TS Indefatigable - 18th Feb 2017 3:32pm
TS Indefatigable , of which there were two. They were training ship on the Mersey off New Ferry. The first was used from 1864 to 1901.
Training ships for the sons and orphans of sailors.
I am interested to know if anybody can help with regard to the boys who trained there and if there is a list or register of those who joined it.
Reason is, my gr.gt grandfather went to sea from this area and spent his 13th birthday as a young sailor on a brig rigged ship, off the coast of Quebec. He was born is August 1852, so the dates could coincide if he was trained on it.
I have not been able to locate anything but that doesn't mean the records are not there to be found.
It is another way of maybe finding out what happened to his father, who disappeared off the map between 1857 and 1861 and that could possibly point to the father's death at sea, rather than a mystery disappearance.
Thanks for any help.