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Furness Lass | Official Number
15194 |
The two-masted schooner Furness Lass was built at Wexford in 1856. She was owned throughout her life by the Barrow shipowner James Fisher.
The Furness Lass was wrecked on the 13th January 1866 in Millbay (Pembrokeshire). The Barrow Herald gave the master's report of the wreck,
and included information about two other Barrow vessels, the Tower
and Bans Vale, that were lost
in the same gale. The Furness Lass,
Capt.Park, had been bound from Port Talbot for Greenock with a coal
cargo. She encountered a terrific storm after leaving Mumbles Roads on
the afternoon of the 12th January, losing most of her sails during the
night, and then, whilst running for shelter at Milford Haven, being
forced onto rocks at Millbay. The crew got off the vessel from the
bowsprit, and when they returned the following day the schooner had
broken-up completely.
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