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Jeanie - a general history

Completed April 1882; Official No. 81660: Code Letters WHVC.

Owners: 1882 Coverdale, Todd & Co, Hartlepool: 1884 Coverdale & Son, West Hartlepool 1885 R.H. Coverdale, Hartlepool: 1901 Vindomora SS Co (ER Care) Cardiff.

Masters: 1882-84 Thomas Webster: 1887-90 G McDowall: 1891-92 J Prodham: 1894-1900 J Payne: 1902-06 JE Pollard: 1909 W Williams.

In 1884 Jeanie left Cronstadt on 23 July bound for London with a cargo of about 2,000 tons of grain in bulk, a deck cargo of wood & a crew of 21. On 25 July in fog she grounded near Ostergarns lighthouse, Island of Gothland in the Baltic. The deck cargo was jettisoned but the vessel remained fast. They obtained assistance from the shore & after about a third of her cargo was taken off she lifted & was towed to Slitchamn. The rest of her cargo was removed & she was temporarily repaired. The vessel was then taken to Stockholm where she was repaired properly. She went back, collected her cargo & continued her voyage. At the inquiry the master admitted that previously one ship under his command had grounded & another was lost. His certificate was suspended for six months but it was recommended that he be allowed a chief mate certificate for the period of suspension.

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