88:
84:; the partnership was dissolved in 1867. In the early 1870s he was designing merchant ships and private yachts often constructed as composite, where the frame was made of iron but planked in wood. He delivered a paper on this subject to the Institute of Naval Architects in 1878.
30:
His father, Charles
Holtzendorf Byrne (1781-1853), was an Irish ship owner who in 1812 married Scottish Susanna Ewing (1789–1868). They had 8 children, 4 of whom were born in Renfrew Scotland and the remainder in Liverpool, including St Clare Byrne.
191:
St Clare John Byrne died on 13 December 1915 aged 86 and was buried at Holy
Trinity Church, then Hoylake Parish church. The church has since been demolished but the grave yard remains. Sadly, Byrne's tomb stone is now damaged and overgrown.
49:
Byrne's elder brother, shipping merchant Andrew Ewing Byrne (1818-1908), was a keen yachtsman. Byrne followed his interest, but designed and built his own yacht. In 1856 he was elected a member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.
200:
Many of the larger yachts (over 100 tons) designed by St Clare Byrne are listed below. The list does not included his designs for small yachts or merchant vessels. Source data from contemporary Lloyd's Yacht
Registers.
957:
having joined in 1890. When younger he was a leading marksman in the 2nd
Cheshire Rifle Volunteers. He continued to take an interest in sailing, becoming president of the Hoylake Sailing Club in his later years.
112:(1839-1887) and their children. Anna wrote a book describing their travels and this became a best seller, reprinted many times and translated into many languages. In 1915 Brassey sailed
41:(1894-1983), historian and author. She and her mother lived with Byrne after her father died in 1905; she would later say of him that he was a genius.
1234:
Hurd, Sir
Archibald. HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - THE MERCHANT NAVY, Volume I, 1914 to Spring 1915 (Part 2 of 2) .Published by John Murray, London 1921
80:
In 1865 he was
Superintendent Shipbuilder in the Humber Iron Works and later a partner in shipbuilding company called Byrne, Humphreys & Co. of
157:
Two
American clients, James Gordon Bennett and William Kissam Vanderbilt, had yachts designed by Byrne, but built in America. Vanderbilt's yacht
22:(1831-1915) was a British naval architect, who specialized in the design of luxury yachts during the late Victorian and early Edwardian period.
361:
1275:
556:
448:
1305:
1300:
1310:
1295:
119:
In 1877 the first of 3 yachts Byrne designed for
Manchester industrialist Samuel Radcliff Platt was launched; they were all named
34:
By the age of 20 Byrne was a merchant’s clerk, living with his parents in
Birkenhead, an area associated with shipbuilding.
1188:
923:
108:
would become one of the most famous private yachts of the period. Brassey took the yacht on a world cruise with his wife
1280:
954:
1290:
1285:
998:
308:
236:
70:
289:
109:
853:
104:. It was 532 tons, 159 ft in length, built by Bowdler and Chaffer’s in Seacombe and launched in 1874 .
37:
In 1867 he married Kate
Chatteris, they had 3 children: Henry, Arthur and Lionel. Byrne's granddaughter was
144:
and on one of the legs set a record for the crossing between the Falkland Islands and South Africa. The
180:
designed for Col Herbert A Foster and built by Cammell Laird was launched in 1906 when Byrne was 75.
98:
Byrne designed a steam auxiliary barquentine yacht for Thomas Brassey of composite construction named
730:
575:
484:
1074:
54:
1213:
38:
503:
165:
at 2148 tons, said to be the largest yacht in the world. This was constructed in Britain by
149:
1270:
1265:
124:
8:
99:
1151:
123:. The 2nd, launched in 1890, was eventually sold to an American buyer and become the
53:
By the mid 1850s he was designing larger vessels constructed in iron for the shipyard
994:
1189:"MR. VANDERBILT'S NEW YACHT; THE VALIANT ARRIVES FROM GLASGOW WITHIN NINE DAYS"
166:
74:
1129:
188:, becoming involved with the chase and final sinking of German submarine U12.
1259:
839:
136:
was designed and built for Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh on the lines of
81:
161:
was sunk in 1892 and Byrne was commissioned to design a replacement, the
140:
and launched in 1877. Like Brassey, Hesketh went on a world tour in the
170:
116:
to Mudros Bay to act as a hospital ship during the Gallipoli campaign.
87:
57:
of Canada Works at Birkenhead. These included the paddle steamer
693:
London & Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company
1101:
Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, page 6, column 2
953:
St Clare John Byrne was a keen golfer and a member of the
176:
Byrne continued to design yachts into his senior years:
993:. Chicago & London: St James Press. p. 573.
184:
was used by the Royal Navy during WWI as armed yacht
1116:
Sunbeam RYS - Voyages and Experiences in Many Waters
65:(729 tons) for his brother Andrew, and the yacht
1257:
1152:"The 'Sunbeam' as Hospital Ship, July 30th 1915"
710:The Naval Construction & Armament Co Barrow
500:Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
148:was sold to the Admiralty in 1893 and become
481:Ward Stanton & Co., Newburg, Hudson USA
572:Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington USA
1075:"Partnership Dissolved 12 September 1868"
86:
1113:
1014:"Royal Mersey Yacht Club - Liverpool".
948:
1258:
988:
1099:"The Institute of Naval Architects".
377:Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow
25:
1276:19th-century British businesspeople
445:Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow
428:Thomas Brassey & Co Birkenhead
394:Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Barrow
13:
1306:Military personnel from Birkenhead
1301:English people of Scottish descent
1173:"Cruise of the Lancashire Witch".
955:Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
14:
1322:
1311:Military personnel from Liverpool
903:D & W Henderson Ltd Glasgow,
746:Napier Shanks & Bell Glasgow
1118:. Albemarle Street: John Murray.
362:Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh
269:Bowdler & Chaffer, Seacombe
1296:English people of Irish descent
1237:
1228:
1206:
1181:
1166:
1144:
1122:
989:Devine, Elizabeth, ed. (1983).
939:Cammell Laird Birkenhead (666)
519:J Fullerton & Co., Paisley
464:J Fullerton & Co., Paisley
305:Bowdler & Chaffer Seacombe
286:Bowdler & Chaffer Seacombe
44:
1107:
1092:
1067:
1059:"Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club".
1052:
1044:"Launches From Canada Works".
1037:
1022:
1007:
982:
968:
920:Vickers Sons and Maxim Barrow
886:Vickers Sons and Maxim Barrow
625:Cochran & Co., Birkenhead
411:Cunliffe & Dunlop Glasgow
1:
961:
536:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
358:B Steele & Co., Greenock
869:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
850:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
831:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
814:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
797:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
780:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
763:Earle Ship Building Company
676:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
642:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
591:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
553:Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
7:
10:
1327:
1216:. National Maritime museum
1061:Yorkshire Gazette - page 9
608:J Reid & Co., Glasgow
1281:Architects from Liverpool
1132:. The Mirror of Australia
1029:"Launch of New Steamer".
976:Census for United Kingdom
485:James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
1291:Engineers from Liverpool
1286:British naval architects
991:The Annual Obituary 1983
872:Pauilac, Calvat, Marsan
195:
906:Samuel Radcliffe Platt
662:Samuel Radcliffe Platt
344:Thomas Valentine Smith
327:Samuel Radcliffe Platt
91:Thomas Brassey's yacht
77:of the Canada Works.
55:Brassey, Peto and Betts
16:British naval architect
1114:Brassey, Earl (1917).
341:Cunliffe & Dunlop
110:Anna (Allnutt) Brassey
95:
39:Muriel St. Clare Byrne
1154:. Imperial War Museum
942:Col Herbert A Foster
727:Laird Brothers (594)
324:Laird Brothers (428)
90:
1214:"Armed Yacht Portia"
1033:. 17 September 1856.
949:Additional Interests
659:Laird Brothers (538)
252:Laird Brothers (378)
219:Owner When Launched
1248:. 14 December 1915.
1130:"The Bulldog Breed"
924:Sir William H Wills
645:Charles J Fletcher
522:Don Thomas Heredia
504:Sir Andrew B Walker
255:John Thomas Molson
126:USS Mohican - SP117
20:St Clare John Byrne
272:Sir Hickman Bacon
96:
1177:. 14 August 1880.
1031:Liverpool Mercury
946:
945:
800:Maj Alex H Davis
749:Ninian B Stewart
696:R Clifford Smith
414:Ninian B Stewart
380:Ninian B Stewart
59:Elizabeth Jackson
26:Family background
1318:
1250:
1249:
1241:
1235:
1232:
1226:
1225:
1223:
1221:
1210:
1204:
1203:
1201:
1199:
1185:
1179:
1178:
1175:Manchester Times
1170:
1164:
1163:
1161:
1159:
1148:
1142:
1141:
1139:
1137:
1126:
1120:
1119:
1111:
1105:
1104:
1103:. 20 April 1878.
1096:
1090:
1089:
1087:
1085:
1080:. London Gazette
1079:
1071:
1065:
1064:
1056:
1050:
1049:
1041:
1035:
1034:
1026:
1020:
1019:
1018:. 7 August 1856.
1011:
1005:
1004:
986:
980:
979:
972:
889:Frederick Platt
854:William Johnston
783:Col Henry Platt
766:Thomas J Waller
713:Frederick Platt
628:Frederick Platt
594:Baron Ashburton
557:Earl of Eglinton
449:Earl of Eglinton
349:Lancashire Witch
204:
203:
146:Lancashire Witch
142:Lancashire Witch
134:Lancashire Witch
1326:
1325:
1321:
1320:
1319:
1317:
1316:
1315:
1256:
1255:
1254:
1253:
1243:
1242:
1238:
1233:
1229:
1219:
1217:
1212:
1211:
1207:
1197:
1195:
1187:
1186:
1182:
1172:
1171:
1167:
1157:
1155:
1150:
1149:
1145:
1135:
1133:
1128:
1127:
1123:
1112:
1108:
1098:
1097:
1093:
1083:
1081:
1077:
1073:
1072:
1068:
1058:
1057:
1053:
1043:
1042:
1038:
1028:
1027:
1023:
1016:London Standard
1013:
1012:
1008:
1001:
987:
983:
974:
973:
969:
964:
951:
198:
69:(110 tons) for
61:(143 ft),
47:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1324:
1314:
1313:
1308:
1303:
1298:
1293:
1288:
1283:
1278:
1273:
1268:
1252:
1251:
1246:Liverpool Echo
1236:
1227:
1205:
1193:New York Times
1180:
1165:
1143:
1121:
1106:
1091:
1066:
1063:. 13 May 1865.
1051:
1048:. 25 May 1857.
1046:Liverpool Echo
1036:
1021:
1006:
999:
981:
966:
965:
963:
960:
950:
947:
944:
943:
940:
937:
934:
931:
927:
926:
921:
918:
915:
912:
908:
907:
904:
901:
898:
895:
891:
890:
887:
884:
881:
878:
874:
873:
870:
867:
864:
861:
857:
856:
851:
848:
845:
842:
836:
835:
834:W H Robertson
832:
829:
826:
823:
819:
818:
815:
812:
809:
806:
802:
801:
798:
795:
792:
789:
785:
784:
781:
778:
775:
772:
768:
767:
764:
761:
758:
755:
751:
750:
747:
744:
741:
738:
734:
733:
731:W K Vanderbilt
728:
725:
722:
719:
715:
714:
711:
708:
705:
702:
698:
697:
694:
691:
688:
685:
681:
680:
679:John Anderson
677:
674:
671:
668:
664:
663:
660:
657:
654:
651:
647:
646:
643:
640:
637:
634:
630:
629:
626:
623:
620:
617:
613:
612:
609:
606:
603:
600:
596:
595:
592:
589:
586:
583:
579:
578:
576:W K Vanderbilt
573:
570:
567:
564:
560:
559:
554:
551:
548:
545:
541:
540:
539:Henry Jameson
537:
534:
531:
528:
524:
523:
520:
517:
514:
511:
507:
506:
501:
498:
495:
492:
491:Cuhona/Empress
488:
487:
482:
479:
476:
473:
469:
468:
465:
462:
459:
456:
452:
451:
446:
443:
440:
437:
433:
432:
429:
426:
423:
420:
416:
415:
412:
409:
406:
403:
399:
398:
395:
392:
389:
386:
382:
381:
378:
375:
372:
369:
365:
364:
359:
356:
353:
350:
346:
345:
342:
339:
336:
333:
329:
328:
325:
322:
319:
316:
312:
311:
309:Thomas Brassey
306:
303:
300:
297:
293:
292:
287:
284:
281:
278:
274:
273:
270:
267:
264:
261:
257:
256:
253:
250:
247:
244:
240:
239:
237:Thomas Brassey
234:
231:
228:
225:
221:
220:
217:
214:
211:
208:
197:
194:
167:Laird Brothers
151:HMS Waterwitch
71:Thomas Brassey
46:
43:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1323:
1312:
1309:
1307:
1304:
1302:
1299:
1297:
1294:
1292:
1289:
1287:
1284:
1282:
1279:
1277:
1274:
1272:
1269:
1267:
1264:
1263:
1261:
1247:
1240:
1231:
1215:
1209:
1194:
1190:
1184:
1176:
1169:
1153:
1147:
1131:
1125:
1117:
1110:
1102:
1095:
1076:
1070:
1062:
1055:
1047:
1040:
1032:
1025:
1017:
1010:
1002:
1000:0-912289-07-4
996:
992:
985:
977:
971:
967:
959:
956:
941:
938:
935:
932:
929:
928:
925:
922:
919:
916:
913:
910:
909:
905:
902:
899:
896:
893:
892:
888:
885:
882:
879:
876:
875:
871:
868:
865:
862:
860:Leon Pauilhac
859:
858:
855:
852:
849:
846:
843:
841:
838:
837:
833:
830:
827:
824:
821:
820:
816:
813:
810:
807:
804:
803:
799:
796:
793:
790:
787:
786:
782:
779:
776:
773:
770:
769:
765:
762:
759:
756:
753:
752:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
735:
732:
729:
726:
723:
720:
717:
716:
712:
709:
706:
703:
700:
699:
695:
692:
689:
686:
683:
682:
678:
675:
672:
669:
666:
665:
661:
658:
655:
652:
649:
648:
644:
641:
638:
635:
632:
631:
627:
624:
621:
618:
615:
614:
610:
607:
604:
601:
598:
597:
593:
590:
587:
584:
581:
580:
577:
574:
571:
568:
565:
562:
561:
558:
555:
552:
549:
546:
543:
542:
538:
535:
532:
529:
526:
525:
521:
518:
515:
512:
509:
508:
505:
502:
499:
496:
493:
490:
489:
486:
483:
480:
477:
474:
471:
470:
466:
463:
460:
457:
454:
453:
450:
447:
444:
441:
438:
435:
434:
431:Henry Pigeon
430:
427:
424:
421:
418:
417:
413:
410:
407:
404:
401:
400:
396:
393:
390:
387:
384:
383:
379:
376:
373:
370:
367:
366:
363:
360:
357:
354:
351:
348:
347:
343:
340:
337:
334:
331:
330:
326:
323:
320:
317:
314:
313:
310:
307:
304:
301:
298:
295:
294:
291:
288:
285:
282:
279:
276:
275:
271:
268:
265:
262:
259:
258:
254:
251:
248:
245:
242:
241:
238:
235:
232:
229:
226:
223:
222:
218:
215:
212:
209:
206:
205:
202:
193:
189:
187:
183:
179:
174:
172:
168:
164:
160:
155:
153:
152:
147:
143:
139:
135:
130:
128:
127:
122:
117:
115:
111:
107:
103:
102:
94:
89:
85:
83:
78:
76:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
51:
42:
40:
35:
32:
23:
21:
1245:
1239:
1230:
1218:. Retrieved
1208:
1196:. Retrieved
1192:
1183:
1174:
1168:
1156:. Retrieved
1146:
1134:. Retrieved
1124:
1115:
1109:
1100:
1094:
1082:. Retrieved
1069:
1060:
1054:
1045:
1039:
1030:
1024:
1015:
1009:
990:
984:
975:
970:
952:
817:R Stuyesant
611:E J Allcard
467:Albert Wood
290:John Gretton
233:Canada Works
199:
190:
185:
181:
177:
175:
162:
158:
156:
150:
145:
141:
137:
133:
131:
129:during WW1.
125:
120:
118:
113:
105:
100:
97:
92:
79:
66:
62:
58:
52:
48:
45:Shipbuilding
36:
33:
29:
19:
18:
1271:1915 deaths
1266:1831 births
73:, son of a
63:Edith Byrne
1260:Categories
1244:"Deaths".
962:References
822:Lady Sofia
397:H Jameson
207:Yacht Name
171:Birkenhead
75:proprietor
1220:20 August
877:Jeannette
840:Kethailes
701:Jeannette
633:Red Eagle
616:Jeannette
224:Albatross
186:Portia II
67:Albatross
1198:8 August
1084:9 August
894:Norseman
805:Arcturus
788:Erl-King
771:St Elian
667:Lady Ina
650:Norseman
599:St Kilda
385:Margaret
315:Norseman
121:Norseman
911:Sabrina
754:Zoraide
718:Valiant
582:Miranda
510:Gaviota
472:Namouna
436:Cruiser
419:Chonita
332:Dobhran
296:Sunbeam
277:Modwena
216:Builder
163:Valiant
138:Sunbeam
114:Sunbeam
106:Sunbeam
101:Sunbeam
93:Sunbeam
1158:31 May
1136:31 May
997:
930:Portia
684:Athena
527:Gitana
455:Gelert
182:Portia
178:Portia
1078:(PDF)
737:Maria
544:Rover
260:Sirex
243:Nooya
196:Table
1222:2013
1200:2013
1160:2013
1138:2013
1086:2013
995:ISBN
936:1906
917:1899
900:1898
883:1898
866:1897
847:1897
828:1895
811:1895
794:1894
777:1894
760:1894
743:1893
724:1893
721:2184
707:1892
690:1892
673:1891
656:1890
639:1888
622:1888
605:1887
588:1886
569:1886
566:1241
563:Alva
550:1882
533:1882
516:1882
497:1882
478:1882
461:1881
442:1881
425:1880
408:1880
391:1877
374:1877
355:1877
338:1876
321:1875
302:1874
283:1872
266:1871
249:1870
230:1859
213:Year
210:Tons
159:Alva
132:The
82:Hull
933:527
914:513
897:521
880:313
863:308
844:479
825:307
808:474
791:565
774:283
757:549
740:812
704:225
687:332
670:459
653:325
636:305
619:147
602:142
585:349
547:565
530:471
513:159
494:498
475:740
458:122
439:470
422:122
405:639
402:Amy
388:395
371:416
368:Amy
352:479
335:440
318:221
299:532
280:225
263:102
246:160
227:110
169:at
1262::
1191:.
173:.
154:.
1224:.
1202:.
1162:.
1140:.
1088:.
1003:.
978:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
