Farmstead record COR 101 - Wreck of the Princess May

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Summary

ENGLISH KETCH, 1915 Status: Casualty

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Vessel foundered and lost following collision with the Norwegian SS GUNNAR. (2)

Year Built: 1893
Builder: J Allen & Co.
Where Built: Poole
Owner: W T Whitmore, Harwich
Master: W Burrows
Crew: 4
Date of Loss Qualifier: A

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
BOT.WW.1.Abst.Pt.II Table A p32
LR 1914-15 No.263(P)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Source Unchecked: 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Larn, R., Larn, B.. 1997. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire.

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Record last edited

May 31 2022 3:53PM

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