta, Constantinople, River Danube, Braila,

Newport, Tyra, River Danube, Sulina, Rotterdam, Cardiff

1897-98 Mediterranean voyages

1898-1904  Master - TREVOSE

Voyages to West Coast of Africa and Islands; Mediterranean, Brazil and River Plate. 

1905-9  Master – TREMORVA – ON 115650

Voyages to Mediterranean, Brazil, River Plate and other Foreign

1910-2  Master - TREVERBYN – ON 122658

Voyages to Mediterranean, East Indies, Brazil and River Plate. 

1912

6^th January                 Arrived Tampa

12^th January               Sailed Tampa for New Orleans

14^th January               Arrived New Orleans

24^th January               Sailed New Orleans for Antwerp

31^st January               Arrived Norfolk, VA and proceeded for Antwerp

18^th February            Passed The Lizard going east

20^th February            Arrived Antwerp

22^nd February           

Reported from Antwerp: British steamer TREVERBYN from New Orleans reports having experienced

heavy weather, during which deck fittings, boats and tarpaulins were damaged.

6^th March                  Sailed Antwerp for Cardiff

7^th March                  Passed Isle of Wight going west

15^th March                Passed Gibraltar going east

23^rd March                Arrived Port Said

24^th March                Sailed Port Said for Akyab

30^th March                Passed Perim going east

14^th April                   Arrived Akyab

27^th April                   Sailed Akyab for Fiume

6^th May                     Sailed Colombo

19^th May                   Passed Perim going north

26^th May                   Arrived Suez

2^nd June                     Arrived Fiume

17^th June                   Sailed Fiume for Trieste

23^rd June                   Arrived Port Said

24^th June                   Sailed Port Said

11^th July                    Arrived Kurrachee

17^th July                    Sailed Kurrachee for Antwerp

30^th July                    Passed Perim heading north

6^th August                  Arrived Suez and Sailed for Manchester

24^th August                Passed Scilly Islands

26^th August                Arrived Manchester

3^rd September            Sailed Manchester for Barry

5^th September            Arrived Barry

1913-4  Master - TREGARTHEN

1913

8^th July                      Sailed Shields for Port Said

15^th July                    Passed Gibraltar – going east

24^th July                    Arrived Port Said

9^th August                  Sailed Port Said

13^th August                Passed Dardenelles

16^th August                Arrived Odessa

6^th September            Sailed Odessa

8^th September            Passed Constantinople

10^th September          Passed Dardenelles

18^th September          Passed Gibraltar – going west

25^th September          Passed Dungeness

27^th September          Arrived Nordenham

12^th October             Sailed Nordenham for Cardiff

16^th October             Arrived Barry

25^th October             Sailed Barry for Port Said

1^st November            Passed Gibraltar – going east

10^th November          Arrived Port Said

18^th November          Sailed Port Said

23^rd November          Passed Dardenelles

25^th November          Arrived Kustenje

12^th December          Passed Dardenelles

20^th December          Passed Gibraltar – going west

26^th December          Passed Isle of Wight

28^th December          Arrived Nieuwe Waterweg

31^st December           Dep Rotterdan

1914

2^nd January                Passed The Lizard going west

3^rd January                 Arrived Barry

14^th January               Sailed Barry for Buenos Ayres

22^nd January              Arrived Teneriffe

14^th February            Arrived Buenos Ayres

5^th April                     Sailed Buenos Ayres

29^th April                   Arrived Teneriffe

6^th May                     Passed Isle of Wight going east

7^th May                     Arrived Nieuwe Waterweg

12^th May                   Sailed Rotterdam

14^th May                   Passed The Lizard going west

15^th May                   Arrived Barry

 

Master W S Roach  ended service 16 May 1914

 

Under construction – more may be added to this page

Sources

The National Archives - BT122/75; BT99/1928

The Guildhall Library - Lloyds Captains Registers 18567/39, 54, 69, 84, and 18569/32

Lloyd’s Lists

Shipping Registers, St Ives

 

Thanks to Ed Roach for the information provided

 

Raymond Forward