Information about the Hawkeye

In 1846 Henry Bath II established the Swansea Iron Shipbuilding Company and in 1849 launched the steam yacht "Firefly" intended for use on the coast of Chile. Many of their ships were built at Bideford in North Devon, England and were named after the letters of the Greek alphabet such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma Delta, Iota, Kappa, Epsilon, Theta and Zeta (built at Glasgow). Other vessels' names were inspired by the novels of Fennimore Cooper including Scout, Hawkeye, Uncas, Delaware, Pathfinder, Mohican and Deerslayer. There were vessels called Henry Bath and City of Valparaiso. Records exist of all these barques, often referred to as "Cape Horners" and as many as 30 ships formed the Bath fleet.

On a visit to Chile, Henry Bath II and his brother Edward met and married the two daughters of Charles Lambert another prominent Swansea shipbuilder and copper merchant. This association brought into the company copper smelting operations in Chile, at Coquimbo and Port Tennant, Wales.

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