You can't buy a loaf of bread for £1/15s, well done George.

George Henry Cook 1857-1914. Born Wivenhoe.
George started hid career as a rope maker aged 13and then progressed to master mariner.

1872- ship Sovereign listed as boy aged 14.
1874 ship Earnest he is listed as ordinary seaman aged 16 ex Speedwell his pay was £1-15s.per month
1876 ship Era  Master Charles Turner of Wivenhoe George is now listed as an able seaman aged 21.
1877  ship Jullanar, pleasure yacht, master John Downes of Brightlingsea, George aged 21 able seaman.
1879  Rosabelle master Henry Harlow Wivenhoe, George cook aged 24 able seaman.
1880  Rosabelle master as before and George is now paid £1/15s. per week and 2/-bonus conduct money
1914 Ship SS Lindale, George is now aged 50 and ab seaman.   George died  whilst loading sulphuric acid  .He was overcome by the fumes, he died in the hospital in Antwerp Belgium.
Sovereign was registered in Colchester she was a 156 ton schooner belonging to W.J. Girling of West Bergholt.
Earnest was registered in Colchester and 154 tons. she was wrecked in 1880.
Era registered in Colchester, she was a 175 schooner and owned by J.G. Chamberlain of Wivenhoe.
George was also on the Havelock  registered in Colchester ,she was a 144ton brigantine.  George's half brother Samuel Ridgley Cook was lost at sea when the Havelock was wrecked ,he was aged 16  in 1881.
Rosabelle built in 1875 at Wivenhoe , probably Harveys yard  and owned by Theodore Pim as a yawl.
P.S. the relatives of Capt. George Cook aged 56 years received the sad news of his death in Antwerp.
he was engaged on the SS. Lindale plying between Antwerp and London. Deceased leaves a widow and 6 sons and 3 daughters. The 2 eldest sons George and Stanley left for the funeral yesterday.
George was buried at the Kiel cemetery row 13 number 29.
Thanks to Nick Sheen Western Australia for all this information.