hi there, i have found a couple of by that name, but i hope the following info may be of some use to you.....
OFFICIAL NUMBER TABLE
THE WEBSITE OF THE MARINERS MAILING LIST. (
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/IBON1.html)
Official Numbers were issued to all British seagoing vessels extant in 1855, in order to give each ship a unique identity – there were hundreds of ships with names like MARY. The same number remained with the ship throughout its life, despite changes of name or Port of Registry (POR), as long as it remained on (or returned to) the British register – which included the British colonies. In 1855 each British port was given a block of numbers to allocate in turn to each (existing) ship clearing (leaving) that port, e.g. London received 1-999. Thereafter every ship added to the British register, either newly built or acquired from ‘foreigners’, was given the next number from the sequence for her POR.
ONs are useful for indicating if two apparently similar ships are actually the same, they indicate a date of completion (for new ships after 1855), they show what was the first name a ship held and they may be the only clue as to a ship’s identity, e.g. on a seaman’s discharge papers.
Off. No. Name Current Date Adopted Port of Registry GRT NRT
55453 OIMARA Greenock
65156 OIMARA 1872 Plymouth 50
http://www.grosvenorprints.com/ra1.htm have a picture (number 30 on the page this link refers to).
i don't know if it is one of these two or not.
this is the description alongside the picture:
Oimara.
T.G.Dutton del & lith. John B.Day Lith. London: Published by John B.Day, Savoy Street, Strand, W.C. [c.1876].
Colour lithograph. Printed area 205 x 280mm.
A 97ft cutter, pictured off the Needles.
regards,
Lorna.
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