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Horsley - a brief history
Launched on Monday 22nd July 1876 by Mrs John Horsley.
Horsley - a general history
Completed August 1876; Official No. 70123: Code Letters QCRH.
Owners: 1876 George & Matthew Henry Horsley, Hartlepool: 1889 G Horsley & Sons, West Hartlepool: 1896 CG Wickberg, Sundsvall, Sweden-renamed Thy
Masters: 1876-81 William Rayment: 1882 Bulmer: 1882 AB Peters: 1883-88 W Rayment: 1889-90 Joseph Bruce: 1891 Leganger: 1892 GM McDowell: 1894 TH Tindale: 1895 F Hughes: 1896 C Jobson.
Voyages:
The Horsley left Blyth on 31 July 1889 with a cargo of coal & a crew of 19 bound for Cronstadt. On 3 August she stranded on Killagrunden Reef near Trelleborg on the south coast of Sweden. She was refloated & taken to Copenhagen where temporary repairs were carried out. On 18 August she proceeded, in ballast, to Skelleftea & loaded a cargo of deals. She then proceeded to London arriving on 5 September. The casualty was found due to default by the master & his certificate was suspended for 3 months.
On 26 October 1891 the Horsley, while entering Aberdeen harbour, struck the pier platform & sank.
Thywas wrecked near Fjellbacka on 17 December 1897.
Crew June 1881:
Anson, George, 29, stoker, Surrey; Barry, Dennis, 33, able seaman, Queenstown, Ireland; Bochim, William, 27, able seaman, Pillau, Germany; Christensen, Frederick, 42, able seaman, Gothenburg, Sweden; Frandsich, Vicento, 38, carpenter, Citta Vicka, Austria; Geggie, Joseph, 31, steward, Amble, Northumberland; Hansen, Peter, 24, able seaman, Copenhagen; Hilmes, William, 25, stoker/ donkeyman, Liverpool; Hutchinson, John, 25, 3rd engineer, Durham; Meldorf, Adolph, 22, able seaman, Rostock, Germany; Nixon, John, 22, stoker, Newcastle on Tyne; Quinn, John, 25, stoker/donkeyman, Liverpool; Rayment, Thomas D, 61, 2nd mate, Whitby; Rayment, William, 51, master, Whitby; Rust, Matthew, 25, 2nd engineer, Darlington; Salem, Abdul, 22, stoker/donkeyman, Tangier, Africa; Seibert, August, 29, cook, Pillau, Germany; Smith, Henry, 47, 1st mate, Danzic, British Subject, Germany; Stark, Thomas, 31, chief engineer, Seaham; Thomas, William, 37, boatswain, St Agnes, Cornwall; Towns, Mark, 30, stoker, Brighton; Williams, Arthur, 18, engineer’s steward, Worcester.
Horsley Line Ltd.
George Horsley was born on 22 June 1836, the eldest of three sons of Matthew Horsley. On leaving school he was apprenticed to E.S. Jobson and later became a partner in the company. The third partner was Ludwig August Stahle. George became an Alderman and was Mayor in 1875 and 1876. He was also Swedish Consul and a member of the Hartlepool's Shipowner Society along with William Maclean.
George married Alethia Ann Berry in 1866 and Matthew Henry, who became known as Harry, was born in June 1867.
On the death of Ebenezer Jobson in April 1877 at his home in Cliff Terrace George took over the company and it became George Horsley & Co. His son, Harry, eventually became a partner in his father’s company and by 1889 it had become George Horsley & Son. George died suddenly at his residence, Claremont House, in December 1895 leaving effects of £83,157.
Harry married Clara Maclean in April 1893. He died on 17 February 1925 at Sidmouth, Devon leaving effects of £274,009. Harry was interred at Stranton Grange Cemetery.
By 1900 the company had become the Horsley Line Ltd., with Harry as managing director. The company ceased trading in 1915.
The following information was compiled by Bert Spaldin and appeared in the 'Tees Packet' No.89, November 1986:
George Horsley was the son of Mathew Horsley, a local pilot who bought shares in sailing vessels and then branched out becoming a steamship owner, firstly in a partnership and then on his own. The company were also timber merchants, shipbrokers and coal exporters, and branches were opened at Hull, Manchester and Gothenburg.
