Loss

Date 5 July 1896

Event ID 587654

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

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5 July 1896, WAVERLEY, 2 years, of S. Shields. Wood steam fishing vessel. 39 ton, 8 men. Master F. Chase. Owner Shields Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., S. Shields. Glasgow to fishing. Collided steamship MERSEY of Liverpool. Calm. About 5 miles W. of Oversay Light, Islay.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).

NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 939).

(Classified as wooden steam trawler, in ballast: date of loss cited as 5 July 1896). Waverley: this vessel was in collision and sank about 5 miles W of Oversay [Orsay] light. (5 May 1896?)

Registration: South Shields. Built 1894. 126grt. Length: 29m. Beam: 6m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 40.00 W6 35.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.