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Official Number
54540 |
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Official Number
54540 |
The ketch Dove was built at Kingston in 1866 and was owned by Barrow's James Fisher from her launch until her loss four years later.
The Dove was wrecked on the sandbank at Arklow, Ireland, on the
2nd September 1870, in a heavy SW gale. The Arklow lifeboat rescued the
master, his wife and three crewmen (the total number of people aboard the
schooner) from the rigging of the vessel, in which they had been sheltering
for several hours during the night. The lifeboat was filled with
seawater several times during the rescue, and the high risk run by the
crew was recognised by the RNLI, who awarded the coxswain, John Cummins,
their silver medal.
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