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Bewick

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1872 Bewick Joseph Heald
1885 Bewick W. Swanston & Sons
1893 Bewick Dryden
1897 Chesme H. Genestal & Delzons
1899 Bewick Wise & Co.

Fate

On a voyage from Burntisland to Stockholm with a cargo of coal & a crew of 19 Bewick foundered 130 miles E by S of May Island in the Firth of Forth on 13 September 1902. 11 lives were lost including two from Hartlepool. Master George Walton; Chief engineer  W.H. Acton.

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