Ship No. 79475 Name. Romantic Letters & No. H1218 Owner. James Edwards Skipper. Richard Winterflood 2nd Hand. Thomas Ledler 3rd Hand. S G Smith

Apprentices on Board.

James Barton - 4th Hand

Memoranda by Skipper.

26 July 1887. On this day we were sailing on the port tack of the smack Bassanio . We did not alter for him as we expected he would bear off for us till we saw there was noone on the lookout & after we had shouted several times. We saw a hand run from the capstan & put the helm hard to starboard instead of hard to port till we told him to alter when he was into us. damage small , his bowsprit broken & our bow deck.