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Norton - a general history

Official No. 65040.

Owners: 1871 Wilkinson, Watt & Co, West Hartlepool.

Master: 1871 Thomas Heap.

Chartered from Ibrail in the Black Sea for Falmouth with a cargo of grain & a crew of 20 Norton passed Gibraltar on 22 September 1871 & disappeared. It was presumed she had foundered in the Bay of Biscay during the gales of September. Most of the crew were from Hartlepool.

Lives lost 1871:

Abbott, John, fireman

Blake, William, seaman

Butler, Thomas, mate, Hartlepool

Cooper, H, seaman

Cummings, John, mate, Hartlepool

Dawson, John, engineer

Doncaster, R, steward

Doyle, William, boatswain

Earle, F, seaman

Graham, J, carpenter

Harle, Simon, seaman

Harrison, B, engineer

Heap, Thomas, master, Hartlepool

Mason, Thomas, fireman

Moorfoot, E, seaman

Quinn, Peter, fireman

Richardson, Halls, engineer

Shanalson, Thomas, fireman

Sheridan, James, fireman

Sullivan, Patrick, seaman

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