Foundered (3)

'13-FEB-1863: The brig SCEPTRE, of Middlesbrough, bound for London with coal, whilst lying at single anchor, near to the Lower Hope Point, was run into by the screw steamer SCOTIA which carried away her foremast. The ship almost immediately sank, and three of the crew, who were asleep in the forecastle, were drowned; the master and other five of the crew were saved.' (3)

Built: 1850 (2)(3)
Crew: 7 (2)(3)
Crew Lost: 3 (2)(3)

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, 1863 Table 19, Page Nos. N/a (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.