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Tom Pyman - a general history

Official No. 65028; Code Letters JPTG.

Owners: George Pyman & Co, West Hartlepool.

Masters: 1870 Tom Pyman; 1873 Jordison; 1873-74 Luty; 1875-79 R King; 1877 Henry Waller; 1878 Robinson; 1880-81 Jacob Storm; 1881 T King; 1883 Jackson; 1884-90 William Brown.

Tom Pyman left West Hartlepool on March 27th, 1890, bound for Flensburg with a cargo of coal and a crew of 17. On March 29th, in dense fog, she stranded eight miles west of the Scaw near Fredrickshaven. Eleven of the crew left in the lifeboat while the master and six of the crew left in the gig which never reached shore. Four bodies were washed ashore and were buried by the villagers in a cemetery at Skagen on Good Friday. The vessel was a complete wreck but because she was lying in shallow water, she and her cargo were sold for the underwriters’ account. The Board of Trade decided that no inquiry would be held regarding her loss.

Crew December 1880 to January 1882:

Pearson, Richard, Robin Hood’s Bay, 1st & 2nd mate over eight voyages.

Lives lost March 1890:

Brown, William, Master, Scarborough St, West Hartlepool

Colvin, J, Donkeyman, Peterhead

Dove, Edward, Chief Engineer, Redworth St, West Hartlepool, married, six children

Eisenblatter, Henri, Steward, Dover St, West Hartlepool, married, family

Garbutt, Zachariah, Chief Mate, Borough Rd, Sunderland

Harrison Thomas, 2nd Mate, St James Place, West Hartlepool

Kimberley, G, 25, Adelaide St, West Hartlepool

Survivors March 1890:

Kew, Thomas, able seaman

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