Ship No. 108527 Name. Pigeon Letter & No. H155 Owner. Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd Skipper. C G Wilkins / J Turner 2nd Hand. J Spencer Bswn. W Solway 3rd Hand. R Kingston 4th Hand. G T Morgan

Record of Death or Injury. 9/1/12 E Costello, boatswain. Finger & thumb taken off, trapped by painter.

Official Log. On November 5 1911 about 6.15pm I heard a whistle blowing and upon approaching found the Bassein in distress. The skipper asked me to stand by him as the ship was filling with water having shipped a heavy sea & a strong gale was blowing. November 6 1911 they showed signals of distress and asked to be taken off board, so I sent our boat for them at about 2.30am. After this we still laid by the ship which now had a big list to starboard ( & the weather had not moderated at all) until the following morning at about 4.30 when the Bassein sank.