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Hermon - a general history

Completed January 1884; Official No. 88901: Code Letters JFGK.

Owners: George Horsley & Co, Hartlepool

Masters: 1885-86 J Baxter.

Hermon was the sixth ship built by Withy's for George Horsley, taking just 151 days and costing £17,000. She was launched by Mrs. Mathew Horsley, the owner's daughter-in-law, on December 13th, 1883, and delivered on February 14th, 1884.

Bound from Gefle for Honfleur with a cargo of boards & deals Hermon was totally wrecked during bad weather when passing the mouth of the Seine in charge of a pilot on 13 December 1886. No lives lost.

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