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Island Queen - a general history

Official No. 49804: Code Letters WFMG.

Owners: 1864 John Pile & Co, West Hartlepool: 1867 WG Bennett & Co, West Hartlepool: 1868 Brown & Co, Glasgow-renamed Thetis: 1872 John & Peter Hutchinson, Glasgow.

Masters: 1864-67 G Nash: 1868-72 Thomas Verrill (C.N. 100 Sunderland 1856): 1872-74 Hugh Young (C.N. 11909): 1875 Jopp: 1876 James Andrew Rhynas (C.N. 1515 Aberdeen 1856): 1882 Black.

Voyages: 1864-66 Hartlepool for Antwerp: 1867 Hartlepool for France.

Thetis sailed from Bordeaux on the 14 November 1874 with about 400 tons of general cargo & a total crew of 12. On 21 November she arrived at Dublin & discharged about 300 tons of cargo & left for Glasgow on 24 November. Later that day she stranded in Black-Waterfoot Bay, Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde. She was re-floated on 10 December. The inquiry found that the stranding was due to the careless navigation of the master in not making allowances for current & set of tide & in neglecting the lead. His certificate was suspended for 3 months.

On a voyage from Liverpool for Spain with a cargo of coal Thetis was wrecked at Black Rock, three miles off Galway, on 12 January 1882. No lives lost.

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