Maritime record TR 35 SE 231 - Campbell

Summary

BRITISH BRIG, 1859

Location

Grid reference TR 3807 5011 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR35SE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

This vessel came to anchor at 8.30pm. off Walmer Castle, where she was later run down and sunk by the SS FOYLE, of Dublin. The crew of the brig were saved by the steamer, which lost one of its own seamen in the rescue. Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. GSS. Larn. R. 1977 p106 and 166

This vessel came to anchor at 8.30pm off Walmer Castle, where she was later run down and sunk by the SS FOYLE, of Dublin. The crew of the brig were saved by the steamer, which lost one of its own seamen in the rescue. (1)(3)

The incident occurred `within only a few hundred yards of the lifeboat station.' (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A


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

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

<3> 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.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Monograph: Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: 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.

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Record last edited

May 4 2024 2:34PM