Rye
- Reference No:
- C DPF/9/306
- Dates:
- 11 Jan 1892
- Description:
Ship No. 65247 Name. Rye Letter & No. H709 Owner. John Munby Skipper. R J Huntington / John Kennedy 2nd Hand. J Ridsdill 3rd Hand. Luke Gill 4th Hand. G Spenceley
Record of Death or Injury. Sea 11 December 1891. W Level 2nd hand. Ill, sent home by cutter.
Record of Casualty.
14 October 1891 North Sea. Lost our fishing gear & 110 fathom of warp. Gale from the SW & heavy sea.
26th November 1891. Toiler took our bowsprit away.
Memoranda by Skipper.
About 4pm on Saturday the 17th October we sighted a fishing vessel flying signals of distress, we bore down to her & found her to be the smack Romeo of Hull H1235 with mainmast gone & all her sails blown away we took her in tow & procceeded with her to Hull. Which port was safely reached on Tuesday the 20th about 8pm.
- 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