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Loss
Date 1 January 1871
Event ID 572401
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/572401
Ardrossan, 1st Jan. The MORNING STAR, of Dublin, Delargy, went ashore on Horse Island, to the NW of the harbour, at 9.30 a.m., during a gale from SW, and is a total wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,695, London, Tuesday, January 3 1871.
Ardrossan, 2nd Jan. The crew of the MORNING STAR, Delargy, wrecked on Horse island, yesterday, were saved by the FAIR MAID OF PERTH, lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution: the vessel was bound to this port from Dublin, in ballast.
Source, LL, No. 17,696, London, Wednesday, January 4 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11911).
(No classification specified: cited as in ballast, and date of loss as 1 January 1871). Morning Star: this vessel was wrecked on Horse Island. Capt. Delargy.
Registration: Dublin.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
