City of Exeter
- Reference No:
- C DPF/19/299
- Dates:
- 13 Jan 1902
- Description:
Ship No. 102961 Name. City of Exeter Letter & No. H256 Owner. G W Bowman Skipper. Henry Porter / T Langler/ William Hird 2nd Hand. T White Bswn. H Lofthouse 3rd Hand. Rawlinson 4th Hand. Fred Wells
Official Log. About 5 O'clock on December 24th 1901sighted schooner Wiln of Riga with masts gone & flying signals of distress. We took him in tow, but broke away from him six different times. On December 25th his crew refused duty, and the captain asked to be taken off which we did and abandoned the vessel. Landed them in Aberdeen, where we also reported the above.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull City Archives
- Collection:
- Fishing Vessel Crew Agreements Yearly Returns