Maritime record TR 13 SE 276 - Northern Belle

Vessel driven ashore and lost during SSE squalls. `Dover 13 Jan, 10.55am. NORTHERN BELLE, stranded near Sandgate this morning, through sprit breaking. Crew all landed by rocket apparatus, vessel full water. Arrangements being made to salve everything possible at low water...'(LL) `Sandgate 1.38pm. Vessel total wreck...' `Dover 10.02am. NORTHERN BELLE gone to pieces; remains and gear salved should be disposed of as soon as possible.' (1)

Source (1) additionally gives the position of loss as 1.5 miles east of Seabrook.

Source (1) gives the place of registration as London, (2) as Ipswich.

Registration No: IPSWICH 91837

Precise co-ordinates not available; last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research.

Built: 1885
Builder: Gildea (2)
Where Built: Ipswich
Master: C Inge
Crew: 3
Owner: Hawkins (original owner); English and Continental Shipping Co. (from 1893)

Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
BOT.Wk.Rtn.1895 Appendix C Table 1 p134(655); Lloyd's Wreck Book No.506 21.02.1895; LL.

<1> 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.

<2> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

<3> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.