`...Sank following collision off the E Goodwin with SS BERESFORD of 2158 tons gross, in dense fog. The BERESFORD, of West Hartlepoool and bound for Bombay was fouled at her anchorage off the E Goodwins when the GERMAN EMPEROR struck her at 4am on Monday, sinking in three minutes under the bow of the other vessel. The BERESFORD launched a boat, recovering Richard Gordon(AB) and the two Spanish passengers, Uttitia and Tayo the latter having suffered a broken leg. The boat was then unable to relocate its parent vessel in the fog, eventually being picked up off Dover by the SS KNIGHT COMPANION. A second boat lowered by the BERESFORD was picked up and towed in by the tug LADY VITA. Richard Gordon stated that he heard the cry - All hands on deck, the boats sinking. Everyone ran aft but he climbed the foremast rigging with the captain and then jumped into the sea, but never saw the captain again. She sank in 3 minutes, ten men escaping through the hole in her bow.' Year Built: 1872 Builder: Short Bros Engine HP: 98 Propulsion: Screw, 2cyl comp Boilers: 2 Owner: JS Barwick and Co Crew: 16 Passengers: 6 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. KCT.23.05.1889(R); DOD. p271; LR.1887-8 No.155(G); BOT.Wk.Rtn. 1889 Appx.C Table 1 p142

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