At least three ships bore the name Crowpill. They were named after the area of Bridgwater where the docks were built, stretching roughly from Valetta Place to Saltlands, being named after the ‘pill of crows’ ie the outlet of the Crowpill rhyne. The Crowpill is hence an unsurprising ship name for the town.
A ketch called Crowpill was built in Bridgwater in 1875, her official number 72451, a Ketch of 124 tons registered 28 January 1875. In 1880 she was owned by John G. Sully of Bridgwater, who lived in Crowpill House. She appears to have been hulked in 1883 (Reference Index).
The successor to this ship was another Ketch, originally called the John Wesley, but renamed after the first Crowpill was replaced. This is the ship pictured above. Her registered number was 67254, and had been built in 1873 in Harwich. She was 159 tons. Her previous owner was Charles F. Williams of Plymouth, but by 1890 was managed by John G. Sully of Bridgwater. By 1900, 1910 she was owned by Sully & Co., and manged by Richard O. Sully. By 1915 and 1920 she was now in Cowes, being owned by I. Samuel White & Co of East Cowes, Isle of Wight. Her register had been closed in 1916.
A third Crowpill, a steamship, previously called the Tynesider, was registered in Bridgwater in 1934. She had been built in South Shields in 1911 and purchased by Sully & Co. She was 190 tons, and transported coal between South Wales and Bridgwater 1934 to 1966 (reference index).