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Kintyre - a general history

Launched as Kintyre.

Completed February 1863;Official No. 45460; Code Letters VDKP.

Owners: McKinnon & Frew (Liverpool).

Masters: 1863-66 John McGowan; 1867 Madden; 1867 McMillan; 1868 Beynon; 1870 John White.

Voyages: 25 July 1864 left London for Calcutta; 1866 Liverpool for India; 4 December 1869 arrived Liverpool from Calcutta.

Cossipore sailed from Liverpool on 31 December 1869 bound for Calcutta with a cargo of salt & a crew of 28. She was struck by heavy gales & foundered about 30 miles south of Kinsale Head on 8 January 1870. Nine of the crew managed to get into one of the boats & away from the vessel but the remainder had no time to launch the second boat & went down with the ship. The master, carpenter & two seamen climbed onto a piece of wreck but all except for one seaman were later washed off & drowned. The seaman, Alfred Holstein, after about 48 hours clinging to wreckage, was rescued by the West African Mail steamer, Bonny. Those in the lifeboat were picked up by the Navarre & landed at Falmouth. Eighteen lives were lost.

The master of the Bonny, Lowry, & the 2nd officer, James Sullivan, both received presentations for gallant conduct in their part in the rescue.

Crew July 1863:

McGowan, John, master

Sillar, Peter H, 1st mate, 36, Peterhead

Wislie, James, 2nd mate, 28, Saltcoats

Holmes, Hugh, carpenter, 22, Campbell Town

Peters, John, steward, 23, Gambia

Bush, Leamino, cook, 20, USA

Cowan, David, able seaman, 18, Salcoats

Yohinson, Charles, able seaman, 26, Sweden

Smith, James, able seaman, 24, New Liverpool

Stewart, W, able seaman, 25 Weymouth

Hoare, Charles, able seaman, 40, Greenwich

Dury, James, able seaman, 29, Washington

Lucas, Thomas, able seaman, 27, St Vincent

Kennedy, George, able seaman, 27, Cromer

Smithson, George, able seaman, 35, Whitby

Oakly, Frederick, able seaman, 23, Doncaster

Dance, James N, able seaman, 27, St Thomas

Oeterson, Evan, able seaman, 35, Norway

Robertson, James, able seaman, 27, Sweden

Frazer, Thomas, able seaman, 40, Port Glasgow

Davie, John, able seaman, 30, Dundee

Pierce, Edward D, able seaman, 22, Blackmarkshire

Campbell, Donald, ordinary seaman, 21, Campbell Town

Wilson, James, able seaman, 21, Genoa

Love, John, ordinary seaman, 18 Saltcoats

Myers, Thomas Walter, apprentice

Thompson, Henry, apprentice

Wicks, John William, apprentice

Lives lost January 1870:

McKenna, Horence McCarthy, seaman, Dublin

White, John, master, 30, Dundee

Survivors January 1870:

Appleton, Charles, able seaman, Southampton

Bready, P, able seaman, Drogheda

Campbell, Randolph, 1st mate, Scotland

Holland, Thomas, able seaman, Belfast

Holstien, Nicholas Alfred, able seaman, Sweden

Inglebreck, Robert, able seaman, Sweden

Kennedy, Charles, able seaman, Ireland

Lewis, George, able seaman, France

Mill, John, able seaman, Scotland

Savage, William, able seaman, London

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