Maritime record TR 17 NE 3 - Charles

Summary

MERCHANT BRIG, lost 1852

Location

Grid reference TR 1992 7900 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR17NE
District THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vessel stranded and lost in a hard easterly gale. Struck on the Pan Sand and immediately filled. After five hours, during which time the passengers and crew were expecting the vessel to break up, they were eventually saved by the smack NANCY, of Whitstable. Portions of the wreck were later brought into Whitstable, and the greater portion of her cargo was saved. The master had mistaken the North Foreland light for the Calais light, and keeping his ship too far from the land, fearing the Flemish sand banks, the vessel was in fact much further to the westward than had been calculated. Wind from the East hard gale. Owner: Capt. John Walters, Cardigan Master: Thomas James Crew: 9 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 46 Passengers Lost: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A (1). Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LL.26.04.1852(R) (2).


<1> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1852, Page Nos. 69 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.

<2> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1852, Page Nos. 69.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Jul 10 2001 11:45AM