More information : Was stranded in NNW force 8 conditions accompanied by snow and went ashore between 4-5pm. The lifeboat and rocket apparatus went to the nearest suitable point, which was about four miles from Bude, but the state of the sea prevented the lifeboat from being used. The rocket apparatus was used to rig a breeches buoy, and brought ashore the crew as well as the captain's wife and child, the latter being lashed to its mother's waist. The Liverpool Salvage Association examined the wreck and reported that the engine bed plate and boilers had shifted to starboard and that her bottom hull plates and keel were crushed up or missing for 50ft. The wreck was sold at auction in Plymouth the following Monday and went to a Mr Brendon of the Falcon Hotel for 650.
(2) gives place of loss as Wanson Mouth.
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Year Built: 1884 Builder: Barrow Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Where Built: Barrow Engine HP: 175 Owner: County of Salop, SB Co Master: D Evans Crew: 28 Passengers: 2 Date of Loss Qualifier: A
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: RCG.24.03.1892(Thu)(R); LR.1886-7 No. 983(C) |