hartlepool history logo

Thorley

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1800 Thorley Unknown Owner
1808 Thorley Robert Potts
1816 Thorley William Hedley
1822 Thorley Thomas Walker
1817 Thorley R.C. Lowes
1826 Thorley John Garrett
1851 Thorley William Garrett
1860 Thorley Dring & Pattison
1868 Thorley John Garrett
1874 Thorley Dixon Taylor Sharper
1875 Thorley John McDowell

Fate

On a voyage from Hartlepool to London with a crew of nine Thorley stranded & went to pieces on the Middle Deep in the Swin on 17 April 1884. The crew left in their boat & landed at the Swin Middle Lightship where they took refuge for the night. The following morning they were brought ashore by the lifeboat.

Related items :