| Name: | AMBROSE |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 26/03/1861 |
| Completed: | 1861 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 2 |
| Dimensions: | 963grt, 862nrt, 1112dwt, 190.0 x 32.0 x 20.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (Later: Barque) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 29641 |
| History: | |
| 27/05/1861 | JP Schilizzi & Co, Liverpool |
| 1870 | Edward Bates, Liverpool |
| 1882 | James Foote Gibb, Ratcliff Dry Dock, Middlesex; renamed WILLOWBANK |
| 1885 | Robert Barr & Andrew Weir, Glasgow |
| 22/12/1895 | Sank |
| Comments: | Originally ordered by J Smirthwaite of Sunderland |
| 1885: When bought by Andrew Weir it started the nomenclature for his fleet (to be) having “Bank” as a theme for the ships | |
| 22/12/1895: At 4:30 am in thick weather with a SW gale running, AMBROSE was in collision with the Red Star liner BERLIN & sank in 5 minutes, 12 miles west of Portland | |
| BERLIN was on a cruise en-route from Antwerp to New York, while WILLOWBANK, loaded with nitrate was making for Hamburg via Falmouth from Caleta Buena. One life was lost |
Above photo is courtesy of the Ian Rae collection
Liverpool Daily Post, Friday, 29/03/1861
Shields Daily News, Monday, 23/12/1895