Sank following collision with the SS BROOK, of London off Gravesend; vessel type described as a barquentine. (3)

Barque, built as PORRO, for her first owner in 1876. Sold to her second and final owner in 1890.

Dimensions: 492 tons gross, 445 net; 135.1 x 31 x 16.9 feet.

Involved in a collision with the BROOK of London in the Thames Estuary; at the time she was bound from Kristiania (Oslo) for London with ice. (4)

Built: 1876 (2)(3)(4)
Builder: T Jensen (4)
Where Built: Sondeled (4)
Crew: 10 (2)(3)
Owner: J W Prebensen m.fl., Risor (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

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

<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1910 Appx.C Table 1, Page Nos. 101 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.

<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.

<4> Peter Higginbotham, 2000, The Workhouse (Website). SKE56079.