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 Tayleur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tayleur was 230 feet in length with a 40 foot beam).
On her maiden voyage, Tayleur's compasses were disrupted by her iron hull and she was diverted, from her course through the Irish Sea, toward Ireland.
Tayleur's rudder was undersized for her tonnage, her rigging was faulty and despite dropping both anchors Tayleur ran aground on rocks off the east coast of Lambay Island about five miles from Dublin Bay on 21 January 1854.
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 Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Tayleur - White Star Line's first Maiden Voyage disaster
The Tayleur was about the size of the Cutty Sark and, like Titanic, the largest sailing ship of her size.
While the wind was light the steamer continued towing her, but as soon as a breeze sprung up, the steamer was obliged to drop astern, as such were the sailing qualities of the ship that she would have run over the steamer.
Tayleur was in this latter category; she was owned by Charles A. Moore and Co., but chartered to PandW during her maiden voyage.
encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/6937/5115.html?1103032090   (4849 words)

  
 MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for January 21, 2005 Tayleur
However, the Tayleur, under charter to the White Star Line, left on her maiden voyage on January 19, 1854.
Tayleur was an iron clipper built in 1853.
The Tayleur was sinking fast and in thirty minuets all that was left was the top of her masts.
www.maritimequest.com /daily_event_archive/2006/jan/21_tayleur.htm   (463 words)

  
 RMS Tayleur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tayleur was designed by William Rennie of Liverpool and built for owners Charles Moore and Company.
When she was launched in Warrington on the River Mersey on October 4, 1853 - it had taken just six months to build her - Tayleur was the largest merchant ship on the seas.
She was named for Charles Tayleur, founder of the Vulcan Engineering Works, Bank Quay, Warrington.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tayleur   (795 words)

  
 People & Places 13 | The Woodley Medal Presentation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tayleur Fund medals were presented to nine recipients in the Dublin Chamber of Commerce on 25th February 1873.
The Tayleur, built in 1853, was the largest sailing ship ever built in Britain at the time of her launch, being 1,977 tons.
Encountering rough weather as soon as she emerged into the Irish Sea, the Tayleur’s navigational instruments proved faulty and in appalling visibility she was wrecked on Saturday 21 January on rocks at Lambay Island, having first attempted to anchor and weather the storm.
www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org /people/people13.html   (3106 words)

  
 Iron Clipper Tayleur
The tragic wreck of the iron clipper Tayleur on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia in 1854 certainly ranks among the worst maritime disasters in British history.
Throughout the building of the Tayleur, the commercial press of Warrington touted up all the commercial advantages of this new iron shipbuilding technologies that admittedly still had a few problems to work out, although the problems concerning disordered compasses were never mentioned by the local press.
The Tayleur refused to respond to the helm and the giant clipper could not escape the looming disaster of the breakers lurking off her starboard bow as the doomed ship drifted towards the Lambay Island rocks at a terrifying speed.
eraoftheclipperships.com /maritimebookreview5.html   (1746 words)

  
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The Tayleurs were an old Shropshire family and a deed, dated 1271, relates to ‘Galfred le Tayleur and Agatha his wife’, who were holding the manor of Longdon-upon-Tern.
The Tayleur family were extremely rich; Charles’s father owned about ten thousand acres of land (four thousand hectares) including Upton Castle, Pembrokeshire, and it is known that he settled the sum of £100,000 on each of his younger grandchildren alone.
Tayleur of Liverpool had just built their works ~ indeed they were not quite finished ~ when I went there.
www.enginemuseum.org /sor.html   (1435 words)

  
 Tayleur Memorial at Portrane, County Dublin
The Tayleur was the largest iron sailing ship of her day and the largest ship ever to be constructed at Tayleur and Company's Bank Quay yard at Warrington.
Tayleur had four decks and as well as passengers could carry 4000 tons of cargo.
The Tayleur was wrecked whilst on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia.
www.irishseashipping.co.uk /irishseamemorials/Memorials/Eire/TayleurPortrane/tayleur.htm   (429 words)

  
 Bravery Awards 7 | An Irish bravery award: the Tayleur Fund Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The sixth incident for which the Fund awarded medals was to those involved in the rescue of the crew of the Belle Hill, wrecked at Balbriggan on 26 February 1875, three medals being granted, while possibly the final award was to a William Wisnom for a rescue in Belfast Lough.
In 1913 the Tayleur Fund was finally wound up, the trustees donating the residual money (about £1233) in the fund to the RNLI on condition that they supply a motor-lifeboat to the Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat Station.
Awards: Dyer received his RNLI and Tayleur Fund medals for bravery when on 9 February 1861 he, Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Dyer, all serving in the screw steamer HMS Ajax, assisted to save the crew of the brig Neptune which was wrecked during a heavy gale on the East Pier in Kingstown.
www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org /bravery/bravery7.html   (3122 words)

  
 House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 21 December 1666 | British History Online
Tayleur was the King's Servant, and had the King's great Seal for his Place, as well as the Lord Mordant had for his, in high Contempt, of his Majesty's royal Authority, and Great Seal, replied, He would dispose of the said Mr.
Tayleur for his Enlargement: And, being afterwards served with an Alias habeas corpus by Leonard Symondson, Servant to the said Mr.
Tayleur was enforced to desert his Wife, Family, and Employments at the said Borough of Wyndsore, and to obscure himself elsewhere, till this present Session of Parliament, to prevent future illegal Imprisonments by the said Lord Viscount Mordant.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=26831   (902 words)

  
 Loss of the John TAYLEUR
The JOHN TAYLEUR struck at noon on Saturday owing to not answering her rudder, it not being large enough for her size.
They were among the steerage passengers on the TAYLEUR, and when the ship struck, CARLEY, was one of the few husbands who succeeded in saving his own life and that of his wife.
It would appear that the only Lloyds entry found when the wreck of the Tayleur occurred in 1854 was this older vessel and some newspaper reporters wrongly concluded that the Tayleur lost on Lambay in 1854 was the same vessel.
www.old-merseytimes.co.uk /johntayleur.html   (1471 words)

  
 Newspaper Report of the shipwreck of the White Star liner Tayleur, 1854
She was 1,750 tons, 230 feet in length and 40 feet in breadth, with a cargo hold of 28 feet depth.
Had justice been done to so fine a vessel, these expectations would, probably, have been realised but, if the prevailing statements are correct, the ship was undermanned when she left Liverpool, and to that fatal error the sad catastrophe we have this week to relate, must be mainly attributed.
The tonnage of the Tayleur was 1077; so that according to this calculation, the number of men ought to have been 60.
www.mightyseas.co.uk /articles/tayleur.htm   (1898 words)

  
 Port Cities: - The Tayleur
The Tayleur, the largest merchant ship of its day, was built in Warrington in 1853 and chartered by the The White Star Line to sail to Australia.
The Tayleur was designed by William Rennie from Liverpool and built for Charles Moore and Company for £34,000 (the cost today would be almost £2 million) and chartered by the White Star Line.
The construction of the vessel on the banks of the Mersey attracted considerable attention and speculation – many believing that it was too large to navigate the rivers course to reach the coast.
www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.88   (325 words)

  
 House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 17 January 1667 | British History Online
Tayleur by Soldiers out of the Precincts of the Castle, and carrying him into the Castle, without Warrant or any lawful Cause, his Lordship faith, That the Time of his securing was Three Weeks before his Election; and that the Place where Mr.
Tayleur was not a Prisoner for Debt; and the said Mr.
Tayleur's Behalf, that he would not imprison him; neither was he afterwards imprisoned by his Lordship, or did any Warrant or Command from his Lordship issue to that Purpose.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=12460   (1006 words)

  
 The Tayleur 1854: White Star line's first Titanic
The book is an extremely interesting and well researched read into this appalling tragedy that took place in the Irish Sea in January 1854 on the ship's maiden voyage.
There are varying accounts of how many people were on board the Tayleur when she went down.
According to the author of 'Iron Clipper' H F Starkey at the Dublin inquest it was stated that there were 488 passengers and 64 crew members and six apprentices on board.
www.old-liverpool.co.uk /Tayleur.html   (283 words)

  
 Tayleur Mayde Quality Golf Tours in Scotland and Ireland - About Tayleur Mayde. St Andrews, Gleneagles, Royal Dornoch, ...
We extend a warm welcome to all visitors to this web site whether you have firm plans for a trip to Scotland and Ireland in the next year or are just browsing for information regarding a possible visit some time in the future.
From the start of your tour, when you will be met by your own personal Tayleur Mayde representative at the airport, and throughout your stay in Scotland and Ireland you can be assured that all services will be the best available.
With what ever standard of accommodation you choose your room will have en-suite facilities, while your hire vehicle will be an automatic gear shift (unless you prefer otherwise) and come from one of the worlds leading car hire companies.
www.tayleurmayde.com /about.html   (912 words)

  
 Tayleur Mayde Golf Tours for Scotland and Ireland
Tayleur Mayde Golf Tours for Scotland and Ireland
The entire trip was arranged by Jeremy Findlay of Tayleur Mayde Golf Tours.
We enjoyed the trip immensely and every detail was taken care of.
www.tayleurmayde.com   (114 words)

  
 Vulcan Foundry
This works was established by Charles Tayleur in 1830.
With the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway it was realised that a locomotive manufacturing works in Lancashire would obviate the cost involved in transporting locomotives from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In 1847 the firm's name changed from Charles Tayleur to the Vulcan Foundry and in 1864 it became a limited liability company.
www.steamindex.com /manlocos/vulcan.htm   (841 words)

  
 World Golf Travel: How to Make the Most of Your Trip to Scotland.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Findlay of Tayleur Mayde Golf Tours, not doing so is the single most frequent mistake golfers from abroad make when planning a trip to Scotland.
According to Findlay, there is one very large Scottish tour company, and some half-dozen others the same size as Tayleur Mayde, which provides whole-ground service (from landing to take-off) for 400-500 golfers per year.
Tayleur Mayde will also customize service, supplying only hotel or tee times, for example, but usually for a small additional fee.
www.worldgolf.com /travel/scotland/scotland-adventure.htm   (2046 words)

  
 Reading Enriches Learning - Values
Karen Tayleur grew up in the western suburbs of Melbourne and loved reading, writing stories and making up imaginative games and adventures.
Karen Tayleur has also written the All Stars netball series that follows the lives of eight girls in their netball team's first season.
Based on the information available on Karen Tayleur's website (http://www.karentayleur.com) compile an author profile using the worksheet provided.
www.curriculum.edu.au /rel/values/book.php?catrelid=1483   (584 words)

  
 Connect Coalville - Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Charles Tayleur (son of William of Rodington) was born in 1785 to an old Shropshire family, and a deed dated 1271 relates to Galfrd le Tayleur and his wife Agatha living at Longdon Grange, in Longdon-Upon-Tern.
The Tayleur family was exceedingly wealthy and Charles' father, William owned 10,000 acres of land as well as Upton Castle in Pembrokeshire.
And so the meeting held on the 24th of May 1824 had far more reaching consequences, not only for the progression of the railway but for the sustainability and enrichment of the area of "Long Lane"-later to be known as Coalville.
www.connectcoalville.org.uk /forum/articles/article04.php   (561 words)

  
 Tayleur Mayde Golf Tour to Muirfield for British Open Championship
Tayleur Mayde Golf Tours, Edinburgh's only specialist golf tour operator, has launched its proramme for visitors to next year's British Open Championship at Muirfield, Edinburgh on 28-21 July 2002.
With over eight years experience arranging golf tours to Scotland and Ireland, Tayleur Mayde is a company run by golfers for golfers.
Meeting and greeting by Tayleur mayde at airport of arrival in Scotland
www.go-golf.net /news/yeartodate/news2001/tayleur.html   (127 words)

  
 Skerries History and Folklore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On Thursday 19th of January 1854 the emigrant ship Tayleur set sail from Liverpool for Melbourne.
About 100 of the bodies were buried in the little churchyard on the island.
The bay where the ship was wrecked has since been known as Tayleur Bay.
www.iol.ie /~stpatsk/lochist/28tayl.html   (463 words)

  
 Viking Sub Aqua
The Tayleur was wrecked on Lambay on 21-1-1854 while en route from Liverpool to Melbourne.
The seabed was once littered with fragments of the cargo which included willow pattern pottery.
The 231 foot 865 ton iron steamer Shamrock ran ashore on 5 may 1918 on the north East coast of Lambay.
www.vikingsubaqua.com /index.php?name=VSAC_DiveSites   (548 words)

  
 Tayleur Arms Golf Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The society was formed in late 2004 with a membership made up of regulars from the Tayleur Arms pub in Longdon on Tern, Telford, Shropshire.
The idea of the society is to promote friendship through sport and to provide friendly competition through golf.
May 21, Horsehay Village, Telford: Following the first meeting of the season, it was back into soggy action for the Tayleur crew.
www.tayleurgolf.co.uk   (262 words)

  
 Irish Wrecks On-Line - Tayleur SV (No. 745)
Irish Wrecks On-Line - Tayleur SV (No. 745)
She was the largest sailing ship ever built in Britain up to that time.
Bound for Australia (The loss of the Tayleur)
www.irishwrecksonline.net /details/Tayleur745.htm   (252 words)

  
 Aqua Marine Diving Club - Home
If you are interested in going on any of these trips please let the activities officer know as soon as possible.
::: Wreck of the Tayleur in Dublin Bay :::
This article was originally published in 'The Illustrated London News' in 1854.
www.aquamarinedivingclub.com   (246 words)

  
 hh
1830 The Vulcan Foundry was established at Newton-le-Willows by Charles Tayleur, a Liverpool merchant and engineer, for the production of locomotives.
They were the Tayleur and Stephenson (four wheeled engines of the Planet type).
Two bogie engines, named Fire Fly and Red Rover, each with single driving wheels were exported to America for the Camden and Woodbury Railroad.
www.enginemuseum.org /hh.html   (1668 words)

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