Surprise
- Reference No:
- C DPF/2/174
- Dates:
- 9 Feb 1885
- Description:
Ship No. 68652 Name. Surprise Letters & No.H787 Owner. Joseph Potter Skipper. George Cousins 2nd Hand. Thomas Cox 3rd Hand. Thomas Lee 4th Hand. James Lait
Memoranda by Skipper. We left the fishing fleet on Wednesday January 28th on account of the vessel leaking, when about 5 O'clock pm the fore stay broke. Saturday 31st. Nothing more happened until we were about one mile and a half from the Humber when the dead eye bolts broke and the mast snapped off by the deck. The vessel still leaking we had to take the assistance of tug to get to Hull.
- 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