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Moggie - a general history

Completed March 1881;  Official No. 81657: Code Letters VKWM: Code Letters JHMP:well-deckiron screw steamer; 709t; 1110g; 236.0 x 31.6 x 13.7; four cemented bulkheads; engine 99hp C.2 cyl 27 & 50 -33 75lb 90lb; T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool.

Owners: 1881 John Coverdale (Greatham) & Charles Scotson Todd, Hartlepool: 1884 John Coverdale & Son, West Hartlepool: 1898 Trelleborgs Angfartygs (FD Malmros) Trelleborg, Sweden-renamed John: 1916 Red A/B John (Henning Edling) Helsingborg: 1917 Red A/B Sundsborg (Henning Edling) Helsingborg.

Masters: 1882-83 Vasey: 1887-88 J Proham: 1888-1890 Robert Henry Harrison: 1890 G McDowall: 1891-97 Robert Henry Harrison: 1898-1900 JT Mattsson: 1906-09 AE Westerberg: 1913-18 CR Hedin.

Moggie left West Hartlepool on 11 November 1888 with a cargo of coke & coal & a crew of 17 bound for Pillan, Germany. On 16 November 1888 she stranded on a ledge of rocks off Nyhamn on the coast of Sweden. She was eventually got off on 30 November by a salvage boat & had sustained considerable damage. The master was found to blame & his certificate was suspended for 4 months.

1897 29 October left West Hartlepool. November left Windau for Lowestoft.

 

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