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Kate Helena

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1875 Kate Helena John Bowen

Fate

On a voyage from Swansea for Coquimbo with a cargo of 965 tons of coal & bricks & a crew of 16 she was abandoned & foundered in a Force 11 WNW gale in the South Pacific on 7 November 1879. A Naval Court put the loss down to stress of weather. Master John Bowen.