Maritime record SWD 142 - Wreck of the Daisy
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 5166 7453 (0m by 31m) |
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Map sheet | TM57SW |
Civil Parish | SOUTHWOLD, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
1899 wreck of an English ketch which foundered 5 miles ENE of Southwold following a collision with the steamer BRITANNIA. She was a wooden sailing vessel, en route from Sunderland to Ipswich with a cargo of coal.
Status: Casualty
Wreck event and documentary evidence:
Vessel foundered following collision with the SS BRITANNIA, of Sunderland, in wind conditions SExS force 2. (1)
'KETCH SUNK OFF SOUTHWOLD - The steamer BRITANNIA has landed at Hull the crew of the ketch DAISY, which had been sunk off Southwold while on a voyage to Ipswich with coal. The BRITANNIA was at the time bound to Goole, from London, in ballast.' (2)
'ISPWICH BOUND VESSEL SUNK - The name of the vessel which has been reported sunk off Southwold transpires to be the DAISY, a ketch laden with coal for Ipswich. The crew, it appears, were taken off by the steamer BRITANNIA, and landed at Hull.' (3)
Year Built: 1885 (1)
Add.C.D: 1 x deck; Iron bolts (1)
Builder: E Martin (1)
Owner: S F Bartlett (1)
Master: W Warner (1)
Crew: 4 (1)
Crew Lost: 0 (1)
Passengers: 0 (1)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
BOT.Wk.Rtn.1899 Appx.C Table 1 p150(660); LR.1893-4 No.55(D)
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
May 30 2022 7:50PM