Charles Neill, Robert’s eldest son, first went to sea as an apprentice at the tender age of twelve in 1844, and passed his master mariner's certificate at Belfast in 1853. He then assumed command of the Triton. Built at Rendsburg in North Germany in 1822, the Triton, 128 net registered tans, was acquired at same date between 1850 and 1852 by Robert Neill with three other shareholders - Charles himself, James McCall (who may have been a relative) and P. Lindsay, of a well-known local family. 'Lloyd’s Register' of 1855, the first of two in which she appears, has her employment entry- 'Ayr coaster' amended to 'Liverpool - Baltic,' and it was an another such passage that her end came.
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