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Luckes, John James Richards - Career Details

Lloyd's Captains Register

(1869) records him as born Exeter, 1826
Certificate Number (C 3,940 issued Plymouth 1852), Steam: 1871:
and serving on the following ships: 
Duncan (as mate) 1852 E.I.
Swathmore (as mate) 1853-55 E.I, Aust.
The following as captain
Rosario, 1855-57 S.A., E.I.
Thracian, (Official Number 12,323) 1857-59 Aust.
War Spirit, 10,900, 1860-64 E.I, Aust.
James Seddon, 47,517 1865-67 E.I
Louisa Fletcher 60,052 1868 E.I.

Lloyds Captains Registers Index

Vol. 9 1852 – 71, 1873; Vol 21. 1874 – 78; Vol 36. 1881

Years

Vessel

Port

No.

Comments

1837-41

Clyde

Exeter

  

(Cabin Boy) Home trade
 

Other unnamed

      

1844-46

Cambria

Exeter

  

A.B. & Mate
 

Orion

Belfast

  

Chief Mate

1847-48

Lynx

Liverpool

  

Chief Mate
 

Wm. Tucker

Bridport

  

Chief Mate
 

Radiant

Cardiff

  

Chief Mate

1852

Duncan

    

(Mate), E.I.

1853-55

Swathmore

    

(Mate), E.I., Aust - ? Swarthmore

1855-57

Rosario

    

Sth.America, E.I.

1857-59

Thracian

  

12,323

Aust.

1860-64

War Spirit

  

10,900

E.I., Aust.

1865-67

James Seddon

  

47,517

E.I.

1868-70

Louisa Fletcher

  

60,052

E.I., Baltic

1871-74

Vanguard

  

14956

E.I., W.I., C **

1875-77

Lactura

  

71708

Coasting Trade

1878

Kinfauns Castle

  

58354

  

1881

Recovery

  

47463

Med., Coasting Trade

** Nov 21/24; grounded in Woosung R. and got off Nov 20/29.

Year

Vessel

No.

Entry1

Entry2

Comments

1869

Louisa Fletcher

  

July 8

Aug 9

B

1870

Louisa Fletcher

  

Oct 11

    

1871

Vanguard

14956

Sep 2

  

E.I.

1873

Vanguard

  

Jan 8

Apr 16

W.I., C, **

1874

Vanguard

14956

Aug 12

  

C

1875

Lactura

71708

Apr 5

May 28

Ct, Aust

1876

Lactura

  

Sep 11

Nov 1

  

1877

Lactura

  

Dec 25

    

1878

Kinfauns Castle

58354

Dec 24

    

1881

Recovery

47463

Jan 17

Feb 11

M, Ct

Black = Engagements

Red = Discharges

Register of Seamans Tickets (1845-1854) BT 113

No. of 43,607
Register Ticket. 19
Age when ticketed 18
Can write Yes

John Luckes
Born at Exeter
County of Devon
14th day of Jan’y 1826

Capacity Seaman
Height 5ft and ½
Hair Light Brown
Complexion Fresh
Eyes Blue
Marks None

First went to sea as Apprentice in the year 1836
Has served in the Royal Navy No
Has been in Foreign Service No
When unemployed, resides at Exeter

Issued at Cork 30th day of Dec’r 1842

Outline of Voyages

Date

Event

Vessel

Details

12th Mar. 1863

From web

War Spirit

Dep. Gravesend, arrived Auckland 28th June 1863

1864

Crew List

War Spirit

Recorded at Bridgewater, Somerset

8th July 1869

Discharged

Louisa Fletcher

End of inbound voyage

9th Aug. 1869

Engagement

Louisa Fletcher

Lloyd’s List 5th Aug. 1869: to Bombay, ex Bkhd

11th Oct. 1870

Discharged

Louisa Fletcher

End of inbound voyage

2nd Sep. 1871

Engagement

Vanguard

  

8th Jan. 1873

Discharged

Vanguard

End of inbound voyage

16th Apr. 1873

Engagement

Vanguard

  

12th Aug. 1874

Discharged

Vanguard

End of inbound voyage

5th Apr. 1875

Discharged

Lactura

End of inbound voyage

28th May 1875

Engagement

Lactura

Dep. London 2nd June 1875, arr. Lyttelton 27th Sep. 1875

11th Sep. 1876

Discharged

Lactura

End of inbound voyage

1st Nov. 1876

Engagement

Lactura

Dep. London ? Nov. 1876, arr. Sydney 26th Feb. 1877

25th Dec. 1877

Discharged

Lactura

End of inbound voyage

24th Dec. 1878

Engagement

Kinfauns Castle

  

17th Jan. 1881

Engagement

Recovery

  

11th Feb. 1881

Discharged

Recovery

End of inbound voyage

Destinations Recorded

Vessel

Port

Owner

C. Reg.

Lloyds Register of Shipping

Duncan

Liverpool

Aitken & Co.

E.I.

  

Swathmore

Liverpool

Thompson

E.I., Aust.

Liv. – India

Rosario

Liverpool

Smith & Co.

S.A., E.I.

Liv. – Brazil, S.A. (1855)

Lon – Brazil (1856)

Thracian (1857)

Liverpool

A. Shand

Aust.

  

Thracian (1858)

London

A. Robinson

  

Lon. – Australia, Lon – India (1859)

War Spirit

Bridgewater

Stuck’y & Co.

E.I., Aust.

Sld. – India, Lon. – N. Zealand (1866),

Lon. - China

James Seddon

Liverpool

Seddon & Co.

E.I.

Liv. – India / Lon. – India

Louisa Fletcher

Liverpool

Fletcher & Parr

E.I., Baltic

  

Vanguard

London

J. Baker

E.I., W.I., C

Lon – Japan

Lactura

Glasgow

Baird & Brown

Ct., Aust.

  

Kinfauns Castle

Glasgow

T. Skinner & Co.

    

Recovery

Gibraltar

A. Shute, F. Francia

M., Ct.

  

From: Log of Logs

Surname

Name

Ship

Year

Luckes

JR

War Spirit

1863

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