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Loss
Date 20 October 1898
Event ID 635410
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/635410
(Classified as wooden barquentine, with cargo of coal: former names cited as Felix Brandt and Eastern Prince, and date of loss as 20 October 1898). Felix: [this vessel] stranded [on] Throng Neck, near Downies Point. Capt. Andersen.
Registration: Jonsturp [Jonstrup, Denmark]. Built 1858. 379grt. Length: 38m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 2.75 W2 7.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
