Bessy

Official Number ?????

The Bessy was a ketch built in 1862 by J.Qualtrough at Castletown, Isle of Man. She was owned by her builder when she was lost 12 miles NNW of Peel on the 2nd March 1918. She was shelled by a German submarine whilst carrying a cargo of scrap iron from Douglas to Glasgow.
 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Bessy	1862	60				2

Sources :

1. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X.