Horsley Technical Specification

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.

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, 3^rd 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, 2^nd mate, Whitby; Rayment, William, 51, master, Whitby; Rust, Matthew, 25, 2^nd engineer, Darlington; Salem, Abdul, 22, stoker/donkeyman, Tangier, Africa; Seibert, August, 29, cook, Pillau, Germany; Smith, Henry, 47, 1^st 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.