Search Results for: Sails
abandoned at sea while en route from colombo, ceylon (now sri lanka), to london with a ton general cargo. as per this page. lost at a point about miles w. of the scilly islands. crew of - none lost. then owned by e. t. gourley of sunderland. the vessel encountered a hurricane on feb. , , lost all of her sails
vessel was being forced off her correct course. after a.m. on jan. , , the master awoke, but before he got on deck the vessel had run onto the barnard sand in the north sea, off kessingland, s. of lowestoft on the suffolk coast. arriving on deck, the captain tried to extricate the vessel with her sails...
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names of all those involved & has transcribed two contemporary newspaper articles including one from the newcastle journal of dec. , . the vessel became of tons in / (maybe as a result of repairs re its above experience). on sep. , , the vessel left london, gravesend, for melbourne, australia. it lost sails
needing hospitalization due to scurvy. on dec. , , the vessel left launceston for calcutta (now kolkata), india. the only other reference i spotted at trove australia was that the vessel encountered a typhoon when en route from hong kong to shanghai, china, on or about sep. , . acastus lost a suit of sails...
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