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Kate | Official Number
27319 |
The Kate was a schooner built at Matthew Simpson's shipyard at Glasson Dock, Lancaster, launched on Monday, 11th February 1861. She was built for Fleetwood owners and intended for the pig iron trade.
The Kate was run down in dense fog by the steam tug Storm Cock at 10.30 pm on the night of 7th October 1879, about ten miles West of the South Stack lighthouse, Anglesey. The schooner sank almost immediately but the five crew were taken off safely and were landed at Holyhead the following day. The Kate had been bound for Fleetwood from Charlestown with a cargo of China clay.
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