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South Esk - a general history

Built by T. Carson, Quaco, New Brunswick: Official No. 1637: Code Letters HKTC.

Owners: 1841 J Taylor, Belfast; 1845 Ferrie & Co, Belfast; 1855 Frederick Hillman Powell, Liverpool; 1858 William Gales & Christopher Vasey, Hartlepool; July 1859 Samuel Chester, Hartlepool; August 1860 George Pyman & Thomas Scurr, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1845 J Chynell; 1848-50 T Agnew; 1851 D Cook; 1852-54 William Softly; 1855-60 J McConnell; Francis Moore 1861; 1861 Charles Bowden.

Bound from Hartlepool for Hamburg with a cargo of coal & a crew of eight South Esk went ashore & was wrecked at Grimston Garth between Aldborough & Withernsea on 15 November 1861. One life lost.

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