Lamentable lines on the burning of the Cospatrick
- Ballad Title
- Lamentable lines on the burning of the Cospatrick
- Ballad Location
- Bodleian, Harding B 40(4)
- Digital Source
- Broadside Ballads Online by the Bodleian Libraries
- Background Information
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospatrick_(ship)
- Event Date
- 18-09-1874
- Event Location
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Printing Date
- c. 1875
- Printing Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Printer Name
- Nugent, J. F. & Co.
- Name of Ship
- Cospatrick
- Type of Ship
- Blackwall Frigate (wooden, three-masted full-rigged sailing ship)
- Port of Origin
- Gravesend, England
- Intended Destination
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Cause of Shipwreck
- Fire
- Number of Casualties
- 469
- Relevant Countries
- England, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland
- Sub-Category
- Shipwreck Ballads
- Language
- English Ballads
- Related Ballads
- Horrible Disaster to the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick, by Fire, and loss of 500 lives
- Burning of an emigrant ship and loss of nearly 500 lives
- Other Ballad Editions
- Bodleian, Harding B 19(115a);