Normand Technical Specification

Official No. 89123; Code Letters KQCP.

Owners: J Mesnier, Le Havre, France; 1887 Frank C Strick, Swansea; 1888 TS Blues & Co, Sunderland.

Masters: 1880 Dessaux; 1882 Semanchec; 1883 L Manchee; 1885 N Ihui; 1887 Alix; 1888 Hoskin; 1890-97 William Burgher.

On a voyage from Newport for Bilbao with a cargo of coal & a crew of 17 Normand disappeared in February 1897 & was posted as missing in March 1897. It was thought that she had foundered in the Bay of Biscay during severe March gales. All 17 lives lost.

Lives lost February 1897:

Brenna, Daniel, fireman, Newry, resided Bream Place, Newport

Burgher, George B, first mate, b.1853, Westray, Orkney, resided Erskine Street, South Shields

Burgher, William, master, b.1855, Rapness, Orkney, resided Bridge Street, South Shields

Johnson, William second mate, Kirkcudbright, resided Victoria Avenue, Newport

Harris, C, fireman, Potter Street, Newport

Laurenson, James, able seaman, Shetland, resided Commercial Road, South Shields

Leask, James, carpenter, Orkney, resided Maxwell Street, South Shields

Leslie, Thomas, boatswain/lamps, Westray, Orkney, resided Eastbourne Grove, South Shields

Lewis, R, able seaman, Gibraltar Terrace, Aberdovey

Littlefield, J, fireman, London, resided Bream Place, Newport

Lundberg, A, able seaman, Christiana, resided Barrack Street, Sunderland

Mather, James, second engineer, Chichester Road, South Shields

Pearson, R, able seaman, Shetland, resided Woodbine Street, South Shields

Stile, Joseph, cook/steward, Peterhead, resided Watchouse Parade, Newport

Toomey, W, fireman, Gloucester, resided Potter Street, Newport

Wardale, John, donkeyman, North Street, South Shields

Whitfield, W, first engineer, Newcastle-on-Tyne