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Date sunk:
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9.3.1893 |
| Location: |
5 miles (8km) east of Royal Sovereign
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Light |
| Gross tonnage: |
298 |
| Length (feet/metres): |
1 19/36 |
| Beam (feet/metres): |
26/8 |
| Type: |
British sailing brigantine |
| Home port: |
Newhaven |
| Voyage: |
Newhaven to South Shields |
| Date built, builder: |
1871, May at Shoreham, Sussex |
| Owner: |
J.H. Bull et el., Newhaven, East
Sussex |
| Master: |
C. Care |
| No. of crew: |
7 |
| Ref: |
SIBI V2 Section 3; BC 17.3.1893 |
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The Mariner
left Newhaven during Wednesday 8th March 1893 with her crew
of eight. The vessel had not got far before the weather,
although calm, became very foggy indeed. At about 3am the
next morning the Mariner was 5 miles (8km) east of
the Royal Sovereign Light in the thick fog, when the master
heard the foghorn of a vessel nearby. The Mariner
replied to alert the nearby vessel of her presence. The
foghorn of the other vessel was heard continuously for about
ten minutes when suddenly out of th fog appeared the 2,000-ton
Dutch steamship Hispania. The steamship struck the
Mariner on the port side, smashing the foremast and
causing so much damage to her that it was clear she would
sink very quickly as a result. The master and crew managed
to get aboard the Hispania which was bound for Spain
from London, although there was not enough time to rescue
their belongings. They were not long aboard the Hispania
when the Mariner sank in very deep water, with little
hope of salvage.
The Hispania
carried on its voyage down the English Channel and were
about 12 miles (19km) off Brighton when they came across
a fishing smack. The Mariner crew were then transferred
to the fishing smack and taken back into Newhaven.
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