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Greystoke - a general history

Official No. 89473: Code Letters JWFQ

Masters: 1886 Pyne: 1887-90 PW Sherwood: 1891-92 A Robinson: 1893 JA Murquest: 1893 RT Davis.

On a voyage from Odessa for Hamburg with a cargo of corn & a crew of 23 Greystoke was wrecked on Gross Vogelsand near Cuxhaven, South Elbe, Germany about 28 November 1892. The wreck was seen by a passing vessel on 29 November lying on the sand with her deck covered by water. Three frozen bodies washed ashore at the mouth of the Eider on 2 December & a search was made for others. All 23 lives lost.

Lives lost November 1892: Davis, RT, master; Adams, 2nd mate; Alcaya, Petre, fireman; Brook, George, able seaman; Cardosso, fireman; Constant, able seaman; Davies, able seaman; Dunning, steward; Evans, AG, mate; Grieve, J, 1st engineer; Heay, Andrew, 3rd engineer; Larden, Adolf, donkeyman; Lopez, fireman; MacCallum, John, fireman; Marsh, D, engineer’s steward; McClelland, able seaman; Milligan, cook; Murray, Thomas, 2nd engineer; Peterson, able seaman; Ramsey, E, fireman; Rossi, J, fireman; Williams, John, boatswain.

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