Butterfly

Reference No:
C DPF/20/463
Dates:
31 Jul 1903
Description:

Ship No. 109026 Name. Butterfly Letter & No. H393 Owner. J H Robins Skipper. Boreas Hume / W Chandler / M Mecklenburgh 2nd Hand. Robert Hume Bswn. Hy White 3rd Hand. John Hill 4th Hand. W Courtney

Record of Death or Injury.

6/7/03 M Mecklenburgh, skipper. Washed overboard & drowned.

6/7/03 William Wilson, boatswain. Right arm & hand cut by wheelhouse windows when carried away by a heavy sea.

Certificates.

I hereby certify that after enquiry I am satisfied that the loss of skipper Mecklenburgh was in accordance with the circumstances reported herein.

Record of Casualty.

6/7/03 11.45pm North sea. Bridge windows & top telltale compass, two life buoys, mizen, deck boards carried away. Vessel shipped a heavy sea.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
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Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Fishing Vessel Crew Agreements Yearly Returns