Wilster - a general history

Official No. 58762: Code Letters KQMV.

Owners: 1871 Otto Trechmann & Co, West Hartlepool: 1887 J.R. Olsen, Bergen -renamed Tyr: 1889 AS Tyr (J. Berner junior), Stavanger.

Masters: 1871-74 R Redhead: 1875 J Sergent: 1876 B Borges: 1878 R Dryden: 1879-81 John Newton: 1882-83 J Browning: 1884-86 Scotland: 1887-89 E Wulff: 1893-94 S Stephensen: 1896 Berg.

Voyages: March 1874 arrived at Gibraltar bound from Newport for Smyrna: August 1874 arrived at Shields from Huelva: 3 July 1875 at Benisaf, Algeria the master, 2nd mate & a seaman from the steamer Windermere had tried to land in a boat being unaware of the dangerous coast. The boat had capsized & the occupants were thrown into the sea. A boat was launched from Wilster which rescued the three men. The master & four of the crew of Wilster were given awards for their gallantry which included a gold watch, a binocular glass & 3s each: 30 January 1876 arrived at Gibraltar bound from Newcastle-on-Tyne for Naples: December 1876 arrived at Gibraltar from Cardiff reporting bad weather: July 1881 carrying a cargo of coal Wilster was left leaky after a collision at the entrance to the Mole at Cronstadt with the Dundee steamer Glentruim: 4 January 1884 arrived at Cardiff from Bilbao.

On a voyage from Skien to London with a cargo of wood, pulp, wood & Stone Tyr was abandoned 50 miles ESE of Lowestoft on 28 January 1897. The crew were picked up & landed safely. The Ostend fishing boat, Iris, collided with Tyr about 45 miles off Lowestoft & when the crew jumped aboard her they found she was waterlogged & abandoned. They left in the steamer’s boat & were picked up by the smack Advance & landed at Lowestoft.

Crew July 1875:

Bateman, George, able seaman

Easson, William, able seaman

McLoughlin, Henry, 2nd mate

Richardson, Mathew, boatswain

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