City of Chester

Reference No:
C DPF/11/817
Dates:
16 Jul 1894
Description:

Ship No. 77513 Name. City of Chester Letter & No.H1454 Owner. George Bowman Skipper. James Watson 2nd Hand. W Brocklesby Bswn. J T Johnson 3rd Hand. F Holmes 4th Hand. T Foster

Memoranda by Skipper. On Tuesday March 6th whilst fishing, we sighted a large steamerwith his cables down, we bore down to him and found him to be the SS Marie and that he had lost his rudder. I asked the captain if we should assist him to port and he said no, I think I can manage myself and he rigged some appliance but it failed to answer. Then he told me to take hold of his cable & tow him to port which we did with the assistance of the SS Oberon. Reached the Humber on the 8th & gave him up to the tug Champion of Grimsby to dock and we came in to land our fish.

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Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
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Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Fishing Vessel Crew Agreements Yearly Returns