Lot Essay
FROM A SKETCH BY CAPTAIN WILSON
WILTON WAS BUILT AT WORKINGTON IN 1839 (144 TONS). ORIGINALLY SCHOONER RIGGED, SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BRIGANTINE IN 1846. SHE VOYAGED TO GRANADA 1840-1842, LEGHORN 1843-1844 AND THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN IN 1845. IN 1850 WILTON WAS REGISTERED AS 'COASTING' AND WAS PROBABLY LOST OR BROKEN UP IN THAT YEAR. HER LAST ENTRY IN LLOYD'S APPEARS IN 1850. HER MASTER THROUGHOUT WAS CAPTAIN WILSON.