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Lyra |
Official Number
72597 |
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Lyra |
Official Number
72597 |
The Lyra was a schooner built by Thomas Gale at Port St.Mary, Isle of Man, and completed on the 8th February 1875. She was 140 tons burthen and her first master was Capt.W.Watterson.
On the 8th December 1886 the schooners Lyra and Margaret Garton, both of Castletown, were anchored in a full easterly gale in Scrabster Roads, Pentland Firth. The schooners were in danger of being driven ashore, and the crews were taken off by the Thurso lifeboat Charley Lloyd.
The Lyra left the Mersey at midday on Tuesday, 3rd January 1888, with a salt cargo bound for Dublin. Having made the Langness light at 10 pm, the master decided to shelter from a furious storm in the bay at Port St.Mary. Unfortunately the vessel struck on the unmarked Carrick Rock as she entered the bay, the master, Capt.Francis Petherick, being swept overboard to his death by the collision. The three surviving crew remained on the vessel for the rest of the night. In the morning a local boat attempted to get them off without success, so the Port Erin and Castletown lifeboats were brought by road and launched into the bay. At about 10am the Port Erin boat successfully took off the three crew, just before the schooner fell away and capsized. The vessel was uninsured, and Capt.Petherick, who was from Port St.Mary, left a widow and one child. The three survivors were John Hawkins, mate, of Port St.Mary, John Anderson, of Alnwick and Bernard Macken, of Carlingford.
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