Lost whilst carrying 70 tons of cargo, in wind conditions ENE force 6. (2)

`Swamped by a succession of heavy seas, in wind conditions ENE force 6. The inquiry found she was lost due to stress of weather.' (3)

The voyage details are specified as Milton[-next-Sittingbourne] to Bow, London.

There are two entries for this vessel in the United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, under Kent Mainland (BD) and Thames (BG); the former cites the date of loss as 12-JUN-1880, the latter as 12-MAY-1880. Each entry also cites the identical text as the entry immediately following in both sections, for the BORSTAL (q.v.).

Built: 1867
Owner: J Minter, Southall, Middx.
Crew: 2

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
BOT.Wk.Rtn.1880 Part III p187(387)

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

<2> 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.