The Britsh bark DICKEY SAM was built at Liverpool in 1841. 174/305 tons (old/new measurement); 101.6 x 24.3 x 16 feet (length x breadth x depth of hold). The annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1841/42-1866/67 give the following additional information:

Master:
     1841/42-1842/43 - J. Carter
     1842/43-1848/49 - J. Coaker
     1849/50-1851/52 - Thompson
     1851/52-1852/53 - T. Power
     1853/54-1857/58 - [not given]
     1858/59-1859/60 - J. Watson
     1860/61-1863/64 - W. Lyall
     1863/64-1866/67 - W. Cumming

Owner:
     1841/42-1850/51 - Thompson
     1851/52-1852/53 - Coubr'gh
     1853/54-1857/58 - Poole & Co.
     1858/59-1860/61 - King & Co.
     1861/62-1866/67 - W. Cumming

Port of Registry:
     1841/42-1857/58 - Liverpool
     1858/59-1866/67 - Glasgow

Port of Survey
     1841/42-1857/58 - Liverpool
     1858/59-1863/64 - Clydeside
     1863/64-1865/66 - Cardiff
     1865/66-1866/67 - Clydeside

Destined Voyage:
     1841/42-1842/43 - Buenos Aires
     1842/43-1844/45 - Rio de Janeiro
     1843/44-1846/47 - Bombay
     1846/47-1848/49 - Batavia
     1848/49-1851/52 - Lima
     1851/52-1852/53 - [not given]
     1853/54-1857/58 - Panama
     1858/59-1859/60 - [not given]
     1860/61-1866/67 - West Indies

On 6 September 1866, the bark DICKEY SAM, carrying a cargo of railway chairs, was stranded 1 mile above the buoy of Shipwash Sand, with the loss of 13 lives [Wrecks, casualties and collisions on the coasts of the United Kingdom during one year occasioning loss of life, chronologically arranged, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1866, inclusive, Parliamentary Papers 1867 (Command 3902) lxiv.410].