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Halycon - a general history

Official No. 70128: Code Letters RCVG.

Owners: 1877 George Horsley & Co, West Hartlepool; 1889 George Horsley & Son, Hartlepool.

Master; 1878-81 Edward Gardin; 1882-85 W Howell; 1887-88 E Vickers; 1890 Smith.

Bound from Egersund to Newport with a cargo of coal, a crew of 21 & two passengers Halycon sank after a collision with the Cardiff steamer Rheubina off Vigo on 11 August 1890. 13 lives were lost.

Lives lost August 1890;

Borgensen, Thomas, boatswain

Boucher, seaman

Dormand, Charles, chief engineer, Hartlepool

Hurson, fireman

James, seaman

Kelly, fireman

Mayne, Joseph, 2nd mate, Upper Alma St, Newport

Mitchell, 3rd engineer, Montrose

Pink, fireman

Stephens, Thomas, 1st mate, Westbury Tce, Cardiff

Smith, seaman

Smythe, 11, nephew of Charles Dormand

Williamson, seaman, North St, Seaham Harbour

Survivors;

Beaton, R, seaman

Burchell, CE, steward, Bristol

Droghan, -, seaman

Flood, -, fireman

Grant, -, seaman

MacCroy/ Mackoy, -

Peffeds, -, donkeyman

Toghill/ Togill, T, cook, Bristol

Smith, master, Manningtree

Smith, Mrs, master’s wife, Manningtree

Swinburne, -, 2nd engineer, Workington

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