Nellie - a general history

Official No. 65501: Code Letters JWFS: Code Letters JVFG.

Owners: 1871 George Pyman & Co., West Hartlepool: 1883 J. Crawford, Grangemouth: 1889 Kull Compagniet of 1871, Bergen, Norway.

Masters: 1872-73 F. Nesfield: 1874 W. Todd: 1875-77 Sunley: 1878-83 J.M. Harland: 1883 J. Owen: 1884-89 J. Burns: 1889-95 J. Lund.

Voyages: 20 September 1872 arrived at Swansea from Malta: October 1883 went ashore at Landscrona, Copenhagen. A steamer went to her assistance: 29 April 1885 Nellie was lying alongside Grangemouth Coal Company’s wharf waiting for her cargo when the steamer Grangemouth was caught on the ebb tide & swung round hitting Nellie on her quarter & jamming her between the Grangemouth & the wharf.

Shields Daily Gazette, July 27^th, 1871:
THE STRANDING OF A HARTLEPOOL STEAMER. The following is the report of Francis Nesfield, master of screw-steamer Nellie, of West Hartlepool, 395 tons, from Ibrail, June 27, for Falmouth (maize, about 729 tons, and one distressed seaman): On July 21, about 12 noon, weather showery, wind NW, light, ship was coming up the River Suir to Waterford and in passing a point on county Kilkenny side of the river, about half a mile below the city, the tide set in against the vessel’s starboard bow. She yielded to it, and drifted to the county Waterford side of the river where she went ashore. The engines were reduced from full to half speed about minute before the tide caught her. When she was noticed to be drifting the engines were stopped and reversed full speed. The helm was kept hard to port. Dropping the anchor would not have kept her off, for she would have dragged it, as it would not have had time to take hold. About half past 4 p.m. she floated off the bank.

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