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Photo Title:	"Beatrice" (Brigantine)
Description:	Painting of the brigantine "Beatrice."
Image No.:	PF-008.037
Image Location:	Box10/pf008_037.jpeg
Physical Description:	1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
Biography/Admin History:	The brigantine "Beatrice", official number 114032, gross tonnage 128, was built 1901 at Howden Dyke, near Goole, England by W. Caisley and registered to merchant Robert Ehlers of 61 Queen Square, Bristol, with James Rorke of John Rorke & Sons, Carbonear, Newfoundland, appointed as "manager". However Rorke had the brigantine registered in his name at St. John's in 1902. The vessel was painted green with a white figurehead under her bowsprit allegedly modelled after "Beatrice - the Glorious Lady" in Dante's Divine Comedy and other works. Captain Joe Westcott commanded the vessel for many years until he retired from the sea due to illness. Captain Tom FitzGerald took over and was at the helm on December 23, 1911 when the vessel left Cadiz en route to Carbonear with a load of salt. It never made port and was lost with the crew, most from Carbonear. Compounding the tragedy was that the captain's brother, Captain William FitzGerald, also left Cadiz that week in the brigantine "Grace", owned by Alan Goodridge and Sons, en route to the vessel’s home port of St. John's. It too was lost with all hands, likely as a result of the same storm. Herbert Homer, Thomas McCarthy, Dick McCarthy and Noah Murray, along with FitzGerald, were the Carbonear men lost on the "Beatrice".
Collector:	Dr. Harry Roberts
Source Donor:	Dr. Harry Roberts, ca. 1981
Collection Title:	Dr. Harry Roberts Slide Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Good
Notes:	See "Newfoundland Fish Boxes: A Chronicle of the Fishery" by Dr. Harry D. Roberts with Michael O. Nowlan.
Subjects:	Beatrice (Brigantine) / Ships in art.