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Tom King
New on board
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23/01/2010 : 20:07:22
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Can you let me know the history of the Hannah Parr, where built, voyages, etc. There exists in my family a small cabinet which I am lead to believe was from that ship.
I stay stay in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland and this cabinet was certainly in my grandfathers house on the island of Sanday in Orkney in early 20th century and has been in the family ever since.
I would be most grateful for any information received.
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 23/01/2010 : 21:48:25
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Hello Orkney.
I think you should read this topic by John Foley, it´s almost 100 postings about Hannah Parr.
The ship Hannah Parr was named after Søren Parr´s daughter Hannah 1860-1930 married to Squire Herman Leopold Løvenskiold 1859-1922
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Edited by - Kåarto on 23/01/2010 21:58:26 |
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John Foley
Ireland-Norway special member
Ireland
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Posted - 23/01/2010 : 21:55:00
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Hi, Tom, Kaarto,
The following may be of interest,
The Norwegian barque Hannah Parr driven ashore at Langamay, Bay of Lopness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea 5th April 1876
Latitude and Longitude 59.284425N, 2.442264W 5 April 1876, HANNAH PARR, 30 yrs old, of Norway, wooden barque, 773 tons, 17 crew, Master H. H. Bolstad, Owner S. A. Parr, Christiania, departed Hull for Quebec, in ballast, 2 lives lost, wind SE by S10, partial loss, stranded, Langamy, Sanday, Orkneys.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1876 - 77 (1877 [C.1891] LXXV.181).
Kirkwall, 6th April 1876., the barque HANNAH PARR, of Christiania, from Hull to Quebec in ballast, went ashore on Sanday island, yesterday. The master had masts cut away, and the vessel is said to be in a good position. Surveyor proceeds to vessel tomorrow with Norwegian Consul.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,642, London,
Monday April 9 1877. (1876?)
Kirkwall, 9th Apl., surveyors returned from the HANNAH PARR recommend ship to be sold: water same inside as out: ship hogged at fore and main rigging: main and mizzen masts cut away. Captain states he got embayed, and had to run ship ashore to save life, and ordered masts to be cut away to ease ship.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,643, London, Tuesday April 10 1877. (1876?)
Source: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Clair A Haugen would be most interested in your post and has a wealth of information on the French built Hannah Parr.
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Edited by - John Foley on 23/01/2010 22:59:27 |
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Baadhuset
Hannah Parr researcher
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Posted - 24/01/2010 : 00:17:29
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Originally posted by Kåarto
The ship Hannah Parr was named after Søren Parr´s daughter Hannah 1860-1930 married to Squire Herman Leopold Løvenskiold 1859-1922
There were 2 Hannahs in Søren Parr's family--his wife and his daughter. According to Parr's grandson Westye Parr Egeberg, the ship was named after Parr's wife [ref. Slekten Parr og dens ætlinger, Oslo 1957 p.29] |
Edited by - Baadhuset on 24/01/2010 00:53:17 |
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Baadhuset
Hannah Parr researcher
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Posted - 24/01/2010 : 00:38:28
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Tom King!
Your posting is very interesting. I see John Foley has sent you information about the HParr Orkney incident of 1876. The Parr family historian says Veritas (Norwegian maritime underwriter) registered the HParr as a bark in 1877. (It was registered as a full rigged ship up through 1875.) I had assumed that the 1877 registration meant it survived the damage of 1876. But you may have family tradition or local oral history that says different. Btw, there is a background essay about the HParr and its 1868 accident elsewhere on Norway Heritage.
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 24/01/2010 : 01:22:47
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Thank you for correct info Clair.
The daughter Hannah Parr was the youngest child of Søren Parr and Hannah (Jørgensen) Parr.
The Hannah Parr project is impressing
Add. info.
From this Norwegain pages from Drøbak, near the bottom including pictrures ot the two Parr brothers, we can read Søren Parr 1815-1903 told one of his grandchildren "I was born the same year Wellington beat Napoleon" (at Waterloo)
Søren Parr was anglofil, in the dining room he had a bust of the English admiral Nelson. |
Edited by - Kåarto on 24/01/2010 11:53:03 |
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