Maritime record TR 11 SE 52 - City of Dresden

Summary

IRISH MERCHANT STEAMSHIP, 1907

Location

Grid reference TR 1692 1204 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR11SE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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Full Description

Foundered following collision with the SS. ESCHOLBROOK, of Grimsby, sinking at 7.30am. The captain of the Grimsby vessel signalled for 'full astern' on the telegraph when collision was imminent, but the engineroom replied with 'full ahead' by mistake, and she plunged into the other vessel, badly damaging her bow. Copper ingots were recovered by Newton Smith Co. of Folkestone in the summer of 1985. Year Built: 1876 Builder: Bowdler, Chaffer and Co. Engine HP: 164 Boilers: 1 Propulsion: Screw, 2 cylinder compound Owner: Palgrave Murphy and Co. Master: H A Owen Crew: 16 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: BOT.Wk.Rtn.1907 Appx.C Table 1 p141(609); LWI.24.01.1907 p3; LR. 1904-5 No.886(C); MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.013804091


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

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 1994 12:00AM