Bessy

 Official Number
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The Bessy was an auxiliary ketch which foundered 12 miles NNW of Peel on the 2nd March 1918, whilst carrying a cargo of scrap iron from Douglas to Glasgow. She was believed to have been shelled by a German submarine.

Larn states that the Bessy was built in 1862 by J.Qualtrough at Castletown, Isle of Man. This does not correspond to information in the Mercantile Navy List, so needs to be verified.

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

  1. Mercantile Navy List 1867: There are three vesselss named Bessy listed as belonging to Douglas, but none match the tonnage and year of build noted by Larn.
  2. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol.5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub.Lloyd's Register (2000) ISBN 1 900839 61 X.
  3. "British Vessels Lost at Sea 1914-1918" (HMSO).