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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 19 SE 6 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Messager |
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Summary
MERCHANT BRIG, 1852
Monument Types
- WRECK (Post Medieval - 1852 AD to 1852 AD)
Full description
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'They were espied by the TARTAR lugger, which brought up in a fathom and a half of water, and four of a crew of 10 men ventured to rescue them, if possible, in the four-oared boat. They proceeded to the vessel, and after great difficulty succeeded, one at a time, in saving six, a poor boy perishing while saving the others.' Wind SSE 6, heavy seas. Master: Daniell Crew: 7 Crew Lost: 1 Passengers: 9 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Built: 1834 Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LL.28.10.1852(R)
<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1852, Page Nos. 157 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1852, Page Nos. 157. |
