Maritime record TR 45 NE 141 - Garland

Vessel lost due to `stress of weather' in wind conditions S force 9. Value of vessel #750, value of cargo #100. (4)

Sank south of the South Goodwins, some 6 miles NE of Dungeness, at 6pm. The captain and crew attempted to reach Dover or Folkestone in their own boat, but were defeated by the tide and forced to row into the Downs, reaching Ramsgate 10 hours later at 4.30am on the Monday. Being so early, they found no one in the streets of the town and just wandered about until their attention was drawn to a fire which had started in a draper and outfitters' shop at 79, King Street, belonging to a Mr Henry Stapleton. PC Stead found the fire and raised the alarm; only then did the shipwrecked sailors receive any attention and were sent to the new and only recently opened Sailors' Home. (5)

There are two entries for this incident in the United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, under Kent Mainland (BD) and Kent Goodwin Sands (BF) respectively.

Built: 1863
Builder: Nicholson
Where Built: Gosport
Master: Gray (1)(3)(4); Smurthwaite (2)(5)
Crew: 10
Owner: Gray

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
KCT.10.01.1867; BOT.Wk.Rtn.Romney Marsh Summary p3; LR.1865-6 No.33(G)

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks (Monograph). SKE6709.

<3> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<4-5> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.